Intro / Riff -x2-:
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Verse 1:
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I lost the passion that comes with living
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Since I started university
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I took a geography course to learn the datelines
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And maybe use a xxxtant
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But now I just press facsimiles
Verse 2:
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And you're exactly who you wanted to be
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That's what you said
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'Cause you wanna watch TV and sleep all day and lay in bed but
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You're forgetting that I've got to go to work and eat my food
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And pay my rent and reproduce and feed those kids
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And maybe use a xxxtant
Pre-Chorus:
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I don't miss you
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I miss the thought of what we were
Chorus:
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This is the part where I shut up and let you infest my brain
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Wrap your arms around my cortex, dig you in and let you drain
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You'll never get rid of me, oh I'm like a xxxxing disease
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I'll make a home in your gut
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'Cause it's somewhere warm to sleep
Verse 3:
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What was your thought when you realised
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You'll never feel naive love again?
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Was it pain or was it sickness?
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Were you proud of who you'd been?
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The shyness waiting for his phone calls
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Replaced by apathy and dating apps
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You held his hands, it felt like flying
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Now he's just another man
Verse 4:
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You'd rather he was inside than beside you
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But he's talking marriage and a future
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He's picking a lock he doesn't go into
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He's knife in a wound, he's a suture
Pre-Chorus:
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I don't miss you
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I miss the thought of what we were
Chorus:
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This is the part where I shut up and let you infest my brain
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Wrap your arms around my cortex, dig you in and let you drain
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You'll never get rid of me, oh I'm like a xxxxing disease
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I'll make a home in your gut
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'Cause it's somewhere warm to sleep
Bridge:
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It's okay
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Anything to make me feel less numb
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It's okay
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Anything to make me feel less numb
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It's okay
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Anything to make me feel less numb
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It's okay
Outro:
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Eat my rent and eat my food
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And eat my dues and eat those kids -it's okay-
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And maybe use a xxxtant
There are several acts under the name Lovejoy, most notably:
1. Lovejoy is a british indie rock band based in Brighton, England. The members include Will Gold (Wilbur Soot), Joe Goldsmith, Ash Kabosu, and Mark Boardman. They released their first EP, “Are You Alright?” on May 9th, 2021. The band is named after Benjamin Lovejoy, a close friend of the band who inspired a large amount of the band’s tracks.
2. Lovejoy is Richard Preece, in collaboration with Ally Board, Keith Girdler and Paul Stewart.
