"When The World Would Actually Listen" lyrics

There's an own goal from the halfway line in all of us
A simple dolly catch dropped at mid-on
And whenever expectation gets the best of us
You land centimetre wide from hole in one

There's a confidence that's dropped and smashed like pottery
Like a simple cross the goalie failed to hold
You can win and you can lose like National Lottery
As the keeper picks the ball out of the goal

There was a day once when the sun it shone so brightly
And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope
When the compliments came daily also nightly
When the world would actually listen when you spoke

Shoplifter moves slowly behind partition
Full moon moves quite shyly behind the cloud
And the spotlight they've attracted has them wishing
They could slip back unobserved into the crowd

There's a thick black cloud not far from every one of us
You can either ride or even hide behind
And occasionally that gloom will get on top of us
With a biting wind that just serves to remind

There was a day once when the sun it shone so brightly
And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope
When the compliments came daily also nightly
When the world would actually listen when you spoke

There's a bar fire and a cold bath waiting patiently
There's a cliff edge with a light breeze at the top
And the vultures and the pirates of uncertainty
Are waiting for your confidence to drop

There was a day once when the sun it shone so brightly
And a day there seemed a glimmer of real hope
When the compliments came daily also nightly
When the world would actually listen when you spoke