"New York" lyrics

"New York"

If you were here beside me
Instead of in New York
If the curve of you was curved on me
I'd tell you that I loved you
Before I even knew you
'Cause I loved the simple thought of you

If our hearts are never broken
And there's no joy in the mending
There's so much this hurt can teach us both
And there's distance and there's silence
Your words have never left me
They're the prayer that I say every day

Come on, come out, come here, come here
Come on, come out, come here, come here
Come on, come out, come here, come here
Come on, come out, come here, come here

The lone neon lights and the ache of the ocean
And the fire that was starting to spark
I miss it all, from the love to the lightning
And the lack of it snaps me in two

If you were here beside me
Instead of in New York
In the arms you said you'd never leave
I'd tell you that it's simple
And it was only ever thus
There is nowhere else that I belong

Come on, come out, come here, come here
Come on, come out, come here, come here
Come on, come out, come here, come here
Come on, come out, come here, come here

The lone neon lights and the ache of the ocean
And the fire that was starting to spark
I miss it all, from the love to the lightning
And the lack of it snaps me in two

Just give me a sign, there's an end with a beginning
To the quiet chaos driving me back
The lone neon lights and the warmth of the ocean
And the fire that has started to go out


Thanks to iAN, JoDee Bebernes, ivor vuckovic for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Jonathan Graham Quinn, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson, Tom Simpson, Gary Lightbody, Garret Jacknife Lee, John McDaid
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