Half Life

I knew that I'd get like this again That's why I try to keep at bay Be a hundred percent when I'm with you and then The perfect heart's length away The stickler is you've played not one beat wrong You never promised me anything Even sat me down And warned me just how they fall I knew the odds were I'd never win Yet here I am It's a half life With you as my quarterback A daft life My self-worth measured in text back tempo It's been two days and eight minutes too slow Well there may well be others but I still like to pretend That I'm the one you really want to grow old with You've got a schedule to stick to You've got a world to keep sweet You're so much to everyone all the time Will you ever slow down? Will I ever come first? The universe contracts to sigh It's a half life With you as my quarterback A daft life It's a half life With you as my quarterback A daft life Hold Me Hold Me Hold Me Darling Please You know you'll never be lonely No, you'll always be loved And maybe you never need more than that But for the surplus that loves What's to become of us? Does it even register on your conscience? Long for one last showdown from a box in a crowd Air compressed tight to explode I'm clenching my ticket to the only way out As you disappear in a puff of smoke It's a half life With you as my quarterback A daft life