long crawl back to the light

The night we met there were no fireworks

The night we met there were no sparks

We were like two damp squibs in a rainstorm

We stumbled on each other in the dark

I’ve seen incandescent lights that brand themselves behind your eyes

And after they burn out that’s all you see

And nothing made me think that night we’d ever set the world alight

Which goes to show how blind you can be

And if I lost you now all the lights in my world would go out

And in the cold dark night it’s a long crawl back to the light

I remember trying to start a conversation

I nearly gave up trying in the end

You were moody as a rainy Monday morning

And I was weary as a wet weekend

And I remember at the outset thinking I could live without this

If you’d told me then that I would change my mind

Well I would never have believed you

Cos I could really take or leave you

Which goes to show you have to give things time

And if I lost you now all the lights in my world would go out

And in the cold dark night it’s a long crawl back to the light

I was in the darkness: how was I to know?

Cos it started as a flicker but it came to light the corners of my soul

And if I lost you now all the lights in my world would go out

And in the cold dark night it’s a long crawl back to the light