《Chicken》歌词

[00:00:04] Harry's staring at his chicken

[00:00:07] He's trying hard to listen without hating

[00:00:09] But everything David says

[00:00:11] Seems to make him like him less

[00:00:13] His little brother Pete is waiting

[00:00:15] For the appropriate place to say

[00:00:17] 'Oh right yeah'

[00:00:19] And make an interested face

[00:00:21] Miriam feels distant

[00:00:23] She knows her sons are trying hard

[00:00:25] But trying hard

[00:00:26] Just increases the friction

[00:00:28] It's never been tense like this

[00:00:30] Harry looks around at his mother's new kitchen

[00:00:32] And can't help but think of his dad

[00:00:35] Alone in that house where they all used to live

[00:00:37] Putting his half pint of semi skimmed

[00:00:39] Back into the fridge

[00:00:40] Dad

[00:00:41] With his silent ways

[00:00:42] And his smiling face

[00:00:44] No romance just basic

[00:00:46] Straight forwards no frills no fuss

[00:00:48] But at least he was a man you could trust

[00:00:52] Not like this guy this David

[00:00:54] Face like a pill head at the end of a rave

[00:00:56] Staring at my mum like he wants to be saved

[00:00:58] Harry feels weak today he can't take it

[00:01:00] And he doesn't know it but he's glaring

[00:01:01] Thinking of Becky

[00:01:02] And why he insisted on sharing

[00:01:04] So much with a stranger

[00:01:05] He feels a faint sense of danger

[00:01:07] Ashamed that he'd made a

[00:01:08] Fool of himself he's an idiot

[00:01:09] Sees it in his mind's eye insidious

[00:01:11] Him spilling out his guts like a suicidal shogun

[00:01:14] Looking for deliverance

[00:01:15] Dithering fool feeling silly and hopelessly broken

[00:01:18] Blithering on while she was smoking

[00:01:19] What was he thinking

[00:01:20] Heart opening up like it was blinking

[00:01:21] Becky

[00:01:22] He feels her name it's heavy

[00:01:24] Don't forget me

[00:01:25] Snap back to the room

[00:01:27] He flinches at the image

[00:01:28] Miriam is finishing her wine

[00:01:30] And Pete is asking for the spinach

[00:01:34] 'Er how's work Harry '

[00:01:36] David's features are tipped towards him

[00:01:38] 'Fine thanks ' Harry looks up 'exhausting '

[00:01:41] 'Yes ' David smiles 'but hard work is always rewarding '

[00:01:45] Even David's enthusiasm is boring

[00:01:48] 'How long have you worked there ' he asks

[00:01:50] And Harry thinks of all them years he's spent

[00:01:52] Scheming and shotting

[00:01:54] 'Little while now

[00:01:54] To be honest I've forgotten '

[00:01:56] 'Oh yes well time does fly in the work place '

[00:01:59] David smiles nodding

[00:02:01] All he ever wanted to be was good enough

[00:02:09] All he ever wanted to say was the right thing

[00:02:20] But as long as you live for the way you're perceived

[00:02:22] You will never create only bite things

[00:02:24] All he ever wanted to do was the done thing

[00:02:26] All he ever wanted to make was the grade

[00:02:28] But as long as you live for other people's opinions

[00:02:30] You'll never be more than afraid