Better Way To Live (feat. Grian Chatten) - Kneecap

Kindness is a trick to turn you strange 'Til you're twisted and you're shining like a varicose vein Anger makes you weak and turns you sick And gets you in the six feet nice and quick No fair They can talk to me I can live alone I can live alone Happy where I like to be I can live alone, alone, alone, alone I fought For the right to be I can live alone I can live alone The fairies get their fingers and they spin your wheel And they make you look at sunshine that your skin will never feel Baby, do you miss the days before Hope knocked on your door? But you went and fell in love And into you love fell And it made you feel unwell Oh well There's a thing about people that I suppose is alright It's when they smile right at their pain through all the day and night The fool dies at the altar in a smile Says "I'm moving to America You won't see me for a while" If I get the ferry over, will the fairies follow me? Will they throw me to the sea? We'll see No fair They can follow me I can live alone I can live alone Happy where I like to be I can live alone, alone, alone, alone I fought For the right to be I can live alone I can live alone When the devil takes your soul He does not care If you're shot down like a dog Or expired on the stairs The boat is drifting in, the weight is cast How can life go so slowly And death come so fast? Across the River Styx I'll row along But I've got one more song More song More song More song

When I make my move to you You will know See, I am that wave that breaks below I will give you thrills and take your pain I will lay you down Like a shadow Like a stain Aah You know the score Mmh It ain't limited to your knowing looks and touches anymore 'Cuz when you make his love You turn alone You see your heart's been tethered to a sinking stone Aah You know the score Mmh It ain't limited to your knowing looks and touches anymore Aah You know the score Mmh It ain't limited to your knowing looks and touches anymore When I make my move to you You will know

On a Sunday gone In the harbour place The big boss man's eye Fell on the pretty girl's face She was closing things Oh what a death he died He drank away his sense He never said goodbye You could talk about love You could talk about the light You could talk about the only time You ever did things right You could talk about the moon Hanging in the sky You could talk about the finer things You could talk about the minor things It's a poor man's game This serious life No pursuit could make me The man for my wife Says the man's hot streak To a sober face No reflections please When I'm the king of this place I will take my fist And I will bring it down And I will take that smiling Right outta this town You could talk about love You could talk about the light You could talk about the only time You ever did things right You could talk about the moon Hanging in the sky You could talk about the finer things You could talk about the minor things He was cautioned to the wind Oh man... you're a fable now

All my words they fail me now And I have seen it all, and I have no doubt That an alonely thing you surely are Could be a fixture made in a face down bar Where they go out their way to be hurtful now And you can see the world written in their brow And I can see them all They laugh in spite They have no right Last time Every time Forever! Yesterday, I met you and the feeling's gone You can baby me, but you won't baby long Yesterday can keep ye where the feeling's strong You can take from me, but you won't be taking long (Give him loving I do, I do, I do) (Give him loving I do, eh) Fed the birds on a lap 'round town Got a peculiar thought nearly struck me down Am I the wingless one that keeps me here? Is to articulate a wish my one great gear Without a chance I'm king of every single thing And it's the cheapest spend to make a dead heart sing And I keep them all I laugh in spite I have the right Last time Every time Forever!

You think I'm about ye Well I'm not The centre of my world Is a hotspot You think that you know me You're below me And you don't All of the people They can fly Straight to the white hotel Up In the sky I'm hard as my money Yeah, you're soft as a lie Well a smile could be made so endless Just happy, free and friendless No paper lending Just time, spending Yeah You think that you love me But you don't You think that you know me Yeah well you just don't Did you know I'm into your brother? Did you know that I hated your show? Tell me who exactly do you think you know? People are scum I will say it again Don't let anyone tell you that They wanna be your friend They just wanna get close enough to Take the final shot They will celebrate the things that make you who you're not They will criticise All of the people Well a smile could be made so endless Just happy, free and friendless No paper lending Just time spending She's standing in line now At the funfair Fistful of tokens And charm to spare What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there? All of the people All of the people

We collide, we break down Giving in to our doubts Face this fear with sadness When words are said we'll regret I can see the fire that we made just to save us When we try to make up and never letting go Said the things we promised not to say That we'd break up Just to start all over even though we know This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better Promises to deep cuts Let our fears hold us Let's go back Let's start again To a place a long time ago When I kissed your lips I can see the fire that we made just to save us When we try to make up and never letting go Said the things we promised not to say That we'd break up Just to start all over even though we know This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way This is the hard way

We collide, we break down Giving in to our doubts Face this fear with sadness When words are said we'll regret I can see the fire that we made just to save us When we try to make up and never letting go Said the things we promised not to say That we'd break up Just to start all over even though we know This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better We can be heartache together This is the hard way to better Promises to deep cuts Let our fears hold us Let's go back Let's start again To a place a long time ago When I kissed your lips I can see the fire that we made just to save us When we...