Lyrics of 'The Defeat' by Ben Howard

There is no rush when you don't belong
Turns out we don't all fight like dogs in the end
Most of us want to roll out, roll under the grass
You are limbless, cartoon, no bridge in your song

Spirulina won't cure my heartbreak
I was a dreamer when I learned to take
In between her and a fireplace
There are factors that conditioned me something in the canopy
Clearly

And the blank ones cartwheel out of the furnace
The mould never cracked, you see
The girls in St Denis
Still sleep on their backs
Understood a fact
When you spoke in all your marvelous ideologies
The world is always at ease, at ease, at ease
Don't you see?

And the deaths on the highways
From drinking at casinos
Feel so natural
Every day a dice roll, every way you gamble
Where is something I can handle?
And the world void of Petrov, our savior
We are taught to savor everyone else's failures
Endlessly

Even the greatest, the very very greatest
Gave up, tapped out
Told all you fuckers to lie down
Yet still you found cathedrals of dissent
Where does the robber go
Where does the robber go to repent?
Tell me

Till there you were, you wouldn't buy a round
For your best friend
See it's trickled down
On you I don't depend
There you go then, bye
Another end, bye
Infinitum, bye
There you go then, bye
With such a heavy sound

There is no rush when you don't belong
Turns out we don't all fight like dogs in the end
Most of us want to roll out, roll under the grass
You are limbless, cartoon, no bridge in your song
Make me wonder again
Or make me learn to pretend
Make me wonder again
Or make me learn to pretend
Make me wonder again
Or make me learn to pretend