4am on the northern line
Tore me away from what I like
Thieves on the train took the time
To turn on me like it was some surprise
I don't know why I know what I know
But I know you weren't born this way
I dream of a world that is pure and kind
Dream of a trust where we can speak our mind
Trust it died so long ago
It's a crime I can't ignore
So I'm holding a mirror up to the world
Addled with lust for riches and pearls
It's a crime I can't ignore
Can't you see it's true that

Who you choose to be is frightening
I just don't understand you any more
It's like you're not real
The games that we played have been over for so long
The scream of joy that lifted me was overcome
By the world crashing down on our heads
We were too busy to see
We were running from ourselves

Crawling away from the town we grew up in
Following words of a world that knows nothing
I don't know what I'm expected to do
I don't know what I expected of you
Crying at the slip of a tongue it meant nothing
Holding a wake for your heart is quite something
I don't know how I put up with you
I don't know how I'd be lost without you
Holding some truth that is no surprise
I lost it so long 'til it sounded like lies
'til you crushed my world and buried my song
Stringing me, I just wanted some more
Verses that gloat in my heart every time
Plucking at lives in my life, intertwined
I don't know what I expected of you
I don't know what I expected but

Who you choose to be is frightening
In my dreams I barely see you any more
I'm right here!
I'd show you each word that I said wrong
I'd take you by the hand, but you're long gone
My ambitions are slain by the damage I've done to myself
Who you choose to be is frightening to me

With the rising of the sun
In a world that feels so young
You expect that you remain
But you're here and then you're gone