Get Out While You Can
James Bay Lyrics

I've been looking all night watching them empty hours
I have been searching all night, witnessing the hours pass with no purpose

Invisible to these crowds, always double vision
I feel invisible in these throngs of people and always have a distorted view of things

I've been losing my mind listening to broken speech
I am going insane listening to incomprehensible babble

Stacking up broken seats, it's a lonely picture
The sight of empty broken chairs piled up is incredibly lonely

And I hear your voice as it echoes 'round my head
Your voice repeats in my mind like an echo

Always that same thing that you said
It's always the same thing you said

Get out, get out, while you still can
Leave now, before it's too late

Don't let the nights slip through your hands
Don't waste your nights and let them slip away

The world is wide from where you stand
The world is vast and full of possibilities from where you are now

So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh
Leave now, before it's too late ooh ooh

As I'm sweeping up glass, I see the exit lights so green
While cleaning up shattered glass, I spot green exit lights

These people falling into the streets
People are stumbling and falling onto the streets

Something comes together
All of the various pieces begin to fit together

I've been here too long and if I stay, they'll tie me down
I've been here for far too long, and if I remain, I'll be stuck

I know this trench won't hang around, so I'm gone forever
I know that this situation won't last, so I'm leaving for good

Packing up my suitcase, racing down for gun street
I'm packing my bags and hurrying down to Gun Street

Making my tracks along the cracks in the coke
I'm walking along the cracks in the pavement

Seeing those headlights shining down upon my feet
I see the glare of headlights on my feet

If you find me, you will find me on the run
If you look for me, I'll be on the run

For all the bleeding hearts pushing 'round the stubborn cards
For all the people with good intentions but opposing views

I've seen the green of glass, I've seen the faster cars
I've seen the money and speed in society

And I don't need your heavy hours
I don't need your long, tiring days

I don't need your lonely bars
I don't need your isolating places

I'm ejected like a bullet from a gun
I'm being propelled away like a bullet from a gun

So take your final look at me, may even take my hand
Take one last look at me, and maybe even grab my hand

Standing on the staircase, come and chase the master plan
I'm standing on the stairs, pursuing my ultimate goal plan

Long way to get away, play it like a grand slam
It's a long way to escape, but I'll go for it like a winning tennis move

This is no encore, we have only just begun
This isn't an extra performance, we're only just starting