Pulp - Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down) lyrics

When you think you're treading water, but you're just learning how to drown.

And a song comes on the radio telling you that "The Only Way is Down".

You're out of luck, you're out of time, get out of here.

Your lover just traded you in for the very same model but a much more recent year.

It will not stop, it will get worse from day to day 'til you admit that you're a fuck-up; like the rest of us.

Oh, that's the time you fall apart .

That's the time the teardrops start & that's the time you fall in love again.

Yeah, that's the time you fall in love again.

The recreational pursuits that made you shine have worn you thin.

And it's oh so fine getting out of your mind as long as you can find your way back in.

You want someone to screw your brains out

I'd say they're running out of time & they'd only go & cut themselves on the daggers of your mind.

This is your future.

This is the sentence you must serve 'til you admit that you're a fuck-up like the rest of us.

Oh, that's the time you fall apart.

That's the time the teardrops start & that's the time you fall in love again.

When you've had enough, when you've had too much,

when you got knocked down & you never got up.

That's the time you fall in love again.

Oh, when you walked into the room I could not breathe, I could not speak.

Please could I hide myself inside you?

As far inside as it's possible to be.

Can you assist me? I could not make it on my own.

Can I give you all the love I have?

It's not much but I'll try & raise a loan.

I have no pride left, no, no there is nothing I'm trying to prove

No, I am a fuck-up; just the same as you.

Oh, I guess this is where I fall apart

And I guess this is where the teardrops start but I don't care 'cos I just fell in love again.

And I'd had enough - well, far too much

I just fell down, could you please help me up?

"Cos if you help me maybe I could fall in love again. Na na na.