Oh it happened when I least expected, this time round was right Yeah when someone said I should approach you, you took my number   Feeling like I’d never felt before, a place so new to me So much more for me to now explore   Killed the hours drinking one-pound bottles of beer Walking hand in hand down the main drag A kiss without a moment of fear, this world was ours And you told me this would last forever but I did not know how On a cold night you just walked away from me and our world was shattered   Feeling like I’d never felt before, a sorrow new to me Losing you just made me need you more   Took so long to heal and I walked those streets for miles in the rain Just to see you for 20 minutes with no hope of reunion Well you moved on, I see you got married, I hope you are happy Now as I pass through this town there are two ghosts Where forever they’ll remain… Feeling like they’ve never felt before

We explored the coastal path looking out upon the bay A waxing moon against a sapphire blue which then faded to grey    Stars that filled the sky had already died / Shining bright for us in a former life   Laughing like I was a child as I’m swinging on a tyre Clinging on not wanting you to stop as you pushed me higher   Stars that filled the sky had already died / Shining bright for us in a former life   Goes to show you never know what destiny will overthrow What has been what has gone, in the light so bright that shone And it seems we have no clue that there could be a different view Of shining stars so far away, that we cannot see today   Stars that filled the sky had already died / Shining bright for us in a former life

It was always good to see you on those summer nights Not a penny to our names, thinking things would never change Drinking ’til late with no means of getting home Searching for a place to stay, saying we would run away Our innocence was still not lost, we thought the world was ours Now it seems so long ago, a whole lifetime away   The summer nights, the summer nights, whatever happened to our lives? Oh take away all that I’ve gained if I can go back to that time and place, my teenage face Oh take me back in time to summer nights   As the years rolled by we just got on with separate lives Who’d have thought it’d go so fast, but then youth can’t ever last The Stretford lads, just killing time had no idea back then Those summer nights were summer years they won’t get back again   Maybe someday we will meet and find that nothing’s changed Cause we can still get drunk in town and walk home in the rain   To summer nights, to summer nights, whatever happened to our lives? Oh take away all that I’ve gained if I can go back to that time and place, my teenage face Oh take me back in time to summer nights

You had no idea I was into you when I met you near the station We were friends so quick, something seemed to click, I developed a fixation We stayed at my place, and I went insane in a platonic despondency I was dropping hints I was falling deep, I couldn’t do it more obviously   In a crowded bar, the penny dropped and I saw that look in your eyes A million words all expressed at once and we were unified    And the promises you made, you never planned you would betray But when you’re only nineteen it’s an easy mistake And the moments when you whispered those sweet nothings in my ear I know that every word you said was intended as sincere   So from there on in I couldn’t leave your side and you said we’d last forever This was nothing like I had ever known where everything just came together And we lived the dream of a normal life, with no clue how we were to survive We would sleep in late and self-medicate, ambition with no drive   Then it broke my heart when you went away yo a Scottish holiday town Weeks had passed when you made it back and love started to drown   And the promises you made, you never planned you would betray But when you’re only nineteen it’s an easy mistake And the moments when you whispered those sweet nothings in my ear I know that every word you said was intended as sincere   You tried so hard to love me but you didn’t know how   And the promises you made, you never planned you would betray But when you’re only nineteen it’s an easy mistake And the moments when you whispered those sweet nothings in my ear I know that every word you said was intended as sincere   We were young and ingenuous…

It seems so long ago, the days that you were known as the main star of the show Fresh faced and so proud, drawing in the crowds, they came from miles around   Baby blue, as you got older you’ve just grown colder, just hiding right in view And you’re blue, neon lights used to shine all around you, now all you see is black But the day will come round for you to shine again   With every passing day the crowds dwindled away with no games left to play Then in ’95 you were then deprived of a reason to survive   Baby blue, as you got older you’ve just grown colder, just hiding right in view And you’re blue, neon lights used to shine all around you, now all you see is black But the day will come round for you to shine again   So don’t let them say that you’re an eyesore, when you are just waiting for an encore   Baby blue, as you got older you’ve just grown colder, just hiding right in view And you’re blue, neon lights used to shine all around you, now all you see is black But the day will come round for you to shine again

And so the list goes on, faked emotion when you phoned to say we were through But I’m still not over you, you were the answer to a question that I never knew But now you’re with somebody else as I’m going through hell   You give the pain, you take the blame because you’ve driven me insane I want you to know that as you live your fantasy to simply boost your vanity you’ll end up alone   In every man you see a happy ending that never will turn out to be Your insecurities won’t be resolved if all you do is set them free Good looks will get you what you want, but it’s not what you need   You give the pain, you take the blame because you’ve driven me insane I want you to know that as you live your fantasy to simply boost your vanity you’ll end up alone   One more second chance and i’ve finally seen, that you’re inhumane No conscience and no guilt as I walk home alone, in the pouring rain   Cause someone else just caught your eye and now you’re gone with no goodbye And you’ll drag him down Taken in by pretty eyes, faked romance and then that smile The story goes on   You give the pain, you take the blame because you’ve driven me insane I want you to know that as you live your fantasy to simply boost your vanity you’ll end up alone   You lured me in and let me go And for me this goes to show The chase is the end game

It’s December but you’re still wearing skinny jeans And black eyeliner so that you look part of the scene Before long I am talking to you So conspicuously your hand ends up in mine I’m caught off guard now all of my restraint has now resigned It seems I’m spending all night with you   But will I know you this time next week or will these feelings be lost in your sleep Still I will keep you warm tonight   So we journey to the rough and ready part of town The bars are closing and the drunks are all stumbling out As we wait on the one eighty four  To a sleepy village in the middle of nowhere There are coal fires burning in the frosty air And we kiss under a starry sky   Will I still know you this time next week or will these feelings be lost in your sleep I’ll still keep you warm tonight   When we awake in the morning your house is cold as you sneak me out To catch a train at midday, it is clear what this was about   And I won’t know you this time next week ‘Cause all those feelings were lost in your sleep But still I kept you warm that night   And this cuts deeper than I ever thought it would Radio silence on all channels, it’s understood Silence is always understood

Here many years ago we put footprints down Moments have been and gone since then, all secrets were kept by this town   This is the place where I still see your face in ghostly shadows cast right here in the past   So now I press replay; a rush to make the train You were too late, I took the blame, the echoes still now remain   This is the place where I still see your face in ghostly shadows cast right here in the past A moment lost in time is all we left behind, what could never last is stuck here the past   Now I’m here alone

The city is still, the bars fall silent From a single window a light goes out Streetlights reflect on the pane And the only sound heard is the rain   A bond has been broken tonight as you are far out of sight   Promises of summer are forgotten, they don’t mean a thing Now I’m so out of context, clinging to spring And I never thought that you could do this to me With all that we were and could be   A bond has been broken tonight as you are far out of sight   So did you hold him the way you hold me As you came to terms with the lies you’ve told me   A bond has been broken tonight as you are far out of sight

Every choice I made it came to this Every opportunity I missed All the words I wish I would’ve said I tried to speak but I was filled with dread   Miles and miles of empty space is all behind me There’s only darkness up ahead Lost in wilderness I call but you can’t hear me I’ve gone too far now on my own   Everything was perfect long ago The summer of my life and I didn’t know Passing time can turn a life around The ticking clock it never made a sound   Miles and miles of empty space is all behind me There’s only darkness up ahead Lost in wilderness I call but you can’t hear me I’ve gone too far now on my own   Where do I go onwards from here? I need directions can you hear me I’m chasing resolve but the world don’t revolve around me   Miles and miles of empty space is all behind me There’s only darkness up ahead Lost in wilderness I call but you can’t hear me I’ve gone too far now on my own

When we are young we think we know it all We have it all planned out But I’ll be the first to say I’ve made mistakes When I have been in doubt   But from the haze comes clarity If you just add time All the regrets we had, every “should have” Each self-convicted crime   But there is always a second chance So don’t let pride hold you back in fear of attack We can learn from the past Yeah there is always a second chance There is always a way to right yesterday With no price you need to pay   Sometimes it’s hard to see that you possess Everything you need When there’s an endless list of all the things You tell yourself you want   And I conclude that everything of worth It takes a little work We may lose sight of this if that persists We end up getting hurt   But there is always a second chance So don’t let pride hold you back in fear of attack We can learn from the past Yeah there is always a second chance There is always a way to right yesterday With no price you need to pay   So what do you say?