Exis-tense

VERSE ONE:
You are what I need
And unknowingly seek
The air that I breathe
And the words that I speak

CHORUS:
Unnatural beauty
Yet cast from nature
You see the true me
And I see you

VERSE TWO:
You make me human
Being and feeling
Revelling in
All that is you

CHORUS

VERSE THREE:
Without your compass
I lose my bearings
I'm lost in the mist
And set adrift

CHORUS

VERSE 4
You keep me grounded
My thoughts are bounded
And centred, thanks to
The anchor of you

CODA:
Unnatural beauty
Yet cast from nature
You see the true me
In my nature too

VERSE ONE

She’s in our heads

She stays in bed

Fills us with dread

She’s in our hearts

The clouds wont part

We’re in the dark



CHORUS

This is not fate

This is not chance

This is not circumstance

We can choose

Or we can lose

Ourselves to her



VERSE TWO

The things we do

To see things through

To be true

The promise we make

The claims we stake

She makes them fake



CHORUS



VERSE THREE

When she speaks

She makes us weak

And feel so bleak

She crushes hope

She makes us mope

And feel alone

CHORUS



BRIDGE

Is it me?

Or is it her?

The Saboteur



VERSE FOUR

The care we take

The choice we make

The bonds we break

We’ve failed again

Is this the end?

Or can we mend?



FINAL CHORUS:

This is not fate

This is not chance

It’s self-sabotage

We must choose

Or we will lose

Ourselves to her

The Saboteur . . .

VERSE ONE

Living life, we roll the dice

Making choices everyday

Who succeeds and

Who will grieve

In this we hold no sway



CHORUS

Everything’s going to be all right

Everything’s going to be okay

That’s just what people say.

Designed to reassure

But with an empty core

No cast iron guarantee



VERSE TWO

Some just breeze through the day

No troubles in their way

No cares to show

Their happy glow

Lights up another day

CHORUS

VERSE THREE

No one ever seems to say

It can be hard, this life, this game

We try our best

And pass the test

Of getting through each day

CHORUS

VERSE FOUR

Most will find an even keel

The highs of joy and times to heal

Keep on the path

Find time to laugh

Not overthinking how we feel

FINAL CHORUS

Everything’s going to be all right

Everything’s going to be okay.

That’s just what people say.

Designed to reassure

‘Cos we don’t know for sure

No cast iron guarantee (repeat x2)

VERSE 1:
I don’t know which way to go from here

If I had a crystal ball, the answer would be clear

So many different ways to go

Oh how am I supposed to know?


CHORUS:
They say choice is such a luxury

I’m not sure that feels true for me

Would it be easier to be told?

And not need to be so bold?


VERSE 2:
How do I begin to choose?

And what happens if I lose?

My sense of self, my world, my all

Oh where can I find a crystal ball?

CHORUS:



BRIDGE:
All great things, are leaps of faith

Standing still might keep you safe

But you might miss out on what’s truly great



VERSE 4 / CODA:
The riddle of life is for us all

And who will catch us if we fall?

But the ever-changing view

Is surely the very making of you

And it’s your crew, who get you through

It’s your crew, who get you through

VERSE 1:
Are we set in stone

Are our lives laid out

Not ours to own

Ours to own?



VERSE 2:
Was this what we planned

Did it shift like sand

Runs through our hands

Through our hands?

VERSE 3:
Can we tear it down?

Pull it to the ground

Around us now

‘Round us now?


VERSE 4:

Can we break our mould

Or just do as we’re told

‘Til we grow old

We grow old



BRIDGE:
Could this be what we need?

Risk and uncertainty

Shape us to grow

Build what we know



CODA:

So is that what we want?

And is that clear for us?

We see it now

See it now

VERSE 1 / INTRO:
At first there was one, which kicked us in the guts

And now so many more, it feels like a flood


CHORUS:
So many of you

With so much to bear

And you soldier on and on.

I’m not sure

I can take anymore

I wish I could be numb



VERSE 2:
Then, growing up, the harsh truth is clear

This will go on, for those we hold dear

We’ll need to learn how to live with grief

And not just bury it underneath

CHORUS:

VERSE 3:
Not to feel, would be such bliss

But not feeling, would be remiss

Oh, life’s unfair – it cuts us to the core

Oh, life’s unfair – it feels such a chore



CHORUS EVOLVUTION:
So many of you, with so much to bear

And you solider on and on

I know now, I’ll manage somehow

And not let myself be numb



VERSE 4 and CODA:
We’ll hold each other up,

Even when we’re falling too

Because feeling this together

Is the only way through

The only way through

VERSE ONE:
If you asked me to write it in a song

How could I be sure it wouldn’t come out wrong?

How could I be sure you’d understand?

I needed to believe you’d still take my hand



CHORUS:
Secrets, find a way through

Working to destroy you

Even a nothing

Can be a something



VERSE 2:
If you’d asked me to tell you in a letter

I can see you sitting there, silent and bitter

I doubt you would really see

You’d push me away, and punish me

CHORUS

VERSE 3:
If you asked me to call you on the phone

Could I have told you what I’d done?

BRIDGE:

I’m not ready to confess my sin

So is this where fate steps in?

CHORUS:

VERSE 4
You said we’d meet for a drink

I just couldn’t bear to think

That, afterall, of course – you knew

The tears in your eyes, told the truth



CODA:
Secrets find a way out

Now our love’s replaced by doubt (x2)

VERSE ONE:
I think we share a deep connection

That pulls us in the same direction

Even when we’re miles apart

I think I can feel your heart



CHORUS:
It’s my heartstrings and your heartstrings

And they’ll keep us close together

It’s my heartstrings and your heartstrings

And they’ll keep us bound forever



VERSE TWO:
I feel the very imprint of you

Moulding me in ways I never knew

Though our days are harder now

We know we will make it somehow



CHORUS:
It’s my heartstrings and your heartstrings

And they’ll keep us close together

It’s my heartstrings and your heartstrings

And they’ll keep us bound forever



BRIDGE:
I know all your ins and outs

Your highs and lows

Your strengths and doubts

You know mine too and

I know I’d be lost without you


CLOSING CHORUS:
It’s just those things, called our heartstrings

And they’ve kept us close together

It’s how our hearts sing, and play our heartstrings

That will keep us strong forever



CODA: (repeat x2)
It’s the invisible connection

Pulling us in the same direction