Making Yourself So Lonely - Charlie Winston

Verse 1:

On the phone you spoke

Picking bones with my friends and lovers

You said, ‘I think you’re living in a bubble, darling’

So, I thought it through and thought that maybe you could be on to something

After all, we all have our little blind spots, don't we?

And I looked’ I took a good look around me, darling

And we stepped, we took a good step away from familiar humdrum

Such unforgettable and truly magical times

Verse 2:

Stop! There I go again, like a fool, trying to paint the perfect picture

It’s easy to romanticise when you’re in the distance, darling

But it wasn’t easy was it, I mean, you never really seemed truly happy

And there I was, drunk in love and drowning on a daydream, daily

As you stripped, you stripped me away like paint work, darling

And you picked; you picked me apart and left me in a million pieces

No need to sympathise, but try to realise this:

Chorus:

You’re making yourself so lonely, darling

It’s making me feel so lost to know

Stop making yourself so lonely, darling, please.

Verse 3:

So, looking back now it’s funny how

I really had the blinkers on me

Like a firework, free falling, ’til I hit the concrete floor

Where my friends picked me back up and held me, darling

It was them and the family who really got me back to hear the music

I hope you got the same and cut out your love games, cos…

Chorus (x2)

Verse 4:

Yes, it’s obvious, well I shouldn’t really need to say this, but,

The truth is that I miss you.