FRAYED DENIM &
SCARLET BUSES
LYRICS
VERSE 1
Midnight rain
On your ripped-up jeans
Ticket stubs
Stuffed in your sleeve
We miss the last train
Laugh
Say “let it be”
Big clock ringing
Like it’s daring us to dream
CHORUS
Midnight rain on a London street
You and me
Wrong and right on repeat
No cash
Just a battered guitar to bleed
But under that tower
We’re loud
We’re free
It’s a riot of a love
Such a beautiful mess
Yeah
We’re writing our own anthem
Nothing less (hey!)
Your lipstick’s cracked
But your eyes burn bright
You hum off-key
I play too tight
Puddles kick back
Light explodes in streaks
We’re young
We’re dumb
Still
It feels like speech
VERSE 2
Midnight rain on a London street
You and me
Wrong and right on repeat
No cash
Just a battered guitar to bleed
But under that tower
We’re loud
We’re free
It’s a riot of a love
Such a beautiful mess
Yeah
We’re writing our own anthem
Nothing less
CHORUS
Beat drops to bass and vocal
Shouting the chords we don’t quite know (oh oh)
Sharing a coat and a heavy load
If this is all that we ever own
Then this wet stone road
Is holy ground
BRIDGE
CHORUS
Midnight rain on a London street
You and me
Wrong and right on repeat
No cash
Just a battered guitar to bleed
Under that tower
We’re loud
We’re free
It’s a riot of a love
Such a beautiful mess
Yeah
We’re writing our own anthem
Nothing less
Our own anthem
Our own anthem