Frank Turner - Isabel lyrics

So now the years are rolling by
And it's not long since you and I
Could have been train drivers and astronauts
And now we're stuck in furnished ruts
But yet the thing that really cuts is that
We can't remember how we got caught
Filtered air, computer screens
Muffled sighs and might have-beens
Count your blessings, then breathe
And count to ten
And though it doesn't often show
We are scared
Because we know our forefathers
Were farmers and fishermen

And so the world has changed
Worse or better's hard to tell
But my hope remains within the arms of Isabel

So now our calloused hands once told
A story honest as it's old of
Sowing seeds and setting sail
But now our hands are soft and weak
And working seven days a week
At these salvation schemes
That are bound to fail

And so the world has changed
Worse or better's hard to tell
But my hope remains within the arms of Isabel

And I'll admit that I am scared
Of what I don't understand
Darling, if you're there
Gentle voice and soothing hands
To quiet my despair to shore up all my plans
Darling, if you're there

And so the world has changed
And I must change as well
The machines we've made will
Damn us into hell so the time will come when
All must save themselves
And I will save my soul
Within the arms of Isabel