Frank Turner - Recovery lyrics

Blacking in and out in a
Strange flat in east London
Somebody I don't really know
Just gave me something
To help settle me down and to stop
Me from always thinking about you
And you know your life is
Heading in a questionable direction
When you're up for days with strangers
And you can't remember anything
Except the way you sounded when you told me
You didn't know what I should do

It's a long road up to recovery from here
A long way back to the light
A long road up to recovery from here
A long way to making it right

And I've been waking in the morning
Just like every other day
And just like every boring blues song
I get swallowed by the pain
And so I fumble for your figure in the
Darkness just to make it go away
But, you're not lying there any longer
And I know that that's my fault
So I've been pounding on the floor and
I've been crawling up the walls
And I've been dipping in my
Darkness with Serotonin boosters
Cider and some kind of smelling salts!

It's a long road up to recovery from here
A long way back to the light
A long road up to recovery from here
A long way to making it right

And on the first night we
Met you said, "Well darling
Let's make a deal
If anybody ever asks us let's just tell
Them that we met in jail"
And that's the story that I'm sticking
To like a stony-faced accomplice
But tonight I need to hear some truth
If I'm ever getting through this
Yeah you once sent me a letter that said
"If you're lost at sea
Close your eyes and catch the tide my
Dear and only think of me"
Well, darling, now I'm sinking
And I'm as lost as lost can be
And I was hoping you could drag me
Up from down here towards my recovery

If you could just give me a sign
Just a subtle little glimmer
Some suggestion that you'd have me if
I could only make me better
Then I would stand a little stronger
As I walk a little taller all the time
Because I know you are a cynic
But, I think I can convince you
Yeah, cause broken people can get better
If they really want to
Or at least that's what I have to
Tell myself if I am hoping to survive!

It's a long road up to recovery from here
A long way back to the light
A long road up to recovery from here
A long way to making it right

Darling, sweet lover
Won't you help me to recover?
Darling, sweet lover
Won't you help me to recover?
Darling, sweet lover
Won't you help me to recover?
Darling, sweet lover
One day this will all be over