Snow Patrol - Please Just Take These Photos from My Hands lyrics

The yellowed page of the books and
Books I'd forgotten that I had
These paperbacks they know their
Age they smell
Of weight and time that's resting warm

The opened box beside the endless box
Parade that haunts my house
Is fit to split with
Photographs that tell the
Wanderlust of years smashed on to years

When all this actual life played out
Where the hell on Earth was I?
I rack my brains but it won't come

Through water damaged bloodshot eyes
The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies
All seem to mingle into one
I read your name under words in your
Elegant hand you probably don't mean now


I fold the letter and think of a million and
One things that I could have done different

When all this actual life played out
Where the hell on Earth was I?
I rack my brains but it won't come

Through water damaged bloodshot eyes
The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies
All seem to mingle into one

One gigantic fairy tale
Of friends I haven't seen in years
Drinking 'til the daylight hurts

You seem friendly who are you?
That's a lot of wine that we got through
We've made playtime look like work

Please just take these photos from my hands