The Smith Street Band - Life After Football lyrics

I couldn't see a thing
But I could hear destruction in the dark
Corrugated iron and timber rip and
Wrench my roof apart as each tree fell
It felt like the Earth
Was trying to catch it's breath
Tunnels of wind went through the
Hills and kicked the forest half to death

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Everything was already falling
It's just falling faster now
The power lines frantic in the wind like cut
Snakes in the wind that brought them down
My shady lane was torn to shreds
A mess of dirty brown and green
I threw my bag over my head and headed
Where I said I'd try to be

Once in a lifetime you get days like these


There's sure been a lot of
Once in a lifetimes lately

You rescued me on the main road
Up near the footy ground
Now I'm masked up and sanitised in
A hotel in my home town
The army established a post
On Ballan-Daylesford Road
It was a couple days of hope till I
Knew if I still had a home
My hideout deep among the trees
It had nearly flattened me
I still hear the wind whip through the
Clearing when I'm trying to fall asleep
The last few weeks, the world felt fast what
I'm learning to understand
If you tread water for so long
Your feet feel unstable on land

Once in a lifetime you get days like these
There's sure been a lot of
Once in a lifetimes lately
Once in a lifetime you get days like these
There's sure been a lot of
Once in a lifetimes

Nobody thinks about life after football
Everyone swears they live in the future
I didn't know we were moving the goal posts
Much less tearing them down forever
Nobody thinks about life after football
Everyone swears they live in the future
I didn't know we were moving the goal posts
Much less tearing them down forever

You told us we were invincible
You showed us you didn't care
(Nobody thinks about life after football)
You told us we were invincible
You showed us you didn't care
(Nobody thinks about life after football)
You told us we were invincible
(Nobody thinks about life after football)
You showed us you didn't care
(Everyone swears they live in the future)
You told us you were invincible
(I didn't know we were moving the goalposts)
(Much less tearing them down forever)
Forever