Passenger - The Wrong Direction lyrics

When I was a kid the things I
Did were hidden under the grid
Young and naive I never believed that
Love could be so well hid
With regret I'm willing to bet and
Say the older you get
It gets harder to forgive
And harder to forget
It gets under your shirt like
A dagger at work
The first cut is the deepest but
The rest still flipping hurt
You build your heart of plastic
Get cynical and sarcastic
And end up in the corner on your own

Cause, I'd love to feel love but
I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as
A form of protection i thought I was close
But under further inspection
It seems I've been running in
The wrong direction oh no

So what's the point in getting your hopes up
When all you're ever getting is choked up
When your coked up
And can't remember the reason
Why you broke up
You call her in the morning when
You're coming down and falling
Like an old man on the side of the road
Cause when you're apart you
Don't want to mingle
When you're together you want to be single
Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss
That made your heart tingle
How much greener the grass is
With those rose tinted glasses
But the butterflies they flutter by and
Leave us on our asses

Cause, I'd love to feel love but
I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as
A form of protection i thought I was close
But under further inspection
It seems I've been running
In the wrong direction
There's fish in the sea for
Me to make a selection
I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection
Cause all I want to do is
Try to make a connection
It seems I've been running in
The wrong direction oh oh

Cause, I'd love to feel love but
I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as
A form of protection i thought I was close
But under further inspection
It seems I've been running
In the wrong direction
There's fish in the sea for
Me to make a selection
I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection
Cause all I want to do is
Try to make a connection
It seems I've been running in
The wrong direction oh oh

Cause, I'd love to feel love but
I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as
A form of protection i thought I was close
But under further inspection
It seems I've been running
In the wrong direction
There's fish in the sea for
Me to make a selection
I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection
Cause all I want to do is
Try to make a connection
It seems I've been running in
The wrong direction oh oh

Seems like I'm running in
The wrong direction oh
Seems like I'm running in
The wrong direction oh
Well it seems I've been running in
The wrong direction oh no
Seems I've been running in
The wrong direction oh