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Caught on the Inside

by Ten Fé

on Future Perfect, Present Tense (2019)

I can hear you rattling your window
I can hear you playing up the pane
Even though you never leave your bedroom anymore
I can hear you all the same
All the same
All the same
All the same
All the same

As hard as I try, you still can't look me in the eye
After all this time, only you know the reason why
Well, they say you're shy and you get caught on the inside
Come on, come out, there's so much light
But there ain't much time

I can hear you crackin' off a windpipe
And the silence last for days
Then I see you coming round again
'Cause nothing ever lasts for every minute of the day
Last the day
Last the day
Last the day
Last the day

As hard as I try, you still can't look me in the eye
After all this time, only you know why
They say you're shy and you get caught on the inside
Come on, come out, there's so much light
But there ain't much time
No, there ain't much time
No, no, there ain't much time

Boy, if you knew the nights I'd stayed up thinking and crying over you
But I sit back and I say, "what can I do?"
Come on, let me in and gimme a clue
But you gotta do what you wanna do

As hard as I try, you still can't look me in the eye
After all this time, after all this time
They say you're shy and you get caught on the inside
Come on, come out, there's so much light
But there ain't much time
Oh no, there ain't much time
No, now there ain't much time