Simple Story - The Cribs

I know it’s a simple story

But where you gonna hear another one just like this?

Another minute passing, waiting 'round for something to hit…

And then I start to exist, when you were looking for me

Why’d I have to leave and make you thought I’d run?

Maybe I need to be on something

To figure out just what all this means to me

I should have played her something

Shoulda said something then

But it’s too late

I know it’s a simple story

Gonna have to be a man someday

Let’s start a vicious cycle

Let me off the leash and watch me run in the grass

But then I disappear and I show up a few days later

With my foot in a trap

But it’s only my heart that’s bleeding

I’m howling at the moon just hoping someone understands

That I only came into season when I smelled the blood on the wind

And heard the beat of the band

I know I give no reason to give me something old or give me something new

Why do I even need this?

Gonna have to do what I need to

Just like a teenage summer

The sun beats down and cracks the flags left and right

But it’s not just the heat

My body and my head are full of things that keep me up on a night

Like it’s only time and distance

You’re in a black box and I can’t even wait outside

You’ll just have to tell me about it

Gonna have to sleep

It’s too light…

Let’s start a vicious cycle

Let me off the leash and watch me run in the grass

But then I disappear and I show up a few days later

With my foot in a trap

But it’s only my heart that’s bleeding

I’m howling at the moon just hoping someone understands

That I only came into season when I smelled the blood on the wind

And heard the beat of the band

I know it’s just a feeling

Shouldn’t even have these thoughts

But it’s too late

I know it’s a simple story

Gonna have to be a man someday