You drove me to this
That night at Adrianna’s
You caught my eye
At a certain time
During a song of Rihanna’s
You drove me to this
Drove me from the house crying
You said you’d not been with a guy, well not yet,
And I wondered what you were implying
Swimming’s the one thing
In my life that isn’t a mystery
But the Sandcastle’s bombed, the public baths closed
Just the sea left and the rest is history

It didn’t have to be like this
It didn’t have to be like this
But it is

You drove me to this
Writing plans on the back of a payslip
You drove me to this
Fitting lazers and guns to my spaceship
I should have known it
I shouldn’t have been such a coward
I imagine my life narrated in my head
But the narrator now is Ron Howard
The fact is no man had shown interest
And no woman. I don’t know the signals
I couldn’t predict this rampage
I couldn’t have called for the vigil

But oh I miss you,
oh, I could have done with you here
Oh I miss you,
oh what I could have done with you here
Oh I miss you,
Oh how I’m missing you here
Oh I miss you,
Oh how I wish you were here
Oh I miss you,
Oh I could do with you here
Oh I miss you,
Oh what I could do with you here

Do you like what I’ve done with the place?
Took the lo-fi kids out at Fairhaven
Took out the sand yachts and beach huts
Realised there’s nothing worth saving
I hate what we’ve done with this place
This hot bed of North West retirement
There must have been some way of stopping
The deaths and the bombs and the sirens
And I don’t want to kill you,
It’s not you who made me a monster
And I don’t want to kill you,
Really it’s not me who wants to

And oh I missed you,
Oh, I missed all the shots that I fired
Oh I missed you,
Oh, this fighting is leaving me tired
Oh I missed you,
Oh, I could have done with you here
Oh I missed you,
Oh, what I could have done with you here

We aim for a vengeful revolution,
But I miss you brother
And we are not lighting these flames
We call for a peaceful resolution
Because we love one another
And love can repair us again

Oh I missed you,
Oh I could have done with you here
Oh I missed you
Oh, what I could have done with you here
Oh I missed you
Oh I could do with you here
Oh I missed you
Oh what I could do with you here