The Bends (Here We Go Again)

When I was 16, 16

They pumped me up with morphine, morphine

Just hoping I'd go home

My mind was bending, bending

Each time I was ascending, -scending

And now the same thing goes

When I see you in my clothes

In the mornings

And then it comes without a warning

Gotta get myself up for some air

Can't see the surface

Oh, is it worth it?

And I think I'm better off down there

Here we go again

You're back to giving me the bends

I guess that we'll pretend

That we'll be better off as friends because it's like

We talk, then don't talk, then you call, you call

'Cause I'm bumping out your radio again

You're back to giving me the bends

And I still get that feeling, feeling

Staring at the ceiling, ceiling

When I'm away from home

Inside I'm bleeding, bleeding

It loves to stop me sleeping, sleeping

And now the same thing goes

When I see you in my clothes

In the evenings

And then I struggle breathing

Gotta get myself up for some air

Can't see the surface

Oh, is it worth it?

And I think I'm better off down there

Here we go again

You're back to giving me the bends

I guess that we'll pretend

That we'll be better off as friends, because it's like

We talk, then don't talk, then you call, you call

'Cause I'm bumping out your radio again

You're back to giving me the bends

Hello, sorry I missed ya

I didn't hear it ring, but I was meant to call ya anyway

So, what was up? How've you been?

Did you see it was warm here for the first time in months today?

I felt that weight there leave my shoulders when it turns blue from grey

'Cause you know I get so restless when it's grim

But understandably

When it's blue, I can't wait to find out what the universe has planned for me

When it turns everything in my world, everything I see from being bleak

To my hometown streets into a masterpiece

Glowing off the canvas, framed in gold, waiting to be sold

And if I'm being honest, if the truth be told

I don't know why my mood changes so much with the sky

I'm not sure I'll ever understand it

But I'm glad that I'm alive

Here we go again

You're back to giving me the bends

I guess that we'll pretend

That we'll be better off as friends

Because it's like

We talk, then don't talk, then you call, you call

'Cause I'm bumping out your radio again

You're back to giving me the bends

Here we go again

You're back to giving me the bends