Badly Drawn Boy - The Long Way Round (Swimming Pool) lyrics

Sit and wait for the day Where your life might change And that day never comes This is rule number one All the changes must come from you Is the second rule Take a long way round See the sights, hear sounds Where you'll go, nobody knows Been this way Since the day I was born Far away And the walk In the rain Makes you feel Young again I a**umed You would be my strength Oh, how wrong I was That's the wrong way round How you need me now The carrousel keeps turning still This one cried, this one smiled But we all felt alive Like a walk in the rain Made us feel young again With the crowd singing "all right now" As the rain came down It's a long way home But we're not alone Life's carrousel keeps turning still Life keeps turning around, and around We keep learning from things we have found Overground What a fool To believe I could help You to breathe Getting cold In the rain Makes us feel Young again If you go Take a long way round You'll be lost then found It's a long way home But you're not alone The carrousel bring you back again Winter comes We don't have a choice As we grow We will find a voice She looks over her shoulder The swimming pool freezes over We'll skate to the other side Full of life Still filled with pride