White Lies - As I Try Not to Fall Apart lyrics

[Verse 1] Am I a faulty kind of man so tender in the heart? Are clues embedded in my hands, a horoscope of cards No, I'm no special grain of sand or undiscovered star If there's a great and holy plan I'd rather have no part [Hook] Ain't that the way, ain't that the way You always unwind my head, unmake the bed like Sunday Ain't that the way, ain't that the way You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all [Chorus] Why every morning waking up Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart? You take me in your grateful arms And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart It's not the way a man like me behaves It's not the way the world would have me play my part Then why does every fibre shake As I try not to fall, as I try not to fall apart? [Verse 2] Am I a lone unlucky man, no shimmer to my soul? Am I a spindle wound too tight, a fraction of a whole No, I've no party tricks, my hand is empty as a vault If there's a charge, oh then I'll stand and do the time for every fault [Hook] Ain't that the way, ain't that the way You always unwind my head, unmake the bed like Sunday Ain't that the way, ain't that the way You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all [Chorus] Why every morning waking up Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart? You take me in your grateful arms And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart It's not the way a man like me behaves It's not the way the world would have me play my part Then why does every fibre shake As I try not to fall, as I try not to fall apart? [Special (only album edit)] Ain't that the way, ain't that the way You always unwind my head unmake the bed like Sunday Ain't that the way, ain't that the way You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all Why every morning waking up Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart? You take me in your grateful arms And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart It's not the way a man like me behaves It's not the way the world would have me play my part Then why does every fibre shake As I try not to fall, as I try not to fall apart? [Outro (extended in album edit)] As I try not to fall apart As I try not to fall apart As I try not to fall apart As I try not to fall apart