Now or Never Now - Metric

I watch the morning dawn upon your skin A splinter in the light It caught and frayed the very heart of us It's been hiding there inside for all this time How a sure thing winds up just like this? Clockwork silence only knows And it's no one's fault there's no black and white Only you and me on this endless night And as the hours run away with another life Oh, darling can't you see? It's now or never It's now or never Sweeping eggshells still at 3 a.m. We're trying far too hard The tattered thought balloons above our heads Sinking in the weight of all we need to say Why's and what if's have since long played out? Left us short on happy endings And it's no one's fault there's no black and white Only you and me on this endless night And as the hours run away with another life Oh, darling, can't you see? It's now or never It's now or never (Now or never, it's now or never, now or never) It's now or never (Now or never, it's now or never, now or never) It's now or never (Now or never, it's now or never, now or never) You know that there's so much more And it's no one's fault there's no black and white Only you and me on our final night And as the hours run away with another life Oh, darling, can't you see? It's now or never It's now or never

[Gotta call you right now to figure it out The door is open, I could walk right in Ooh but it's so much harder than it sounds I know it's closing if I just stand still 'Cause you won't wait forever So just hear me out It is not like I don't want you Just scared to try Even if the odds are in my favor I just need more time So if you wait just a little bit longer I will treat you right, treat you right Yeah [Feels like I'm stumbling [Bring me something lighter [Feels like I'm stumbling As soon as I saw you I knew it's never or right now Right now 'Cause someone like you wouldn't take that I don't even try Even try As soon as I saw you I knew it's never or right now Right now 'Cause someone like you wouldn't take that I don't even try Even try [Gotta call you right now to figure it out [Oh there's no time to stand around [Gotta call you right now to figure it out You said you're leaving tomorrow at dawn Ooh and then you asked me if I would come along I just can't seem to believe in the thought But everyone says that it's obvious [That you're into me [Like I'm into you As soon as I saw you I knew it's never or right now Right now 'Cause someone like you wouldn't take that I don't even try Even try As soon as I saw you I knew it's never or right now Right now 'Cause someone like you wouldn't Take that I don't even try Don't even try

Told we could be who we wanted Or get what we needed, hey, yeah One and the other competing Over the meaning, hey, yeah Back when I said that I want it all This wasn't the point at all Hostile to that superficial view Show me something that can't be bought It's harder to do than I thought False dichotomy, no choice to choose When you don't know if you should fall If there'd be a net at all Pleasure gets so easily abused Show me something that can't bе bought It's harder to do than I thought False dichotomy, no choice to choosе Hate Love Hate Love And when you don't want to chase it But can't stand to waste it, hey, yeah It's either rags into riches Or life in the trenches, hey, yeah Back when I said that I want it all This wasn't the point at all Hostile to that superficial view Show me something that can't be bought It's harder to do than I thought False dichotomy, no choice to choose When you don't know if you should fall If there'd be a net at all Pleasure gets so easily abused Show me something that can't be bought It's harder to do than I thought False dichotomy, no choice to choose Hate, love Hate, love Hate, love Hate, love Hate, love Hate, love Hate, love Hate, love Hate Love Hate Love Hate Love Hate Love

On the day we were supposed to leave You changed your mind at the station You had a nice apartment There was a good bar downstairs Your old friend worked there I'll go anyway, I'll go anyway They won't refund the ticket It's a good story But I don't want to live it alone Crash to take a chance I wanna live it out Look at you, I know I'm already dead No concrete adversity Only traps of our own actions How we wanted it to be Now I'm never gonna see you again You checked out Vertabrae by vertebrae Roll your way out of a coma Look up, the nurse is smiling What luck, the nurse is me Your old body is dead Your body's dead, you're a word instead In my sleep I repeat it It's a good story But I don't want to live it alone Crash to take a chance We were gonna live it out Look at you, you're already dead How will you remember me Digging ditches out of boredom Said you would never leave Now you're never gonna be here again You turned off Dum dum dum dum dum Sha la la la la Dum dum dum dum dum