What Am I Here For - Moncrieff

You're uncertain and you're unwell Rags to riches, but your heart can't tell That don't mean you're going to hell But that's how the story goes You're like a phoenix rising from the ashes But all you care about is death and taxes And being famous takes too much practice I wish it wasn't so I spent my twenties in the lights of the disco Trying to prove that I could be a hero There were times when it felt like I was winning But looking back it only lasted a minute I watched my friends take over the radio All it did was drill a hole in my ego I forgot what goodness was outside my window Ain't that the way the story goes I don't need silver linings I don't need so much more I just need room to be wrong sometimes That's all I'm hoping for I feel like we could find it If we knocked on heaven's door I'd say God, I'm only human You'd say that's what I'm here for I spent my teens making out in the stairwell Inside a church that went long 'cause the spirit fell I was really trying to mean something to someone But at the time I just thought that it was fun I don't need silver linings I don't need so much more I just need room to be wrong sometimes That's all I'm hoping for I feel like we could find it If we knocked on heaven's door I'd say God, I'm only human You'd say that's what I'm here for I don't need silver linings I don't need so much more I just need room to be wrong sometimes That's all I'm hoping for

What a life, a trick of light Then everything returns to the sea You can have whatever you want But are you disciplined enough to be free? Turning love into a chore Promises come cheap, dear reader Another page, another door Follow, follow me I know what I'm here for Hanging on through late December I know what I'm here for Follow, follow me Follow me Moving on, I don't belong My life turned into a mall Every line is in the song Follow me out of the fall What an actor, what a show Just going through some holy motions The band is sharp, but the singer's slow Everything must go I know what I'm here for Hanging on through late December I know what I'm here for Follow, follow me Follow me Follow me (x8) Souvenirs, polygraph tests Photographs fresh from the wreck What a poster saint he'll make In one take, one take I know what I'm here for Hanging on through late December I know what I'm here for Follow, follow me Follow me Follow me (x8)

Early in the morning When the colors reappear, I'll be here They're coming without warning So close your eyes and block up your ears But we'll be alright, we'll be alright We'll be alright, we'll be alright Because as long as I've got you in my arms I don't mind that I forgot what I came here for Well as long as I've got you in my arms I don't mind that I forgot what I came here for So let's find a little shelter and play a game of hide and seek Ohh, maybe for an hour, or maybe for a day, or for a week Well I do my sleeping in the winter So let's just leave our living for the spring But don't you worry for a second, child 'Cause I'll take care of everything Because as long as I've got you in my arms, I don't mind That I forgot what I came here for As long as I've got you in my arms, I don't mind That I forgot what I came here for Ooooh oooh oooh, mmhmm Ooooh oooh oooh, mmhmm So as long as I've got you in my arms, I don't mind That I forgot what I came here for Well as long as I've got you in my arms, I don't mind That I forgot what I came here for Well as long as I've got you in my arms, I don't mind That I forgot what I came here for Well as long as I've got you in my arms Then I know that I got what I came here for