this is a song for you to sing when you're waiting for the bus
and the trees are flicking auburn off their paintbrush
you found the greenest energy: a bicycle you got for free
it's always public transport 'cause you smile when you're outside
but no-one knows it better than you what you done

in the autumn you take photos of the tags that own the town
the gangs leap out like solar flares but you won't back down
it's a parade of high-school threats, but nothing too bad's happened yet
but they've found a team that you'll never get
but no-one knows it better than you what you want

you went away, you came back; and everyone says they knew you would
you all signed a suicide pact with that neighbourhood
the empty stores, the empty homes, the rusted lingering commercial zones
the future's hard, but when you're gone they'll say "you had soul"
and no-one knows it better than you who you are
so if you write it down we'll act it out

she says she won't leave you behind even when geography's not been kind
but every day she's further away and it's harder to find something to say
when it's over at least she'll know she took it as far as it could go
but maybe that's the problem, who lets their own life get forgotten?
but no-one knows it better than you what you need
so if you write it down we'll act it out

she still goes dancing on her bad ankle - a crowded bar? she'll find an angle
and you wonder if there's any truth she won't ignore
but when they play your favourite song she wants you to get swept along
there's enough friends there to hoist her in the air, even if not for long
but no-one knows it better than you who you are
so if you write it down we'll act it out
if you write it down we'll act it out

but now it's time for all the words in your heart
to get written down and acted out
written down and acted out
written down and acted out

this is a song for you to take: put it in your pockets, hide it away
and take it out to hold when your hands are getting cold
this is a song that cannot sink "ah she's made of iron sir, i assure you she can" this is a song to help you break the ice as fast as you can

because no-one knows it better than you who you are
so if you write it down we'll act it out
you're always outside this and always passing through it