You talk of how great things used to be
But when i look back things didn't seem so rosy
You're just hanging on to your broken hopes and dreams
Distant Memories and things that you might have once seen

Why won't you stop...Living in the past and start thinking for today
When will you stop....Trying to be someone you think you used to be

Do you remember when it all came crashing down?
Your life long goals left lying on the ground
Way back then, were you really something special?
Or just someone else who really meant nothing at all

Why won't you stop...Living in the past and start thinking for today
When will you stop....Trying to be someone you think you used to be

Can you catch a glimpse of your new found hopes & dreams
New promises and no more might have beens
Will you finally earn the true respect you crave?
Or just carry your delusion with you to the grave?

Why won't you stop...Living in the past and start thinking for today
When will you stop....Trying to be someone you think you used to be

Why won't you stop...Living in the past and start thinking for today
When will you stop....Trying to be someone you think you used to be

The day Tom signed on the dotted Line
He assured his Mother everthing would be fine
But Tom was only twenty one
Killed in Iraq when he should have been having Fun
His family have been waiting four years
To find out just why he died
The inquest was stalled and delayed
And now their eyes are open wide

They've been tossed on the military scrapheap
The past mistakes that Britain's destined to repeat

Danny was just seventeen
His life never became what it could have been
Sent back from Afghanistan
Now he's locked where he can do himself no harm.
The sights he saw are haunting him
So many friends that he's watched die
Now he's discharged he gets no help
No-one wants to know now the end is nigh

He's been tossed, on the military scrapheap
The past mistakes that Britain's destined to repeat

Government help is not forthcoming
They've always been deaf to the pleas
Responsibility from they're running
Let off the hook with plastic poppies

Years have passed, no-one heeds his call
Squalid flat, damp climbing the walls
Oscar's coming up to ninety-four
Threadbare carpet hardly covers the floor
The papers tell you every day
That these people are heroes
But when all's been said and done
They're treated more like zero's

They've been tossed on the military scrapheap
The past mistakes, Britain's destined to repeat

They've been tossed on the military scrapheap
The past mistakes, Britain's destined to repeat

That Britain's destined to repeat
Yeah, Britain's destined to repeat again and again.

They say that going hungry, will help us in the long term
Free food will only damage, health and life prospects
Soup runs are unnecessary as we have money to burn
Without them we could go and buy a flat in a brand new complex

But do you really think that’s true, or are they lying again?

And i feel like a pigeon in Trafalgar Square
Crying out for help but there’s no-one there
They say we bring the house prices down
And scare the tourists when they come to down

Corporate promo’s are okay, here try our brand new beer
But just don’t feed the hungry, that’s something we forbid
They tell you that i earn a hundred thousand pounds a year
But do you really think that i would sleep rough if i did

It’s the easy option tory council
Just banish the symptom, don’t look at the cause
With their easy option waste removal
Clearing the streets without a moments pause

They say that our kitchens are a hotspot for trouble
But then why are pubs allowed, is this not something to deter
And now you’re trying to make, feeding me illegal
I think that means if i starve to death that you’ll be guilty of murder

Your best friend of twenty years
So many laughs, so many tears
You never thought that it would ever end
But it all disappears
With hasty words , too many beers
Is this the way that it has to end?
What would it take for you to say I'm sorry?
Everything's okay, we're alright not to worry

You're always waiting for the right time
To say the things you always wanted to say
And I hope it's not the last time
You get the chance to say the things you really mean
I hope it's not the last time you get to say how you feel

Years ago we were so close
The happy times hurt the most
How could you be interested in me?
Our friendship was far too brief
I ran away with my belief
That you could not be interested in me
What would it have taken for me to say I love you?
Heart on the line rather than running from you

I'm always waiting for the right time
To say the things I always wanted to say
And I hope it's not the last time
I get the chance to say the things I really mean
I hope it's not the last time I get to say how I feel

Think of those who've loved and lost
With harsh words as their last
They never thought that it would ever end
Assumed time was on their side
Couldn't get past their stupid pride
Is that the way that it had to end?
What would it have taken to say I'm sorry?
Everything's okay, we're alright not to worry

They always waited for the right time
To say the things they always wanted to say
Now they've missed the last time
They'll get the chance to say the things they really mean
Now they've missed the last chance to finally say how they feel

If I told you once, I told you more than twice
If things don't change then we're both gonna pay the price
But my warnings were not heeded
You gave me the excuse that I needed

Now you're heading out the door
Cos I can't take this any more
Too many lies have passed your lips
I may once have fallen for your tricks
But, I've learned my lesson, in love
Yeah, I've learned my lesson, in love
You thought your cruel games kept you in control
But they just opened a window to your soul
And I can see clearly now
Manipulations not something I'll allow

I'm not sure what you wanted from me
But I know that I'm not the kind of man that you want me to be

Now I know that we have reached the end
And I can't see that we can part as friends
Now I'm happy on my own
Sure as hell don't feel so alone

It's safe to presume
In this cold, cold room
You're bored out of your mind
I'm bored out of mine

Yet there's nowhere I would rather be
Freeze-frame for eternity

We're at it again
Making fools of ourselves
In this room full of strangers
I'm aware of the dangers

All the things I wanna say to you
Can't be said, I know that's true
Tears me up, but all the time
You smile at me, it makes it all worthwhile

Now's it's time to play
After your hard, hard day
The smile's back on your face
The world seems a better place