Safe Inside

Album: Back From The Edge (2016)
Charted: 31
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  • I remember when you were all mine
    Watched you changing in front of my eyes
    What can I say?
    Now that I'm not the fire in the cold
    Now that I'm not the hand that you hold
    As you're walking away

    Will you call me to tell me you're alright?
    'Cause I'll worry about you the whole night
    Don't repeat my mistakes
    I won't sleep 'til you're safe inside
    If you're home I just hope that you're sober
    Is it time to let go now you're older?
    Don't leave me this way
    I won't sleep 'til you're safe inside

    Everyone has to find their own way
    And I'm sure things will work out okay
    I wish that was the truth
    All we know is the sun will rise
    Thank your lucky stars that you're alive
    It's a beautiful life

    Oh, love
    Will you call me to tell me you're alright?
    'Cause I'll worry about you the whole night
    Don't repeat my mistakes
    I won't sleep 'til you're safe inside
    If you're home I just hope that you're sober
    Is it time to let go now you're older?
    Don't leave me this way
    I won't sleep 'til you're safe inside

    If you make the same mistakes
    I will love you either way
    All I know is that I can't live without you
    There is nothing I can say
    That will change you any way
    Darling, I could never live without you, no
    I can't live
    I can't live
    No, no, uh-huh

    Wish you'll call me to tell me you're alright?
    'Cause I'll worry about you the whole night
    Oh, don't leave me this way
    I won't sleep, I won't sleep all night
    If you're home I just hope that you're sober
    Is it time to let go now you're older?
    Oh, don't leave me this way
    I won't sleep 'cause I'll worry about you Writer/s: Emma Rohan, James Arthur, Jonathan Quarmby
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, MUSIC ADMIN, INC., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Becca from OhioAs a parent with young children, the horror and anxiety of the looming future of mistakes awaiting them in their early adult life, this song pretty much ripped my soul out, trampled on it, took my nerves and chewed on them like a hungry badger, twisted my intestines, and made me cry like a baby. This will be the song I play perpetually when the time comes. I try to educate them on the awful ways people can use and abuse you and the horrible things they can end up doing to themselves. I just pray it’s enough to help them F up a little less than I did. Thank you, James!
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