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the northern folk - hopeless folks lyrics

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[verse 1]

i hope we have a son
that i can live out my dreams through
and though i won’t mean to
i’ll push to the boil

and i hope for a daughter
just like me, only shorter
that learns to loathe me like you will
but i’ll spare and i’ll spoil

[refrain 1]

see, hope’s just a thing that hopeless folks talk about
i hope that we cope when the hopeless love ends

[verse 2]

and in time, you will lose it
that raw fascination
enter fresh realisation
i’m just like the rest

and in time, i will fail you
like i swore that i couldn’t
when the shoes that i stood in
didn’t feel underdressed
[refrain 2]

see, time’s just a thing that busy folks talk about
to justify all of the years that they spend
while their love gets mislaid, misconveyed and mistaken
so most of the time, all the timeless loves end

[chorus]

by the time this love ends
i hope against hope we aren’t empty
by the time this love ends
i hope to be gently let down
there’s reasons aplenty that you’ll grow to resent me
oh lord, protect me from your mother and your friends
and the kids every other weekend
by the time this love ends

[verse 3]

if i live to see children
who won’t have the time
when i lose what’s left of my mind
and i find my repose

then i hope i go quietly
no coda or footnote
just this old wooden overcoat
and a tag on my toe
[refrain 3 + bridge]

see, living only matters when you realise you’re dying
and dying only matters if you care where you’ll go
living only matters when there’s something to live for
and the more i’m around you
the more that it grows
the more it chips to the bone
like the wind when it snows
from the depths of my chest to the pads of my toes
oh, the more i’m around you, the more that it grows

[chorus]

by the time this love ends
by the time this love ends
by the time this love ends, oh

- the northern folk lyrics

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