Tierney Terrace -Loyle Carner Written by ：Loyle Carner Uh I keep my ear to the door holding my brother close He knows I love him most My heart beating I can feel it from his f**king pulse Seeing my mother rose froze love of something slows Woes decompose muddy clothes and a runny nose Flows we're shivering she mistakes it for giggling Mother quivering hopping out the seat that she's sitting in Living in the last few weeks keeping it diligent It's calm under my arm I be popping the ritalin To keep it smooth Self medicating to keep me loose I needed proof needed see it to believe it's true I needed you but you're the one that I was grieving to And now you're leaving Deep in the evening that we were sleeping through So what are we to do but move with the setting sun Uh you know I love you like a second mum Love you for better from now 'til whenever Want the family together I promise you 'imma get it done Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man To tell the f**king truth hold my f**king hand Uh to guide me through the darkness when the others ran Instead he was sliding and slipping I didn't understand I didn't understand stand didn't understand Uh now every time that motherf**ker ran I didn't understand stand didn't understand Uh 'cos every afternoon after school Or at 530if it was after basketball They'd be waiting up at the gate with an article They picked up on the way down And read it to me the second we were leaving the playground That grey sound never stop until we're forced to stop Corner shop buying fruit and veg nah of course we're not Just a couple steady snacks for the journey heading back Full of the sugar so our teeth yes of course they rot Sit for hours sun thunderstorm or showers In that same living room watching the bloom turn to flowers The night was ours Superpowers and all We were zapping out the window and watching the cowards fall Had it all Powerful making me tower tall Bountiful from something so small So I'd rather take the fall and brawl Before I drowned in what I found so cruel Sitting and sipping whiskey like my grandad did Trying to like the life that my grandad lived 'Cos when the black man slipped into the darkness And the black man dipped It didn't matter had that love I left my grandad with Sip brandy like my grandma do Trying to like the life that my nan told true 'Cos if I run from you she'd hold my hands Until my hands turn blue So I pursue the new thinking 'bout the man they grew because Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man To tell the f**king truth hold my f**king hand Uh to guide me through the darkness when the others ran Instead he was sliding and slipping I didn't understand I didn't understand stand didn't understand Uh now every time that motherf**ker ran I didn't understand stand didn't understand Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man To tell the f**king truth hold my f**king hand Uh to guide me through the darkness when the others ran Instead he was sliding and slipping I didn't understand I didn't understand stand didn't understand Uh now every time that motherf**ker ran I didn't understand stand didn't understand Uh now believe me I need a f**king man
[00:00.00]Tierney Terrace -Loyle Carner [00:09.670]Written by ：Loyle Carner [00:19.356]Uh I keep my ear to the door holding my brother close [00:22.488]He knows I love him most [00:23.797]My heart beating I can feel it from his f**king pulse [00:26.205]Seeing my mother rose froze love of something slows [00:28.700]Woes decompose muddy clothes and a runny nose [00:31.190]Flows we're shivering she mistakes it for giggling [00:33.404]Mother quivering hopping out the seat that she's sitting in [00:36.236]Living in the last few weeks keeping it diligent [00:38.650]It's calm under my arm I be popping the ritalin [00:41.228]To keep it smooth [00:42.275]Self medicating to keep me loose [00:44.85]I needed proof needed see it to believe it's true [00:46.504]I needed you but you're the one that I was grieving to [00:48.840]And now you're leaving [00:49.434]Deep in the evening that we were sleeping through [00:51.679]So what are we to do but move with the setting sun [00:54.253]Uh you know I love you like a second mum [00:56.966]Love you for better from now 'til whenever [00:58.912]Want the family together I promise you 'imma get it done [01:01.940]Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man [01:04.535]To tell the f**king truth hold my f**king hand [01:07.293]Uh to guide me through the darkness when the others ran [01:09.623]Instead he was sliding and slipping I didn't understand [01:12.159]I didn't understand stand didn't understand [01:14.567]Uh now every time that motherf**ker ran [01:17.290]I didn't understand stand didn't understand [01:21.317]Uh 'cos every afternoon after school [01:23.755]Or at 530if it was after basketball [01:26.384]They'd be waiting up at the gate with an article [01:28.478]They picked up on the way down [01:29.892]And read it to me the second we were leaving the playground [01:32.397]That grey sound never stop until we're forced to stop [01:34.720]Corner shop buying fruit and veg nah of course we're not [01:37.818]Just a couple steady snacks for the journey heading back [01:40.574]Full of the sugar so our teeth yes of course they rot [01:42.971]Sit for hours sun thunderstorm or showers [01:45.42]In that same living room watching the bloom turn to flowers [01:47.705]The night was ours [01:48.912]Superpowers and all [01:50.203]We were zapping out the window and watching the cowards fall [01:52.552]Had it all [01:53.470]Powerful making me tower tall [01:55.224]Bountiful from something so small [01:58.249]So I'd rather take the fall and brawl [02:00.165]Before I drowned in what I found so cruel [02:12.376]Sitting and sipping whiskey like my grandad did [02:15.188]Trying to like the life that my grandad lived [02:17.322]'Cos when the black man slipped into the darkness [02:19.458]And the black man dipped [02:20.534]It didn't matter had that love I left my grandad with [02:23.86]Sip brandy like my grandma do [02:25.348]Trying to like the life that my nan told true [02:27.589]'Cos if I run from you she'd hold my hands [02:29.442]Until my hands turn blue [02:30.656]So I pursue the new thinking 'bout the man they grew because [02:33.913]Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man [02:36.476]To tell the f**king truth hold my f**king hand [02:39.14]Uh to guide me through the darkness when the others ran [02:41.146]Instead he was sliding and slipping I didn't understand [02:43.962]I didn't understand stand didn't understand [02:46.773]Uh now every time that motherf**ker ran [02:49.229]I didn't understand stand didn't understand [02:52.278]Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man [02:54.357]Trust 'cos all I wanted was a f**king man [02:56.946]To tell the f**king truth hold my f**king hand [02:59.490]Uh to guide me through the darkness when the others ran [03:01.865]Instead he was sliding and slipping I didn't understand [03:04.434]I didn't understand stand didn't understand [03:07.22]Uh now every time that motherf**ker ran [03:09.580]I didn't understand stand didn't understand [03:12.139]Uh now believe me I need a f**king man
