Brendan Video (MV)

Twelve years of age with no credit to my name
Save a caricature scribbled by the boys I hoped you'd never know
When I first saw you, the thought had never crossed my mind
That you would know it just from giving me a go
At conversation. And you can see it did me in.
Because I couldn't test the waters without falling in

If only I could find your eyes
The way I found them as a child
Maybe I would make them see
Why I waited for so long a while
Why time it made me wiser
But it didn't close my wounds
And I know it should have happened to me
But why did it have to be you?

Look at my face, you can't see it anymore
You'll never find me back there, but I've visited--believe me, I have my ways.
There are scars on my shoulders when there's serenity on my sleeve
So perhaps it isn't obsolete to call me crazy nowadays
In conversation. And it's a sin to feel this guilty.
But the girl that you attracted isn't the one that you now see

If only I could find your eyes
The way I found them as a child
Maybe I would make them see
Why I waited for so long a while
Why time it made me wiser
But it didn't close my wounds
And I know it should have happened to me
But why did it have to be you?

Well I hope my voice has changed your day
You can laugh, and that's quite all right
But as long as you're listening, try to recall
What you said were the good times
My trivialities, they chased you away
And those blameless eyes of yours still get in my way

If only I could find your eyes
The way I found them as a child
Maybe I would make them see
Why I waited for so long a while
Why time it made me wiser
But it didn't close my wounds
And I know it should have happened to me
Yes I'm sure it should have happened to me
But why did it have to be you?

You can see it did me in.
Because I couldn't test the waters without falling in