Goodbye Gatwick

By Ben Eales

On Break Up Songs

Released on May 26, 2023

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In a town that never changes

A tourist on their own streets

Waiting round on the same strangers

That we all annually meet

Ever-changing where we belong

Dependent on where we go

Moonlit sky

Goodbye Gatwick, hello

In a town that never changes

With a sky that flips the coin

Are we looking from the outside in

On a life we're scared to join

They say that right before you die

Your life flashes before your eyеs

I'm just wondering what I'll see

Where I'll bе

Who I'll remember from the day I meet them

Who's faces are only for the days I see them

I live where my life is

But there's debate if I'm living or doing what's right in

Life but isn't that a conundrum of paradoxical quality

What it means

What I'll be

I'm on a path of my choice

I'm here on my own damn terms

I'm here to live out my life

Trying not to let it burn

I strike the match for the spark

I keep it under control

But this fire's something new

And it's pretty damn AWOL

Watch the plane depart

Feel what's in my heart

In a town that never changes

A tourist on their own streets

Waiting round on the same strangers

That we all annually meet

Ever-changing where we belong

Dependent on where we go

Moonlit sky

Goodbye Gatwick, hello home

In a town that never changes

Same in cities with different names

I suppose I'm left to question

Which of these places is my place

Watch the train depart

Feel what's in my heart

I leave one home for another

To the place I make my own

Morning skies

Goodbye Gatwick, hello home