[Verse 1]

I'll watch and learn from afar

I'll pull the weeds from my heart and

Put lipstick on for your family party

In the garden

I stare at the house you were brought up in

All the photographs and door frames are wooden

I wish I'd known you when you were younger

Before lovers

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause I've changed my accent

And I gave a false name

I hope I throw a party

In a house of my own someday

When you were a kid

You'd come in through the back gate

Your folks left a light on

In case you get home late and

[Chorus]

I bet you grew up eating at the table

Fed love from silver spoons, reasons to be grateful

You ask about kids, I don't know if I'm able

I bet you grew up being asked how your day was

I bet you grew up grazing your knees

But the fall wasn't fatal like it was for me

We're the product of love that we do not receive

I'll corrupt every branch of this family tree

[Verse 2]

I spilt the good wine, I panicked

A disaster, a knee-jerk reaction

Then everyone around us starts laughing

Is that how it's meant to happen?

Oh, your mother said I'm always welcome

To visit, to take second helpings

I said, "No, thanks", I'm so full on resentment

That I learned to fend for myself, but

[Pre-Chorus]

You were sweet, I got mean

And when we fight, I refuse to eat

You're sensible, I'm hating it

What a good job that your mother did, oh

You were kind, I was cruel

In another life, maybe I was you

And I grew up into something good

Somebody who could swallow love

[Chorus]

I bet you grew up eating at the table

Fed love from silver spoons, reasons to be grateful

You ask about kids, I don't know if I'm able

I bet you grew up being asked how your day was

I bet you grew up grazing your knees

But the fall wasn't fatal like it was for me

We're the product of love that we do not receive

I'll corrupt every branch of this family tree

[Outro]

Silver spoons and butter knives

Living hand to mouth, I'm getting by

Your love is spreading thin

But my medicine goes down alright

Silver spoons and butter knives

Living hand to mouth, I'm getting by

Your love is spreading thin

But my medicine goes down alright

Silver spoons and butter knives

Living hand to mouth, I'm getting by

Your love is spreading thin

But my medicine goes down alright

Silver spoons and butter knives

Living hand to mouth, I'm getting by

Just feed me love and give it time

Oh, maybe in another life