[Verse 1]

Is this what you meant?

Is this what you dreamed of?

When you were making your plans

Shaking the dirt off?

Do you feel like

You and I belong?

(Oh, ah, oh)

Just keep your eyes on the road

And nothing can go wrong

[Chorus]

You could do so much

Better than this

You could do so much

Better than this

[Verse 2]

I've been checking my sums

Oh where did the time go?

Holding my photograph

Up to the window

Through the paper

And refracted sun

(Oh, ah, oh)

I can see all the things

I wish that I'd done

[Chorus 2]

You can hang your hopes on the medicine

You can put your faith in the phone-in

You can tell yourself you're doing your best

You could do so much better than this

[Bridge]

Get a grip on yourself

Get a grip on yourself

Could have been something

But you're too late

And you weren't invited anyway

[Chorus 3]

'Cause the photographs

Show the wrong man

'Cause there is no soap star

Holding your hand

You don't see yourself

In the freeze-frame

Must be someone else

Using your name

And everyone will be the same

And everyone will glow

And everywhere, you'll see your name

In every shop window

[Chorus]

It's better than this

You could do so much better than this

You could do so much better than this

You could do so much better than this