Hozier - Jackie and Wilson lyrics

rate me

(Verse)

So tired tryna see from behind the red in my eyes,

No betta version of me I could pretend to be tonight

So deep in this swill with the most familiar of swine

For reasons wretched and divine

She blows outta nowhere, roman candle of the wild

Laughin' away through my feeble disguise

No otha version of me I would rather be tonight

And, Lord, she found me just in time

Cos' with my mid youth crisis all said and done

I need to be youthfully felt cos', God, I never felt young

(Chorus)

She's gonna save me

Call me baby

Run her hands through my hair

She'll know me crazy

Soothe me daily

Betta yet she wouldn't care

We'll steal her Lexus

Be detectives

Ride 'round pickin' up clues

We'll name our children

Jackie and Wilson

Raise 'em on rhythm and blues

(Verse 2)

Lord, it'd be great to find a place we could escape sometime

Me and my Isis growin' black irises in the sunshine

Every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside

Sit back and watch the world go by

Happy to lie back watch it burn and rust

We tried the world, good God, it wasn't for us

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)

Cut clean from the dream at night let my mind reset

Lookin' up from a cigarette, and she's already left

I start diggin' up the yard for what's left of me and our lil vignette

For whatever poor soul is comin' next

(Chorus)