Downhill Since Five

Intro

(Oh oh)

(Mmh)

Chorus

Stored away in a dark little room

Years of unholy pain

It lingers in a ghost of a memory

Years of unholy pain

Verse 1

Opening your eyes

Lungs screaming as the happiness arrives

Just a tiny hand to hold

Everything is new and bright and gold

Pre-Chorus

But the downhill slide started at five

Hard to feel alive

Walking through the kitchen door

Trying not to hear the roar

Chorus

Stored away in a dark little room

Years of unholy pain

It lingers in a ghost of a memory

Years of unholy pain

Verse 2

Dad packed up and left for a stranger

Six years old and sensing the danger

Mother brought a new man home

Making me feel all alone

I hate him

He's just there

He stays there

I hate him

Pre-Chorus

Now dad is back with boxes of guilt

Bridges are half-built

Money doesn't buy the trust

Watching all the hinges rust

Chorus

Stored away in a dark little room

Years of unholy pain

It lingers in a ghost of a memory

Years of unholy pain

Bridge

Thirteen is coming for me soon

I hope it brings a change

I hope it fixes things

I hope it ends the gloom

Just one prayer to the ceiling

I want a soul with a meaning

I want to cook

I want to sing

I want to be anything

Chorus

Stored away in a dark little room

Years of unholy pain

It lingers in a ghost of a memory

Years of unholy pain