Write This Down - Maxïmo Park

You said you wanted someone just like me

You let me read it in your diary

I’d like to write this out if you still read

It was an awkward patch

I had an itch to scratch

We spent the summer kissing in a basement room

Learning all the rules

You made them up as you went along

And then your passion cooled

You really had me fooled

I’m not gonna be around

You better write this down

I’m gonna leave without a sound

You better write this down

I didn’t really need to hear the facts

But you know me, I couldn’t help but ask

But now you’re telling me to relax

I chose the warmest day to rain on your parade

I learned to love the sickly sweet

In order to meet all of my body’s needs

You swore to keep me in your nest

How could you tell a lie about the birth of a child?

I’m not gonna be around

You better write this down

I’m gonna leave without a sound

You better write this down (Defy you)

We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)

We assemble it all and then we tear it away

(Middle Bridge) (??)

… (You wrote in your diary)

(I wish you would show me)…

Here’s an entry for your diary

Dictation — are you ready?

I’m not gonna be around

You better write this down

I’m gonna leave without a sound

You better write this down (Defy you)

We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)

We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)

I won’t always be around

You better write this down (Defy you)

I will leave you on the ground

You better write this down (Defy you)

We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)

I’m gonna leave without a sound

You better write this down