Life Itself Video (MV)

Daddy was dumb, said that I'd be something special
Brought me up tough but I was a gentle human
Said that he loved each of my two million freckles
When I grew up, was gonna be a superstar

I can't get a job so I live with my mom
I take her money but not quite enough
I sit in the car and I listen to static
She said I look fat but I look fantastic

Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Be like them, lean back and breathe

I'm waking up, lost in boxes outside Tesco
Look like a bum sipping codeine Coca-Cola
Thought that I was northern Camden's own Flash Gordon
Sonic raygun, gonna be a superstar

I can't get a job so I live with my mom
I take her money but not quite enough
I make my own fun in grandmama's basement
Said I look mad, she said I look wasted

I've been holding my breath for far too long now,
And if I let it stay this way I might drown in
All the shine of a thousand spotlights
Standing in the limelight, never in the sunlight
Thought I was something special,
But I was never enough for you, was I?

Daddy was dumb, Daddy was wrong,
The dream that lived in me is long gone
Towers of gold and girls in tight dresses
Tell that girl in the mirror what a mess she is,
She's made every mistake
It's like walking a tightrope and watching it break
And it's never enough no matter how hard I try
Can somebody save me from my own mind?

Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe