Stolen Car Lyrics - Central Reservation - Beth Orton

You walked into my house last night I couldn't help but notice 

A light that was long gone still burning strong 

You were sitting, your fingers like fuses 

Your eyes were cinnamon 

You said you stand for every known abuse 

That was ever threatened to anyone but you 

And why should I know better by now 

When I'm old enough not to? 

While every line speaks the language of love 

It never held the meanin' I was thinkin' of 

And I can't decide over right or wrong 

I guess sometimes you need the place where you belong 

Some may sing the wrong words to the wrong melodies 

Little things like this that matter to me 

Others feel that you should stand for every known abuse to hand 

And all the things that they could never see 

You said you stood up for every known abuse 

That was ever promised to anyone like you 

Don't you wish you knew better by now 

When you're old enough not to? 

When every line speaks the language of love 

It never held the meanin' I was thinkin' of 

And I can't decide over right or wrong 

You left the feelin' that I just do not belong 

One drink too many and a joke gone too far 

I see a face drive like a stolen car 

Gets harder to hide when you're hitching a ride 

Harder to hide what you really saw 

Oh, yeah, you stand for every known abuse 

That I've ever seen my way through 

Don't I wish I knew better by now? 

Well I think I'm starting to 

When every line speaks the language of love 

It never held the meanin' I was thinkin' of 

And I've lost the line between right or wrong 

I just want to find the place where I belong 

Why should you know better by now 

When you're old enough not to? 

I wish I knew better by now 

When I'm old enough not to