Grubby Lyrics - Kate Tempest

Up the stairwell 

Chip-fat grey 

And London green with damp 

Out on the fifth floor 

Where the wind grips your jaw 

And holds you in its clamp 

There's a red door 

Bordered by mottled glass 

And inside, a lighted lamp 

Pious lives here 

Pious is tired but can't sleep 

She twitches, wired 

She lies beside a sleeping body 

A girl she barely knows 

She met her in the pub 

And it went the way it goes 

The girl's name is Rose 

But Pious is lovesick for her thorn 

She left her in the summer 

And since then, Pious can't get warm 

She's carried her, stuck in her side 

Since the day that she was born 

She dreamed of her and knew her shape 

Long before she saw her form 

Well it's 4: 18 

And Pious has been staring at the blinds for hours 

She tells herself it's all her fault 

She doesn't love, she just devours 

Can't sleep 

So much to do 

Trying to get closer to you 

And you're so far away 

Tryna get hold of what's true 

And what's true isn't true when it's day 

Tell me, how can I sleep? 

Got so much to do 

I'm trying to get closer to you 

And you're so far away 

All that I say and I do 

Are things that you do and you say 

How come I'm becoming 

The one that I'm running from, hunted by? 

Slurring my words in the pub, feeling nervous 

And overexcited, 

Arms round the waist of a girl who might make it 

Alright for a night, yeah she takes me to pieces 

Then I lie beside her, awake while she sleeps 

And I feel much closer to you than i felt 

When you were still here 

Spilled beer till you reappear 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

Pain in my liver, okay, shame 

So much shame, can't bear my frame 

Can't bear your name, okay 

Can't bear this game 

Let's play new rules, old rituals 

Guilt trip, heart strings snap 

Want to, can't go back 

Too much 

Not enough 

I can't get your claws out my guts 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

This is my mind, get out of it 

You didn't want it 

How come you're still hanging around in it? 

This is my body, let go of it 

You didn't want it 

How come you're still fucking controlling it? 

This is my night, get lost in it 

This is my bridge, stop crossing it 

This is my face, stop smiling 

This is my space 

You've been gone so long 

How come I still find you hiding, fighting me? 

I'm fighting my darkest parts 

I'm frightened 

Nightmares tighten 

My hands round my own throat 

'Cos you're the snake charmer and I'm the old rope 

No hope, just go now, please just leave 

Still in the air that I breathe 

I'm stranded, arms outstretched for a body, anybody 

Here's a body, but I wake up and I can't stand her 

I feel so grubby 

Don't want, can't stop, just love me 

Breath like a cigarette stubbed in the gutter 

Come close, no wait don't touch me, ugly 

Pushing for a phone call, beep beep 

Looking through names for the one that feels most dangerous 

I can't believe you're in love again 

I can't open my heart to anybody but strangers 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

I'm thinking of you 

And the things you do to me 

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