Halfway Home Lyrics - Fires - Nerina Pallot

I've got a quarter in my pocket 

Of an apple left to eat 

It's a wonder that I'm standing 

On my own two feet 

In the shadow of a thousand 

Veiled Victorian goodbyes 

Jewels of litter come to greet me 

And it stings my eyes 

Oh, it burns like a fire 

And it pulls me through 

We are parted by desire 

For the strange and new 

I've a quarter in my pocket 

I'm advancing to the booth 

I am picking up and praying 

That I talk to you 

Oh, 'cause now I'm halfway home 

I'm at the corner of our street 

Would you like to come and meet me? 

Now that I, I'm halfway home 

Man, never felt so lonely 

I long for you to hold me, now I'm home 

Some days there was comfort 

As a stranger far from home 

Sometimes a hunger and a longing 

Not to be alone 

Imagining emotion in each man 

That I would meet 

But it was physics and subtraction 

To an ancient beat 

Oh, it burned like a fire 

And I wore it so 

We are tied up in desire 

And we won't let go 

Well, I've no quarter in my pocket 

I've no apple left to eat 

I am running, I am running 

I can't feel my feet 

Oh, and now I'm halfway home 

I'm at the corner of our street 

Would you like to come and meet me? 

Now that I, I'm halfway home 

Man, never felt so lonely 

I long for you to hold me 

Now I'm home 

Home is where I wanna be 

Now I'm home 

Home is where I'm gonna be 

Past the church and past the steeple 

Past the sad and lonely people 

Past the old school on the avenue 

I am running, I am running 

I'm halfway home 

I'm at the corner of our street 

Would you like to come and meet me? 

Now that I, I'm halfway home 

Man, never felt so lonely 

Long for you to hold me 

Now that I, I'm halfway home 

I'm at the corner of our street 

Would you like to come and meet me? 

Now that I, I'm halfway home 

Man, never felt so lonely 

Long for you to hold me, now I'm home