On The Edge Of A Cliff Lyrics - Everything Is Borrowed - Streets

I am really okay, thanks, there's nothing to witness 

I said as I look back from the edge of a cliff 

The old man looking down, lend over the bridge 

Stood with a grin as if a blessing had hit him 

I slumped on the jut of the cliff 

Just leave me alone, this is none of your business 

I will said the old man but just one thing 

And what he said was so lovely it stunned me 

He said I lay right there once at the edge of the rock 

I was ready to jump, I was ever so lost 

But this gentlemen stopped and said something I never forgot 

For billions of years since the outset of time 

Every single one of your ancestors survived 

Every single person on your mum and dad's side 

Successfully looked after and passed onto you life 

What are the chances of that like? 

It comes to me once in a while 

And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile 

And then the old man walked away and out of sight 

Till the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence 

I just froze in a profound surprise 

And from down on my pride I found a smile to my eyes 

And for many days again I've been passing the same cliff 

And on many occasions I'd chance on the same thing 

Laying in the moss in the same way I was 

Would be another man looking like he needed a change of luck 

So I'd say I lay right there once at the edge of the rock 

I was ready to jump, I was ever so lost 

But this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot 

For billions of years since the outset of time 

Every single one of your ancestors survived 

Every single person on your mum and dad's side 

Successfully looked after and passed onto you life 

What are the chances of that like? 

It comes to me once in a while 

And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile 

For billions of years since the outset of time 

Every single one of your ancestors survived 

Every single person on your mum and dad's side 

Successfully looked after and passed onto you life 

What are the chances of that like? 

It comes to me once in a while 

And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile