Birthdays Lyrics - The Smith Street Band

[Verse 1] 

Spent the morning cleaning my room 

In the hope you'd ask to see it soon 

Let's pretend it's our birthdays 

Separated by a couple of years, and I'll 

Meet you on the corner of the water 

And the Elizabeth Street pier 

Wanna be alone 

Wanna be surrounded 

Wanna be transient 

Wanna be grounded 

But all the dissonance disappears from me 

When you drape an arm across my knee 

Intentionally lazily and 

[Hook] 

You'll be the one looking confused 

And I'll be the one looking for you 

[Chorus] 

We are more than future housewives 

More than the sum of our past lives 

Two lovers in basically matching shirts 

Jaywalk together across petrified earth 

And if there's more to life 

Let me forget all about it tonight 

All I want occupying my mind 

Is "what is the highest thing we can climb before sunrise?" 

[Hook] 

And you'll be the one in uncomfortable shoes 

And I'll be the one who's probably too drunk 

But still offers to carry you 

And you'll be the one 

You'll be the one 

[Bridge] 

And we'll laugh at everything so obvious 

But in our hearts, we'll take it so serious 

To the outside world 

Stay oblivious to all of our friends 

Our actions will be hideous 

And I'll be intense 

And I'll be too much 

And I'll get too high 

And I'll get too drunk 

But in between episodes 

I'll love you more than anyone you have ever known 

[Outro] 

And I don't mean to put the pressure on 

You're gonna like my dad 

I know you'll love my mum and 

I don't mean to put the pressure on 

Got a few names for a daughter 

Can't think of one for a son 

And I don't mean to put the pressure on 

I don't mean to put the pressure on 

I'd do anything 

(I don't mean to put the pressure on) 

I'm here to see this through 

Anyway, hey, my name's Will 

Ah, it's nice to meet you