He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I walked across a crowded street
A sea of eyes, cut through me
And I saw you in the middle
Your upset face, you wear it well
You camouflage the way you feel
When everything is the matter
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Blink our eyes, life's rearranged
To our surprise, it's still okay
It's the way things happen
Summer comes and then it goes
Hold on tight, and brace for cold
And it's only for a moment
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Life isn't suffocating
Air isn't overrated
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath, take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
(Worlds are spinning 'round) yeah
(There's no time fore slowing down)
(So won't you) don't forget to take a breath
(Don't forget to take a breath)
A sea of eyes, cut through me
And I saw you in the middle
Your upset face, you wear it well
You camouflage the way you feel
When everything is the matter
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Blink our eyes, life's rearranged
To our surprise, it's still okay
It's the way things happen
Summer comes and then it goes
Hold on tight, and brace for cold
And it's only for a moment
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Life isn't suffocating
Air isn't overrated
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath, take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
(Worlds are spinning 'round) yeah
(There's no time fore slowing down)
(So won't you) don't forget to take a breath
(Don't forget to take a breath)
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