Both Sides of A Smile

[Intro] And then, the finer details—who's your Juliet? What's the dynamic in the situation between the two leads? You know, I guess we're all just, we're all just, like, looking for a happy ending somewhere [Pre-Chorus: James Blake] Hey, it's okay (It's okay) I don't care if no one knows my name Pain, it's all the same (All the same) Even if you think it's all in vain [Chorus: James Blake] 'Cause I am turning hurt into rose, into rose, into rose, oh-oh, oh-oh Into rose, into rose, into rose How could we let it slide? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm Looking back at our lives The future's just a liе We'll be therе, you and I Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm On both sides of a smile [Verse: Dave, ShaSimone, Both] Yeah You keep the bread all to yourself and you get mold from it You give a good girl a rose and you get gold from it Have a child with a rat and you'll get a mouse from it You give a woman a brick and you'll get a house from it The first time splittin' up always the hardest thing Love's a film and I'm just flickin' through the parts I'm in I told her, "I don't wanna argue in this car I'm in" And that's when she hit me with a "Well, I don't get why you would tell me you want me to be your wifey When you wanna be Romeo, have me here for the rodeo I don't believe you when you gas me up and hype me 'Cause you're lusting in these women that fuckin' look nothin' like me, David You find asylum in the countries that you fly me And carry all of your guilt in designers bags that you buy me, David I ain't askin' you to be someone you wasn't" I just wanna fuck with the person I fell in love with, but uh Petite waist, sweet face, I'll find another man You must have forgotten who the fuck I am There's plenty niggas waitin' for chances Ask me if I'm taken, I say, "Taken for granted" But you know this already 'Cause we've spoken already Want me to wait 'cause you ain't ready Now we're both in our twenties I'd date a man before I wait for a man, this ends here 'Cause I'll be damned if I give a fucking loser my best years Got my own car, own money and my own body If I show body, this for me, this ain't for nobody I'ma change the lock on the door, think I'm a homebody? You won't have a house to fucking live in 'Cause you taught me you don't listen There's a difference in mistakes and in decisions, David The first time was the worst time It didn’t hurt like the second or the third time She put her life on pause [Chorus: James Blake] 'Cause I am turning hurt into rose, into rose, into rose, oh-oh, oh-oh Into rose, into rose, into rose How could we let it slide? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm Looking back at our lives The future's just a lie We'll be there, you and I Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm On both sides of a smile Part II [Intro: James Blake] Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm [Verse: Dave & James Blake] Yeah I just came to the area I grew up in They can't even see the car but from the engine They know it's me From no fixed abode to the coast of Greece I'm most at home in the places I ain't supposed to be I grew up seeing mummy count pennies (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) Tryna buy a train ticket but forget sayin' "Woe is me" Now I'm in LA with the open sea They both feel like things I wasn't supposed to see (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) Used to be my post, we was close Now we argue to the rhythm of a broken beat To the beat of a broken heart Napoleon Bonaparte meets Joan of Arc (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) We're both fightin' the sea, this is Noah's ark We're lovers with a broken past, grow apart Most things that last have the slowest start A lotta pain and a lotta tears (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) The only reason that I lie it's 'cause of what I fear My girl knows that I'm a fan of charity but there's some information I ain't ever gonna volunteer (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) I wish that I could pay for my sins with a lump sum Restore her belief in me with a trust fund The money can't buy nothing when the love's done I used to cheat with Americans for a living, I felt nervous every time I got a call from a plus one (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) It takes years to build when you love one Two and half minutes and it's undone (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) Bought my girl a Birkin and she told me that these bitches can't chat to her, I'm tellin' her that they never could You know you love her when you're doin' shit you never would Come up off the drugs and bank scams (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) How the fuck you think I got the name Santan? Run up on me and get a skin tan Only when you're gone they feel your impact Nineteen, I had dreams of a wedding ring (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) So focused on running our race You can ask James Blake, I ain't see the colour in anything And then the world got darker than it's ever been (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) Real estate, I buss a smile International, that's how I'm comin' now Mortgage on the yard like twenty-two hundred but the rent's got it covered by a country mile (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) Feels like my luck's been runnin' out It feels like my luck's been runnin' out (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) It feels like my luck's been runnin' out It feels like my luck's been runnin' out (Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm) [Outro: James Blake & Dave] Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm It feels like my luck's been runnin' out Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm It feels like my luck's been runnin' out Oh, oh, oh It feels like my luck's been runnin' out Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Oh, oh, oh It feels like my luck's been runnin' out Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Oh, oh, oh It feels like my luck's been runnin' out Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Oh, oh, oh Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm Mm-hmm-hmm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm-mm