Council estate love

[Police sirens]

[Verse 1]

Old man made money on the backstreets,
Late-night deals, blue flashing lights,
his face known round the estate,
Half out of fear, half out of love.

You wore fishnets under your school skirt,
Black Doc Mart's scuffed at the toes,
Lived in a flat, the heating packed in,
But you smoked the cold out your bones.

And they said,
"She's trouble, mate."
But I was already falling.

[Pre-Chorus]

You were black lipstick in a grey town sky,
I was a headline waiting to print,
Two fucked-up kids of the estate,
Lookin for real in the madness.

[Chorus]

We're just black roses and council estates,
Sneaking out past midnight, hopping garden gates,
Your heart's got cracks, mine's got stains,
But every time you leave, I feel the same.

Everybody says we're heading nowhere fast,
Like a firework burning out too fast,
Black roses and council estates,
You and me against our mistakes.

[Verse 2]

Your mum worked shifts down Tesco nights,
Trying to keep the lights switched on,
You'd sit outside the off-licence doors,
Headphones in, pretending you were gone.

I had designer clothes and dirty secrets,
Cash in my pocket that never felt right,
Cause every pound came with another story,
Another reason I couldn't sleep at night.

[Pre-Chorus]

You were cigarette smoke at the bus stop rain,
I was trying to outrun my surname,
Two lost souls on borrowed time,
Trying to make a wreck look fine.

[Chorus]

We're just black roses and council estates,
Sneaking out past midnight, hopping garden gates,
Your heart's got cracks, mine's got stains,
But every time you leave, I feel the same.

Everybody says we're heading nowhere fast,
Like a firework burning out too fast,
Black roses and council estates,
You and me against our mistakes.

[Rap Verse]

Look—

Everybody's got a story, everybody's got a view,
Everybody thinks they know me 'cause they know what my dad do,
See the neighbours pulling curtains every time that we drive by,
See the coppers asking questions while my mates just get high.

And she's standing by the underpass,
Black eyeliner running,
Middle fingers to the world,
Still she keeps on coming.

Cause she knows what it's like when you're trapped by your name,
When your postcode decides if you're winning the game,
When they look at your clothes and they think they know you,
Never seeing all the battles that you actually go through.

So we laugh at the rumours,
Let the whole town talk,
Two outcasts together,
Middle fingers as we walk.

[Breakdown]

They said we'd never leave this place...
Never leave this place...
Never leave this place...

But they don't know us.

The blue lights came and the papers talked,
My old man's empire finally caught,
Everything burning down at once,
Still you stayed.

[Final Chorus]

We're just black roses and council estates,
Running from the ghosts that our parents made,
Your heart's got scars, mine's got shame,
But you're the reason that I

Punk Rock, Romantic, Serene, Uplifting, Male Vocals, A Cappella, Chanting, Rap Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synth, Piano, Bass, Fast (120-168 BPM), Erratic