John Shelby

taken from lord huron’s 2021 album, long lost. as usual, contains themes of love, heartbreak and regret. change pronouns/wording as necessary.

‘ the moon doesn’t mind that i’m left all alone and she’s gone. ‘

‘ if forever gets lonely, take my hand. ‘

‘ don’t laugh, you’ll make me cry. ‘

‘ i know we will be together. ‘

‘ in my mind, you’re mine forever. ‘

‘ if you’re ever gonna leave this place, don’t wait, it’s time to go. ‘

‘ oh, we really should have left here long ago. ‘

‘ love is strange, i can’t sleep without you. ‘

‘ everybody lies, but I’ll never doubt you. ‘

‘ i don’t want to die but I can’t live without you. ‘

‘ i’m much too young to die. ‘

‘ if you ever want to see my face again, i want to know. ‘

‘ if you never want to see my face again, i want to know. ‘

‘ i’ve been lost before and i’m lost again, i guess. ‘

‘ every road and every highway led me right back to your door. ‘

‘ love me like you used to and i’ll praise you like i should. ‘

‘ love me if you choose to, though you say that i’m no good. ‘

‘ i dream most every night that i never left you. ‘

‘ do you love me anymore? ‘

‘ lord i know i made mistakes, but i am different now, i'vе changed. ‘

‘ will you let me lay beside you? ‘

‘ i swear this time around i’m going to stay. ‘

‘ i curse the goddamn day that i went and left you. ‘

‘ i don’t want to lose you, i would change it if i could. ‘

‘ come on and meet me in the city. ‘

‘ put on the dress you wore the night we met. ‘

‘ am i not the one you’re dreaming of, my angel? ‘

‘ forget the life you had and don’t look back. ‘

‘ if our love is so wrong, tell me why does it feel so right? ‘

‘ am i not the one you want to love forever? ‘

‘ for a while, i was held by the myth of the lost highway. ‘

‘ i ain’t lonely, are you? ‘

‘ i ain’t lonely, i’m long lost. ‘

‘ i’ve a tale or two to tell you, but the booze just makes me slow. ‘

‘ there’s a secret to this town. ‘

‘ there’s a reason why i’m still living here, though i can’t think of it right now. ‘

‘ i made a life out of chasing a ghost. ‘

‘ twenty years takes its toll. ‘

‘ i gotta find a way out of this mess. ‘

‘ i’m in troublе and it sure looks bad. ‘

‘ i destroyed my health searching for myself, but there ain’t nothing there to find. ‘

‘ i ain’t never seen you look so sad. ‘

‘ i get by, but i’m tired of myself. ‘

‘ i just want it to be like it was. ‘

‘ i just want us to be who we were long ago. ‘

‘ how i yearn for the yеars we were young and in lovе. ‘

‘ i look up at the uncaring sky with a prayer on my lips and a tear in my eye. ‘

‘ i just hope you’ll be comin’ back soon. ‘

‘ can we wind back the wheels to the way that it was? ‘

‘ oh, where did the time go? ‘

‘ may you learn the reasons why. ‘

‘ may you live until you die. ‘

‘ it’s hard to make friends when you’re half in the grave. ‘

‘ but i ain’t dead yet. ‘

‘ you look like hell and you smell like death. ‘

‘ turn around and leave me to myself. ‘

‘ I’ve been out way too long, heading right for the edge. ‘

‘ if she asks about me, tell her i’m not dead yet. ‘

‘ i swore that i’d become a better man for you and i tried. ‘

‘ i told you i could never love somebody else, but i lied. ‘

‘ i told you i’d be coming back again for you, but i’m not. ‘

‘ i told you i’d be coming back again for you, but i’m not. ‘

‘ i’m going way out where the world will never find me. ‘

‘ i told you i would never leave you all alone, but i lied. ‘

‘ i read your letter in the morning by the lake and i cried. ‘

‘ told you i could never live without your love, but i lied. ‘

‘ floating, tired and lonesome like i promised to be. ‘

‘ i might stay in my mind just for a couple of years. ‘

‘ where would i go, and would a lone soul miss me? ‘

‘ i’m gonna get it together and i hope i live forеver. ‘

‘ try though i might, i was never a believer. ‘

‘ going to fly through my life ‘til i crash into the ending. ‘

‘ i’ll make a deal with the devil and live forever. ‘