Leave This Island - Maximo Park

Have you ever been compelled

Under a spell

From a protagonist who knows you far too well

Have you ever been undone

By a slip of the tongue

And betrayed a side of you that felt hard won

So we watch the water swell

From a Scottish hotel

Have you ever fell

Have you ever fell

Are you gonna tell me why

There's a backpack by the bedroom window

It's a pack of lies

Everything has to reach a peak sometime

Tell me why

There's a map lain flat on the bedside table

It's a pack of lies

It's not a peak it's a plateau

Let me know

When you wanna leave this island

Let me know

When you wanna hear my point of view

In the observation lounge

Couples ready to pounce

But there's a reticence from treading icy ground

So we watch the water swell

From a Scottish hotel

Have you ever fell

Have you ever fell

Are you gonna tell me why

There's a backpack by the bedroom window

It's a pack of lies

Everything has to reach a peak sometime

Tell me why

There's a map lain flat on the bedside table

It's a pack of lies

It's not a peak it's a plateau

Let me know

When you wanna leave this island

Let me know

When you wanna hear my point of view

Let me know

When you wanna leave this island

Let me know

When you wanna hear my point of view

I'll stand up for you

I'll stand up for you

I'll stand up for you

I will act as a semaphore

I will guide you to a perfect landing

I will act as a distant shore

I will aim to be the last man standing for you

I will act as a semaphore

I will guide you to a perfect landing

I'll stand up for you

I'll stand up for you

When you wanna leave this island

When you wanna hear my point of view