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The Wrong Direction

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The Wrong Direction Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was a kid the things I did were hidden under the grid
Young and naive I never believed that love could be so well hid

With regret I'm willing to bet and say the older you get
It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget
It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work
The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flipping hurt
You build your heart of plastic
Get cynical and sarcastic
And end up in the corner on your own

[Hook]
Cause I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
I thought I was close but under further inspection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh no


[Verse 2]
So what's the point in getting your hopes up
When all you're ever getting is choked up

When your coked up
And can't remember the reason why you broke up

You call her in the morning when you're coming down and falling
Like an old man on the side of the road
Cause when you're apart you don't want to mingle
When you're together you want to be single
Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss
That made your heart tingle
How much greener the grass is
With those rose tinted glasses
But the butterflies they flutter by and leave us on our asses
[Hook]
Cause I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
I thought I was close but under further inspection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
There's fish in the sea for me to make a selection
I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection
Cause all I want to do is try to make a connection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh oh

[Hook x2]

[Outro]
Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction oh
Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction oh
Well it seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh no
Seems I've been running in the wrong direction oh

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Genius Annotation

This song is a bit unique among Pasenger songs in how dense the lyrics are. He has a tendency to sometimes stretch the meter of a line to really fit the lyrics to the music, but here there’s almost no gaps whatsoever. It gives the impression of someone talking and talking, hurriedly and not letting anyone get a word in edge-wise, which fits thematically with the song, as it is about someone good with words who creates a shell of cynicism and sarcastic language around them to keep others out.

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Recorded At
Linear Recording, Sydney
Release Date
February 24, 2012
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