
I count the streetlights from behind the wall and listen to the dogs calling through the night The neighbours pull their curtains closed while the dark comes creeping towards the light I hold your hand the way you hold a key carry it like something that could slip and fall And every time the world draws close to us I move us further away from it all I thought that I was keeping us safe but maybe I hold too tight but maybe I hold too tight Ah ah ah... Ah ah ah... Ah ah ah... Because I build fences around you higher than they need to be Put another gate between us and the street where lights cut lonely shapes into the trees I say it's just to keep you safe from everything you fear But love, I've known it long enough now that the fear is just living here Ooooooh... Ooooooh... The light still burns in our neighbour's house and the wind blows dust across the yard The world goes on beyond the wall but I keep us small and scarred You only wanted room enough to breathe I only wanted nothing more to lose I only wanted nothing more to lose You only wanted room enough to breathe I only wanted nothing more to lose I only wanted nothing more to lose Because I build fences around you higher than they need to be Put another gate between us and the street where lights cut lonely shapes into the trees I say it's just to keep you safe from everything you fear But love, I've known it long enough now that the fear is just living here the fear is just living here the fear is just living here