20 Years Too Late - Lyrics - Edwyn Collins

Hello chaos my old friend We finally got there in the end I found a loophole in the law I stumbled then I crawled through Never frightened that that noose would tighten I felt enlightened My senses heightened Yet all this time you've been inclined To watch me from the sidelines Miles from the frontline Hoping that some sniper Had picked off this magic piper To shoot the messenger That's what's obsessing ya You only kick me when I'm down When I get up you come around You come around, you say I'm great You're only twenty years too late Well where I lived Don't make no bones Was several feet below a stone Far from appalled I was enthralled The snake that slithered learned to crawl Through the quagmire of my mislaid plans That backfired I felt enlightened My senses heightened You called me up To wish me luck To let me know this business sucks Let's change it Let's rearrange it So why do I get the feeling That there's something you're concealing? That it's a put on You scratch your foot on You only kick me when I'm down When I get up you come around You come around, you say I'm great You're only twenty years too late Did I do something to make you hate me? It's funny how you thought you'd break me You're too late Too much Too soon How high The moon Too little Toolate Too bad That's the breaks