Rose and Crown

Lyrics

Verse 1]
Down in Kent where the fields run wide
Mum gone quiet, and I learned to hide
By the canal, with a bottle in my coat
Swore I'd be fine, but I barely float

Boots in the mud and a heavy mind
Old friends lost and the missing kind
I kept my laugh in a cracked-up cup
Tried to fill the gaps, tried to drink them up

Pre-Chorus
Then you said my name like you knew my storm
Said, “Come inside, love, get yourself warm”
I was all sharp edges, all bad news
You gave me a chair and a reason to choose

Chorus
Rose and Crown, hold me down
Rose and Crown, in my Kent town
I was breaking, now I'm found
Rose and Crown, Rose and Crown
(rose and Crown)
You took my hand from the edge
You gave me back my breath

Verse 2
Tuesday nights, cheap pints, laughing loud
Football on low and a friendly crowd
Ash on the bar and a chipped-back glass
Learned how to stay when the hard days pass

Saw your smile in the window haze
Made me believe in the softer days
Fell in love by the pool table light
One look at you and the room felt right

Pre-Chorus
Then you said my name like you knew my storm
Said, “Come inside, love, get yourself warm”
I was all sharp edges, all bad news
You gave me a chair and a reason to choose

Chorus
Rose and Crown, hold me down
Rose and Crown, in my Kent town
I was breaking, now I'm found
Rose and Crown, Rose and Crown
(rose and Crown)
You took my hand from the edge
You gave me back my breath

Bridge
For the ones we miss, I raise one high
For the nights I cried and the years gone by
If the road gets rough and my head goes wild
I come back here and I feel alive
(come back here)
I come back here and I feel alive

Chorus
Rose and Crown, hold me down
Rose and Crown, in my Kent town
I was breaking, now I'm found
Rose and Crown, Rose and Crown
(rose and Crown)
You took my hand from the edge
You gave me back my breath