I’ll Look Good When I’m Sober lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been thinking about you a lot more than I should
I’ve caught my finger slipping up the same page of my telephone book
But just hear me out or let me in
Signing the guest list, places we've been
I'm hoping with a soft spot that there’s a chance of bumping into you

[Chorus]
Tell me what does your heart say
Would you listen anyway?
I promise you I'll look good when I'm sober
Tell me what have you got
When you gave it all away
I promise you I'll look good when I'm sober

[Verse 2]
Still mingling with bouncers, unhappy where I'm stood
Feeling like I miss thе way you kiss me
Mimic your lips with a sharp left hook
So I look to her, took on thе chin
Blood on a jumper, tuck your shirt in
Hopefully we don't need you
But comfort in pretending that I do, oh

[Chorus]
Tell me what does your heart say
Would you listen anyway?
I promise you I'll look good when I’m sober
Tell me what have you got
When you gave it all away
I promise you I’ll look good when I'm sober
[Bridge]
And you know just what to say (And you know just what to say)
But the phone call’s not the same (But the phone call's not the same)

[Interlude]
(—naht ssel truh dluow hcnup a kniht I)
(siht naht ssel truh dluow hcnup a kniht I)

[Bridge]
So just hear me out, or let me in
I miss the hangnails, pits of your skin
Those eyes of hers, looking at him
I think a punch would hurt less than this
Bathed under an ocean, of turgid hotel lights
The gasping of attention, the rolling of your eyes
Oh, don't make me go
I could be so much better
Could be what you want
Cold pillars of steel pressed before my tongue
Would love if it were your lips
Would settle for a gun

[Chorus]
Tell me what does your heart say
Would you listen anyway?
I promise you I'll look good when I’m sober
Tell me what have you got
When you gave it all away
I promise you I'll look good when I'm sober
[Outro]
Tell me what does your heart say (I'll look good when I'm sober)
Would you listen anyway?
And I promise you I'll look good when I'm sober
When the evenings run it's course (I'll look good when I'm sober)
I always end up at your door
(Look good when I'm sober)
Tell me what does your heart say (I'll look good when I'm sober)
Would you listen anyway?
And I promise you I'll look good when I'm sober
When the evenings run it's course (I'll look good when I'm sober)
I always end up at your door