Life Is A Mess

from Wide Awake by Four Lions

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lyrics

Life Is A Mess

When you lose something means you don’t need it anymore
So you’re not running beside me in Sandringham no more
You were once laughing to all those words that I had said
Choking on memories, an ice cream drips to its death

When I’m writing these sad songs, some pass through
Some seem to stick around
I’ve come to this realisation that I’m not staying
There’s one thing that I’m saying

Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, life is a mess

When you lose something means you don’t need it anymore
So you’re not running beside me in Sandringham no more,
You were once laughing to all those words that I had said
Choking on memories, an ice cream drips to its death

When I’m writing these sad songs
Some seem to pass through, some seem to stick around
I’ve come to this realisation that I’m not staying
There’s one thing that I’m saying

Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, failing at best
Life is a mess, life is a mess

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from Wide Awake, released October 14, 2021
Four Lions
Wide Awake

Produced by Shann Lions/Keith MacQueen/Finn Keane (The Greasy Triplets)
Engineered by Finn Keane at Head Gap/Preston/Victoria/AUS
Mixed by Bohdan Dower at Bulb Audio/Bendigo/Victoria/AUS
Mastered by Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering/Miami/Florida/USA
# Additional recording by Finn Keane at RPM/Bendigo/Victoria/AUS
## Mixed by Phil Joly at The Gatsby House/Allentown/Pennsylvania/USA
## Mastered by Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering/San Francisco/California/USA
Executive producers: Lynette Walker / Keith MacQueen / Shann Lions

All lyrics written by Shann Lions (Control)
All music written by Shann Lions (Control)
Except * Music written by Shann Lions/Keith MacQueen (Control/Control)
** Music written by Lions/MacQueen/Moncrieff/Bradford/Briggs (Control/Control/Control/Control/Control)
Four Lions are Stephen Briggs / Bradley Bradford/Shann Lions/Keith MacQueen/Gavan Moncrieff

Life Is A Mess

Keith MacQueen: Lead, rhythm, 12-string guitars/hand claps/backing vocals
Gavan Moncrieff: Drums/tambourine/sleigh bells/hand claps
Bradley Bradford: Bass
Stephen Briggs: Organ, piano
Shann Lions: Lead, backing vocals/rhythm, acoustic guitar/hand claps
Katie Bates: Backing vocals

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