Manchester (Acoustic Edition) lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wrote me a book
Hid the last page
Didn't even look
Think I locked it in a cage
Wrote a novel
'Cause everybody likes to read a novel

[Verse 2]
Started with a word
And it started pretty well
About a rare, fragile bird
That I couldn't even spell
On the table
Think I left it on the table

[Pre-Chorus]
I found the last page in the sky
Cold and sweet, like an apple
I found you and now the story has its proper end

[Chorus]
Oh hello, will you be mine?
I haven't felt this alive in a long time
All the streets are warm today, hey
Read the signs
Haven't been this in love in a long time
The sun is up, the sun will stay
All for the new day
[Verse 2]
The very last breath
Of the hero of our tale
Would leave you only to guess
Did he truly prevail
In the sequel?
I guess I'll have to write a sequel

[Pre-Chorus]
My favorite part's when I die
In your arms like a movie
Tragic, but now the story has its proper end

[Chorus]
Oh hello, will you be mine?
Haven't felt this alive in a long time
All the streets are warm today, hey
I read the signs
Haven't been this in love in a long time
The sun is up, the sun will stay
All for the new day

[Post-Chorus]
Will you be mine?
Days are short and I've wrote me my last rhyme
All the streets are warm today
I read the signs
Haven't been this in love in a long time
[Outro]
It's been a long time
It's been a long time