I went to New York and paid lots of money To stay in the silence and not play for anyone I picked up a bar tab and drank myself stupid I flirted with strangers just to feel attractive
I stood on a rooftop pulled into the skyline The clouds started rolling as I started to say Goodbye to my grandfather who's at home dying The rain started in and I was left crying
I've got to maintain the madness Just so the stillness makes sense to me And I've got to keep the momentum Rolling along so that no one can stop me No one can drag me Hoahhhoaaahohahoooome [or that's what it sounds like anyway xD]
And I went to San Francisco with my best friend To sing in a bar full of gay men who wanted me But they did not know me, they thought I sang pretty I made love to the microphone so they would not feel so empty inside On this wintery night In this city of madmen and loners and stoners and lovers forgotten in favour of rotten misfortunes with money, but I still went home alone
I've got to maintain the madness Just so the stillness makes sense to me And I've got to keep the momentum Rolling along so that no one can stop me No one can drag me Hoahhhoaaahohahoooome
But now I'm here in Boston In love with downtown crossings
And in this very room where some of my favourite songs have been written I'm writing this one to sing and remember these days in December I have surrendered I'm not pretending to stay still, To stay still And so next week I'll go to Iceland But then on to London And into the arms of my favourite stranger But then onwards cos I cannot, I will not, I will not I cannot, I cannot, I will not, I will not I cannot, I will never stop
Oh I'm maintaining the madness just so the stillness makes sense to me And I've got to keep the momentum Rolling along so that no one can stop me No one can drag me