[Verse 1] Neon lights illuminated the path When we were on our way home No social life to guide us Just a pure instinctive roam Online maps not invented No Sat Nav to drive us home Just imprinted memories Of where our youth did roam [Chorus] [Dramatic synth swell] We had just one direction That was always to be back To the place that held such memories Where no monster could attack Yeah, the streets were our background We knew everybody's name Regardless of what was happening Our neighbours had no shame [Verse 2] Decades later I return The streets they are the same But the people are so different It's like silence took its name Looking for the ghosts of us In the shadow of the frame But the world went and got quiet And forgot the rules to the game [Chorus] We had just one direction That was always to be back To the place that held such memories Where no monster could attack Yeah, the streets were our background We knew everybody's name Regardless of what was happening Our neighbours had no shame [Bridge] [Guitar and synth solo] They think the quiet won They think the past is dead and gone But there’s a fire in these bones And it’s been burning all along [Outro] [Powerful, operatic vocal delivery] But I'm a badass from the past Not a silent little lamb So I shout it from the rooftops: This is who I am! Yeah, I shout it from the rooftops This is who I am! [Big synth crescendo, fade out]
