Story Behind the Song
the story of a woman trapped in a life she didn't envisage ... just 6 hours with you and she could give it all up.
Lyrics
6 Hours - © Alison Acaster May 26, 2001
Everything was fine - no need to doubt how it would turn out
Just drink another glass of wine - and there'll be no surprises
How funny it would be - if he could see, if he could see right through me
How funny it would be - if he would look inside me
Everything he did was for me
He laid the world out before me
He thought I was OK
Anyway aren't I supposed to be happy?
This feeling's all over me
I'm choking and I feel like I can't breathe
The dogs, the kids, the house, the car
Have brought me to my knees
6 hours, 6 hours with you
I could throw it all away, I could throw it all for
6 hours, 6 hours with you
I could throw it all; maybe I will throw it all
They think I've lost my mind - but I didn't lose I just misplaced it
They think I am unkind - but they have no idea
I didn't have a thought that was my own
This bland existence I have known
These last few years have been the worst
Funny thing is I thought I must deserve
All the shit that was thrown at me
Giving up myself to complete the picture
Perfect life that he desired
I'd be a perfect wife that he could be proud of
I could've been so much more
I didn't know the life that was in store
No control of my time or of my mind and
I don't mean to seem unkind but
I can feel myself if you know what I mean
I'm so alone it must be a dream
Who is this person in the mirror
I'm starting to see so clearly
6 hours, 6 hours with you
I could throw it all away, I could throw it all for
6 hours, 6 hours with you
I could throw it all; maybe I will throw it all
For the time, you were mine
Just me and you
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