The Writer Lyrics - Ellie Goulding

1 You wait for a silence, I wait for a word

2 Lie next to your frame, girl unobserved

3 You change your position and you're changing me

4 Casting these shadows where they shouldn't be

5 We're interrupted by the heat of the sun

6 Trying to prevent what's already begun

7 You're just a body, I can smell your skin

8 And when I feel it, you're wearing thin

9 But I've got a plan

10 Why don't you be the artist

11 And make me out of clay?

12 Why don't you be the writer

13 And decide the words I say?

14 Because I'd rather pretend

15 I'll still be there at the end

16 Only it’s too hard to ask

17 Won't you try to help me?

18 Sat on your sofa, it's all broken springs

19 This isn't the place for those violin strings

20 I try out a smile and I aim it at you

21 You must have missed it, you always do

22 But I've got a plan

23 Why don't you be the artist

24 And make me out of clay?

25 Why don't you be the writer

26 And decide the words I say?

27 Because I'd rather pretend

28 I'll still be there at the end

29 Only it’s too hard to ask

30 Won't you try to help me?

31 You wait, I wait, casting shadows, interrupted

32 You wait, I wait, casting shadows, interrupted

33 You wait, I wait, casting shadows, interrupted

34 You wait, I wait, casting shadows

35 Why don't you be the artist

36 And make me out of clay?

37 Why don't you be the writer

38 And decide the words I say?

39 Because I'd rather pretend

40 I'll still be there at the end

41 Only it’s too hard to ask

42 Won't you try to help me?

43 Why don't you be the artist

44 And make me out of clay?

45 Why don't you be the writer

46 And decide the words I say?

47 Because I'd rather pretend

48 I'll still be there at the end

49 Only it’s too hard to ask

50 Won't you try to help me?