Soft William by Tim Bowness Lyrics

You sit by the window
Look out at the rails
Heads you'd walk away
But it always lands on tails

26 years and
You’re still out on your own
(What starts with token words
Will end in broken bones)

The ghost of a family
And an air of defeat
Leaves you frightened by
The people that you meet

The rising fear, the sudden crash -
The safe retreat