Drew Dillon - Other Side Of You / Belfast Boy (Reprise) Lyrics

How do I move past Northern Ireland?
This place? How do I climb this hill?
How do I find some fuckin' head space?
And navigate life after this and him?

Here I've little left to gain or lose and
Basic rights I've not yet got
And always the special chance I could
Go out into that city one day and get shot

On the other side of this town
A new life could be found
Bag packed
No lookin' back

There's no road here before me
There's no way to turn around and retreat
There's no way of moving left, right or up and down
There's no way I can pick up my feet

In this stalemate
I can't think straight
They can't see me
I can't breathe easy
How do I step past neighbourhoods and names
When they're one and the same?

And how long will it take to move past the centre?
To break through these walls, to make a big thing small?
How long must I wait, to push past the middle?
To find something new?
And get to the other side of you?

Bag packed. No looking back.
I'm done. The time has come.
Pack the craic. The Ulster Fry
Nights in the city. An Antrim sky
My loved ones. Local radio
And drives to the coast to get away
I'll Squeeze in trad sessions, The Lagan
The walk from Bangor to Helens Bay
I'll leave the bigots, hold the violence
Scrap religion and rainy afternoons
I'll give up the fight, cause I'm done fighting
One ticket for living sometime soon
When the place that's always been home
Means you're just existing
How do you change that? Move forward
And maybe start living?

And how long will it take to move past the centre?
To break through these walls, to make a big thing small?
How long must I wait, to push past the middle?
To find something new?
And get to the other side?

Call me your Belfast lad
I've seen it all, the good, the bad in this town
(You bring me down, you bring me down, you bring me)
And that was that and that was us, no big drama no big fuss and...

Call me your Belfast boy
Home's a mix of pain and joy I've found
(You bring me down, you bring me down, you bring me)
Town is darker today, it's sad, its quieter...

Call me your Belfast son
Guess home's a battle I've not won
(You bring me down, you bring me down, you bring me)
I can't do this, I can't see a future, one where you and I feature...

Call me your Belfast man
It's a piece of me, it's who I am
And there's just something about him that's deep rooted in the land...

I stop at the door
I'm unsure
I unpack slowly
Cancel the flights just incase
Everything fits back
But it seems like there's less space
Nowhere to hide
There's no other side