In "Ten Stories High," Jake Bugg wrestles with exhaustion and apology inside a strained relationship, admitting he stopped trying and let consequences pile up. The dizzying image of standing ten stories high captures feeling unmoored yet strangely alive, as if collapse and possibility arrived together. Longing to sail back to the beginning collides with drifting hours and days, but the repeated promise that they will be alright turns fear of an ending into fragile reassurance.
Ten Stories High Lyrics by Jake Bugg
One, two, three
If I could stay awake
I know you’re tired of asking
And I’m sorry that I didn’t really try
I could say the words
I could say goodbye
I could save the world
I could make you cry
We could sail away
If only for a moment
Just to ease the pain
You know it’s never easy
Wish that every day
We’d go back to the beginning
Why do I feel
Ten stories high?
Out of my head but so alive
Why do I feel
This is my time?
If it’s the end
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
If I could stay a while
Without these consequences
I’d be sorry that I didn’t tell you why
You could say the word
I’ll be by your side
I needed too much just get me by
The hours and days
They are forever drifting
Living with the pain
I know it’s never easy
Wish that every day
We’d go back to the beginning
So why do I feel
Ten stories high?
Out of my head but so alive
Why do I feel
This is my time?
If it’s the end
We’ll be alright
We’ll be alright
