I Hate Scotland

Sometimes in my life

I take all my hopes and dreams

All my ambitions and all my aspirations

And i give them all up

Trade them all in

Put them all to one side

For a springboard

And a pair of shorts

And a plain white t-shirt

And the ability to do a perfect backflip

I think if i could do it

The seconds would feel like hours to me

It would be like medicine

Staying with me during the days and during the weeks

When i'm just pushing on

Just getting by

And it's funny how your life is

It's funny how you can spend years and years

Building up layer by layer

And then throw it all away in a second

And i'm not all what i used to be

And although i've more or less accepted it

Although i'm no longer trying to change it

I still regret it

I regret it every day

I'm not all what i used to be

Maybe it's scotland i hate

I know i hate so many things about it

I hate the way punishments are the heart of everything

I hate the way parents beat their children

I hate the way everything always has to be someone's fault

Even though some things just happened

Some things just happened!

I hate the way people bring up their children

To be exactly the same as they are

Just so they can justify the way they've lived their lives

I hate the way we expect to fail

And then we fail

And then we get bitter because we failed

Maybe it's scotland i hate

Maybe scotland's got nothing to do with it

Maybe all this has got nothing to do with anything

But i know that i would give it all up

Trade it all in

For a springboard

And a pair of shorts

And a plain white t-shirt

And a perfect backflip

A springboard

And a pair of shorts

And a plain white t-shirt

And a perfect backflip

I'd give it all up for that

I'd give it all up for that

I'd give it all up for that