More songs by Calum Scott
Description
Instability is now almost a new form of tenderness. When both are slightly skewed, with tangled thoughts and crumbs of self-irony in their voices, for some reason it becomes easier to breathe. The world presses down, makes noise, demands that you be ‘on your toes,’ but here you can just be. A little scattered, a little out of sorts, but next to someone who is also not perfect - and suddenly there is comfort in that.
It feels like dancing on a shaky floor, but you don't fall because someone is swaying in the same direction. They don't support you, they don't save you - they just stand beside you. And that seems to be the most stable form of love of all.
Lyrics and translation
Original
I'm a little unsteady
I'm a little messed up, a little bit petty
Head full of confetti
Trying to find myself 'cause nobody gets me, oh
And that's all I've ever known
And I'm dancing on my own with you
Sometimes I feel like that January
A little bit cold, a little unfriendly
Sometimes that's scary
But I know those moods are temporary, oh
And I found a place to go
And I'm standing all alone with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
And no one does me like you do
There's never been someone like you
I wanna give you all my life
I wanna waste all of my time with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
The world's a little bit heavy
But I got you and I know you get me
And it's a little bit messy
You're the beautiful, broken better part of me
And I found a place to go
Now I'm standing all alone with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
And no one does me like you do
There's never been someone like you
I wanna give you all my life
I wanna waste all of my time with you
'Cause you're unsteady too (ooh, ooh)
You're unsteady too (ooh, ooh)
You're unsteady too
I wanna give you all my life
I wanna waste all of my time with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
English translation
I'm a little unsteady
I'm a little messed up, a little bit petty
Head full of confetti
Trying to find myself 'cause nobody gets me, oh
And that's all I've ever known
And I'm dancing on my own with you
Sometimes I feel like that January
A little bit cold, a little unfriendly
Sometimes that's scary
But I know those moods are temporary, oh
And I found a place to go
And I'm standing all alone with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
And no one does me like you do
There's never been someone like you
I wanna give you all my life
I wanna waste all of my time with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
The world's a little bit heavy
But I got you and I know you get me
And it's a little bit messy
You're the beautiful, broken better part of me
And I found a place to go
Now I'm standing all alone with you
'Cause you're unsteady too
And no one does me like you do
There's never been someone like you
I wanna give you all my life
I wanna waste all of my time with you
'Cause you're unsteady too (ooh, ooh)
You're unsteady too (ooh, ooh)
You're unsteady too
I wanna give you all my life
I wanna waste all of my time with you
'Cause you're unsteady too