"Central Reservation (Original Version)" lyrics - BETH ORTON

Running down to central reservation in last night's red dress
And I can still smell you on my fingers and taste you on my breath
Stepping through brilliant shades of the colour you bring
This time, this time, this time is whatever I want it to mean

If this is where memories are made, I'm gonna like what I see
And everything I ever took for granted, I'm gonna let it be
I step through every shade of the colour you bring
But this time, this time, this time is whatever I want it to mean

[Chorus:]
And everything and nothing
Is as sacred as we'd want it to be
When it's real, make it real
Compared to what
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

It's like living in the middle of the ocean with no future, no past
And everything that's good about now, well, might just glide right past
I'm stepping through brilliant shades of the colour you bring
This time, this time, this time is fine just as it is

[Chorus:]
And everything is sacred here
And nothing is as sacred as I want it to be
When it's real
Compared to what
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Ad-libs and scat singing]