Passenger

Released: February 24, 2012

Songwriter: Passenger

Producer: Passenger Chris Vallejo

[Verse 1]
I know a man with nothing in his hands
Nothing but a rolling stone
He told me about when his house burnt down
And he lost everything he owned
He lay asleep for six whole weeks
They were gonna ask his mother to choose
When he woke up with nothing
He said, "I’ll tell you something
When you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose"

[Chorus 1]
"Now I’ve got a hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt
A whole lot of trouble", he said
"But now the money’s gone, life carries on
And I miss it like a hole in the head"
Woah, now, now

[Verse 2]
I know a woman with kids around her ankles
And a baby on her lap
She said one day her husband went to get a paper
And the motherfucker never came back
Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise
'But keeping the wolf from the door!'
She said, "The wolf’s just a puppy and the door’s double locked
So why you gotta worry me for?"

[Chorus 2]
"Now he left a hole in my heart, a hole in a promise
A hole on the side of my bed
Oh, but now that he’s gone, well, life carries on
And I miss him like a hole in the head"

[Bridge]
Well sometimes you can’t change and you can’t choose
And, sometimes, it seems you gain less than you lose
Now we’ve got holes in our hearts
Yeah, we’ve got holes in our lives
Well, we’ve got holes
We’ve got holes, but we carry on

Well we’ve got holes in our hearts
Yeah, we’ve got holes in our lives
Well, we’ve got holes
We’ve got holes, but we carry on
Said, we’ve got holes in our hearts
Yeah, we’ve got holes in our lives
Well, we’ve got holes
We’ve got holes, but we carry on
Said, we’ve got holes in our hearts
We’ve got holes in our lives
We’ve got holes
We’ve got holes, but we carry on
Said, we’ve got holes in our hearts
We’ve got holes in our lives
We’ve got holes
We’ve got holes, but we carry on

Said, we’ve got holes in our hearts
Yeah, we’ve got holes in our lives
Well, we’ve got holes
We’ve got holes, but we carry on

Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg is a multi award winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter from Brighton, UK. His career so far has spanned over a decade and taken him on a journey that has seen him travel multiple times around the globe playing street corners to stadiums and headlining some of the most iconic venues and stages. He is most psynonomous with the hugely successful song ‘Let Her Go’ that has been viewed on You Tube over 2 billion times, is approaching 1 billion streams on Spotify and has reached number 1 in 19 x countries. This is however only one side of Passenger and there is an incredible body of work behind the humble troubadour. The latest album is his 13th studio album in 12 x years. Recorded at the iconic Abbey Rd studios and Mike’s own studio in Brighton, it sees him record with a string quartet for the first time and is a beautiful and resonate testament to his time on the streets of Britain.

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