La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, mm
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
There's a lot of ground to cover
One foot and then the other
On my way, my way to somewhere new
A few false starts, can you forgive this
Cautious heart and just bear with it
While it does what I thought it couldn't do?
I could go back to the old place
And write your name on every blank page
But it's a story now, just a story now
It's the kind of thing that you'd say
You say no need to look behind me
That I can keep you here beside me
To make a mess of it, then make the best of it
It isn't perfect, but it might be
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, hm
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
You dip your toe and then you paddle
All before you swim the channel
Thought I'd never make it, but I might
Oh, I could go back to the old place
And write your name on every blank page
But it's a story now, just a story now
It's the kind of thing that you'd say
You say no need to look behind me
That I can keep you here beside me
To make a mess of it, then make the best of it
It isn't perfect, but it might be
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, mm (hm)
Treading lightly, thinking slightly
It just might be, it just might be
Treading lightly, thinking slightly
It just might be, it just might be
It just might be
Oh, I could go back to the old place
And write your name on every blank page
But it's a story now, just a story now
It's the kind of thing that you'd say
That there's no need to look behind me (yeah)
That I can keep you here beside me (yeah)
To make a mess of it, then make the best of it
It isn't perfect, but it might be there
(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la) like it might be, yeah (mm)
Like it might be (la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la), ooh, ooh
Ooh
Might be, might be, might be
Olivia Lauryn Dean (born 14 March 1999) is an English singer and songwriter. Her accolades include four Brit Awards and a Grammy Award. Dean signed with AMF Records and Virgin EMI Records in 2019 after her self-released song "Reason to Stay" went viral. Her debut album, Messy (2023), included her breakout single "Dive" and earned a nomination for the Mercury Prize. Her second album, The Art of Loving (2025), topped the UK Albums Chart and featured her first UK number-one single "Man I Need" as w...
