Past Perfect Lyrics - Present Tense - Wild Beasts

Back then there were no others 

All I knew, true beginners 

We had a gift, the perfect present 

No such a thing 

I'm taut 

It's tense for me 

Can't live within a memory 

Proud woman I daren't come passively 

Every fella deserves his dignity 

Our hurt is older than our hands 

It passed from monkey into man 

Now tender hands do heal the hurt 

Man did fuck up 

And then he learnt 

It's tense for me 

Can't live within a memory 

Proud woman I daren't come passively 

Every fella deserves his dignity 

It's tense for me 

Can't keep reliving what is history 

Proud woman now don't go soft on me 

Where's that famous old dexterity? 

It's tense for me