Small Things lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh my mind!
I walk down Mayflower Road again
The wailing sun
Echoes from the park seem so absurd
The bus takes hours
I knew it would
But I can't shake the sting
Can't spend my time
On everybody else
If buildings fell
At least we'd be in matrimony
I can't control
The words kaleidoscope inside my head
Has the world gone mad
Or is it me?
All these small things they gather round me
Gather round me
Is it all so very bad?
I can't see
All these small things they gather round me
Gather round me
I saw the police
Screaming something trivial
Like 'keep the peace!'
The world moves on and you can't shake the sound
I know she's home
Waiting on somebody
Loathe in light
All in my mind
The anvil and the weight upon my back
Has the world gone mad
Or is it me?
All these small things they gather round me
Gather round me
Is it all so very bad?
I can't see
All these small things they gather round me
Gather round me
And I can't see my love
Rivers In Your Mouth lyrics - Ben Howard
Hold it in, the river in your mouth is pouring out
Water takes the shape of all that it surrounds
Yeah I know, I've been trying too hard
To keep in time with all of the hours in your day
Hold it in, they wouldn't let you out among the crowd
Not like that, these streets will tear you down
How it is, under my skin
Now you are pictures of all you'll ever be
I am not myself today
I am not feeling ok
Hold it in, the river in your mouth is pouring out
Water takes the shape of all that it surrounds
Yeah I know, I've been trying so hard
To keep it in time with all of the sounds that you make
Hold it in, they come at you from both sides of your mind
Thick and thin, these walls you'll always stand behind
I'm sick and tired, oh I begged for the world to change
But it don't, it ain't all you and that's the thing
I am not myself today
I am not feeling ok
And you showed me hope amongst the hellequins in spring
And you told me life was learning how to be your friend
I Forget Where We Were lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh, hey
I wasn't listening
I was watching Syria blinded by the sunshine strip
And you, you were in the kitchen
Oh, your mariner's mouth
The wounded with the wounder's whip
And that's how summer passed oh
The great dividing range of green, green grass
Oh, maybe it was peace at last, who knew
Hello love, my invincible friend
Hello love, the thistle and the burr
Hello love, for you I have so many words
But I, I forget where we were
Oh, hey
I wasn't listening
I was stung by all of us
The blind leading out the bored
And as per usual
You were skipping and laughing eyes at the bedroom door
"Don't take it so seriously, no
Only time is ours, the rest we'll just wait and see!"
Maybe you're right, babe, maybe
Oh, no, and that's how summer passed
Oh the great dividing range, the green green grass
And, oh, maybe I hold on fast to you
Hello love, my invincible friend
Hello love, the thistle and the burr
Hello love, for you I have so many words
But I, I forget where we were
I, I forget where we were
I forget where we were
I forget where we were
Oh, no, and that's how summer passed
Oh, your, great dividing range, the green green grass
Oh, maybe it was peace at last, who knew
In Dreams lyrics - Ben Howard
Always a riddle in the world she said
Always a riddle inside my head
Always a thing of wonder
The way we come to be
Oh it's a big old place for me
Yeah it's a big old world indeed
Everyone is killing me and everything conspires
In dreams I have watched it spin
Seen the violent crack of atoms where all light comes in
In dreams I have lain in sin
Just to be the cracked and the cared for
How can I ask, ask for more?
Always a riddle in the world she said
Always a riddle inside my head
Always a thing of wonder
The way we come to be
Oh it's a big old place for me
Well it's a big old world indeed
Been kicking my heels and wondering how I've been here so long
In dreams I have watched it spin
Seen the violent crack of atoms where all light comes In
In dreams I have seen aesops kin
Just the carcass of a man now alone inside his skin
Mmmm mmmmm mmmm
Where to, where to begin?
I live alone
I live a lonely life without you
[x2:]
And I may be troubled
But I'm gracious in defeat
She Treats Me Well lyrics - Ben Howard
Seen fortune in my lifetime
Gave it all to the man instead
Still tomorrow comes, I'm still standing on my own two feet
Got a woman at home
She treats me well
Anger, I seen it rise
From a careless word that I said
Well guilt is wasteful, pride is childish
Got a woman at home
She told me that
Got a woman at home
She taught me well
Found sorrow in my mind most times
Gave it all back to the life I led
Well it seems times change, it all just rolls away
Now I got a woman at home
She treats me well
She's alright, when everyone is wrong
She's alright, let's me waste another song
Stumble through the years, I'll make it heaven, make it hell
One day to the next for now it serves me very well
Now I've got a woman at home
She treats me well
Mourning, I've done my time here
Stood here watching my own death
Well a few things going my way this time
Got a woman at home
She treats me well
Slumber, not in my lifetime
Won't spend my days in my bed
Make the whole scene gather round come see it my way
Now I got a woman at home
She treats me well
She's alright, when everyone is wrong
She's alright, let's me waste another song
Stumble through the years, I'll make it heaven, make it hell
One day to the next for now it serves me very well
Now I've got a woman at home
She treats me well
Time Is Dancing lyrics - Ben Howard
Wrapped up in dissonance
I'm sorry that I just walked away
Lost in the insignificance of mine
I had no words to say
Now I am better
I implore you to say It isn't right
But somewhere deep in history
You're father pulled the teeth out of your fight
Hold it in. let's go dancing
I do believe we're only passing through
Wired again, look who's laughing
You again, all you, all you, all you.
Hold it in, let's go dancing
I do believe we're only passing through
Wired again, looks who's laughing
Me again, all fired up on you.
And now she's caught between
What to say and what she really means
Wrapped up in empathy
The chemicals are pushing past my blood
Hold all my cliches
They are tipping my tongue to tell you that it's love
Hold it in, let's go dancing
I do believe we're only passing through
Wired again, look who's laughing
You again, all you, all you, all you
Hold it in, let's go dancing
I do believe we're only passing through
Wired again, looks who's laughing
Me again, all fired up on you.
And now she's caught between
What to say and what she really means
And I am finally colouring
Inside the lines that I live between
Hold it in, let's go dancing
I do believe we're only passing through
Wired again, look who's laughing
You again, all you, all you, all you
Hold it in, let's go dancing
I do believe we're only passing through
Wired again, looks who's laughing
Me again, all fired up on you.
Evergreen lyrics - Ben Howard
Christmas flared amongst the somewhere cold deep evergreen
Built a world without your love and I built it in me
Christmas flared amongst the somewhere cold deep evergreen
Built a world without your love, now I'm all out at sea
Take me back to the catacombs, I am tempted by her love
Bluest eyes against my own skin, I have never been so caught up
Looking around I see memories, what it was, oh, what it was
There in the crowds you said something but I can't remember what
And my mother cursed the town for closing me down
Closing me down
Take me back to the catacombs, I am tempted by her love
Bluest eyes against my own skin, I have never been so caught up
Looking around I see memories, what it was, oh, what it was
There in the lights you said something but I can't remember what
And my mother cursed the town for closing me down
Closing me down
End Of The Affair lyrics - Ben Howard
The end of the after
The weight of a war
The kindness gone to bed
The weight of your laughter
Alive in the hall
Did he hear, did he hear the fumbled words you said
Living without her
Living at all
Seems to slow me down
Living forever
Hell I don't know
Do I care do I care the thunders rumbled sound
And now I watch her
Running round in love again
Now I talk about you
When I'm with our mutual friends
The end of the after
The weight of a war
The kindness gone to bed
The threat of your laughter
Alive after all
Did he hear, did he hear the fumbled words you said
Living without her
Living at all
Seems to slow me down
Living forever
Pale light on all
Do I care, do I care the thunders rumbled sound
[x2:]
Now I watch her running round in love again
Now I talk about you when I'm with our mutual friends
Could you be, could you be alone?
My hatred, my hate will bring me closer
[x2:]
This is it?
Well this is desert
And what of him?
What the hell love
What the...
Conrad lyrics - Ben Howard
Climb out
Out to where you see
The curl of the world
We're alone
Just like you said
Cold, cold world
Life lasts
Only one thing left to roll
Last year to learn
You were the boat that breached
In a tale of Conrad's
We will never be the change to the weather and the sea
And you knew that
You were the boat that breached
In a tale of Conrad's
Oh I loved you with the good and the careless in me
But it all goes back
MmmmMmmm
Oh climb out
Out enough to see
The curl of the world
Oh we're alone
Just like you said
And last year to learn
You were the boat that breached
In a tale of Conrad's
We will never be the change to the weather and the sea
And you knew that
You were the boat that breached
In a tale of Conrad's
Oh I loved you with the good and the careless in me
But it all goes back
All Is Now Harmed lyrics - Ben Howard
As a child it was not there
Not scared of the blood
The creak and the thud inside your chest
Clearly calm I'm keeping terrorised
The ageless thaw of winter
Alone but by your side
Here in light hung a soft divide
The billowed curtain call
Hold me down
Was I born to lie?
Here at all
Here at all
My fear in lights
All I said comes home
I can't do this alone
Asleep inside
I was born to lie,
Now prove me wrong
Prove me wrong
[x2:]
But it's in your nature
Blooms inside your blood
Hold me in harms way baby
All is now harmed
As a child it was not there
Not scared of the blood
The creak and the thud inside your chest
Clearly calm I'm keeping terrorised
The ageless thaw of winter
Alone but by your side
My fear in lights
All I said comes home
I can't do this alone
Asleep inside
I was born to lie,
Now prove me wrong
Prove me wrong
[x2:]
But it's in your nature
Blooms inside your blood
Hold me in harms way baby
All is now harmed
Am I In Your Light? lyrics - Ben Howard
Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your light?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your heart?
Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your heart?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your heart?
All my friends they
Let me know
I've a fickle mind
Before the shows
I've a brittle tongue
It comes and goes
I've a fascination
With all I cannot control
Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your light?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your heart?
All my friends they
Let me know
I've a fickle mind
Before the shows
I've a brittle tongue
It comes and goes
I've a fascination
With all I cannot control
Am I in your light, babe?
Am I in your light?
Am I forced beside you?
Am I in your light, babe?
Esmerelda lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh, blinded, now I see
That I could not hold you
My orange tree,
Left in the darkened room for three of us to share.
Oh, maybe you were free,
Before my blackened wing covered you,
I took the sing from your song
I made a bed,
Where you don't belong.
Oh, poor me, she fell beneath the wheels to help me up.
Black Sea, I failed to be a light you found in love.
Oh poor me, she fell beneath the wheels to help me up.
Black Sea, the monster killed the melody you loved.
Now I'm going places on my own.
Blinded, now I see
That death moves amongst us,
And with such ease the rafters surround us.
These silent beasts are hard to bear.
Lonely, oh, no not me
I have a grave to dig, fast moving feet.
You gave me light
Where it once was gone.
I made a bed,
Where you don't belong.
Poor me, she fell beneath the wheels to help me up.
Black Sea, I failed to be the light you found in love.
Oh poor me, she fell beneath the wheels to help me up.
Black Sea, the monster killed the melody you loved.
Now I'm going places on my own.
Oats In The Water lyrics - Ben Howard
Go your way,
I'll take the long way 'round,
I'll find my own way down,
As I should.
And hold your gaze
There's coke in the Midas touch
A joke in the way that we rust,
And breathe again.
And you'll find loss
And you'll fear what you found
When weather comes
Tearing down
There'll be oats in the water
There'll be birds on the ground
There'll be things you never asked her
Oh how they tear at you now
Go your way,
I'll take the long way 'round,
I'll find my own way down,
As I should.
And hold your gaze
There's coke in the Midas touch
A joke in the way that we rust,
And breathe again.
And you'll find loss
And you'll fear what you found
When weather comes
Tearing down
There'll be oats in the water
There'll be birds on the ground
There'll be things you never asked her
Oh how they tear at you now
To Be Alone lyrics - Ben Howard
To be alone...
I don’t need no body, Oh I, I don’t need no body,
Oh I don’t need no body to be alone, to be alone.
And in the darkness a shallow poison it has grown,
I bite my tongue there’s a fever I will not let it show.
I don’t need no body, Oh I, I don’t need no body,
Oh I don’t need no body to be alone, to be alone.
And in the darkness a shallow poison it has grown,
I bite my tongue there’s a fever I will not let it show.
And in the darkness a shallow poison it has grown,
I bite my tongue there’s a fever I will not let it show.
I don’t need no body, Oh I, I don’t need no body,
Oh I don’t need no body to be alone, to be alone
To be alone...
Burgh Island lyrics - Ben Howard (feat. Monica Heldal)
With brown eyes shining, a sure light on a way to go
And the sun chides you're reeling home, against your glow
And we lost sight of it, and breath tied up in summer's hold
And your eyes screamed it, Burgh Island, in sepia tones
And if I was ever to leave, I'll say before I go
That you're the best woman I ever known
With brown eyes shining, a sure line on a way to go
And the sun chides you so long
And we lost sight of it, and breath tied up in summer's hold
And we'll break for it, on Burgh Island in sepia tones
And if I was ever to leave, I'll say before I go
That you're the best woman I have ever known
Oh, I bite my tongue, that you may be the first to ruin
'Cause I heard it sung, that man is a fickle child
The wind blew in
Oh, I bite my tongue, that you may be the first to ruin
'Cause I heard it sung, that man is a fickle child
The wind blew in
Every Kingdom (2011)
- Old Pine
- Diamonds
- The Wolves
- Everything
- Only Love
- The Fear
- Keep Your Head Up
- Black Flies
- Gracious
- Promise
- 7 Bottles (iTunes Bonus Track)
- These Waters (Deluxe Edition Track)
- Empty Corridors (Deluxe Edition Track)
- Under The Same Sun (Deluxe Edition Track)
- Bones (Deluxe Edition Track)
- I Will Be Blessed (Deluxe Edition Track)
- Move Like You Want (Deluxe Edition Track)
Old Pine lyrics - Ben Howard
Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know that memories
Were the best things you ever had
The summer shone beat down on bony backs
So far from home where the ocean stood
Down dust and pine cone tracks
We slept like dogs down by the fire side
Awoke to the fog all around us
The boom of summer time
[Chorus]
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.
Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know the friends around you
Are all you'll always have
Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone
Careless and young, free as the birds that fly
With weightless souls now.
[Chorus x2]
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.
We grow, grow, steady as the morning
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, happy as a new dawn
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, steady as the flowers
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, happy as a new dawn
We grow, grow, older still
Diamonds lyrics - Ben Howard
All I am is the bones you made for me
So garishly clean
White as the horses, they carry me away
No my demons, you said, come and go with a haze
Minds will too play
Grow old in my ways
Oh, just like you do.
Oh there ain't no diamonds in the boredom
Oh there ain't no darkness that I fear
Oh there ain't no way to say I love you more, no
So be clear, just to be clear
So be clear, be clear.
All I am is the bones you made for me
Just driftwood for the sea
Heavy as the horses, that carry me away.
That carry me away.
Oh there ain't no diamonds in the boredom
Oh there ain't no darkness that I fear
Oh there ain't no way to say I love you more
So be clear, be clear
Oh there ain't no diamonds in the boredom
Oh oh oh ain't no darkness that I fear
Oh oh oh ain't no way to say I love you more
So be clear, just to be clear
So be clear, be clear.
Oh there ain't no diamonds in the boredom
No there ain't no darkness that I fear
Oh there ain't no way to say I love you more
So be clear, be clear.
The Wolves lyrics - Ben Howard
Falling from high places, falling through lost spaces,
Now that we're lonely, now that there's nowhere to go.
Watching from both sides, these clock towers burning up,
I lost my time here, I lost my patience with it all.
And we lost faith, in the arms of love.
Where you been hiding lately, where you been hiding from the news?
Cause we've been fighting lately, we've been fighting with the wolves.
With the wolves. With the wolves.
Red tongues and hands.
Falling from high places, falling through lost spaces,
Now that we're lonely, now that we're so far from home.
Watching from both sides, these towers been tumbling down,
I lost my mind here, I lost my patience with the lord.
Oh, with the lord
And we lost faith, oh in the arms of love
(Love love love)
Where you been hiding lately, where you been hiding from the news?
Cause we've been fighting lately, we've been fighting with the wolves.
With the wolves. With the wolves.
Red tongues and hands.
Oh, we lost faith in the arms of love.
(Love love love love love love)
Red tongues and hands.
Everything lyrics - Ben Howard
And the birds still sing outside these
These windows
Where we sat together
Like nothing ever happened here oh
The white house on the hill
And black clouds the weather
And the church spire, over the river
She still sits there
Warm, in the evening glow
But you don't care about
These scenes I treasure
Of these west winds
I know, I know
Seems everything around here
Stays like stone
Seems it's about time darling
About time we let this all go
Cause everything will start again anew
Cause everything just goes away my friend
And every king knows it to be true
That every kingdom must one day come to an end
And the sun, she may be long gone
Lost to these memories we've found
But she'll be here
When it's all done
When our bodies are lain beneath the ground
Seems everything that goes around
Comes, comes around here
Seems everything that stays here somehow
Gets me down again
Everything will start again anew
Cause everything just goes away my friend
And every king knows it to be true
That every kingdom must one day come to an end
Only Love lyrics - Ben Howard
Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
And I'll be yours to keep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep.
Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
And I'll be yours to keep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song...
Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,
Only love love love,
Only love love love,
Only love love love,
Girl show me heart.
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love.
Watch me fall apart.
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love.
Girl show me heart.
Show me love love love,
Show me love love love,
Show me love love love.
Watch me fall apart.
Darling I feel you, under my body
Darling you're with me, forever and always.
Give me shelter or show me heart.
And watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
The Fear lyrics - Ben Howard
My, my, cold-hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a blade in the grass, a spoke unto the wheel
Oh, my, my, cold-hearted child, tell me where it's all gone
All the luster of your bones, those arms that held you strong
Oh, I've been worryin' that my time is a little unclear
I've been worryin' that I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear
Oh, my, my, cold-hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a grain in the morning air, dark shadow on the hill
Oh, my, my, cold-hearted child, tell me where it all falls
All this apathy you feel will make a fool of us all
Oh, I've been worryin' that my time is a little unclear
I've been worryin' that I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
I've been worryin', I've been worryin',
I will become what I deserve
I've been worryin',
My time is a little unclear
I will become what I deserve
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That my time is a little unclear
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That we all live our lives in the confines of fear
Keep Your Head Up lyrics - Ben Howard
I spent my time watchin' the spaces that had grown between us.
And I cut my mind on second best or the scars that come with the greenness.
And I gave my eyes to the boredom, still the seabed wouldn't let me in,
And I try my best to embrace the darkness in which I swim.
Now walkin' back down this mountain
With the strength of a turnin' tide
Oh the wind's so soft on my skin,
The sun so hot upon my side.
Oh lookin' out at this happiness,
I search for between the sheets.
Oh feelin' blind to realize,
All I was searchin' for was me.
All I was searchin' for was me.
Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
No, no, no, no.
Keep your mind set, keep your hair long.
Oh my my darlin'
Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
No no no no,
Keep your mind set in your ways,
Keep your heart strong.
And I saw a friend of mine the other day,
And he told me that my eyes were gleamin'.
Oh I said I'd been away, and he knew,
Oh he knew the depths I was meanin'.
And it felt so good to see his face,
All the comfort invested in my soul.
Oh to feel the warmth of his smile,
When he said, "I'm happy to have you home."
I'm happy to have you home.
Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
No, no, no, no.
Keep your mind set, keep your hair long.
Oh my my darlin',
Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
No no no no,
Keep your mind set in your ways,
Oh, keep your heart strong.
'Cause I'll always remember you the same.
Oh eyes like wild flowers oh with your demons of change.
May you find happiness there,
May all your hopes all turn out right.
Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Keep your mind set, keep your hair long.
Oh my my darlin',
Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
No no no no,
Keep your mind set in your ways,
Keep your heart strong.
'Cause I'll always remember you the same.
Oh eyes like wild flowers within demons of change.
Black Flies lyrics - Ben Howard
Black flies on the windowsill
That we are
That we are
That we are to know
Winter stole summer's thrill
And the river's cracked and cold
See the sky is no man's land
A darkened plume to stay
Hope here needs a humble hand
Not a fox found in your place
And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
Black flies on the windowsill
That we are
That we are
That we are to hold
Comfort came against my will
And every story must grow old
Still I'll be a traveler
A gypsy's reins to face
But the road is wearier
With that fool found in your place
And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
[x2]
So here we are...
And I don't wanna beg your pardon
And I don't wanna ask you why
But if I was to go my own way
Would I have to pass you by?
[x2]
Gracious lyrics - Ben Howard
How would you know?
When everything around you's changing like the weather
A big black storm
And who would you turn to?
Had I a ghost
A shadow at the most
Would you let me know?
'Cause I don't want to
To trouble your mind
With the childish design
Of how it all should go
But I love you so
When it all comes clear
When the wind is settled
I'll be here, you know
'Cause you said ours were the lighthouse towers
The sand upon that place
Darling, I'll grow weary, happy still
With just the memory of your face
Gracious goes the ghost of you
And I will never forget the plans
And the silhouettes you drew
Here
And gracious goes the ghost of you
My dear
And how would you know?
When everything around you's bruised and battered
Like the cold night storm
And who would you turn to?
Had I a ghost
A shadow at the most
Would you tell me so?
'Cause I, I adore you so
When it all comes clear
The wind is settled
I'll be here, you know
'Cause you said ours were the lighthouse towers
The sand upon that place
Darling, I'll grow weary, happy still
With just the memory of your face
Gracious goes the ghost of you
And I will never forget the plans
And the silhouettes you drew
Here
And gracious goes the ghost of you
My dear
Gracious goes the ghost of you
And I will never forget the plans
And the silhouettes you drew
Here
And gracious goes the ghost of you
My dear
Promise lyrics - Ben Howard
And meet me there, bundles of flowers
We'll wade through the hours of cold
Winter she'll howl at the walls
Tearing down doors of time
Shelter as we go...
And promise me this
You'll wait for me only
Scared of the lonely arms
Surface, far below these birds
And maybe, just maybe I'll come home
Who am I, darling to you?
Who am I?
To tell you stories of mine
Who am I?
Who am I, darling for you?
Who am I?
To be your burden in time, lonely
Who am I, to you?
Who am I, darling for you?
Who am I?
To be your burden
Who am I, darling to you?
Who am I?
I come alone here
I come alone here
7 Bottles lyrics - Ben Howard
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm weary
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm tired
And a long way from home
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm lonely
Out on the roads
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
That I think I had
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm trying to hide the shame
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
Makes me weary now
Stumble towards everything
This world ain't mine
To be home
The stars are shining
Far too old
For me to understand
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm weary
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm tired
And a long way from home
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm lonely
Out on the roads
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
That I think I had
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
And I'm trying to hide the shame
Seven bottles
Seven bottles
Makes me weary man
Stumble towards everything
This world ain't mine
To be home
The stars are shining
Far too old
For me to understand
These Waters lyrics - Ben Howard
I saw red and yellow flowers outside over the moors
And brightest sunrise ever to've touched my eyes.
And through it all,
I stood and stumbled, waded through my thoughts and heart
Yeah through it all,
I fooled and fumbled, lost to the poet's frown.
I fought the wolves of patience just to let it lie down.
See these waters they'll pull you up,
Oh if you're bolder than the darkness.
My my, let these songs be an instrument to cut,
Oh spaces 'tween the happiness and the hardness.
Out the door,
The touch of morning, the burning of the frost
Out the door
Strong hands to hold; good friends that I never lost.
And what we found
Down these coves of limestone and cockle shells,
What we found
Down these roads that wander as lost as the heart,
Is a chance to breathe again, a chance for a fresh start.
Oh, no, see these waters they'll pull you up,
Oh, no, if you're bolder than the darkness.
My my let these songs be an instrument to cut here darling,
Oh, spaces between the happiness and the hardness,
Oh my my, spaces between the happiness and the hardness
Empty Corridors lyrics - Ben Howard
She's got a little house in town
I sometimes go around, there
To see her
And she'll let me deep inside
I sing her love songs
But she'll turn them blind darkness
Like she ain't the sentimental type
I keep my heart in my pocket and I hold
I hold it tight
I know that she don't mind if I
Go away and I don't call
I know that she don't mind if I'm absent through it all
I know that she don't mind if I
Go away and I don't call
I know that she don't mind if I'm absent through it all
Through it all
Through it all
Her skin is softer than the bluest eyes
Just with the warmth that I need
Gives me a place
To hide from the streetlights burning through the bedroom window
In the shadows yeah there's loneliness we cling to
When the morning comes
We'll go, we'll go our separate ways
Ain't no magic my dear, ain't no reason to stay
I know that she don't mind if I
Go away and I don't call
I know that she don't mind if I'm absent through it all
I know that she don't mind if I
Go away and I don't call
I know that she don't mind if I'm absent through it all
Through it all
Through it all
And we fall through empty corridors
And we talk in useless metaphors
Yeah we fall through empty corridors
And we talk in useless metaphors
And we fall through empty corridors
And we talk in useless metaphors
Only cause we're lonely [repeated]
Under The Same Sun lyrics - Ben Howard
I lie in your charms
Though it harms the best of me
And I lie on to my friends to them
No wonder why I wait for thee
And I hope like a child
Widow of the sea
I hold these arms around you
All's around me
Will you be there when the day's done
Will you be there
Under the same, under the same sun
Under the same, under the same sun
My yearn oughta turn these things
Turn these things around
I learned from you
Oh I made these plans, made this plans
With you around dear
With you around dear
Will you be there when the day's done
Will you be there
Under the same, under the same sun
Under the same, under the same sun
Will you be there when the day's done
Will you be there
Under the same, under the same sun
Under the same sun
(Will you be there when the day's done
Will you be there
Under the same, under the same sun)
Under the same sun [repeated]
Lalalala lovely as you are [repeated]
Bones lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh go, far from this small town bar we know
Yeah go, frolic in the lights that brought you here
So very long
And hold, hold your lips so tightly
That the shadows may go
Cause I know, I know, I know I know
You can never be alone
Cause it's just the bones you're made of
And you laugh like you've never been lonely
That's alright honey
That's alright with me
Oh you laugh like there's hope in the story
That's alright honey
That's alright with me
Oh you laugh like I'll be there to hold you always
Always here
I'm always here, always here
And go silent as death on the first day of the snow
Oh go leave these fires burning
A house of embers and coal
And cover cover all those boys that search for love
In your room
Cause lust is just a child's game
And you, oh you were always late to bloom
And you laugh like you've never been lonely
That's alright honey
That's alright with me
Oh you laugh like there's hope in the story
That's alright honey
That's alright with me
Oh you laugh like I'll be there to hold you always
Always here
Always honey, always here
And you love like you've always been lonely
That's alright honey
That's alright with me
Oh you love him with all of your body
That's alright honey
That's alright with me
Oh you love him like he'll be there for always
Always honey yeah, always near
Always honey, always near
Always honey, always near
Oh go far from this small town bar we know
Oh go, leave me with this bird and this song
Out here in the cold
Cause it's just the bones you're made of
I Will Be Blessed lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh my ghost came by
Said who do you love the most
Who you wanna call before you die
Oh my ghost came by here
Said who do you love the most
Who you gonna sing to 'fore you're gone
Oh hey heaven is the place we know
Heaven is the arms that hold us
Long before we go
Oh hey, heaven is the place we know
Heaven is the arms that hold us
Long before we go
Oh my ghost came by here
Said who do you love the most
Who you gonna sing to 'fore you go
Oh hey heaven is the place we know
Heaven is the arms that hold us
Long before we go
Oh hey, heaven is the place we know
Heaven is the arms that hold us
Long before we go
Oh if you're there
When the world comes to gather me in
Oh if you're there
I will be blessed
Oh if you're there
When the world comes to gather me in
Oh if you're there
I will be blessed
Oh if you're there
When the world comes to gather me in
I hear you're there
I will be blessed
I will be blessed
Oh if you're there
When the world comes to gather me in
Oh if you're there
I will be blessed
I will be blessed
Move Like You Want lyrics - Ben Howard
I saw you earlier on,
They were playing blues downtown
Some kind of Mississippi, Mississippi song
And I know, I know, I know I caught your eye
Because you darling, you caught mine.
So lady get down,
Like there's no-one else around here.
Baby, move like you wanna,
Baby, move like you need,
Honey, move like you ought to,
Baby, move just to please me.
Baby, move like you wanna,
Baby, move like you need,
Oh I saw you, watching the band play slow
Eyes like a morning star,
In the soft of the early evening glow
And I know, I know, I know you were burning up inside
Because these feelings, these feelings are so hard to hide.
So woman get down,
Like there's no-one else around here.
Baby, move like you wanna,
Baby, move like you need,
Honey, move like you ought to,
Baby, move just to please me.
Baby, move like you wanna,
Baby, move like you need,
Oh lady get down,
Like there's no-one else around here.
Baby, move like you wanna,
Baby, move like you need,
Honey, move like you ought to,
Baby, move just to please me.
Baby, move like you wanna,
Baby, move like you need,
Oh woman get down,
Like there's no-one else around here.
Oh lady get down,
Like there's no-one else around here.
Games In The Dark lyrics - Ben Howard
We played games in the park
And I want to stay there,
Close to your heart
And you said “Oh, I can feel your heart beat,”
And I told you, “Sometimes when I stay the night, I find it hard, hard to sleep”
Oh, we played, yeah, like lovers in the moonlight
We stay here, stubborn in the softness and the light
Oh, how close to heaven can you get,
Before the sun burns your eyes?
Oh, oh, baby,
You were like a child when you wept,
Yeah, through soul sang lullabies
Eyes, e-e-eyes, Oh, Eyes, e-e-eyes
We played games with the distance
Made phone calls, phone calls just to listen
We held, oh, mornings from the start,
You said “Baby, maybe, maybe, I never want to make your heart less”
For now, words get lost in the dark
For when the morning comes,
That you dropped out the start
Oh, how close to heaven can you get,
Before the sun burns your eyes?
Oh, oh, baby,
You were like a child when you wept,
Oh, through soul sang lullabies
Eyes, e-e-eyes,
Yeah, how close to heaven can you get,
Before the sun burns your eyes?
Oh, oh, mama,
You were like a child when you wept,
Oh, through soul sang lullabies
Eyes, e-e-eyes, Oh, Eyes, e-e-eyes
And you’re under the same set of stars
We lay there, worlds apart
And you still say “I can feel your heart beat”
And I still find it hard in the middle of the night, oh, trying to sleep
Oh come, find me when the years get older, find me when the world
Lights solder to our fire, oh, oh, no
Find me when the years get older, find me when the world
Lights solder to our fire,
Oh, whoa, Oh whoa, solder…
To our fire
Wouldn't Be A Lie lyrics - Ben Howard
Maybe I could have changed your mind;
Maybe you could thought about someone else,
Rather than yourself, oh anybody but yourself.
And I know you felt lonely;
Yeah I know people try to get you down
And all around those laughing faces,
Single you out in the crowd
Oh single you out in the crowd
I tried so hard, to help you understand;
To put some hope into your hands
And all the time, you cried and said to me
"Why can't everything be right?"
Each time I have to put up a fight
And the world keeps on winning,
Oh yeah the world keeps on winning
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight, night,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you, missing you, missing you
Never thought that you, that you wouldn't be here;
Never thought that I would see these tears fall
And all these lonely times I'm feeling without you,
Knowing I don't have you through it all,
Knowing I don't have you through it all
No it wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight, night,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you at all,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight, night,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you,
Oh wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight,
Wouldn't be a lie if I said I was missing you, missing you, missing you,
Missing you, missing you
Ocean Song lyrics - Ben Howard
Been here staring, staring at the rain too long
Winter cold burning at my toes
Seems like everything, everything I'm doing's going wrong somehow
Feeling blue everywhere that I go
And I'm trying, trying yeah, to remember her grace
Trying, trying oh, to recapture her words so pure
Ooh, the lines on her face
Honey, what the hell are we doing this for?
What the hell are we doing this for at all?
Found her letter under a stone
Told of giants, kings, palaces and gold, palaces and gold
Somewhere, somewhere over the horizon
I swear, I swear I'm going out there, to find them, to find them
Oh, I'm going to the ocean, no no no
Answer some of these questions that have been pulling me down
All this time
Over mountains, mountains of black and white
Till I know, know what I've found here
Till I know, know what I've found here
Darling, won't you wait for me?
Darling, won't you be there standing at the shore
Cause I'll be coming home, coming home soon
Coming home, darling I'll be coming home to you
Been here trying, trying to kill my head
Dreaming of words, words my father always said to me
He said don't, don't be afraid of the dark sometimes
In your hours of hurt, so that's when you'll find
How strong a heart can be
How beautiful the summer breeze
How carefree is the seabird as it flies
How much I really need
Yeah, I'm going to the ocean, no no no
Answer some of these questions that have been pulling me down
All this time
Over mountains, mountains of black and white
Till I know, know what I've found here
Till I know, know what I've found here
Darling, won't you wait for me?
Darling, won't you be there standing at the shore
Cause I'll be coming home, coming home soon
Coming home, darling I'll be coming home to you
I'll be coming home, coming home soon
Coming home, darling I'll be coming home to you
Jessica lyrics - Ben Howard
Young girl of only 19
Beautiful smile
Looked just like her dream
Her parents were so proud
Came from the southern counties
Deep Blue eyes
Saw more than I see
Hair blew with the wind
Goes to a party
Everyone turns to see
Beautiful Jessica of only 19
Out on the same night
Two middleweights got into to many fights
But they were ok
Yeah they were alright
Alright, alright
One man says to the other
Wouldn't it be nice to get me a lover
The other one turns round and says
Don't you remember, don't you forget
It was only last December
That girl you called Julliet
You've had more than me
Someone hits the side of the car
Pale faces baby its a night of alarm
They stop 50 yards down the road
Walking back they see tyre marks
Under a sycamore tree
Walking back they see Jessica's eyes
Bright as bright as can be
One man says to the other
I think we better get out of here
I don't wanna be on the TV news
I don't wanna be on the TV news
Hearts racing for the rest of the night
Fears of the wrong and the right
Seconds turning
Your world fades to Blue
Jessica's heart stopped beating
Under the star light
And the sirens bleeping
Morales of humankind
Left by the side of the road
One man says to the other
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe in this world
Everyway I look I see
I see the shuddering cold
I can feel the the Devil
The Devil on my shoulder
On my shoulder
On my shoulder
One man of only honestly
Made a mistake for which
He can never ever be free
Let the gates of heaven
Judge his soul
Falling to the sea below
The sea below
Meanwhile in another part of town
Cops trying to earn his crown
Trying to fight for justice
He just doesn't know
Justice lives at the bottom of the soul
Walking back he sees tire marks
Under a sycamore tree
Walking back he sees this man this man
Can never be free
Goes to the house on the same night
Finds the man he needs to his delight
Puts him in a jail house
Which such a rat deserves
Such a rat deserves
One man says to the other
Where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you brother?
Where are you when I needed you most?
Where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you brother?
Where are you when I needed you most?
Sitting in a 6 foot cell
Dreams that could of been accomplished
It's a living hell
Tears fall from his eyes
Fall from his eyes
He's crying so loud now
He's crying so loud now
He's crying, he's crying
He's crying so loud now
He's crying so loud now
He's crying so loud now
He's crying so loud now
He's crying so loud now
He's crying so loud god can hear
So loud god can hear
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me now?
Love can you hear me now?
Oh can you hear me now?
Back To The River (Rough Cut) lyrics - Ben Howard
Through these trees
And bracken stains
Over fields where lovers lay here
Waiting for a spark
Under the old oak tree
Where it all came down
Under the old oak tree
Where I swear I swear
I found her
I remember fireflies
In the evening glow
Oh bodies moving
So soft and so slow
Yeah bridges made
Of moss and stone
These are our lands
These were silver stains
On our souls
I'm going back to the river
Though I know it'll never taste so sweet
I'll go back to the river
Searching for childhood memories
I'll go back to the river
Though I know it'll never taste so sweet
I'll go back to the river
Searching for childhood childhood memories
Through these trees and bracken stains
Over fields where lovers lay here
Waiting for a spark
Under the old oak tree
Where it all came down
Under the old oak tree
Where I swear I swear
I found her
I remember fireflies in the evening glow
Oh butterflies that burn
So low down down
Oh bridges made
Of moss and stone
These are our lands
These are silver stains
On our souls
I'll go back to the river
Though I know it'll never taste so sweet
I'll go back to the river
Searching for childhood memories
I'll go back to the river
Though I know it'll never taste so sweet
I'll go back to the river
Searching for childhood...
I'll go back to the river
Though I know it'll never taste so sweet
I'll go back to the river
Searching for childhood...
Yeah im going back to the river
Though I know it'll never taste so sweet
I'll go back to the river
Searching for childhood childhood memories
"Fooking light went out dunnit"
A Hand To Hold lyrics - Ben Howard
Keep it steady
For the one I love the most
All eyes on radar
See the Queen of the coast
Yeah keep it steady
A hand to hold in quiet times
All eyes on radar
Got me fooled before I die
Yeah keep it steady
For the one I love the most
Their eyes on radar
Want to see the Queen of the coast
Oh keep it steady
A hand to hold in hard times
Oh I'm on her radar
I'll follow her 'till I die
But if you go
Before these waters turn to stone
Then I'm going on
Yeah I'm going on
Keep it steady
For the one I love the most
All eyes on radar
See the Queen of the coast
Oh keep it steady
A hand to hold in hard times
Oh she's my lady
Oh she's the woman on my mind
But if you go
'fore these waters turn to stone
Then I'm going home
Yeah them I'm going home
Oh then I'm going home
Oh then I'm going home
Then I'm going home
Then I'm going home
Then I'm going home
Then I'm going home
Another Friday Night lyrics - Ben Howard
They found him in the gutter of the business end of another friday night
Someone had clearly been there before I didn't feel I had to ask him why
I have never understood why we need to know the reasons for everyone else’s strides
Sometimes you don't need sympathy to get the words right
Caught in anguish
He was
Sometimes that's enough
For he was singing
Oh looks like the end again
Her body bleaching out into the waves
It’s still the loudest thing
Oh I wish I had all my friends somewhere drinking
The sunny afternoon into oblivion
But that's not your fault
How could that be my fault?
So we walked into a house party of someone, someone somehow knew all about
And all the young girls turned up late and drank us all to some kind of stand still
With looks averted all before and distant ideas of death and thrills
And in absence asks the host if he had any left
And somehow I did feel like yesterday was ours
But it's gone
Yesterday was ours
All along
And they were singing
Oh looks like the end again
Her body bleaching out into the waves
Its still the loudest thing
Oh I wish I had all my friends
Out there drinking the sunny afternoon into oblivion
But that's not your fault
How could that be your fault?
Are You Ready lyrics - Ben Howard
Over these hills and valleys that I've seen as a young boy
I found shelter in my solitude, I found safety in the sea
And all these country lanes would twist and turn
Young eyes would find a flicker in the darkness and burn
Those were days so empty a cast was a consern
When loved ones told me that from disaster we can always learn
In those hazy hours my mother would sit me down
Saying don't depend on tomorrow, cause tomorrow can sometimes let you down
Oh are you ready, are you ready for this?
Are you ready, are you ready for it all?
Are you ready, are you ready for the changes, changes that fall? [x2]
No car and aeroplane rides, oh I saw the world here
With a brand new, a brand new set of eyes
And I met the devil at the crossroads
She was dressed in red
And her eyes were more beautiful that the stars
She laid my body down to rest under the bracken
And the moonlight covered the moors
And I swear there was music behind every door
Oh are you ready, are you ready for this?
Are you ready, are you ready for it all?
Are you ready, are you ready for the changes, changes that fall? [x2]
Cause we all, we all, we all fall down sometimes
We all, we all, we all feel the wings of tragedy
We all, we all, we all see angels, angels in the hardest hours
We all, we all, we all feel the wings of tragedy rush against us
Oh are you ready, are you ready for this?
Are you ready, are you ready for it all?
Are you ready, are you ready for the changes, changes that fall? [x3]
Cloud Nine lyrics - Ben Howard
Shadows on the water,
From a memory that turns inside,
From the last time I saw you happier,
Than I've seen you, than I've seen you in a long time.
And all these faces, oh how they adore you
With every blessing, every strength of the storm.
And it seems to me it all worked out so different
Funny how distance and time they don't change at all.
So may your worries, may your worries
Never fall too loud.
And may you stay here, may you stay here
Happy in your own skin,
On the ninth cloud.
Cold to every warning,
Oh these ships that passed through, years before
And bolder now, than a brand new morning,
With the sun on your face, the bruise and the breaks of these careless arms.
So hold your body, hold your body
Strong in these winds that blind
And may I find you, may we sit together when we're grey and old,
On cloud nine.
This life will move you with every step outside,
It's alright, it's alright
My arms are open wide for you
This life will move you as graceful as the tide
It's alright, it's alright
Loosen the fears that fears that bind you.
Loosen the fears that fears that bind you.
Depth Over Distance lyrics - Ben Howard
Depth over distance every time, my dear
And this tree of ours may grow tall in the woods
But it's the roots that will bind us here
To the ground
Depth over distance was all I asked of you
And I may be foolish to fall as I do
Still there's strength in the blindness you fear
If you're coming too
If you're coming too
Hold on, wait until that lone sun
Breaks from the arms of the Lord
Hold on, though we may be too young
To know this ride we're on
Depth over distance was all I asked of you
And everybody round here's acting like a stone
Still there's things I'd do, darling, I'd go blind for you
If you let grow sometimes, let it grow sometimes, let it grow
Just let it grow sometimes
Hold on, wait until that lone sun
Breaks from the arms of the Lord
Hold on, though we may be too young
To know this ride we're on
Hold on, though we may be too young
To know this ride we're on
Depth over distance every time, my dear,
And I may be foolish to fall as I do
Still there's strength in the blindness you fear
If you're coming too, hmm
If you're coming too
Hold on, wait until that lone sun
Breaks from the arms of the Lord
Hold on, though we may be too young
To know this ride we're on
To know this ride we're on
To know this ride we're on
Follaton Wood lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh you
Screamed Hallelujah darling,
startled all the sleeping Starlins on the wire.
As we walked up the footpath through the fields,
how the rain did reveal your heart.
And the rope swing from the balance held the weight,
shadows fall and a cold wind blows.
And you said oh maybe we're just lost souls here,
maybe oh everybody goes.
Oh we were
Young oh ho we were young. Oh we were
Young oh ho we were young.
Still don't, don't you forget.
That rope you tied around your neck.
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh
And it took them three days to find you,
tired torch lights and dog scents.
Oh they led you down from the highest branches,
cold eyes and frozen arms.
And my my my your beauty was so dumbfounded,
lace white dress and your hair as long as Follaton Woods.
And the whole town just stood there crying looking at the darkness,
for something wholesome and good.
Oh good, oh ho oh oh.
Oh good, oh ho oh oh.
Still don't, don't you forget.
That rope you tied around your neck.
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh
Hums
Morning white mist came across the plane,
blue skies and rain.
Oh and it was the strangest day,
people taking cover people holding shame.
Oh you'd left your
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your
Heart oh.
You woulda laughed your heart ah ah ah out.
Further Away lyrics - Ben Howard
My father he told me what goes around,
Comes, comes around again
The faces you see on the way up
Are those on the way back down, my friend
But you've been climbing shoulders around you
Trying to reach the big blue sky
And all above you is just the blackness, darling
And everything below you dies
And everything below you dies
You've been growing up
You've been growing on
Further away from us now
[x2]
And nobody gives a f*ck about you
Tell you it's a damn shame
The prettiest eyes in the whole world
The same fool in the same game
The same fool in the same game
You've been growing up
You've been growing on
Further away from us now
[x3]
Heave Ho lyrics - Ben Howard
Way up there
They think they found
A world for us
To settle down
And I know now
We failed somehow
Pick my feet
Up from the ground
The hills have rolled into the clouds
And callous faces
Line the alleyways
Where I long for you
It is no revolution, see
It always has been you and me
And a guide I've been followed
Trying to find common ground
And she sings to me
When I'm around
If you can't love this sound goes away
Way up there
They think they found
A world for us
To settle down
And I know now
We failed somehow
Pick my feet
Up from the ground
The hills have rolled into the clouds
And callous faces
Line the alleyways
Where I long for you
([?] to you)
It is no revolution, see
It always has been you and me
And a guide I've been followed
Trying to find common ground
And she sings to me
When I'm around
If you can't love this sound goes away
If you can't love this sound goes away
Hot Heavy Summer lyrics - Ben Howard
Baby wants to dance
Past the flat footed charterhouse boys
From towns where the mothers can't stand
The sight of each other
Baby wants to last
In the hearts of the wild and free
She knows that time takes all of us
Through every long hot heavy summer
And all of them, they talk of national security
Over garden fences made to buff the bats of breeze
And chance encounters
Baby wants to dance
Past the Tuesday morning supermarket crowd
She knows we'll all sleep through the days
The Two-step drip fed our laughter
Says she wants to last
Last how you want to
She's a light in the young boy's eyes
Through every long hot heavy summer
And all of them, they talk of national security
Over garden fences made to buff the bats of breeze
Yeah all of them, shuffling down that lonely street
One last gasp
Against a long hot heavy summer
Keiko lyrics - Ben Howard
Keiko I see you, alive in my dreams.
The outsider amongst us, the plague in between.
Keiko the world is a beautiful thing,
I don’t always adore it but I know what it means to feel love.
Keiko I see you, alive in my dreams.
The outsider amongst us, the plague in between.
Keiko did the good lord tell you what it means,
All of us here, all of us waiting on you.
Did you watch the sun when it came flying over the hillside,
Did you think of home when they buried your old man.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, some kind of forest fire.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, sun to rise, yeah.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, invincible somewhere I know.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, sun to rise, yeah.
Keiko I see you, alive in my dreams.
The outsider amongst us, the plague in between.
Keiko the world is a beautiful thing,
I don’t always adore it but I know what it means to feel love.
Did you watch the sun when it came flying over the hillside,
Did you think of home when they buried your old man,
Did you watch the violence, come creaping up inside you,
Did you wash the world so clean from your hands.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, some kind of forest fire.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, sun to rise, yeah.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, some kind of forest fire.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, sun to rise, yeah.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, some kind of forest fire.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, sun to rise, yeah.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, invincible somewhere.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, on, sun to rise.
I remember you and all of your fury, saying it will be fine.
I remember you and all of your fury, saying it will be fine.
I remember you and all of your fury, saying it will be fine.
I remember you.
London lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh, how I wish I could drag you down here,
Pull these feet far from the ground
Cause this, this city ain't no friend of mine
Ain't no friend.
All I can do
When the tracks stop at the final destination
Is just push on through,
The weariness and silences of such a crowded situation here.
All I can do
When every brick, every bar, every elegance I see, I see her face,
Is just push on, just push on through,
These embers of memories that float from the fire, from the fire of this place.
So don't give up on me now,
Oh these legs that'll walk me home.
Because it's only concrete and cars,
It's only sirens and missing stars,
It's only whiskey and disregard
In the smallest hours here, when I feel alone.
All I can do
When these lights, they haunt me like orchids in a graveyard,
Is just just push on, just push on through
These faces of dust and stone,
The dirt and bone of loss.
So don't give up on me now,
Oh these legs that'll walk me home.
Because it's only concrete and cars,
It's only sirens and missing stars,
It's only whiskey and disregard
In the smallest hours here, when I feel alone.
And I hope, Paris is as beautiful as I've been told
And that everything you do is galvanized in gold.
Master lyrics - Ben Howard
If the devil came, I beg your pardon,
For I have not seen him.
Seems the cause of pain, causes silence.
Won't you let me in?
'cause every man I've seen to fight,
He fights himself alone.
And every burden every strike,
Is a lesson to behold.
May he come, to see that I have grown;
May he come and battle me alone.
If the devil came, I beg your pardon,
For I have not seen him.
Seems there's any range, you'd go on hiding,
Fuel the fire within.
'cause every hand I've learned to bite,
Is a harvest that I've sown.
And every word you burn to write,
Is a mark that you must own.
May he come, to see that I have grown;
May love come and dance within your bones.
May love come and dance within your bones.
Master of your own hearbeat,
Be the change that you long to see.
Master of your own hearbeat,
May the sun that shines, shine for thee
May the sun that shines, shine for thee
Oh come on child, take it as it is.
We're all here for a little while,
With the stones and the sticks.
Well come on child now, don't be scared of this.
Well life is still a blessing,
We all ruin; we all reach.
Yeah come on child, don't be scared of this.
Oh life is still a blessing,
We all ruin; we all reach.
We all reach.
Old Pine (Elkoe Remix) lyrics - Ben Howard
All you'll ever have...
Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know that memories
Were the best things you ever had
The summer shone beat down on bony backs
So far from home where the ocean stood
Down dust and pine cone track
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
All you'll ever have...
Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know the friends around you
Are all you'll always have
Smoke in my lungs, over the echoed stone
Careless and young, free as the birds that fly
With weightless souls now.
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
All you ever have...
Oldest Trick In The Book lyrics - Ben Howard
The shred of grace among the common thieves
They left your passport with the policía
Raw but thankful
Well that's the oldest trick in the book
Baby, don't cry
Some days they just catch your number
Baby, don't cry
Some days they just carve into you
Baby, don't cry
I watch the sunset dwindle
You said you saw the green flash light up the sky
Seems the meaning of things
Is caught in the witness
Baby, don't cry
Some days they just catch your number
Baby, don't cry
Some days they just carve into you
Baby, don't cry
Some days they just catch your number
Don't cry
Some days they just carve into you
Quiet Me Down lyrics - Ben Howard
There's safety in the firin' line
There's black ice on the road
I'm sleepless in the nighttime hours
Of a boat breached out at the storm
We lost the light of the mornin' star
And we wonder where's the way
The horde is gathered in fervor now
They all shout words they can't say
Darlin' don't you worry
About the crowd
Cause they're tearing their tongues
Oh, quiet them down
Darlin' if you're leaving
Don't leave me alone
Darlin' if I'm losing again
Quiet me down
Cause I'll have plenty of time
To think about it
I'll have plenty of time
To think about it
There's safety in the firin' line
There's black ice on the road
A thorn in each and every side
Of her white dress already sold
Darlin' don't you worry
About the crowd
Cause they still tear at their tongues
Oh, quiet them down
Darlin if you're leaving
Don't leave me now
Darlin' if I'm losing again
Quiet me down
Cause I'll have plenty of time
To think about it
I'll have plenty of time
To think about it
And you
I won't let you down
And you
I won't let you down
And you
I won't let you down
And you...
Sister lyrics - Ben Howard
Sister
Love comes and goes
You walk a tight rope
Through it
Who really knows?
On tip toes
Picking acorn
But
Spring comes too early most years now
Spring comes too early most years now
Sister
You don't wait for it cold
I went looking for
Went away, turned cold
I want blue sky
Picking rose petals
Spring come too early most years now
Soldiers lyrics - Ben Howard
Oh you watch me steady, you
Watch me with such a quiet sincerity
And you hold me heavy, you
Hold me like I was born to be held
And the light comes in here, yeah
Morning my dear, and the restlessness of arms
And we lie here longing now
Words were ours that we'll never be harmed
‘Cause you are dear to me
Yeah you are dear
But if this goes wrong again, oh heaven forbid
If this was how it was meant to fall, no
If this goes wrong again
Will you pretend that you know, steady as the morning and just go
And just go
And just go
I made you breakfast, oh
Soldiers to guard and keep you company
When I’m goin’ away again
All faces and falsities of new friends
Yeah there’s fires here to burn, and
Timbers left to learn in this young heart
And honey please don’t think I don’t miss you, no
Don’t think I don’t think of you when we’re apart
Because I do dear, I do
Yeah I do dear
But if this goes wrong again, oh heaven forbid
If this was how it was meant to fall, no
If this goes wrong again
Will you pretend that you know, steady as the morning and just go
And just go
And just go
The Boxer lyrics - Ben Howard
(originally by Simon & Garfunkel)
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm
When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared, laying low
Seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
Asking only workman's wages, I come lookin' for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
Now the years are rolling by me
They are rockin' evenly
I am older than I once was
And younger than I'll be; that's not unusual
Nor is it strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Goin' home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me, leadin' me
Goin' home
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
The Burren lyrics - Ben Howard
Your carnation revolution was buried
In these rock pools and I'm grateful
And the sun looks like the afterlife
In a battlefield after the rainfall
We walked out on out on to the burren frothy from the wind
Full of yesteryear's sorrow, bad dreams within
We were children again, we were children again
And home hit me like blasted stone of rattle snake unturned
Blind, can't you see I am letting go
I take with me what you left unburned
We walk out on out onto the burren frothy from the wind
Full of yesteryear's sorrow, bad dreams within
We were children again
We were children again
We walk out on out onto the burren frothy from the wind
Full of yesteryear's sorrow, bad dreams within
We were children again
We were children again
Oh I come here to borrow time
Oh I come here to start a fire
Oh I come here to borrow time
Oh I come here to start a fire
The Fire lyrics - Ben Howard
Lie here till your world stops spinning round
Lie near me till the birds start singing out
Come, show me what it is to be warm
Be my shelter and I'll be your storm
Come, lie down till the four winds cease to blow
Lie here full of rivers that you know
And I'll make your bones shake, the sweat we take off hearts still battered and worn
Be my shelter and I'll be your storm
And we'll show the fire
Yeah, we'll show the fire how to burn
Yeah, we'll show the fire
We'll show the fire how to burn
And we'll show the fire
Yeah, we'll show the fire how to burn
Yeah, we'll show the fire
We'll show the fire how to burn
I don't know, I don't know where you came from
But God's been smiling
I don't know, I don't know where the rain's gone
But it's been a while, been a while now
I don't know, I don't know where you came from
But God's been smiling
I don't know, I don't know where the rain's gone
But it's been a while, been a while
I don't know, I don't know where you came from
But God's been smiling
I don't know, I don't know where the rain's gone
But it's been a while, been a while
It's been a while, been a while now
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