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?
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