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 policÃa
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
Three Tree Town lyrics - Ben Howard
Come in from the darkness on the edge of this three tree town.
Because it's thicker than the woods out there,
Settles harder than the cold winter ground.
Come in from the shadows of these boot black, marching clouds
Because trouble falls like rain,
And lately it's been pouring down.
I've seen loneliness
She wrapped me up with such tenderness
I've seen loneliness
She tied me down in her sweet caress.
Oh come in from the confines of your own mind my dear,
Because worry is all you'll find there it's clear.
And tomorrow will always come.
And tomorrow may well bring the sun.
Yeah I've seen loneliness
She wrapped me up with such tenderness.
And I've seen happiness
She came round here yesterday
In a bright blue dress..
And we go..
To The City lyrics - Ben Howard
I go back there, to the city
Full of hopes and fears
Through smoke filled arms
I go back there, oh to see her
After phone calls of "Baby be here tonight"
And she asks me, she asks me to understand
And she's busy in her safe array of plans
She knows I'm weary but she won't let go of my hand
Said sacrifice ain't nothing, nothing if you can't
Oh, sacrifice ain't nothing, nothing if you can't
In the background, oh this fever
Something stronger, something deeper than words
In the background, something wholesome
Take a look inside; oh see what you've done
So I guess the questions from her mouth
She tries on some garments
She wipes the tears from her eyes
Says I need you, I need you here to stay
Over the mountains, we're solid 'till I stumble and I pray
Says how, how can I ever repay you?
And she leans over heels; turns oh away
Oh and how can I, how can I
How can I give you more?
Oh, when all of me, all of me
All of won't hold on
Yeah and how can I, how can I
How can I give more?
When my hands are tired from the stones
When my legs don't want to walk this alone anymore
Oh yeah how can I, how can I
How can I give you more?
Oh more more
When all of me, all of me
All of me won't hold on
Oh and how can I, how can I
How can I give more?
When my hands are tired, from the stones
When my legs don't want to walk this alone anymore
How can I, how can I
How can I give more?
Yeah how can I, how can I
How can I give more?
Oh how, oh how?
Twilight lyrics - Ben Howard
I don't have time to be running round here looking for answers
Still I won't, I won't change my mind
There's something in these shadows dancing
Oh, still
Twilight gon' move you
Midnight gon' prove you wrong
She don't care about nobody
And all I'm looking for is a song
Oh sometimes all I'm looking for is a song
Oh my my all I'm looking for is a song to sing
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
She brings out
Oh it's her throughout
Oh she brings out
Oh the brighter side, brighter side of me
Brighter side, brighter side you see
Brighter side, brighter side of me
Oh the brighter side, brighter side of me
Brighter side, brighter side you see
Brighter side, brighter side of me
Oh no no no
Oh it's her throughout all of this
Oh it's her throughout all of this
And for you I will change my ways
Yeah for you I will give all of my days
Cause without you I can't stand the pain
Oh without you it ain't the same here
And for you I will change my ways
Yeah for you I will give all of my days
Cause without you I can't stand the pain
Oh without you it ain't the same here
Oh cause you bring out
Baby you you you you you throughout
Baby you you you you bring out
Oh the brighter side, brighter side of me
Brighter side, brighter side you see
Brighter side, brighter side of me
Oh the brighter side, brighter side of me
Brighter side, brighter side you see
Brighter side, brighter side of me
White Lights lyrics - Ben Howard
I am my dear so painfully clear of it all
What you always fear
Leave you barren land of toil
I gave myself away, so easily you would say
I was a kid
But I’ll always be a child through the harshness and the wildness
I will always be face to the wind
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
All is well, all is good
The crows have eaten what you blackbird never could like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
I am my dear so painfully clear of it all
What you always fear
Leave you barren land of toil
Oh, I made my own damn choices
Took a bite in all its poison
And ask for ball and chain
Now I came to be a man
Not without my father’s hand
But without your fears and their pain
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
But all is well, all is good
The crows have eaten what you blackbird never could like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
What you always fear
Leave you barren land of toil
I gave myself away, so easily you would say
I was a kid
But I’ll always be a child through the harshness and the wildness
I will always be face to the wind
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
All is well, all is good
The crows have eaten what you blackbird never could like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
I am my dear so painfully clear of it all
What you always fear
Leave you barren land of toil
Oh, I made my own damn choices
Took a bite in all its poison
And ask for ball and chain
Now I came to be a man
Not without my father’s hand
But without your fears and their pain
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
But all is well, all is good
The crows have eaten what you blackbird never could like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
Like you said they would, like you said they would, like you said they would
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
White light don’t break her heart anymore
Bright light don’t seem to bother her at all
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