Ben Howard Lyrics

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.

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,

Only love love love,

Girl show me heart.

Come on love love love,

Come on love love love.

Watch me fall apart.

Come on love love love,

Come on love love love.

Girl show me heart.

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

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.

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 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 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

7 Bottles lyrics - Ben Howard

Seven bottles

And I'm weary

Seven bottles

And I'm tired

And a long way from home

Seven bottles

And I'm lonely

Out on the roads

Seven bottles

That I think I had

Seven bottles

And I'm trying to hide the shame

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

And I'm weary

Seven bottles

And I'm tired

And a long way from home

Seven bottles

And I'm lonely

Out on the roads

Seven bottles

That I think I had

Seven bottles

And I'm trying to hide the shame

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

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

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

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

Will you be there when the day's done

Will you be there

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

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

Oh if you're there

When the world comes to gather me in

Oh if you're there

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

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

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

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 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

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 brother?

Where are you when I needed you most?

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, he's crying

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 walk out on out onto the burren frothy from the wind

Full of yesteryear's sorrow, bad dreams within

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

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

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

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