1. |
With Love
03:53
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Baby, he got sick
And told me not to kiss him on the lips
Because I had to sing that week
And that is the most romantic thing
Bodies in hot water with the lights off
Feeling like I'm doing myself some good
Hold my fingers over the only flame
That lights this room
You got it all messed up
We don't think too much about it
Erratic
Unstable
We perform it with love
Hold my keys through my fingers
When I'm walking in the dark alone
And the street lights, they are beautiful
I wish that I could enjoy them more
Streets, they stay the same, but I don't
How am I supposed to process that?
They stay the same, but I don't
How am I supposed to process that?
We got it all messed up
We don't think too much about it
Erratic
Unstable
We perform it with love
Erratic
Unstable
We perform it with love
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2. |
Perform For You
03:33
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My love
He hung my room
With roses
To hide the bitterness
And I believed him
And his salty kiss
On my lips
Felt like tenderness
Your hands
Do you ever feel them shake so much
For a touch
For a look?
Blood sweet
Mouthfuls
Blood sweet
Mouthfuls of love
Treat me like a helpless toy
And I’ll perform for you
Tell me why you do not love me
You know I’ll still love you too
For this is the blood flood, undressing of love
Where you only need me to make yourself feel good
When I go to sleep, I hear you
But it’s an accent that I do not know
I’m here to feel something real
Might not be nice
But at least I feel
I need to taste the blood of your lips
And swirl it around in my mouth
Feel it on my iron tongue
And then maybe I’ll back out
Blood sweet
Mouthfuls of love
Love
Blood sweet
Mouthfuls of love
Love
Blood sweet
Mouthfuls of love
Love
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3. |
High
04:15
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Been a long time since you called me
Been a long time since you left your name in my phone
Been a long time since you needed me
Been a long time, so I'm going home
Feeling like you never hear me
Feeling like it's always the same
Fell in love once, and you heard me then
I don't know what to say
I lost my lover
To the high
And that's why
He never heard me
'Cause I loved
And I lost
Wait until 9 PM and then I feel your arms
Wait 'til 11, then your lips
Never knew how love could feel
Now you've brought it all to me
It's overwhelming
And it calls your name all of the time
Can't get anything done
We lie in the dark
Something surges through me
I don't want to touch you
I don't know if I'm allowed
You pull me in
I feel you shake
Can't forgive myself
I lost my lover
To the high
And that's why
He never heard me
'Cause I loved
And I lost
I loved
And he stopped
He's love
And I'm not
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4. |
Blue Light
03:44
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Think I'll go somewhere else
Where I can't see it
I can let it die
You brush your teeth
More than me
I feel so ashamed
You say you're scared
But how can you
Be so rude about it?
I feel it come
Inside me
Like a blue light turning on
Ah
Ah
Ah
I laugh too loud
All of the time
But you loved that, so I did too
Sometimes it catches me off guard
And I think of you
And I'm reading a book on death
Thinking how I wouldn't want you to die
So I lay on my hopes to rest
That I'm with you for the rest of my life
I
And I know it's enough to say
We've seen it all, let's let it go
Every time someone with someone like you
Warmth drops in and out of me
Ah (Like a blue light turning on)
Ah
Ah
And I'm reading a book on death
Thinking how I wouldn't want you to die
So I lay on my hopes to rest
That I'm with you for the rest of my life
And I'm reading a book on death
Thinking how I wouldn't want you to die
So I lay on my hopes to rest
That I'm with you for the rest of my life
And I'm reading a book on death
Thinking how I wouldn't want you to die
Like a blue light
Like a blue light
Like a blue light
Like a blue light
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5. |
Keep It Near
03:52
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I left my mouth to become yours
I left my mouth to become yours
Call it off again
Falling in and out again
Call it off again
Falling in and out again
Feels like I'm not soft
Like I'm trying to be
Go ahead, call me
And leave me left out
Even my mother will tell you
I'm not good at affection
Don't know where I learned that
But I fear it in myself
And when it calls me
It feels like something I know
Vacuous, black, and old
So I keep it near
So I can feel something real
Like hell
But I do feel
I left my mouth to become yours
I left my mouth to become yours
Call it off again
Falling in and out again
Call it off again
Falling in and out again
Every day falls apart
It's every day nothing
When my head feels heavy
And I'm falling asleep again
I don't know what to do
It feels like I say that a lot
But I really don't
Oh
It's been a while
And I'm in and out of existence
But I got sweet darkness
He lays in my lap every night
And I look in his eyes
I left my mouth to become yours
I left my mouth to become yours
Call it off again
Falling in and out again
Call it off again
Falling in and out again
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6. |
All My Friends Are Drunk
03:34
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D'you think you know your Sunday self?
There is not a pressure
Feel like you are not in your body
Blissful but not numb
I can feel tired, it does not burden me
Sometimes it's like I don't exist
Peaceful skin on skin
Everything feels how it should
All my friends are drunk
Haven't been wasted in months
Which is why we never speak too
Falling out of touch
Do you think they understand it too
That wishful longing for what was?
Or is it all just in your head?
Quiet, but nothing grew
I miss home, but I also learnt
How to create homes in places that I go to
Stir of the tyne
After the Cumberland
All my friends are drunk
Haven't been wasted in months
Which is why we never speak too
Falling out of touch
It lies in quiet in the night time
Sixteen and burning candles low
Twenty-three in hot water
Dead flowers on your windowsill
I think I understand it now
That you're not supposed to
I'll never learn to be calm
The moon is a killer
Washes bodies to the surface
How does anybody do this?
All my friends are drunk (How does anybody do this?)
Haven't been wasted in months (There is not a pressure)
Washes bodies to the surface (How does anybody do this?)
Everything feels how it should (Falling out of touch)
I can feel tired, it does not burden me (How does anybody do this?)
Sometimes it's like I don't exist (There is not a pressure)
Blissful but not numb (How does anybody do this?)
Everything feels how it should
Peaceful skin on skin
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7. |
Control
03:05
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You look me in the eyes, and I see
We’re not okay
Tell me what is it about me
You really hate
Was it something I did
That pissed you off somehow?
Was it something I did
That pissed you off somehow?
And it’s all the time, the time, the time, the time
You’re on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, yeah
All the time, the time, the time, the time
You're on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind
On my mind
Told my friends I’d call them when
The time is right
They told me I look less alive
Than they’re used to
I need some kind of control
To put me through
Not needing you
And it’s all the time, the time, the time, the time
You’re on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, yeah
All the time, the time, the time, the time
You're on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, yeah
How does
It feel
To hold onto
Something good?
And it’s all the time, the time, the time, the time
You’re on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind
I don’t need anyone else
A close loss from dangerous skin
And it’s all the time, the time, the time, the time
You’re on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind
And it’s all the time, the time, the time, the time
You’re on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, y
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8. |
Without
03:40
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Do you think I'm a fool for loving you?
I've never felt so sure of loving you
Do you think we'll ever break up?
I hope not
Never felt like a fool when you're around
When you kiss my neck in the night time
Nothing heavy, you just want me to let it go
Working two jobs that I hate
You believe in me
It's best not to forget everything
You just make it all sweeter
My tongue stuck, mouth every word for me
A crutch, a space for me to spread out
There's everything between us, nothing outside
You believe in me
Black and heavy like an attic
I have to look outside sometimes
This is us against the world
You believe in me
It's best not to forget everything
You just make it all sweeter
It's only you
It's only you
It's only you
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9. |
Men I Don't Know
03:07
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Standing in a room
Of men I don't know
They're all talking about
Something unique
Maybe I don't try
Hard enough with you
Maybe I don't try
Hard enough with this
It's a thing I have to face every day
That I've burdened myself with my love
This place is hard, hard for you
But we do what we do
People laughing
As I go to work
Shouldn't that be enough?
But not for us
Belittle me, please
Make me feel small
Ask me for something
But give me nothing at all
It's a thing I have to face every day
That I've burdened myself with my love
This place is hard, hard for you
But we do what we do
It's a thing I have to face every day
That I've burdened myself with my love
This place is hard, hard for you
But we do what we do
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10. |
Telling Lies
03:02
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Told me what you want
When you needed me
Walked home in a daze
That short night
Something like ache
Warm in my mind
Stars from the sky
Keeping it light
I tried to tell you
I'm not so good
At telling lies
Laying on my bed
I hear your laugh
Rings through my head
Like a bell
Wasting my time
Kicking feelings
Kiss me on the head
You always do
Please, baby, find me
I want this to
Stay alive
Dreamt you told me
That you'd love me all the time
Forget the others
Say it like it's the first time
I know it's hard
But will you look me in the eye?
Whatever's hardened
We will leave
Leave it alone
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11. |
My Baby Lungs
03:22
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I wake to the thought of a shower
Once again, every day is like this
I stare down it and fall back to sleep
Today is nothing until you come into my
When I run, I feel it in my lungs
When I don't, I feel it drip through my head
Fold me up
Bring me down
It's not your fault
It's not my fault
And I don't smoke
'Cause I don't wanna die anymore
And if I'm sad, it's not you
I don't wanna be alone
I wanna be
Everything to you
So that I am not baby blue
Just wanna
Everything to you
So that I am not baby blue
Wanna be everything to you
I am not baby blue
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