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Nobody Wants To Know
01:14
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It takes more than ultraviolet to get near you
It takes more than simply waiting out the night
I couldn't quite explain to you my feelings
So I shut my borders, sealed myself up tight
I know there’s nothing I can do to make it better
I know your work is how you get through every day
And like a lonely hummingbird
You beat your wings to keep the world at bay
Take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
Hold me close
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me go
It would help me if you took your medication
It would help me if you took a nine to five
I can try to keep myself contained
But nothing heals this gaping wound I hide
Take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
Hold me close
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me go
I know you see this darkness deep within me
It’s like I’m crawling through that cave without a light
But the last line of that song is how I’m gonna prove you wrong
Darling, it’s not just your fight
Take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
Hold me close
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me go
Take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
Hold me close
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me go
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Sugar Coat
06:41
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I shouldn’t have believed the lies you told
But hungry for truth I swallowed them whole
It started with a kiss and ended in my shame
Until it was clear there was no one else to take the blame
But still I can't quite bring myself to disconnect
Looks like you took all traces of my self-respect
So tell me your lies, compassionate lies
That patch up the broken bones
Don’t give me the truth, the truth is no use
You can’t roll away these stones
I’m not being held against my will
I know it is foolishness but still
I need the sugar coat without the bitter pill
Isn’t it about time I came in from the cold
Left competitions behind and took back what was sold
She haven’t seen me smile since I made that stuck-up list
The class of ’92 has long since been dismissed
So fuck the Sunday papers and their Christmas prize
And see the veil of tears disappear before your eyes
And tell me your lies, compassionate lies
That batten the hatches down
Don’t give me the truth, the truth is no use
This storm can’t be turned around
I’m not being held against my will
I know it is cowardice but still
I need the sugar coat without the bitter pill
So tell me your lies, compassionate lies
That patch up the broken bones
Don’t give me the truth, the truth is no use
You can’t roll away these stones
I’m not being held against my will
My defences are armed and set to kill
I need the sugar coat without the bitter pill
And if you expect me to make the same mistakes again I will
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Dirt
03:16
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Once in a while
I sit down to speak
To build with my words
A quiet retreat
But this place and time
Where I used to hide
Is now crowded and cold
And just makes me tired
Somebody tell me the truth
Somebody tie me a noose
How about you?
How about you?
I once had a voice
It came with such ease
But now it’s harder to find
And I’m harder to please
So I need you to judge
What you read on the page
To throw bottles or flowers
Up on the stage
Somebody tell me the truth
Somebody tie me a noose
How about you?
How about you?
I’ve been there before
I’ll be there again
Lying in the dirt
A fool with a pen
Who puts his life in your hands
Sub-lets himself out
To the deafening roars
That drown my still and small voice out
Somebody tell me the truth
Somebody give me the proof
Somebody tie me a noose
How about you?
How about you?
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Companion
04:56
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This highway I’m on is littered with loners
Hitch-hiker dreams that have never come true
Thumbs in the air and matted down hair
Hidden from view
I borrowed a car but the fuel light’s flashing
Got a guitar but it won’t stay in tune
There's a cardboard sign and a broken white line
Between me and you
Well they say that the cream
Always rises to the top
But I’ve heard that shit floats
Can you tell me which one I have got?
Cause I have come too far along this beaten track
To ever give a single thought to turning back
But I get so lonely on this road
Why can’t I pull over the car and let you in?
Why can’t I risk a little kinship now and then?
To be your companion and be your friend
With both hands on the wheel and one eye on the time
I know we've got the same destination in mind
So why do I feel like I need to do this alone
Got a Michelin map but it's ripped at the seams
Looking back I see the days that got choked by my dreams
Your cardboard sign could be the ticket I need
Well they say that confession is good for the soul
But all this raking around in the dirt has taken its toll
But I have come too far along this beaten track
To ever give a single thought to turning back
But I get so lonely on this road
Why can’t I pull over the car and let you in?
Why can’t I risk a little kinship now and then?
To be your companion and be your friend
Yeah I have come too far along this beaten track
To ever give a single thought to turning back
But I get so lonely on this road
Why can’t I pull over the car and let you in?
Why can’t I risk a little kinship now and then?
To be your companion
To be your champion
Your companion
And be your friend
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Static
03:57
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Every time I close my eyes she’s there
But she never comes alone; I hear the static in the air
I try to trust the mystery but fall short every time
Doubtful of the promises I used to claim as mine
What if I lost you now?
My voice is cracked and broken in her ear
(What if I lost you now?)
But my tears can turn to anger like the days turn into years
(What if I lost you now?)
I memorise the history of all the love we’ve known
(What if I lost you now?)
Now all I need to hear is that she’ll never be alone
(What if I lost you now?)
What if I lost you now?
What if I lost you now?
What if I’ve got it wrong?
What if I’ve got it wrong?
What if I lost you now?
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Testament
02:48
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Tell me all your questions
Every one and I will try
To leave them hanging in the air
Like stars in the night sky
Every doubt that you speak out
Is like a cigarette that sets the house on fire
Come be unafraid with me
I know what you've become
Tamed by the lie
You should be docile and numb
But you're as wild as the secrets
You keep in the recess of your heart
They crushed your precious testament
Like crumbs beneath their feet
Lungs filled with hollow words
We no longer speak
We close loopholes in our mind
Leaving whispers behind in haunted rooms
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DELTA 1504
01:30
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Standing Up Tall
03:58
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I’m holding my breath and counting to ten
Watching you shoot down your rockets again
Used up my patience, used up my grace
Till all that was left was a slap in the face
The push and shove
The sting of love
But beyond these moments
All I want is to see you standing up
Taller than I used to be, before you came and lifted me
To teach you courage and how to see that
Humility is not the same as being scared to speak your name
We pass in the air like two acrobats
We circle each other like comic-strip cats
But I’m not here to hurt you, not here to fight
Can’t we meet in-between what’s wrong and what’s right
The to and fro
The things we let go
But beyond these moments
All I want is to see you standing up
Taller than I used to be, before you came and lifted me
To teach you courage and how to see that
Humility is not the same as being scared to speak your name
Your name
On the rocks you brought home
Pulled from places unknown
Telling us we’re not alone
And all I want is to see you standing up tall
All I want is to see you standing up
Taller than I used to be, before you came and lifted me
To teach you courage and how to see that
The world will never be the same when you decide to speak your name
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10. |
Culnakirk Hill
06:19
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Alone at the end
Of a Sunday school day
Kathryn taught me all
The words I should say
How to open the door
And let in the light
The tired old metaphors
That somehow seemed right
I couldn’t resist
Disrupting the choir
But when the lights went out
You called a cease-fire
Ushered outside
With barely a sound
You didn't blame me for
The darkness I’d found
A cold Christmas night
Silent family feuds
Half cut on cider I
Escaped to the woods
In cigarette smoke
And chilled to the bone
The silence pulls me in close
So I’m not alone
On Culnakirk Hill
With it’s turns and it’s twists
I'm begging for my life
And shaking my fist
I hit hard on the brakes
And sense my deepest fear
Is that when I call or curse your name
There’s no-one who hears
Still at the end
Of a Sunday School day
I teach my son all the words
I think he should say
How to open the door
And let in the light
The tired old metaphors
That still somehow seem right
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Andrew Howie Scotland, UK
Andrew Howie is a Scottish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & community music tutor who has been writing, recording and releasing his own music for over two decades.
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