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Nighthawk
04:25
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The Nighthawk taps at the window
Crying to come in
"Let me tell you the thoughts
that you hoped you forgot;
we can listen together again"
He'll perch on the chair in the corner
The dark will roll over the room
And the worries you share
Will cut through the air
But your glad for the company still
And the Nighthawk sings:
"Will your chest ever fill up its emptiness?
How could you let your love drain away?
Is it you they adore, or an act you perform?
Do you lie in every word that you speak?"
"If you want her too much is it shameful?
Is it loneliness or is it true?
Do you know in the end you'll just break it all again
They all deserve more than you'll give"
"What if they don't all make it through this?
Will some add to the thousands who go?
Have you done all you can or just left them again?
Will she gasp a last breath all alone?"
"Enough, enough" he cries in his love,
The nighthawk he cries in his love
Oh, Nighthawk, nighthawk
I'll never be enough
Nighthawk, nighthawk,
I'll never be enough
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2. |
12 Hour Kiosk Shift
03:29
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You're the first face I've ever seen
Neon smile shining down at me
And I'll straighten up,
Your hand in my glove
I want to fit desperately
Lights will time your voice surrounds me
Eyes projecting what I want to see
A warm summer glow
My arm round your shoulder
Mirror the moves on the screen
You were always older than your age
A confidence I try to emulate
But I live for the talks
That we have when we're drunk
When you dare me with your honesty
And if the world closed around us
There's nowhere I'd rather be
Than playing every last card in my hand
But you'll still win, cause I'll never be him
When someday you'll be far away from here
Adventuring into the sun
Take a trip to the moon,
He'll say "I still love you"
for you showed me what that should mean
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3. |
Sweet or Salted
05:13
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When I can't see the sun
Angry lines will cross my arms
You'll know what I've done
Ghostly pale, my spirit's gone
All I never said
Keeps me locked away in bed
Films play through my head
Scenes I wish you'd write instead
But I like falling apart
Half-light room, you'll touch my arm
When I can't talk
Chest caved in, and eyes gone dark
Oh sweet bitter love
oh sweet bitter love
With vapoured breath we walk
Tell me about your paperback love
I can't measure up
A half-boy's heart is just too small
It hurts so good when you talk
Words scrape their way across my heart
But I like falling apart
Answer my questions, bleed me out
Oh sweet bitter love
oh sweet bitter love
I prefer ruin to
Risking a change in you
Intimate loneliness
Only the flash of love
Drunk staring into a glass
Avoiding your eyes and the past
But I like falling apart
Bury my bones in your backyard
A daisy pulled from the ground
Anything just to have you around
Oh sweet bitter love
oh sweet bitter love
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4. |
Femme Fatale
05:22
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In the beginning there was light
Her want was eager, gently eager
Staring down the thoughts of doubt
I knew that she was only playing
Nothing truly black and white
Hands through hair and skin entwined
And if my fingers graze your skirt
Your breath will catch against my throat
As dark will face us in the deep, graying sea
I'll never meet you in this crooked sleep
Straight and narrow, trace my spine
Convince ourselves that this is fine
This fire in your bones will spread
The heat will tie us to your bed
Lead me not into temptation
I know better than to fall
Follow me into the water
Strip me to my bones in dark
Who am I to press the issue
Who are you denying it
Merely curious and lonely
Til the end we'll both resist
Let me take you to the edge where
We can wade into the sea
As our bodies freeze together
Aching from the vaporous heat
Lead us not into temptation
Lord, deliver us from sin
Crack my ribs in angry wisdom
Never to be touched again
And now I'll creep upon the ground
Ashamed of asking what she felt
The taste of apple on my lips
As we buried what we did
As dark will face us in the deep, graying sea
I'll never meet you in this crooked sleep
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5. |
Secret Handshake
04:31
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Once when we were younger
Half pints and cheap cider
Holding my hand, wild and grand
Dressed in the same tshirts
Drunk, lean in your shoulder
Same, every day,
See you tomorrow, get home safe
Sing me a song off key,
Chanting our melody
Paint in our hair, an island upstairs
Sit on my bedroom floor
Crying for wanting more
We've just begun
You're mourning a loss that hasn't come
Birthday candles burning low
How we learned we're not alone
Slap my hand to share our love
You're there before I call
When my country goes too far
Right all the wrong with tea and a film
Now when we share our walls
Make dinner just to talk
Tears in our eyes
How was your day are you alright
For two years I grow older
Heart shrunken open but
You pull me up, dust off the doubt
Bleach out the old mistakes
Laugh in the face of shame
Like we used to do
Remind me who I was next to you
Birthday candles burning low
How we learned we're not alone
Slap my hand to share our love
Now when the world is still
I'm back with you in that bar as you say,
"We'll be okay"
Neon and mismatched chairs,
Chet softly sings downstairs:
"It's always you"
Stay home safe, I'll see you soon
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6. |
The Ghost of Screen 1
03:27
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The first day when we're introduced
Her favourite film becomes the room
We sit together briefly in a dream of growing old
In hours spent a drink apart
Letting time wash over us
Nothing else could matter if
I get to feel her smile
But shadow flickers through our heads
"Remember, someday we'll be dead"
I know it every day but sometimes I can still forget
When hand in hand the lights will fade
And fear will slowly grip my face
No music starts to play
To carry us upon it's grace
I know each story ends the same
A fleeting spirit drifts away
Clinging to the hearts it knew,
So desperate to stay
Let me see it all again,
Our life projected, scene by scene
Show me how her eyes
Could brighten every single frame
Still I linger back to wait
For her to catch up to our fate
So we can sit forever as we did on that first day
A soul will flicker cross the room -
A changing reel, or is it you?
Let's stay and watch and try
to un-remember what is true
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7. |
Xmas Party (feat. SPIKE)
03:23
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I'm a mess
We dance until we're broken
Screaming as we pour over ice
Pull me in
Hug me like a father,
I need someone to tell me it's fine
I'm a mess
As you blindfold me and spin me,
Point me to a heart I can break
Oh, I can only be your half-boy
oh, I can only be your half-boy
2am,
coked up in the bathroom
I'll listen to the lies of your mind
We're a mess
Kiss my face but later
He'll run his hand up over your thigh
Oh, I can only be your half-boy
oh, I can only be your half-boy
Break me in the morning light
When the high comes down
And you're alright
Come with me
When the sun crawls up to meet us
Don't let me go alone to a cold bed
I'm a mess
Please can't we stay forever,
a half-boy and a starlet,
hearts full up, abandoned in true joy
Oh, I can only be your half-boy
oh, I can only be your half-boy
Break me in the morning light
When the high comes down
And you're alright
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