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In The Night Time
04:55
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I had never felt the summer rain you'd like to watch
Dancing in the mountainous lush
You had never heard the mute of voices in the dark
Screaming in my ears to get past
I almost let myself believe
That I could carry on
Waiting for it all to go wrong
But moments turned to seasons
Into everything right
Then I finally realized
Why was I so cold
Why did I keep holding onto pieces
Of another time
Of another life
I'm stuck behind
Why was I so cold
Why did I keep holding onto this
Cause in the night time I was on my own
Here with you I'm not alone
In the night time I was on my own
Here with you I'm not alone
We had never watched the brink of night from up above
Bleed into a sonorous rush
You had a voice that spoke just like a home I used to love
And everything that I never was
I almost let myself believe that I could carry on
Waiting for the sun to break dawn
But walking by your side I think I understand now
Why I let my guard down
Why was I so cold
Why did I keep holding onto pieces
Of another time
Of another life
I'm stuck behind
Why was I so cold
Why did I keep holding onto this
Cause In the night time I was on my own
Here with you I'm not alone
In the night time I was on my own
Here with you I'm not alone
Why am I so cold
Why do I keep holding onto pieces
Of another time
Of another life
I'm stuck behind
Why am I so cold
Why do I keep holding onto you
In the night time I was on my own
Here with you I'm not alone
In the night time I was on my own
Here with you I'm not alone
A voice as soft as summer rain
You were softer summer rain
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2. |
Lavender Ink
06:05
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January night, a lonely view
Only shop in sight, washed in neon hues
He says “Tell me my dear, what do you want to see?”
Varsouviana, stuck on repeat
I’m back again
That lonely place
Still gagging on the tears
Of all my saving grace
Hold it down old bragging heart,
Coiling up inside, the memories start
He wipes my skin clean, dripping agonies
The iron’s down in three, two...
Lock the door
It’s a riot up there
On all cold limbs, bent over,
wheezing filthy air
Those banging fists
Still call a name
It’s such a shame it took this long to feel again
Lavender ink
Tell me what to think
Lavender ink
Tell me what to think
Still feels like a dream
Clinging onto
Palely aching skin
Scarred Prussian blue
Please carve it in deep, where it’s not hard to see
I can’t forget the words she said to me
Now he’s in control
Lay back and rest
Just let the needles flow until there’s nothing’s left
Lavender ink
I don’t want to think
Lavender ink
Pull me from the brink
Hold me down
Hold me down
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3. |
Warm Floors/Cold Bodies
05:09
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thick coat
of arms, of hearts to adore
endure, cause I’d take nothing more
where’s my round of applause?
another broken door
lights on, i’m still impure
cold feet and frozen floors
i thought i’d finally be finished
it’s not the first time that I’m wrong
so pull up with your 8 seat driver
I’ll run up only in my socks
he’s going 30mph
so play some hendrix while we wait for the screaming in my head to set me straight
cause we are nothing more
cause we are nothing more
cause we are nothing more
cause we are nothing more
those phantom tears so bittersweet
smoke burning back to black
come wrap your feathers round me
maybe I won’t pull back
stare down that haunting silhouette
till we forget our face
and the silence in my head will take its place
cause we are nothing more
i used to think there was something to live for
but i don’t know anymore
i used to think you knew it all
now I understand you
didn’t know what you were looking for
that I know what you were looking for
that you know just what you’re looking for
that I know what I was looking for
warm floors
now I’m sure
that we are nothing more
than cold bodies
and warm
thick coat of arms
of hearts to mourn
ensure that I take nothing more
another perfect score
to you, I’m nothing more
cold feet and frozen floors
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4. |
A Perfect Blue
05:13
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Once upon an autumn flare
You promised me we weren’t the same
That crimson veil and chalky face
Stuck repeating dusty frames
Once upon a summer rain
We promised we would never change
Now lying separate; and awake
Running our ghosts over the ache
Once upon a winter haze
You promised me we’d ever grey
Now I count out, day by day
For something new to take our place
Once upon a perfect may
You promised me we’d break away
Now I have these dusty frames
To play it back again, again, again, again and again
Once upon a perfect blue
You promised me we weren’t the same
Now I watch your dusty face
And play it back again and again and again and again and again
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5. |
Effortless Again
03:03
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Ma, I swear I won’t make a sound
When I hit the ground on both my knees
You sleep so violently quiet
For someone so restlessly free
I know that you wanted more
from every dream that I could adore
So tuck me in with a head full of every yearning
you once called yours
so effortless and pure
Ma, promise me you won’t be around
When I hit the ground on both my feet
Instead you’ll be far away
Back to yesterday
When life was still sweeter than this
I know that I wanted more
from you than all that was ever yours
so I’ll let this effortlessness bleed over the edge
Till I can see you again
Can’t you see a happy ending’s pointless now
I already know you’re dying to lose yourself
So whisper just before you sleep
How we were always worthwhile
And I’ll keep her safe in my dreams
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6. |
Mother's Love
04:02
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Cause no one told you no before
Cause no one told you
Cause no one told you no before
Remember when mother’s love was enough to drift away
Remember when mother’s love was enough to make you stay
Now I know there’s darkness in your heart
Where did I go wrong
Where did I go wrong
I never raised you like this
To feed the monster inside
What was mother’s love to you
Isn’t ignorance bliss
Now you’re paying the price
What was mother’s love to you
Remember the blood you thirsted for
Soaked into my veins
Remember when mother’s love was enough just to throw away
Now I know there’s darkness in your heart
Where did I go wrong
Where did I go wrong
I never raised you like this
To feed the monster inside
What was mother’s love to you
I never wanted you to
Hold hate in your eyes
Every consequence
Is just a mother’s love
Just a mother’s
Just a mother’s love
Just a mother’s
I never raised you like this
To feed the monster inside
What was mother’s love to you
I never wanted you to
Hold hate in your eyes
Every consequence
Is just a mother’s love
Just a mother’s
Just a mother’s love
Just a mother’s
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I’ve seen it all before
To know how this goes
Scrub the years off my skin
Watch ghosts drowning below
Now I am a sun
About to implode
Dyeing away all my sins
Let my colours show
You’ll breathe on the glass
Of all I misspoke
You won’t ever let me win
I won’t let it go
No one ever told me it’d be so painful to try
No one ever told me it’d be so easy, so easy to lie
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8. |
Cold Open
03:42
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it’s been years since
black sunlight hair
had felt so thin
now I wait over there
an alien
did you ever imagine it?
that hostile accent
and eyes of despair
did you ever contemplate
how I would be compensated?
this will never be home
but I can always dream
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Last night, your eyes were miles away
Up late, only sounds
Tongues steal the blame
Grey daylight clawing through the shades
Casting shadows of our shame
Stalemate again
Why must it always end with days to spend?
Stalemate once more
Am I just a chore to you?
écoutes tu?
écoutes tu?
Sat at arms-reach
My hands count down the moments left to lose
Your lips smack me cold
With how long our golden days are overdue
And just like that you flew
Stalemate anew
You know that I gave it all to be with you
Stalemate me please
At least the weight of silence...
Stalemate anew
You know that I gave it all to be with you
Stalemate me please
At least the weight of silence will pull me through
écoutes tu?
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Darker circles
You’d never let me get a night’s sleep
From crying, into dangerous dreams I couldn’t mend
My seat stayed empty
Cause money never did grow on trees
And all your younger years so quickly got swept away
Maybe in the end
You’ll understand why I’ve gone grey
Surely you must know it was all for you
Maybe in the end
You’ll understand why I’m this way (this way)
Cause loving you is so high maintenance
And the cost to keep you shining’s climbed
Loving you’s just so high maintenance
that I can’t think about us losing time
To you I’ve just been turning off
But I’d do it again every time
If it means you’ll smile
If it means you’ll smile
Still you test me
Even when we’re over oceans and lies
The colours of fear in your eyes
Look just like me
So maybe in the end
You’ll understand the price I paid
Surely you must know it was all for you
Maybe in the end
You’ll understand why I’m this way (this way)
Cause loving you is so high maintenance
And the cost to keep you shining’s climbed
Loving you’s just so high maintenance
that I pretty sure I’ve lost my mind
To you I’ve just been turning off
But I’d do it again every time
If it means you’ll smile
To you I’ve just been turning off
But I’d do it again every time
If it means you’ll smile
You best know I won’t be around much longer child
And I know we’re strangers now (now)
You best know I won’t be around much longer child
But I’ll still remember holding you in my arms
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I had that dream
when you first told me
that life wasn’t fair
I stuck out my tongue
and you ripped it up into
cold iron air
my buds kept on floating
for something sweet
but it was elusive
you can disagree
you’re too painful to please
but you know it’s the truth
I never raised you to be weak
this time you’ve gone too far
sit down you gasoline freak
cause judging from all of the scars
as all things should be
I know you’re not one
so don’t stare so melancholy
when you don’t belong
another agony to eat
cause only I know what you are
he loved me like a shining sun
but I’m still your own flesh and blood
as all things should be
I know I’m not one
I won’t stare so melancholy
and we’ll move on
I had that dream
when you first showed me
that life wasn’t fair
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12. |
Damaged Goods
04:26
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I know you can’t sleep at night
I know it hurts to close your eyes
Into the darkness of a dawn
Watching her face fade from the walls
Please hold on a little longer
Before it’s too late to make amends
You raised us to be much stronger
So you don’t have to lose your head
Who
All your excuses couldn’t hide
Every truth you caged inside
And in its place we’ll finally mourn
Pieces of you we used to scorn
Please let go a little longer
I know it’s too late to make amends
Because of you we’ll be much stronger
So you don’t have to lose your head
So tell us when you were younger
How the world still ached to hold her hand
And now you might be doing better
But the damage will always be there
Will always be there
Remember her
I know it hurts
I know it hurts
I know it hurts to close your eyes
I know it hurts
I know it hurts
I know it hurts to close your eyes
I know it hurts
I know you’re scared to close your eyes
I know you’re hurt
I know you’re hurt
I know you’re hurt cause so am I
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The Sound of Modesty London, UK
"a young, ambitious singer-songwriter from London whose music is a magical blend of Japanese inspired heavy rock and modernist electronic pop."
- Bethany Burgoyne at Reform The Funk
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