1. |
Trying it on for size
05:12
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The silence keeps me awake
The whole house holds its breath like a promise
I try not to break the spell as I tread softly from your room
Feel my way in the grey half light
I’m still learning my way round your kitchen drawers
One day I’ll do this blindfold, conjure up each little feature
Like a charm
Do we fit?
Will we smile, framed on these walls
Dressed up in our brightest wishes
Your parents, they are welcoming, I picture future visits
Undressing by your bedside light
Trying on your life for size
I like the way it looks
On me
Windows down
The night air swells to a high
If we don’t try
Then how will we ever know
Where this is going?
I play your favourite song
While you roll one for the road
The kettle calls your name
Now I move from room to room with ease
You’re curled up on the sofa, I wanna memorise this scene
From where I’m pausing in the doorway
But you’re already up and out
And there’s a knot in my stomach
That stops me saying
What I’d like to hear me say
Windows down
The night air swells to a high
If we don’t try
Then how will we ever know
Where this is going?
I don’t blame us
When we were so far down the road
I don’t blame us
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2. |
In a nutshell
03:15
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My first memory was standing, eager at the top of the stairs as you came home
Burning with the urge to tell you every little detail about what I did that day
Hand on the banister, my words slide away
As you tell me to wait
And in a nutshell I adore you
I want so very, very badly
To impress you in some way
Ten years on and I am dragging my heels under the weight of all the things you wish you’d done
The promise in your eyes, sharing your dreams
I wanna let you down out of spite
Every trip I take, every fall, I’m waiting for you to break
But you just sit it out
And in a nutshell I abhor you
I want so very badly
To disappoint you
Twenty years have passed, I find myself standing where you stood
My hardness melts away, seeing the view from your height
You felt just as young and terrified
Standing my ground now, in your hand me downs
As unready as I’ll ever be
And in a nutshell I am with you
Stumbling around, around, around
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¡Ay Carmela! Bristol, UK
Bristol & Swansea based indie / alternative band.
90s rock influences, with intricate drum grooves, and lyrics about memory and change.
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