1. |
Floating TV
03:35
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Do I wanna move in
Do I wanna move out
Should I be collecting things
Or giving them to charity
Have you seen the remote
I just need to be stoked
On how the world is run by kids
If kids were never taught what love is
I wanna be a pirate
I wanna have sails
Never be taught to fear
Cos fear cannot prevail
I wanna throw my TV into the ocean
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Do I wanna be seen
Do I wanna be hidden
Tired of putting trees in bins
Don’t want 20 percent off all these
Things that you’re selling
My heart is propelling
Out of the door to a place where there’s more
I wanna leave the harbour
Anywhere exposed
If I gotta carry the anchor that’s the way it goes
I wanna hold the hands of everyone on board
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ahhhh (oh oh oh)
Ahhhh
We’ll watch as the sea
Takes our floating tv
and imagine our life with a purpose
No more fake news
Or summer sale queues
My friends we are joining the circus
We’ll watch as the sea
Takes our floating TV
Do I wanna be in
Do I wanna be out
A siren of the starry night
Not a piece of land in sight
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2. |
Mercury Ocean
04:24
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Water and sunlight will do just fine
I don’t need roots to feel like I’m
A valid human, ticking boxes
Married, kids, a top floor office
Softer every time I swim
Dip my skin into a mercury ocean
A mercury ocean
Been using soap to clean my soul
I noticed how much more I grow
From rolling in the mud and sand
Grabbing moss with both my hands
Softer every time I swim
Dip my skin into a mercury ocean
Into a plain white sky
In a place where I can see the
Rain drops bouncing
Like the sky and the sea are all just one
Endless sky
A little like i’ve died and gone to
Heaven or I just fell in love with mercury that night
Something’s not right when the day speaks to me at night
It climbs into my bed, flashing pictures like a TV set
I’m gonna cling to whatever, sing to whatever
Stand on my head for the clearest view
And when I notice the colour is fading to black
I’m gonna dip my skin into
A mercury ocean
A mercury ocean
Into a plain white sky
In a place where I can see the
Rain drops bouncing
Like the sky and the sea are all just one
Endless sky
A little like i’ve died and gone to
Heaven or I just fell in love with mercury that night
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3. |
Lucky I Landed
03:33
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Set my wheels spinning on the runway
10 years ago
Never really had a destination
I just let it grow
No body that was someone
Told me it would take off
So I wrote another song hell maybe this is the one
I’ve been flyin’ low
Trying to breathe slow
(Ooh)
Lost track of how many times I was choking
But my breath never stopped
Then when I thought we might be lifting
The wind fuckin’ dropped
No body that was someone
Told me I would go far
I could see them judge another girl and guitar
You believe you know
But not a soul knows
Maybe it’s lucky that I landed
I could walk anywhere I wanted
No one would stop me
Take pictures of me
I’m sorry the world thinks that that’s OK
Maybe it’s lucky that I landed
I could walk anywhere I wanted
No one would stop me
Take pictures of me
I’m sorry the world thinks that that’s OK
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
After all this
Do I want fame
Not with my name
Have you seen what it brings
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4. |
Wave Back
03:21
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Isn’t it strange that I see things in a different way than your eyes do
When your eyes are mine
We close them at night and dream
I don’t know where I go when I stare into the bathroom mirror
If I wave at her I don’t think she’ll wave back
If I wave at her I don’t think she’ll wave back
I try to face everything alone
Alone
When honestly i’ve never been alone
Alone
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
Isn’t it strange
(Isn’t it so strange)
If I wave at her don’t think she’ll wave back
If I wave at her don’t think she’ll wave back
Ahhh
[spoken: Do you ever feel separate in yourself, like your thoughts and your body are not the same thing? It’s really scary]
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5. |
Dandelion
03:18
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Was it when you were taking deep breaths on the step outside the school?
Feeling ornamental like you’d crack right down the middle
Your raincoat is yellow and all of the water got through
Hard to feel normal when you’re wet but the sky is blue
The sky is so blue
But something’s blowing all the seeds out of your head
Dandelion in a hurricane and nobody gets it
Stretch your trembling fingers out from side to side,
And glide
Ooh
Taking up space yeah you’re out of control like a garden of weeds
Feeling inconvenient might as well make yourself little
Soak up the soil its always been loyal to you
Hard to feel normal when normal just tears you in two
The sky is so blue
But something’s blowing all the seeds out of your hand
Dandelion in a hurricane does anybody understand?
Stretch your trembling fingers out from side to side
And glide
Ooh
Down low you see every detail
Up close see the scars on blades of grass
Magnified
(Glide, glide)
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6. |
Bioluminescent
03:17
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Everyday I open my eyes
But keeping them open is tiring
Whatever became of natural light
It used to make my body glow
Woah Woah
I’m trying every other kind of light
Like letting music fill my insides
I wonder if I could be bioluminescent
Ooh I gotta change it up
I gotta move on
Ooh I’m taking in all the light that I can
In the place that I stand
What if we didn’t have to rely
On people and coffee and weather
What if we had it all of the time
and only had to realise
Woah
I’m pushing through all of the eery black
To find the part of me that’s intact
What I’m already bioluminescent?
Ooh I gotta change it up
I gotta move on
Ooh I’m taking in all the light that I can
In the place that I stand
You’ve got it in you
You light up the room
You’ll find it soon
Ooh, you light up the room.
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7. |
Tricks
02:50
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I felt like shit today when I woke up
But it’s happened enough times that I’ve learnt to get by
I go outside to feel the sun on my face
And if the suns not there
Well now we gotta pull out all the tricks
All of the tricks like
I’m here for a reason
And I’m gonna learn from the pain that I’m feeling
I could be happy if only I tried a little harder
All of the tricks like
Taking a deep breathe
Telling myself stop being so complex
I could be happy if only I stopped looking for the answer
I managed it today though I woke up
Thinking everything was scary everybody out to get me nooo
Ooh brought up to chase heaven
I always came second
And if God’s not there
Well now we gotta pull out all the tricks
All of the tricks like
I’m here for a reason
And I’m gonna learn from the pain that I’m feeling
I could be happy if only I tried a little harder
All of the tricks like
Taking a deep breathe
Telling myself stop being so complex
I could be happy if only I stopped looking for the answer
It’s like cradling a baby screaming louder screaming louder
Come and save me from myself
Tired of scratching pennies on my mind
‘Cos hey today could be the day I win
Crawling up a mountain like when I get up
The view is gonna say it loves me back
But every day’s a new hack
Am I on the right track
What even is the right track
Tell me what I’m supposed to do to fight back
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8. |
Interlude at Dusk
00:47
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9. |
Pretty Birds
03:36
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Underneath my skin
There’s a river flowing
There’s a river flowing
Just beneath the surface
Don’t know where it’s going
Don’t know where it’s going
Sometimes I’m surprised what I find lying on the bank
Whether it’s the song I wrote or the wine I drank
I dance up walls and hit the fan,
We can only carry what we can,
Just so that you know,
I’m not a show.
And I don’t have to look the way you look,
Or read from the same damn book,
Just so you know,
I’m not a show.
Ooooh.
Rationality melts away like, like, buutter on a hot day
And we all pretend, isn’t being naive a godsend.
And we just keep beating our wings,
Painting glitter all over our wings,
We are better than this, better than this.
CHORUS
There’s a constant hum and it’s getting louder
All the pretty birds calling out for power
Flashing colour like it’s all that matters
Staring down mirrors until their brain shatters.
Like it’s all that matters.
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10. |
Dropslide
04:38
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Can I shut the curtains
Baby cos the outside isn't doing much for me
Something bout the low light
Helping me to feel like I don't need to care
Cos every time I meet you it's so new
Find out ‘bout your family, find out ‘bout you
Maybe I'm stuck in what I know
And who I know how to be
It's uncertain
It's unkind
But when it's right
It's so so right
Just one push on
A dropslide
I need to get past, the point of no return
So close, then gone in a flash
Are you gonna be the face I can't get out my mind
3, 2, 1 dropslide
Will you be my weakness
Close the gap between us
Everybody's strangers
But I think we might change this
Cos every time I meet you it's so new
Find out ‘bout your family, find out ‘bout you
Maybe I'm stuck in what I know
And who I know how to be
It's uncertain
It's unkind
But when it's right
It's so so right
Just one push on
A dropslide
I need to get past, the point of no return
So close, then gone in a flash
Are you gonna be the face I can't get out my mind
3, 2, 1 drop slide
Push me over the edge
Push me over the edge
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11. |
Be Gentle
03:06
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The beauty of waking up without a war inside your head
Held by something more than just the sheets on your bed
“Are you with me are you with me?" They said
“We’ve been rapping on the window for 3 days
Come along be gentle see the light on your face
Take a shower, feel it all wash away"
Oooh be gentle today
Oooh you’ve returned from a dangerous place
Oooh be gentle today
Be gentle today
Be gentle today
The white walls you’ve been staring at for hours
Are doing good to keep you safe
When your body felt an earthquake shatter holes in your faith
Took a deep breath
Wouldn’t let yourself break
In the morning when you feel the days offering
Though it may not be what you needed it to bring
Take it kindly, shake it’s hand and begin
Oooh be gentle today
Oooh you’ve returned from a dangerous place
Oooh be gentle today
Be gentle today
Be gentle today
Be gentle
(Darling be gentle, darling be gentle, won’t you be gentle, darling)
Oooh be gentle today
Ooh yesterday was a hard one to chase
So be gentle today
Be gentle today
Be gentle today
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12. |
Moon Craters
03:08
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I am a spaceship
I believe I can make it
To wherever I first set out to be
Floating out to the moon craters
My head and my limbs detach and I spin
Happier than I’ve ever been
Heading out to the
Moon craters
I can see moon craters
I’ll walk on them soon or walk on them later
Doesn’t matter cos I can see them
I can see moon craters
No I don’t need night vision
For this ocular space mission
I’m drowning in tired light
Floating out to the moon craters
This spherical thing alone with no ring
We can be each others company
Heading out to the
Moon craters
I can see moon craters
I’ll walk on them soon or walk on them later
Doesn’t matter cos I can see them
I can see moon craters
We can be each others company
Like mothers
Cut our problems down the middle
Take a piece of my eyes
Place a shard of your light in my palm
I can feel your calm
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13. |
Salt
03:34
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Tryin to write a pop song
I just wanna drop some
Feelings in this mould
If it isn’t tasty
Even when it’s sweet just
Add a bit of salt
Every time I think of you I
Chuckle like the brothers do
You’re dancing like a jellyfish
In the kitchen 7am what a wake up call
I notice that my heart is out, oops
It’s beating on the counter top, fools
Rush in but I never doubted
Bada bum bum bada bum bum you
I’m so glad I met you at this space in time
Now sweeping up sugar cos you are my
You are my salt
You make everything taste better
You are my salt
(you are my, you are my)
You are my salt
You make everything taste better
You are my salt
(you are my, you are my)
Been stuck all my life on the orange light
Until you showed me green grass and sapphire sky
Knees under a tree like I’m
At a desk now back to school learning things that
We should be taught before we crack numbers
Like how to cope the millionth time we stumble
Paper cuts are just for starters
Bada bum bum bada bum bum
So glad I met you at this space in time
Now sweeping up sugar cos you are my
You are my salt
You make everything taste better
You are my salt
(you are my, you are my)
You are my salt
You make everything taste better
You are my salt
(you are my, you are my)
Out of silk and out of sight
Strong without a thousand eyes
So glad that I met you as I am
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