RICHARD HAWLEY LYRICS
album: "Hollow Meadows" (2015)
I Still Want You
Sorry I've been away so long,
I needed just a little more time
If you stare through the glass from moment to moment,
It's funny what you find
Now I think I'm almost ready to
Step back into your frame
And we can move our bodies like a twist of smoke,
Come let us shake like the flames
Now I don't want to lower the tone,
But you know there's still a little spare meat on the bone
Oh, I still want you...
Oh, I still want you...
Oh, I still want you...
Until the sun goes cold,
No need to breathe all alone
Under the stars is a sweet hollow meadow
Where the lost things are found,
Under the stars is a sweet hollow meadow
Where all of us are bound
Now I don't want to lower the tone,
But you know there's still a little spare meat on the bone
Oh, I still want you...
Oh, I still want you...
Oh, I still want you...
Until the sun goes cold,
No need to breathe all alone
Oh, I still want you...
Oh, I still want you...
Oh, I still want you...
Until the sun goes cold,
No need to breathe all alone
Oh, I still want you...
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Which Way
I'm learning to trust this time
In the jungles of this life
I'm asking which way do I go?
Give me some directions please,
Solid ground is all I need
Won't you tell me, which way do I go?
Which way do I go?
I've been living upside-down
Never knowing where I'm bound
Now I'm asking which way do I go?
Which way do I go?
Is it high or low?
Back in time it will be alright,
I knew where I was going for once in my life
And now that storm has felled my tree,
Ah, there's a shadow hanging over me!
Which way do I go?
Which way do I go?
Is it high or low?
Which way do I go?
Back in time it will be alright,
I knew where I was going for once in my life
And now that storm has felled my tree,
Ah, there's a shadow hanging over me!
Which way do I go?
Which way do I go?
Is it high or low?
Which way do I go?
Which way do I go?
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Long Time Down
I know it's been a long time since we were shaken down,
We worked out of the slaughter house on the outskirts of town
You caught it and it was poison to you while it was mean to me,
We rested on the doubtful side, they don't know what it means to see
And now it's time to move on onto solid ground
I'd like you to come and walk with me where we can lay us down
You know, I've waited so long,
Honey, where do we go now?
You know, I've waited so long,
Oh, honey, where do we go now?
You know, it's been a long time that we've been waitin' to go
Sitting patiently exploded, torture as the slow fuse blows
The mystery of your faded smile has helped me through the years
And now and then I only see your eyes as the station nears
You know, I've waited so long,
Honey, where do we go now?
You know, I've waited so long,
Oh, honey, where do we go now?
We caught us a blue train, what other way is there to ride?
I'd never found another just too torn away inside
There shines the moon with a message bidding all hands to heed the call,
Now I know I'm no prospector 'cause I've got no prospects at all
Stolen hearts beneath the floorboards will thunder out of the condemned
I see your address has been taken off at the very end
The weird things I've been run with would empty a tanker of tears,
Along with the memory of your sweet mist to blow away all of my fears
You know, I've waited so long,
Honey, where do we go now?
You know, I've waited so long,
Oh, honey, where do we go now?
It's been a long time coming, a long time down
It's been a long time coming, the snow is on the ground...
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Nothing Like A Friend
And in the end, the things that hold you in
Are gossamer thin, disappeared with the wind
Will these city streets remember us? We walked them long ago
Blown apart by a bitter wind that took us far from home
And in the end, it's gossamer thin
Ah, but then again,
There's nothing like a friend
Who can drive you 'round the bend,
We'll be lovers 'til the end
Will these city streets remember us? We walked them long ago
Blown apart by a bitter wind that took us far from home
And in the end, it's gossamer thin
And in the end, there's nothing like a friend
Will these city streets remember us? We walked them long ago
Blown apart by a bitter wind that took us far from home
And in the end, it's gossamer thin
And in the end, there's nothing like a friend
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Sometimes I Feel
Sometimes if you wanna have a clean shirt, you've got to wash it
Sometimes if you wanna know what the town is, you know, you've really got to watch it
Sometimes if you really don't wanna go the way the world is, you just can't stop it
And I don't know which one I rely on but I don't rely on it
And all these things I know to be true
And each one brings me closer to you, you
And all the things I've ever loved...
Sometimes if you wanna know which way your train is going, all you've gotta do is dare to catch it
There's a sea of longing in my heart but I know I cannot bear to sail it
And the story of the pursuit of a truth keeps on going but it's so chaotic
I read my books on the flowers, the birds, and the burden of the bees, I keep them in my pocket
And all these things I know to be true
And each one brings me closer to you, you
And all the things I've ever loved...
And every day with the glory of it all
I find cold North wind endurance
This is the last post I'll ever write, well I've got a fever for the pages to unlock it
And in the woods there's all to feel and not to feel for the failure of the fallen
And all the kids in the house tonight, you know they're really rocking
And all the folks you know, they don't wanna get up, they wanna get it on here
And all these things I know to be true
And each one brings me closer to you, you
And in all weathers we are realized,
Its water drips and feeds back through the night
To be bathed in the sun's yellow healing light...
And all the things I've ever loved bring me closer to you, you
Bring me closer to you, you,
Bring me closer to you, you
And all the things I've ever loved
Each day with glory of it all, I find...
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Tuesday PM
Girl, oh you've been so cruel
An understanding will [?] melt the ice in you
Girl, oh you'll see it soon
Not everyone is bulletproof on the battlefield
Not everyone is bulletproof on the battlefield
Girl, oh you've been unfair
I think the game, it had some rules you didn't declare
Girl, please let down your hair
If you could see what I see on your hidden stairs
I read it in a message that you left for him there
Because you are all that moves and breathes and wanders through, invading from the sea
An understanding thought will thaw the frozen ice of envy, 'cause I can see you clearly...
Girl, now here is a truth
I don't regret a minute that I spent with you
And girl, and I've been a fool
Not to keep you close to me like a good lover should
And for keeping you away from all the things that you love
'Cause you can see me clearly...
