Get all 6 The Heart and The Void releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Warschauer Strasse, You, Waiting For / All That We'll Ever Be, The Loneliest Of Wars, A Softer Skin EP, and Like a Dancer EP.
1. |
Hard Times Coming
03:22
|
|||
|
hard times coming
sometimes love is just the answer
when we're tired of questioning ourselves
sometimes it's just running so fast
and your eyes, they can't explain the things you say
and so you keep on crying to these haunted lullabies
but try to stay calm 'cause there's hard times coming
and northern wind won't lie painting this summer sky
with all the bleeding that in my heart lies
in my heart lies
sometimes you're the voice in my heart
the only voice I wish I had
but words don't come out of my mouth
and you don't know what I'm hiding in my head
and so I keep on trying to write these awkward lines
to stop the feeling that there's some hard times coming
now just let flow your senses to forget all the answers
god, just make them leave!
I know there's hard times coming
hard times coming
and so you keep on crying to these haunted lullabies
but try to stay calm 'cause there's hard times coming
and northern wind won't lie painting this summer night
with all the bleeding that in my heart lies
in my heart lies
|
||||
2. |
||||
|
an island might not be the end
and every moment that we had
we took it as a gift from the sky
just like the sun kisses this land
and reveals the treasures that we hide
and apart from all of these defeats
we almost found a way to smile
against the walls built by the sea
the ones that crushed against our sight
an island might not be the end
sometimes it's not even a start
as the sun sets on this earth
I think I found a reason why to stay behind
and as we heard your lonely cries
we cleared the fog to find a way
a way to meet your shiny eyes
the truth that hides behind your say
and apart from all of these defeats
we almost found a way to fly
above the walls built by the sea
the ones that crushed beneath our sight
an island might not be the end
sometimes it's not even a start
as the sun sets on this earth
I think I found a reason why...
|
||||
3. |
Me and Ethan
04:03
|
|||
|
me and Ethan
I'm wondering if I could ever let you go
we got the same demons in our minds
and they made us so selfish and blind
brother, we were not so strong
but no leaving could break this bond
and we never manage to find all the right words
'cause we were busy holding our breath underneath the water
me and Ethan crawling back inside where we belong
every evening of our lives when we get home
and we keep telling each other with our voices lowered down
that there is time for us to change our fate
we keep stretching our spines like it's the only thing we please
and we wake up every night too tired of dreaming of our fears
and he's always by my side, but walking on a different path
his wind is blowing so much stronger than the past
but we're wasting all these years chasing a dream
and now we sing
me and Ethan looking for a way to reach the sky
every morning, every evening, every night
and we keep telling each other everything is going fine
but every time we just slip inside our shells
it's funny how time passes for everyone
it's funny how the most important things are the ones we left unsaid
it's funny how...
me and Ethan looking for a song to sing along
when there was music we knew nothing could go wrong
and we keep telling each other that it wasn't all that bad
but there's no time and there ain't no coming back
|
||||
4. |
Like a Candle
02:39
|
|||
|
like a candle
your love seems like a candle
that's just too tired to burn
and you thought it would have been easier
to let out all the smoke
and I feel so busy dying
that I forgot how to live
now there's just a lonely lightning
striking hard inside of me
there's just too many people
that told you how to cry
and you really learned your lesson
and you can't leave this shit behind
and I feel so busy trying
to forget we were just kids
when we built up our own life
without even knowing what we could be
your love seems like a candle
that's just too tired to burn
|
||||
5. |
A Heart Like a Graveyard
04:32
|
|||
|
a heart like a graveyard
I walked for ages down the streets that you don't even know
where I imagined our life running slow
towards a house where an only child was born
in my chest you'll find the prayers
you never got the strength to say
and I will turn into rain to ruin every sunny day
and force you inside staring at a storm
and I am lonely as a thousand-year old tree
there is not a wish that I can make
because my heart is like a graveyard, don't you think?
there's no more flesh and no more ache
I ran for days and nights to reach the sea
just to find it always behind the same corner
stealing sights of fawns and deers
in my chest you'll find the ashes
that you pretend not to see
just to steal another instant of happiness and mirth
turning your back to reality
but I am lonely as in the day we die
there is not a wish that I can make
because my heart is like a graveyard, don't you see?
like a leaf in the wind, I shake
|
||||
6. |
Dark Parade
03:08
|
|||
|
dark parade
well, you were so tired as the sun went down
across an empty land you heard the swallows' cry
but the spring was far
an illusion sneaked behind the back of your mind
with its worthless dreams
I'm sorry, love, for the sad mistakes I did
that now we're here contemplating
we took the blade right out
but the pride stayed in
and no one could get it clean
April, May and June
with their narrow path
that led this warm intentions
to this frozen crime
black smoke drifting slowly
in this great white sky
fading clouds and silence
revealing all our lies
the hushed cry of the wind between these trees
reminds us of the wars we faced
and if someday you'll wonder what it was all about
a falling star will answer with its dark parade
|
||||
7. |
We Grew Together
03:39
|
|||
|
we grew together
we grew together without really knowing each other
we were so blind, focused on our falls
then spring came and I stayed the same
living seemed easy but my eyes were open
leaving seemed easy and so you went away
brother, who made the best choices we'll never know
mother, all of your faults will be forgiven
father, everyday we're more and more the same
and I'm afraid that it won't change the way I feel about it now
we grew together but we never talked to each other
we were too tired, focused on our failures
then winter came and I stayed the same
living seemed easy but our eyes were open
leaving seemed easy and so we went away
brother, were those really choices? we'll never know
mother, all we really felt was your love
father, everyday we're more and more the same
and I'm afraid that it won't change the way I feel about it now
I'll die as a homesick boy on holiday
yes, I'm still stuck in the middle of my life
'cause something happened
did something happen when we were dreaming of the summer?
'cause something happened...
did something happen?
brother, who would've thought that we would get older
mother, these are hard times and we know it
father, everyday we're more and more the same
but please stay, please stay
|
||||
8. |
A House by the Sea
04:41
|
|||
|
a house by the sea
my dear, what we built, you know we built it around you
but this castle of cards will just come crumbling down
a house by the sea
and still everything is the same as before
I won't turn my back but I need to show
that I might not be here tomorrow
I'm looking back now to when you said
you would be leaving this town
to start something better away from it all
where there was no point in hiding
'cause the curtain is starting to fall
and the audience have seen it all
in the end we're just drifting away
from the loneliest of wars
oh dear, I know, nothing of this seems real
although what we told ourselves is that there was nothing to fear
a house by the sea
is still everything that we've always dreamed of
and this hurts like hell but I need you to know
that we might not be here tomorrow
you're looking back now
to when I said I would be leaving this town
to find something else that's away from it all
but what was the point in trying?
'cause the curtain is starting to fall
and the audience will see it all
in the end we're just drifting away
from the loneliest of wars
yeah the curtain, it finally falls
and my dear now we can see it all
in the end we're two fools
trying to make it up for all their wrongs
|
||||
9. |
Her Hair Was Like Sand
03:55
|
|||
|
her hair was like sand
her hair was like sand
her hands were a blanket covering all our land
and senses woke up
a new morning came to give us a new heart
'cause you were a god that came to me in disguise
to tell me that he could still save me
and you were the one stripping off all my lies
to watch me right inside
and her hair was like sand
my eyes were seeing the lightest creature on earth
I saw her face in the clouds
while summer was trying to find its way out
you couldn't be deceived, not even once in your life
not even inside my dreaming
and the mountains and the hills
were crushed from each and every side
to lead us to a new beginning
this is our new beginning
her hair was like sand
but the wind was the only companion I had
on my way to fall
you picked me up by the time of this song
'cause you were that explosion that made it all start
the first of all beginnings
and you were the hope inside of all children's hearts
the truest of every meaning
you are the only meaning
|
||||
10. |
||||
|
through the streets of this town
lover, please be patient
we got so much time ahead
to plant your roses where they can grow
and build a place you can call home
because I know we're gonna remember
the dust we wiped off this floor
and the candles that lit up our small room
and the blooming we waited for
but I will walk through the streets of this town
a child that hangs to your gowns wherever you might go
and I'll cross these soaking wet streets, you know
the ocean floods through our shore and I'll drown
lover, please be quiet
we got so many wars ahead
we spent our days building promises
that we never made
and now I know that outside my window
well, there's not such a great view
but what you see is way more than you think
when it brings me next to you
and I will walk through the streets of this town
a child that hangs to your gowns wherever you might go
and we'll cross the soaking wet streets we know
the ocean floods through our shore and we'll drown
|
||||
The Heart and The Void Cagliari, Italy
The Heart and the Void is Enrico.
The Heart and The Void recommends:
Swimmin' Time (Deluxe Edition)
by Shovels & Rope
oh how much I love these two humans!
go to albumIf you like The Heart and The Void, you may also like:
Sorry I'm So Sensitive
by Bea Stewart
The second EP from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bea Stewart runs from gentle folk to pillowy pop ballads, all perfectly executed.
go to album
Michelle Stodart’s folk music captures hope in melancholy, addressing the transformational aspects of the most challenging times.
go to album
Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
by José González
featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 29, 2023
go to album
Once Upon A Time In Montréal
by Murray A. Lightburn
The folk artist explores grief through these smooth and soulful tracks.
go to album
Our Blood Is Red
by Luke James Williams
Emotive acoustic balladry from this UK musician with heart on sleeve and hushed arrangements.
go to album
