Genius Lyrics
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And the birds still sing outside / These windows where we sat together / Like nothing ever happened here / The white house on the hill, black clouds of weather
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Ben admits that whatever has happened, life will go on.
Life, in this verse being ’’the birds singing’’, will carry on, not caring about what has happened before, as nothing is forever.
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Ben Howard – Promise
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[Verse 1] / Meet me there / With bundles of flowers / We'll wade through the hours / Of cold, winter / She'll howl at the walls / Tearing down doors / Of time, shelter, as we go
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They haunt me like orchids in a graveyard here
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Orchids are often flowers associated with life, and its juxtaposition to graveyard is meant to be ironic.
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Ben Howard (Ft. Ayla Schafer & Jonny Pryor) – Ocean Song
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Been here staring, staring at the rain to long now / Winter coal burning at my toes / Seems like everything, everything I do is going wrong somehow / Feeling blue everywhere that I
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Ben Howard – Promise Samples
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See all of “Promise” by Ben Howard’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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My father he told me what goes around / Comes, comes around again
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The phrase “what goes around, comes around” alludes to the idea of karma; what you do will come back to you. In this case, if you cheat people around you, you’ll be cheated later.
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Ben Howard – Gracious
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[Verse 1] / How would you know? / When everything around you's changing / Like the weather of a big black storm / And who would you turn to? / Had I a ghost, a shadow at the most
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Ben Howard – In Dreams
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[Verse 1] / Always a riddle in the world she said / Always a riddle inside my head / Always a thing of wonder / The way we come to be / Oh it's a big old place for me / Yeah it's a
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Ben Howard - Everything (Tradução em Português)
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[Verso 1] / E os pássaros ainda cantam do lado de fora / Destas janelas onde sentamos juntos / Como se nunca nada tivesse acontecido aqui / A casa branca na colina, as nuvens
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Ben Howard - Promise (Tradução em Português)
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[Tradução de "Promise" com Ben Howard] / [Verso 1] / Me encontre lá / Com buquês de flores / Nós esperaremos pelas horas / De frio, inverno / Ela uivará para as paredes
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Ben Howard – In Dreams - Live
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[Verse 1] / Always a riddle in the world she said / Always a riddle inside my head / Always a thing of wonder / The way we come to be / Oh it's a big old place for me / Yeah it's a
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Ben Howard – Untitled
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Although not released with Noonday Dream, this song was performed at 43 concerts on its tour – usually leading into “The Defeat”. A fan favorite, it was often wrongly called “Birch
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Ben Howard – Black Flies
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“Black Flies” is about a friendship Ben once had that ended up fading into obscurity. While listening to the song you can tell it has struck a chord deep within him; containing
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Ben Howard – Far Out
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[Verse 1] / Tell me is there vacancy / In the house beyond the green / I'm in the fountain of asking / I'm asking / [Verse 2] / Always a diamond to make / Everybody smiling on the
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Ben Howard – Rookery
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When the tracklist for Collections from the Whiteout was released, the title “Rookery” drove Ben Howard’s fanbase mad. This happened because everyone was quick to assume that “
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Ben Howard – Heave Ho
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Way up there / They think they found / A world for us / To settle down / And I know now / We failed somehow / Pick my feet / Up from the ground / The hills have rolled into the
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Ben Howard – Small Things - Live
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[Verse 1] / Oh, my mind / I walk down Mayflower Road again / The wailing sun / Echoes from the park seem so absurd / The bus takes hours / I knew it would, but I can't shake the
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Ben Howard – 7 Bottles
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Seven bottles / Seven bottles / And I'm weary / Seven bottles / Seven bottles / And I'm tired / And a long way from home / Seven bottles / Seven bottles / And I'm lonely here / Out
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Ben Howard – The Boxer
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[Verse 1] / I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told / I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises / All lies and jest, still a man
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Ben Howard – Keep Your Head Up
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[Verse 1] / I spent my time watchin' / The spaces that have grown between us / And I cut my mind on second best / The scars that come with the greenness / And I gave my eyes to the
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Ben Howard – Wouldn't Be a Lie
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Maybe I could have changed your mind / Maybe you could thought about someone else / Rather than yourself, oh anybody but yourself / And I know you felt lonely / Yeah I know people
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Ben Howard – Move Like You Want
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I saw you earlier on / They were playing blues downtown / Some kind of Mississippi, Mississippi song / And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I caught your eye / Because baby
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Ben Howard – Move Like You Want - Live
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[Announcement] / We'll, we'll play you one last one shall we? / Thank you all for coming out, this has been ridiculous, thank you so much- / This ones called move like you want, I
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Ben Howard – Buzzard
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[Verse 1] / Oh, there's a buzzard in the tree / Follows the mouse in me / No, well he won't catch me / I'm a fast talker, quick walker, dreamer / [Verse 2] / Oh, there's a buzzard
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Ben Howard – The Fear
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[Verse 1] / My, my cold hearted child / Tell me how you feel / Just a blade in the grass / A spoke unto the wheel / My, my cold hearted child / Tell me where it's all gone / Oh the
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