Low by Young Fathers

Mmm, did I see you planting seeds in the forest?

Is it for the green of the dollars?

Now don't go telling me it's for the needs of the poorest

Now Imma take a shit in your palace

I just want to make life easy on your eyes

You just want to ease me with your lies

Last from the convoy playing with the old toys

Instant tomorrows, handcrafted sorrows

All star bravery, imaginary jargon

Crypted by business, I'll see you in hell

Sipping on a quick fix, elasticated dimwit

Sucking on a thumb, marching to an old hit

Tiger in an envelope, paper boy puppet rope

Scratchings on a blank tape, stealth like utopia

Marriage in a gas mask, little girl ,black clad

Drugs for the lawyer cause we appreciate

Cut to the chase, twelve grand in the case

Testing out the cannons, the evidence is damning

You lied to me

TV news said keep you head above water

My willingness choked in my sleep

Tell-tale shoes won't get me home in an hour

The further I go I could freeze

The shine is truly faded, relieved of his duties

Behind the veil is fury

Inadmittent optimist, undercover pessimist

Baby showered in my father's sins but I was born to be the better part of him

That was always on the checklist

Take my humanity, end up like a mannequin

Thinking like a charlatan was easy, now it's challenging

So take my humanity, end up like a mannequin

Thinking like a charlatan was easy, now it's challenging

Time to get going, city's getting low

I heard by Young Fathers

Science is eerie when you're still around
Killing ya body cos they found you out
Calling the shots and I'm falling down
Look at the dust explode on the ground

I'm there, I'm there, I'm there, I'm there, 

I'm there, I'm there, under, I'm there
I'm there, I'm there, under, I've heard
I've heard, I've heard
I've heard, I've heard

Inside I'm feeling dirty
Inside I'm feeling dirty
Inside I'm feeling dirty
It's only cos I'm hurting

Telephone the father sat on the arm chair with a pint and a smoke
Sure, no more back-handed compliments but the dishes are still in the sink
Walk towards the door and there's an empty dresser, time to bring out the duster
Left with a bone and a smile to last you a while
Rest a shore captain from your sea of travails

Science is eerie when you're still around
Killing ya body cos they found you out
Calling the shots and I'm falling down
Look at the dust explode on the ground

Bloodflood, Pt. 2 by Alt-J

Heat shimmers

Hips quiver
Open smother
Lipped lover

Dead in the middle of the C-O-doubleM-O-N
Little did I know then that the Mandela Boys
Soon become Mandela Men
Razor blades on a melted toothbrush
That's the sound of da police

Heat shimmers
Silky glistener
Open smother
Lipped lover

Dead in the middle of the C-O-double-M-O-N
Little did I know then that the Mandela Boys
Soon become Mandela Men
Silent knife, unholy knife
I’ve fallen for the black outside my window
On the C-O-double-M-O-N
On the C-O-double-M-O-N

A flood of blood to the heart
(Quelea, quelea)

(And of all the things that I will do
And I will die for you
And I waited, waited for you
Here
Wait to promise you
For a body to down
I am close for you
And the world will crumble to
Here
Wait to promise you)

The Gospel of John Hurt by Alt-J

No space
L-shaped
Tetris
Tile seeking
Somewhere
Oh somewhere
To fit in
Alien

Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods

AK
Twenty
47
Civilian

Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods

Jeremiah
Looking down and you know where you’re looking on down
Do you know where you go
You’re headed on the strings
For the
E-X-T-I-N-C-T

Warm Foothills by Alt-J

Dry dunes cater for jumping boys
From the nape of her neck he made his descent
They watched men hurl from rock to sea
Like sternum to button, lined lip pinches in between


Your foothills
Your warm


Iris swims quietly beside me
Oh the leaves and larger weeds sway and stretch themselves beneath
Blue dragonflies dart to and fro
I tie my life to your balloon and let it go

Your foothills
Your warm

Choice Kingdom

Your choice kingdom
Their voice hear them
Our choice kingdom

Your choice kingdom
Our voice crowns men
Our choice kingdom

Rule Britannia
Bright ideas hide in caves
Rule Britannia
Break a stock into a slave
Rule Britannia
Leave us planked before the graves
Rule Britannia
Ruler of the waves

Nara by Alt-J

Soon I'm gonna marry a man like no other

Light the fuse, hallelujah, hallelujah

Love, love is the warmest colour
Petrol blues, hallelujah, hallelujah

Come, saut dans le vide, my love
In my youth the greatest tide washed up my prize, you

Follow, let him go, let him lead me be
Love is a pharaoh, and in front of me
I thought let him be where he want to be
Love is a pharaoh and he's boning me

I've discovered a man like no other man
I've found a love to love like no other can
He's found me, my Aslan

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Marry a man like no other

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Love is the warmest colour

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Unpin your butterflies, Russia

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
To be a deer in Nara

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama

Arrival In Nara by Alt-J

As she submarines

The rope loops round her feeble feet
Before the dawn
Breaks on her sorry grasp

In a blink and in one motion
Rope constricts
Rips her towards the ocean

She never finds her bearings
Sucking splash into her lungs

Though I cannot see
I can hear her smile as she sings

And though I cannot see
I can hear her smile as she sings

Left Hand Free by Alt-J

Ain’t shady baby
I’m hot like the prodigal son
Pick a petal, eeny meeny miny mo
And flower, you’re the chosen one

Well your left hand’s free

And your right’s in grip
With another left hand
Watch his right hand slip
Towards his gun
Oh no

I tackle, we tussle
And oh my days we’re rolling
My right hand’s gripped on his
Colt single action army
Oh no

Well your left hand’s free
And your right’s in grip
With another left hand
Watch his right hand slip
Towards his gun
Oh no

N-E-O OMG
Gee whiz, girl, you’re the one for me
Though your man is bigger than I am
And oh my days he disagrees
Oh no

Well my left hand’s free
Oh no

Ain’t shady baby
I’m hot like the prodigal son
Pick a petal, eeny meeny miny mo
And flower, you’re the chosen one

Well my left hand’s free
Oh no

Every Other Freckle by Alt-J

I want to share your mouthful 

I want to do all the things your lungs do so well

I'm gonna bed into you like a cat beds into a bean bag

Turn you inside out to lick you like a crisp packet. 

You're the first and last of your kind 

(Pull me like an animal out of a hole) 

I wanna be every lever you pull

And all showers that shower you 

I'm gonna paw, paw at you
Like a cat paws at my woolen jumper 

Be your Minpin
And borrower of handsome trivia

Oh devour me! 

Lou Lou, let the cover girls sing! 

All hand claps, you will clap

(Let me be the wallpaper that papers up your room) 

I want to be every button you press 

And all baths that surround you 

Yes, I'm gonna roll around you. 

Like a cat rolls around saw dusted patios

I'm gonna kiss you like the sun browns you

Oh devour me! 

If you really think that you can stomach me 

I want every other freckle 

Hunger Of The Pine by Alt-J

Sleeplessly embracing 
Butterflies and needles 
Line my seamed-up join 

Encased in case I need it 
In my stomach, for my heart 
Chain mail 

Hunger of the pine 

Sleeplessly embracing 
Yawn yearns into me 
Plenty more tears in the sea 

And so you finally use it 
Bedding with me you see at night 
Your heart wears knight armour 

Hunger of the pine 

(I'm a female rebel)

Sleeplessly 
Embracing 
You 

Realisation grew on me 
As quickly as it takes your hand 
To warm the cool side of the pillow 

I’m there for you, be there for me 
I’ll hum the song the soldiers sing 
As they march outside our window 

Hunger of the pine 

Sleeplessly 
Embracing 
You 

Une immense espérance a traversée la terre 
Une immense espérance a traversée ma peur 

Step Out by José Gonzalez

Step outside

Time to step outside

House on fire leave it all behind you

Darkest night let the lightning guide you

Step outside

Time to step outside

House on fire leave it all behind you

Living blind

Feeding appetites

Stake through every heart stumped in the blue

Being blind, breathing everytime

House on fire leave it all behind you

Darkest night let the lightning guide you

Broke tooth, Monday

Something's not the same

Blank head crossed eyes sweet to flood

Feel your presence in your absence, shut the door

House on fire leave it all behind you

Darkest night let the lightning guide you

Step outside

Time to step outisde, time to step outside

House on fire leave it all behind you.

Teenage Daughter by Dog Is Dead

She's a China doll with a teenage daughter

I've seen it all before, but I never thought of warn you

When we're struggling to think straight

There's another change in us

And we both knew this time

Tell me old foe, you remember where we started?

All caught up in love shaking hands and fickle hearted

And I remember you were puffy eyed in the morning

Save yourself for another guy

I get used to it

She's a China doll with a teenage daughter

I've seen it all before but I thought you knew better

And she'll never look the same way

There's another change in her

And we both knew this time

I get used to it.

Into the night by Blaenavon

I sit and relax, look up at the light  

While everyone tries to keep me alive

Look at the sun and now look at the sky

Watch how birds fade into the night

And away, into the night

And away

The stakes have gone, time taken its toll

All that remains, is an empty lapped hole

You blew it down, you blew it down

The stakes have gone, time taken its toll

All that remains is an empty lapped hole

You blew it down, you blew it down

Watch your children laugh as they run

Into the night feel the fear and the gun

Watch all the boys and I hear all the noise

Escaped from their mouths

And away, into the night

And away

The stakes have gone, time taken its toll

All that remains is an empty lapped hole

You blew it down, you blew it down

The stakes have gone, time taken its toll

All that remains, is an empty lapped hole

You blew it down, you blew it down.

Candles by Daughter

Boy, take me away, into the night

Out of the hum of the street lights and into a forest

I'll do whatever you say to me in the dark

Scared I'll be torn apart by a wolf in mask of a familiar name on a birthday card

Blow out all the candles, blow out all the candles

"You're too old to be so shy," he says to me so I stay the night

It's just a young heart confusing my mind, but we're both in silence

Wide-eyed, both in silence

Wide-eyed, like we're in a crime scene

Well I have brittle bones it seems

I bite my tongue and I torch my dreams

Have a little voice to speak with

But a mind of thoughts and secrecy

Things cannot be reversed, we learn from the times that we are cursed

Things cannot be reversed, learn from the ones we fear the worst

And learn from the ones we hate the most

Blow out all the candles, blow out all the candles

"You're too old to be so shy," he says to me so I stay the night

It's just a young heart confusing my mind, but we're both in silence   

Wide-eyed, both in silence

Wide-eyed                                                                                                 

 Cause we both know I'll never be your lover

I only bring the heat

Company under cover

Filling space in your sheets

Well I'll never be a lover

I only bring the heat

Company under cover

Filling space in your sheets, in your sheets

So, please just blow out all the candles,

"You're too old to be so shy," he says to me so I stay the night

It's just a young heart confusing my mind, and we're both in silence

Wide-eyed, both in silence

Wide-eyed, like we're in a crime scene.

Wunderkind by Blaenavon

Lost at sea
Forever you and me if I could
Reach the edge
And find the only end pretending
Not to hide, I find myself inside

But only realize

You never end inside

Find the one

Escape the drowning sun so empty

People cry for losing all their mindsets

Over family's types

Mistake and lonely crimes avoid them

Cause I will take you to the edge

Through darkness and a world that knows
Take our fear and turn it into dust

Lie to you and count to ten

Every time I do inside my head

Crash our loss and frames inside my palms

Swans by Blaenavon

Come with me to the other side my love

Be careful of those things you're afraid of

Don't agree of the little things you find

Take conscious on everything that you decide

Come, find me

If you want me all alone

Be aware of all those things you've never been sure

Don't agree of the little things you find

Be conscious on everything that you decide

How do you want to know

You know I'll never leave you're side

The veil of you behind

Take the picture of your mind

And maybe you will find

A world where no one minds

Will you never have to hide

I'll never leave your side

Decide what you decide

I'll never leave you're side

The veil of you behind

Take the picture of your mind

And maybe you will find

A world where no one minds

Will you never have to hide

I'll never leave your side

Denim Patches by Blaenavon

The smoke has gone from my soul
Left all rise
You never said I would be surprised if
You took your things and went to run
You knew that we did would come undone
And I would wait endlessly for you

To take this moment to think

What might have been

What might have been for you

To take this moment to think

What might have been

What might have been for you

Why would you wait for him to sin

I could have splat right from the sin

This is not something you can have denim patches

… would sleep away

You knew would all seem so day to day

Until you finally find the time to

Take this moment to think

What might have been

What might have been for you

To take this moment to think

What might have been

What might have been for you

(Wait for me)

Prague by Blaenavon

They'll steal your soul’s
And turn them into gold
While the village of them all
Made cities out of homes

But it's you I said
You keep running through my head
I swear it so

Longing for the wild
In innocence of a child
In the end of a tribe
And the start of the crimes

But these blood red skies
Cover my eyes
From the sleepless nights
And a haunted life

But it's you I said
You keep running through my head
I swear it so

Cause there are voices in my head
People screaming you’re not dead
I’m not sure

These kingdoms in my veins
Last playing children’s game
It’s oh so obscure

But it's you I said
You keep running through my head
I swear so