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Voice Memo #1
00:40
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"I just... I never thought I'd make it this far... I never planned this far ahead... and I never thought I'd meet someone like you... and I never even imagined- I never dreamed- you might want me to... I mean... don't you?"
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Boy Blue
03:50
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Your denim jacket's in my fist, the sting of salt on my lips
Rooftops in the autumn sun, your dirty bed when we're too far gone
Kickin' back and talkin' shit, guys like us we never quit
Anythin' could happen tonight, I don't wanna speak, do you feel alright?
Don't ever hate me, don't wish away what we've done
Stay all night, get drunk and high, boys like us just wanna have fun
The one I love hates my guts, works the bar but I don't drink for free
Looks me dead in the eye, says I'm the one he wants, deep down I know it's not me
Sweet talk, Boy Blue, feel alive when I'm next to you
Run wild, live free, Boy Blue's still hatin' me
Your slicked back hair like L.D.C, your eyes just poundin' into me
Think my words are pretentious ploys, spends every night with a different boy
My hand shakes as I fill your glass, misspend our youth, man I'm livin' fast
Keep landin' hits like your Bruce Lee, come on baby throw more shade at me
Don't ever hate me, don't wish away what we've done
Stay all night get drunk and high, boys like us just wanna have fun
The one I love hates my guts, works the bar but I don't drink for free
Looks me dead in the eye, says I'm the one he wants, deep down I know it's not me
Sweet talk, Boy Blue, feel alive when I'm next to you
Run wild, live free, Boy Blue's still hatin' me
I wake up reborn in a tricolor
On the road for weeks but I still want you more and more
You and I can make it out alive
You and I know it's not enough to just survive
I get what I want, I'm Jacob wrestlin' the angel now
I can't take it back, dunno how to undo the spell
Sweet talk, Boy Blue, feel alive when I'm next to you
Run wild, live free, Boy Blue's still hatin' me
The one I love hates my guts, works the bar but I don't drink for free
Looks me dead in the eye, says I'm the one he wants, deep down I know it's not me
Sweet talk, Boy Blue, feel alive when I'm next to you
Run wild, live free, Boy Blue's still hatin' me
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Ghost
04:14
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Ghost
by Joe Hythe
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This moody, tongue-in-cheek bop has Hythe’s husky baritone crooning through lusty verses into explosive melodramatic choruses. With his witty, self deprecating delivery and cynical double edged lyricism, Hythe leaves you uncertain if the song's subject is the lover on the other side of the phone or the other side of the ouiji board. An instant earworm, ‘Ghost’ is the perfect lonely anthem for Halloween in 2020.
“When you’re ghosted by your crush, get crushed on by a ghost! This song came together at the piano in maybe fifteen minutes top. I’d sat down to write yet another ballad about the guy I was crushing on, but I was alone in the house and distracted by all the stuff I’d been reading about hauntings and the occult. It was an old house and, while I was working, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being watched. When I hit on the hooky chorus, the door to the room swung open all by itself (ominous creak and all), that’s when I knew I had a winner, and when I knew that was probably gonna be the best songwriting story I’d ever have too.”
lyrics
I thought you were coming over later
My mistake, my regret to hide
But I thought I had something more than him
Something you were after, I knew I should have lied
So how’s your lover? How’s the game you play
With everyone who looks your way?
Can I cut out early, can I miss your call?
But when you come over, I can’t ghost you at all
Give me a sign, give me the truth, cut to the chase all I need is some proof
We’re so far along in this story of youth, oh are ya
My ghost could you keep me alive wasting
My youth away, till you give me a sign
My ghost could you make me believe I’m not
Waiting for nothing, could you come back to me
So here we are drinking Beam and red wine
And you don’t talk, you don’t think you’re mine
You came for one thing that I can’t hold back
So ignore my heart, later I’ll paint it black
Give me a sign, give me the truth, cut to the chase all I need is some proof
We’re so far along in this story of youth, oh are ya
My ghost could you keep me alive wasting
My youth away, till you give me a sign
My ghost could you make me believe I’m not
Waiting for nothing, could you come back to me
(I don't need to drink all alone to know why you never answer the phone)
My ghost could you keep me alive wasting
My youth away, till you give me a sign
My ghost could you make me believe I’m not
Waiting for nothing, could you come back to me
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Dorian
04:01
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When I first saw you in the chapel
Wreathed in flames and demon claws
I couldn't believe the way you spoke
Expecting applause
Are you wishing, dreaming,
Broken, wistful
Wounded, wondering,
Does he want me after all?
Dorian
Don't put on a show don't run back home
Dorian
Hold fire in your heart and let me know
You want me, I want you
We're winning, this time
Oh you got me, I got you
We'll make it out alive
There's nothing selfish 'bout
Escaping a life spent screaming inside
We don't need darkness we don't need strife
F**k playing pretend 'til the end of time
Are you wishing, dreaming,
Broken, wistful
Wounded, wondering,
Does he want me after all?
Dorian
Don't put on a show don't run back home
Dorian
Hold fire in your heart and let me know
You and I we'll run 'til the morning, baby ignore all their warnings
Grab what we can steal, f**k like what we have is real
If you wanna quench the thirst, you gotta destroy yourself first
Rock bottom is easy, I don't fear a thing when you're kissing me
Are you wishing, dreaming,
Broken, wistful
Wounded, wondering,
Does he want me after all?
Dorian
Don't put on a show don't run back home
Dorian
Hold fire in your heart and let me know
You want me, I want you
We're winning, this time
Oh you got me, I got you
We'll make it out alive
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Sugar
04:12
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Try, you try to smile
As the radio aches a song and a lie
Dance, we try to dance
With whiskey and kisses trippin' us up at every little chance
Is it easier to sleep now that you're away from me?
Is it easier to believe we were never meant to be?
Is this just half of the story half of the time?
I just wanted to be wanted, could barely keep it inside
Half of a kiss and half of a lie
The rush like sugar when I drown in his eyes
Night, can't shut my eyes,
No one wants to hear my songs, no one wants to hear my lies
Dream, do you still dream?
It's hard for me now I'm livin' in one, and nothings what it seems
Is it easier to sleep now that you're away from me?
Is it easier to believe we were never meant to be?
Is this just half of the story half of the time?
I just wanted to be wanted, could barely keep it inside
Half of a kiss and half of a lie
The rush like sugar when I drown in his eyes
Is it easier for me to write a song than leave you be?
Boy Blue dreamin' in the drink, this is all you meant to me
Is this just half of the story half of the time?
I just wanted to be wanted, could barely keep it inside
Half of a kiss and half of a lie
The rush like sugar when I drown in his eyes
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Joe Hythe Colchester, UK
Combining melancholic self-deprecating lyricism with an expansive synth-pop soundscape and vocals that swing from a seductive whisper to a heart-wrenching howl; Hythe sings of violence, addiction, and unrequited love from a spooky town in the dark heart of Essex. ... more
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