I know you spent some time
From the town to the city
Looking for a life to start
And when you were fifteen
I know what you said
"I'd never let another black boy break my heart"
You waited a decade
For me to come find you
There's never been a chance so rare
I was just stumbling out of
A prosthetic love
And never been someone so real
This was love
And I was such a tyrant destroyer
As you sat sinking in my hands
Love, and I was such a tyrant destroyer
As you sat sinking in my hands
As if it wasn't enough just to hear you speak
They had to give you lips like that
Like all of your sadness reduced to a color
Then painted upon
How could I forget you
And who was I to think that on a Saturday night
That you would really bike home alone
And the way that I left you
Just hanging on Sundays
And fair skin boy take you home
This was love
And I was such a tyrant destroyer
As you sat sinking in my hands
Love, and I was such a tyrant destroyer
As you sat sinking in my hands...
Twin Shadow - Forget Album Lyrics
Twin Shadow - Forget Lyrics
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
When Were Dancing
I am trying to remember all the things that I've known
They all shine soft and stand alone
Like I picture you waiting at the end of a bridge
But it's hard for me to render all the things that we did
You play a doctor with the door unlocked
Kissing on your cousin and we both got caught
And this is how the path was formed inside the silent ground
Those words in your mouth...
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing, ah
Is your cheek still red from where you caught her hand?
Or are you just in love again?
The search party's out yes they're hunting your name
Do all your lovers look the same?
You were driving with your eyes closed 75
With your foot to the floor, and your head to the sky
And this is how the path was born inside the silent ground
Those words in your mouth...
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing, ah
They all shine soft and stand alone
Like I picture you waiting at the end of a bridge
But it's hard for me to render all the things that we did
You play a doctor with the door unlocked
Kissing on your cousin and we both got caught
And this is how the path was formed inside the silent ground
Those words in your mouth...
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing, ah
Is your cheek still red from where you caught her hand?
Or are you just in love again?
The search party's out yes they're hunting your name
Do all your lovers look the same?
You were driving with your eyes closed 75
With your foot to the floor, and your head to the sky
And this is how the path was born inside the silent ground
Those words in your mouth...
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing
Please leave us alone
When we're dancing, ah
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
I Cant Wait
I cannot wait for summer
I cannot wait for June
When all the ghosts are quiet
When everything is new
Her voice to me, "He's always asking for a dance"
She said "I hate his moves"
Hands under her legs, "His hands, always in my hand"
She said "I hate those moves"
I scan the room, I see a clock
Your eyes are closed
It's getting dark
Is it over?
I turn my head
I climb the stairs
And try to feel like no one's there
Is it over?
I cannot wait for summer
I cannot wait for June
When all the ghosts are quiet
When everything is new
Her face to me, I see she's asking for a dance
You know she loves my moves
Her hands around my waist, my arms around her back
You know she loves my moves
The quiet moon
The evening draw
I've never felt so wild at all
Is it over?
The boy who sits across from me
Just turns his head and doesn't see
Til it's over
I cannot wait for June
When all the ghosts are quiet
When everything is new
Her voice to me, "He's always asking for a dance"
She said "I hate his moves"
Hands under her legs, "His hands, always in my hand"
She said "I hate those moves"
I scan the room, I see a clock
Your eyes are closed
It's getting dark
Is it over?
I turn my head
I climb the stairs
And try to feel like no one's there
Is it over?
I cannot wait for summer
I cannot wait for June
When all the ghosts are quiet
When everything is new
Her face to me, I see she's asking for a dance
You know she loves my moves
Her hands around my waist, my arms around her back
You know she loves my moves
The quiet moon
The evening draw
I've never felt so wild at all
Is it over?
The boy who sits across from me
Just turns his head and doesn't see
Til it's over
Writer: GEORGE WEISS, HUGO PERETTI, LUIGI CREATORE
Copyright: Lyrics © GLADYS MUSIC
Copyright: Lyrics © GLADYS MUSIC
Shooting Holes
Bite the hand I know she doesn't care
Leave a trail the hounds will find us anywhere
Call the cops and tell em what we've done
Tell em that tonight we stole your father's guns
With your right hand, you saying
"I think we're gonna be so close"
Let's sing a song, on our way back home
You and me shooting holes in the moon
You and me shooting holes in the moon
Take my hand there's no one here to see
Push your bones against the earth with me
With your right hand, you saying
"I think it's gonna be so close"
Let's sing a song on our way back home
You and me shooting holes in the moon
You and me shooting holes in the moon
On our way back home.
Leave a trail the hounds will find us anywhere
Call the cops and tell em what we've done
Tell em that tonight we stole your father's guns
With your right hand, you saying
"I think we're gonna be so close"
Let's sing a song, on our way back home
You and me shooting holes in the moon
You and me shooting holes in the moon
Take my hand there's no one here to see
Push your bones against the earth with me
With your right hand, you saying
"I think it's gonna be so close"
Let's sing a song on our way back home
You and me shooting holes in the moon
You and me shooting holes in the moon
On our way back home.
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
At My Heels
I'm in the belly of a canyon
I can't come up with any reason
Why a ghost is following me
Why a ghost is following me.
I've got some feed for the longing
I've got the pillow for the bad dreams
The apparition dancing with me
stepping down all over my feet.
There is no key to my gate
But you can still come around
Lean your ladder against my window
And I'll come down
I'll come down.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm seeing
Who's keeping track of all that's breathing?
There's a world that's waiting for me
There's a world that's waiting for me
I'm in the belly of a canyon
I can't come up with any reason
Why a ghost is following me
Why a ghost is following me
There is no key to my gate
But you can still come around
Lean your ladder against my window
And I'll come down
I'll come down. x2
I can't come up with any reason
Why a ghost is following me
Why a ghost is following me.
I've got some feed for the longing
I've got the pillow for the bad dreams
The apparition dancing with me
stepping down all over my feet.
There is no key to my gate
But you can still come around
Lean your ladder against my window
And I'll come down
I'll come down.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm seeing
Who's keeping track of all that's breathing?
There's a world that's waiting for me
There's a world that's waiting for me
I'm in the belly of a canyon
I can't come up with any reason
Why a ghost is following me
Why a ghost is following me
There is no key to my gate
But you can still come around
Lean your ladder against my window
And I'll come down
I'll come down. x2
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Yellow Balloon
Follow me until the dawn
Or his trees on lover's lawn
To the chapel in the valley when the day is done
And we'll get married when our friends have gone
In the pines we learn to speak
Bend your knees, forget to breathe
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
Secret handshakes,
The swimming hole
Keep awake,
And we will not grow old
Come on everyone, come on down
Try to keep your face out of the sun
If you go lost at the face of the moon
Follow the boy with the yellow balloon
Follow me until the dawn
Or his trees on lover's lawn
To the chapel in the valley when the day is done
And we'll get married when our friends have gone
In the pines we learn to speak
Bend your knees, forget to breathe
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
Secret handshakes,
The swimming hole
Keep awake,
And we will not grow old
Come on everyone, come on down
Try to keep your face out of the sun
If you go lost at the face of the moon
Follow the boy with the yellow balloon
Come on everyone, come on down
Try to keep your face out of the sun
If you go lost at the face of the moon
Follow the boy with the yellow balloon
Or his trees on lover's lawn
To the chapel in the valley when the day is done
And we'll get married when our friends have gone
In the pines we learn to speak
Bend your knees, forget to breathe
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
Secret handshakes,
The swimming hole
Keep awake,
And we will not grow old
Come on everyone, come on down
Try to keep your face out of the sun
If you go lost at the face of the moon
Follow the boy with the yellow balloon
Follow me until the dawn
Or his trees on lover's lawn
To the chapel in the valley when the day is done
And we'll get married when our friends have gone
In the pines we learn to speak
Bend your knees, forget to breathe
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
If you hear your mama calling, get away from me
Secret handshakes,
The swimming hole
Keep awake,
And we will not grow old
Come on everyone, come on down
Try to keep your face out of the sun
If you go lost at the face of the moon
Follow the boy with the yellow balloon
Come on everyone, come on down
Try to keep your face out of the sun
If you go lost at the face of the moon
Follow the boy with the yellow balloon
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Tether Beat
Is your heart not heavy when she says goodbye
Do reach for another when you turn of the light
Do you sigh yourself awake
Is there nothing you can fake?
Do you wear it on your face like it's all you can take?
Does your heart still beat?
Does your heart still beat?
All my golden looks They'll beg for you, some day soon
And all my brief love spills around you
My love appears so thin at the end of the day
Is it too much to ask for, to put it away?
Do we pry ourselves to sleep, is there nothing that's complete
Feel the silver string pulling my hands to your heat
Does your heart still beat?
Does your heart still beat?
All my golden looks They'll beg for you, some day soon
And all my brief love spills around you
Do reach for another when you turn of the light
Do you sigh yourself awake
Is there nothing you can fake?
Do you wear it on your face like it's all you can take?
Does your heart still beat?
Does your heart still beat?
All my golden looks They'll beg for you, some day soon
And all my brief love spills around you
My love appears so thin at the end of the day
Is it too much to ask for, to put it away?
Do we pry ourselves to sleep, is there nothing that's complete
Feel the silver string pulling my hands to your heat
Does your heart still beat?
Does your heart still beat?
All my golden looks They'll beg for you, some day soon
And all my brief love spills around you
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS, WYNNE BENNETT
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Castles In The Snow
You're my favorite daydream
I'm your famous nightmare
Everything I see looks like gold
Everything I touch goes cold
Castles in the snow
Here's all I know
Your checkered room and your velvet bow
Your Elvis song in my ear
That moonlit voice that I hear
Now we are old as bread
We walk along our golden crest
We hide away for a week
We only look and don't speak
You're my favorite daydream
I'm your famous nightmare
Everything I see looks like gold
Everything I touch turns cold
Castles in the snow
You're my favorite daydream
I'm your famous nightmare
Everything I see looks like gold
Everything I touch turns cold
Castles in the snow
Here's all I know
Your checkered room and your velvet bow
Your Elvis song in my ear
That moonlit voice that I hear
I'm your famous nightmare
Everything I see looks like gold
Everything I touch goes cold
Castles in the snow
Here's all I know
Your checkered room and your velvet bow
Your Elvis song in my ear
That moonlit voice that I hear
Now we are old as bread
We walk along our golden crest
We hide away for a week
We only look and don't speak
You're my favorite daydream
I'm your famous nightmare
Everything I see looks like gold
Everything I touch turns cold
Castles in the snow
You're my favorite daydream
I'm your famous nightmare
Everything I see looks like gold
Everything I touch turns cold
Castles in the snow
Here's all I know
Your checkered room and your velvet bow
Your Elvis song in my ear
That moonlit voice that I hear
[ Thanks to hunterisacoolfish for correcting these lyrics ]
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS, WYNNE BENNETT
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
For Now
Far gone are summer girls
In beds with thankless boys
And all the lives that need to keep awake another century
Far off are perfect days
For now ill have to wait
In beds with all the ones I hate
To give myself, myself away
I belong to you and that's not gonna change
I been on to you and nothings been the same
Is there anything as quiet as a night alone with you?
Had it ever been as clear as on the day that you went away
Don't speak from other lives
Don't need a hopeful line
Your hand upon my face is fine
Remind me of my place this time
Someone must've told the man in the sky
To paint a portrait of you and I
Someone must've gone and told him why
(Is there anything as quiet as a night alone with you?
Had it ever been as clear as on the day that you went away)
Is there anything as quiet as a night alone with you?
Had it ever been as clear as on the day that you went away
In beds with thankless boys
And all the lives that need to keep awake another century
Far off are perfect days
For now ill have to wait
In beds with all the ones I hate
To give myself, myself away
I belong to you and that's not gonna change
I been on to you and nothings been the same
Is there anything as quiet as a night alone with you?
Had it ever been as clear as on the day that you went away
Don't speak from other lives
Don't need a hopeful line
Your hand upon my face is fine
Remind me of my place this time
Someone must've told the man in the sky
To paint a portrait of you and I
Someone must've gone and told him why
(Is there anything as quiet as a night alone with you?
Had it ever been as clear as on the day that you went away)
Is there anything as quiet as a night alone with you?
Had it ever been as clear as on the day that you went away
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS, WYNNE BENNETT
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Slow
Don't turn me over, just let me know
How long will it be before you let me go?
You hold the line, a bullet soul
It's just that sometimes time's so slow,
Sometimes time's so slow...
I don't wanna believe but be in love,
I don't wanna believe or be in love
Don't put me out, just let me in
How many times did you let me win?
Give me one more, my ticket's in,
Oh, can we try again?
Can we try again?
I don't wanna believe but be in love,
I don't wanna believe or be in love
(x4)
How long will it be before you let me go?
You hold the line, a bullet soul
It's just that sometimes time's so slow,
Sometimes time's so slow...
I don't wanna believe but be in love,
I don't wanna believe or be in love
Don't put me out, just let me in
How many times did you let me win?
Give me one more, my ticket's in,
Oh, can we try again?
Can we try again?
I don't wanna believe but be in love,
I don't wanna believe or be in love
(x4)
Writer: GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Forget
They'll give us something
They'll give us so much to forget
Or enough rope to deal with it
x2
With pencil and knife
You heard your love again
You wrestled your nightmares, the sweat from your bedsheets
This is all of it, this is everything I'm wanting to forget.
when winter sets in
It has a way of crystallizing the bad times, the fevers, the heartaches
This is all of it, this is everyone I'm wanting to forget.
They'll give us something
They'll give us so much to forget
Or enough rope to deal with it
x2
With pencil and knife
You heard your love again
You wrestled your nightmares, the sweat from your bedsheets
This is all of it, this is everything I'm wanting to forget.
They'll give us so much to forget
Or enough rope to deal with it
x2
With pencil and knife
You heard your love again
You wrestled your nightmares, the sweat from your bedsheets
This is all of it, this is everything I'm wanting to forget.
when winter sets in
It has a way of crystallizing the bad times, the fevers, the heartaches
This is all of it, this is everyone I'm wanting to forget.
They'll give us something
They'll give us so much to forget
Or enough rope to deal with it
x2
With pencil and knife
You heard your love again
You wrestled your nightmares, the sweat from your bedsheets
This is all of it, this is everything I'm wanting to forget.
Writer: George Lewis
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Forget is the debut studio album by American musician Twin Shadow (George William Lewis Jr.). It was produced in Brooklyn, New York by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear.
The album was largely inspired by a long-distance relationship Lewis had with a Danish person as well as his impressions of love and relationships prior to experiencing them, having observed them in other people. Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, particularly his 1957 film The Seventh Seal, was influential to the album's songwriting and editing process.
As of 2011, it has sold 10,985 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Performed By:
Twin ShadowThe album was largely inspired by a long-distance relationship Lewis had with a Danish person as well as his impressions of love and relationships prior to experiencing them, having observed them in other people. Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, particularly his 1957 film The Seventh Seal, was influential to the album's songwriting and editing process.
As of 2011, it has sold 10,985 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Genre(s): New wave, synth-pop, chillwave, alt-pop, electropop, R&B
Producer(s): Prince Language, Chris Taylor, Twin Shadow
Length: 41:17
Released: November 15th, 2010
Year: 2010