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Be Still

by Hey, King!

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Lena Derksen
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Lena Derksen Simply life changing, first heard it at the exact right moment, and while Lucky is my personal anthem, I keep quoting fragments of Half Alive too. Don't Let Me Get Away is hitting hard for different reasons: abandonment issues yes but it's as if I finally found words to describe what being me is like. Next time I can accompany my own story with this song. I keep discovering aspects of this EP that I hadn't spotted yet, it's been on repeat for 5 days near non stop. Favorite track: Lucky.
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Half Alive 04:41
Head Back Tilt Chin Sharp Teeth Soft Skin Breathe In Eyes Closed Breathe Out Breathe In Hands Clenched Cold Nights Bright Eyes. Thin Sheets Breathe Me Switch Sides I wrote a letter to the lord, asked for a girl, I could not ignore. I wrote a letter to the sea, asked for a love, with teeth to capture me. I can’t hear you breathe and not, need to make you breathe a little harder I can’t – Can’t hear your heartbeat and not, need to make it beat a little faster I can’t even hear you breathe, I can’t even hear you… I was only half alive, I was only half alive before I loved you.
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I will try to keep in check but I know from time to time I will try to push you back to see if you will fight, if you’ll still come home to me tonight. And I will try, to look for any flag that I might miss. I’ll worry sometimes about the way you kiss me goodnight, I’ll wonder if I’m wrong or right. And I’ll get scared. And I will try to start a fight. And I will try, to blow it up and hand you all the blame. I’ll tell myself to fuck it up first just in case. Tell myself anything in hopes to keep me safe. And I will push you, just to see how hard you’re willing to push back. And none of it’s okay yeah I know that. And if I could you know I’d take it back. So don’t let me get away with it. Don’t let me get away with it. Don’t let me get away. And I’d much rather write a song about the color of your eyes Or the way that smile kills me darling, makes me lose all sense of time. Yeah I’d much rather write a song about the desert rain at night. Or those cliffs I thought were too steep baby. Or the way you steal my breath, right out from underneath. So I will try to keep in check but I know from time to time, I will try to push you back to see if you will fight, and I know that it’s not right. So don’t let me get away with it. Don’t let me get away with it. Don’t let me get away.
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I’ve been gone for 3 days, 3 nights too long Slipping barely under sleep-waves, waiting for my song. All I is your voice - pressed against my ear Sing me to sleep love Sing me till I disappear Close your eyes We’ve got time Where you go I go - I’ll Be right Beside You’ve been gone for 3 days, and I’m still in my head Full of ghosted conversations and words we left unsaid All I want is your hand – pressed against my heart Love me when I can’t see Love me in the dark So sing me to sleep Love me when I can’t see, Love me in the dark
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Lucky 04:04
When I was a child I walked around with my hand stretched to my side And in the front seat, I spread my fingers out when I learned to drive I was waiting for your hanD, I was waiting for you When I was alone and I watched them slip as they sliced into my skin At that hospital, where the blood poured over my arms and the light shined in I was waiting for your hand, I was waiting for you I was overjoyed by the hope that you’d walk in at a red light All the days that I did not know if I’d make it through the night How lucky am I To be alive to love you How lucky am I To be alive to love you Let me go, let me go back and tell me I’ll survive and say someday you will find me. Let me go, let me go back and tell me I was overjoyed by the hope that you’d walk in at a red light All the days that I did not know if I’d make it through the night How lucky am I To be alive to love you How lucky am I To be alive
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In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refused to shine People tell me there ain't no use in tryin' Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true You'll be dead before your time is due, I know Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' Watched his hair been turnin' grey He's been workin' and slavin' his life away Oh yes I know it (Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby (Yeah!) Every night and day (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!) We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place 'cause girl, there's a better life for me and you (Don’t let me be misunderstood) (Bury my body lord I don’t care where they, bury my body cause my soul is going to live with g-d)

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released August 28, 2020

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Hey, King! Los Angeles, California

Hey, King!'s Album with ANTI- Records, produced by Ben Harper, debuted in April 2021 and has been hailed as an "instant classic" by Rolling Stone. Featuring couple Natalie London and Taylor Plecity, Under the Radar described their debut as "an excellent picture of London and Plecity's ability to turn tragedy into an exuberant celebration of life and love" ... more

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