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Pendulum Swing

by Laish

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1.
Vague 06:18
We are vague and full of pathos Dead men's words tower above us Are we capable of original thought The damp is growing I would say it is flowing It has become a river My kitchen is in decline The spores the mould the slime It has become a river We are vague and full of pathos Old leather hands betray us Our cracked tongues Poke out of beards The grey statues do not sing Grey statues do not dance And I am neither grey Nor made of stone I am near middle age And I never felt so alone But I think I feel safe In my home I think I feel safe in my home We speak only in humour It's a linguist kind of tumour We know what it signifies Know what it signifies I am near middle age And I never felt so alone But I think I feel safe in my home I think I feel safe in my home
2.
I'm learning to love the bomb The shell of administration I'm learning I'm learning I'm learning To love the bomb It is a powerful weapon It is the force to reckon The only true currency Is a moment uninterrupted Keep up with It's never ending I fear I fear we near an ending But I'm learning I'm learning I'm learning To love the bomb Oh I'm learning I'm learning I'm learning To love the bomb It is a powerful weapon It is the force to reckon The only true currency Is a moment uninterrupted
3.
Running late for a meeting A meeting about you Coffee in one hand The other hand thinking it through But the decision was made The discussion had been You were not in the room You were out of the scene It is love love Love on the conditional If only you'd made a promise And kept your word We don't care what you do But do what you said you would The decision was made The discussion had been You were not in the room You were out of the scene It is love love Love on the conditional If only you'd made a promise And kept your word We don't care what you do But do what you said you would The decision was made The discussion had been You were not in the room You were out of the scene It is love love Love on the conditional
4.
I need my dirt To get buried in the day I like to feel surrounded In a solitary way We have left the realm Of causality Moving in together Brings out the best in me I am not so organised I go by my nose You are made of stronger stuff And faithful to your toes So I wanna look you in the eye And say I tried I'm trying I will get to you Like no one else gets to you I will get inside Where no one else gets inside And I will hold you Like no one else ever held you And I will be alive And you will be alive Naked
5.
The last time I saw her She was living with a boy Who gives her body joy She found one Who adores her Soothes her Kind of bores her An empty room The time to bloom I never truly knew How much I needed you To think I didn't see How much you mean to me She is beautiful When she smiles So much in her eyes And I am wretched today Oh how I lost my way I am searching I am lurching I'm not sure who I am I never truly knew How much I needed you To think I didn't see How much you mean to me Don't want to see you cry Right before my eyes I never truly knew
6.
I keep dreaming 'bout you babe Are you coming home I keep wondering why you thought You could do it alone My little prince has gone Little prince has gone Little prince has gone You still haunt me in my bed Wish you'd leave me alone For the here and now You don't even come When I call you home My little prince has gone Little prince has gone Little prince has gone And I keep wondering why Was I away too long And I keep looking for my name Between the lines in every song
7.
Standing in the bathroom You are in tears I'm calling time on Our seven years And I know you know why I had to say goodbye The pendulum swing Of emotion And I know you know why I had to say goodbye I had to let you go I know you know I know The pendulum swing Of emotion
8.
I left my words on the table You took the pages away I was a trifle too honest You were the wrong woman that day I set down my theory I lamented my chains Only wrote of freedom Won't be doing that again Only wrote of freedom You collected my records And gathered my clothes When I spoke with protest You spat on my nose Made lies out of half truths Made combat the game Only wrote of freedom Won't be doing that again Only wrote of freedom You counted my follies And tallied my sins Did my best to stay silent But absence rarely wins It got ugly between us babe It got so inflamed Only wrote of freedom Won't be doing that again Only wrote of freedom
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10.
Gambling 04:45
I started gambling I started gambling Again It has become It has become A problem I started gambling I started gambling Again I can't stop I will write it down On squared paper I can't stop Can I change my luck Is it something you Can learn to improve The rats have moved in There has been a rat invasion The pigeons are breeding They hatch and shit on My windowsill The language we use The rough banter Men will recognise I can't stop I will write it down On squared paper I can't stop Can I change my luck Is it something you Can learn to improve Oh this is what I've become I started gambling
11.
We are so achingly desperate For experience For the varied visceral substance of life And we are poor for it We think we may be enlightened But we have not Made any money We are aware of our decay And the obstacles in our way But there doesn't seem anything more worthy Than to dance No there doesn't seem anything more worthy Than to sing To make any money
12.
Isolation 03:58
And you ask me one more time With your hand on my knee Your words come fast again Are you really sure about it Well I could not have been any clearer I could not have been any clearer I could not have been any clearer I could not have said it with any more Any more clarity
13.
Well it's hard to make a friend in the city It's hard for everyone here it seems When the day goes in a click Your intentions fade with it So hard to make the city your friend So easy to be cruel in the city Shrug your shoulders roll your eyes and turn away And the fear of missing out Breeds a burrowing self doubt So hard to be a friend to anyone So hold me close Squeeze me tight Never let me go If I could stay In your arms I would be redeemed And I am scared I have lost what was behind my eyes So run a bath Stroke my face And we will be redeemed So hold me close Squeeze me tight Never let me go If I could stay In your arms I would be redeemed
14.
Sandra 03:58
Sandra is crying She left it too long She dabs at her eyes Cause everything feels wrong And death could take long Death could take long But Sandra is strong Sandra is strong And ready to take the world on On turning decades She's surprised to see Sure that the parties would obliterate she And death could take long Death could take long And Sandra is strong Sandra is strong And ready to take the world on On burning candles The wick and the base Studying the new lines Engraved upon her face Sandra is hopeful And hope has her wail Youth is a memory Presently frail And death could take long Death could take long (Sandra!) And death could take long Death could take long (Sandra!) And death could take long Death could take long (Sandra!) And death could take long Death could take long (Sandra!) But Sandra is strong Sandra is strong Sandra is strong Sandra is strong Death could take long (Sandra!) Sandra is strong And ready to take the world on

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released November 20, 2016

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