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I take one long final drag
Flick my cigarette to the ground
The smoke rises up and back
You keep coming back around
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
I’ve been drunk and talking trash
Running my mouth on fumes
All other maniacs
They know that I’m still going home with you
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
And I know you don’t love me
Cause you can’t even love yourself
I wish knowing that helped
I’m here thumbing down my feed
Long after I feel full
It’s got so much gravity
You know that I can’t help but feel its pull
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
That’s no life
That’s a fix
It's a hoax
Those are tricks
I know you don’t love me
Cause you can’t even love yourself
I wish knowing that helped
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2. |
Wild Wonders
04:34
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Well if you drive away as fast as you like
But you can never get away clean
Well maybe you don’t need a machine
Cause I’m sure these nerves were built for more than pain
Peel back your layers until your heart is a stage
I’d heard kind words before but somehow it’s different
I peel back your layers until your heart is a stage
To show me wild wild wonders
Too bright to want to die
I am opening my eyes
Oh those wild wild wonders
Too dark to want to die
I know you chose another life
But you know I know you’re not
Going home tonight
Well if you know what you want
Cause you ain’t never had what you need
Well baby, I know just what you mean
Cause I’m sure these nerves were built for more than pain
Peel back your layers until your heart is a stage
I’d heard kind words before but somehow it’s different
I peel back your layers until your heart is a stage
To show me wild wild wonders (wild wonders)
Too bright to want to die
I am opening my eyes
Oh those wild wild wonders (wild wonders)
Too dark to want to die
I know you chose another life
But you know I know I’m not
Going home tonight
Hey hey yah
Hey hey yah oh
Hey hey yah
Hey hey yah oh
Cause I’m sure these nerves were built for more than pain
Peel back your layers until your heart is a stage
I’d heard kind words before but somehow it’s not the same
I peel back your layers until your heart is a stage
To show me wild wild wonders (wild wonders)
Too bright to want to die
I am opening my eyes
Oh those wild wild wonders (wild wonders)
Too dark to want to die
I know you chose another life
But you know I know
You’re not showing me
Wild wild wonders
Too bright to want to die
I am opening my eyes
More than life itself I want life itself
Too dark to want to die
I know you chose another life
But you know I know you’re not going
But you know I know I’m not going
But you know I know no one’s going home tonight
Hey hey yah
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3. |
The Charade
05:46
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I was made for something better than
To make my boss‘s boss’s boss’s boss’s boss rich
But I’m so caught up in all of this
That I don’t know just what it is
Our dreams stretch wider while our belts pull tighter
I’m not the fighter I was
The bills stack higher and I’m so damn tired
Of paying with my blood
I live with myself
And we try to get along and we
Work hard to keep up the charade
I lie in bed with the choices I’ve made and I
Sometimes I fall asleep unafraid
They say that good things come in threes
And bad ones come when they damn well please
So I take my punches
Taking punches is my only expertise
I live with myself
And we try to get along and we
Work hard to keep up the charade
I lie in bed with the choices I’ve made and I
Sometimes I fall asleep unafraid
I know I’m compromised
But I promise my promises aren’t lies
I know I’m compromised
But I promise my promises aren’t lies
Lies
Hope springs eternal and I’m
Sinking in the swamp from which it springs
No one ever likes to talk about the 41st day
And all the new kinds of trouble it brings
Oh but it bring that trouble on home
I live with myself
And we try to get along and we
Work hard to keep up the charade
I lie in bed with the choices I’ve made and I
Sometimes I fall asleep unafraid
I rest in your love and then
Wake up in your arms, I just
Wish I was good enough for you
You keep me true and I
Want that for you so I
Promise I’ll find a way out and through
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4. |
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Winter came suddenly and without warning
As all of my thoughts turned grey
So the good seed died among the starving weeds
While all hope drifted away
I’d like to tell you
All of my secrets
But I don’t know if you’d want to hear
When the brutal cold hits your tender human face
It’s like Mother Nature holds a grudge
Like she froze the earth to choke out all life
In order to destroy all you love
I’d love to tell you
All of my secrets
But I don’t know if you want to hear them
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I cried frozen tears
What will I do with my remaining years?
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I cried frozen tears
With nothing to warm me but my burning fears
So what will I do with my remaining years?
Spring started slowly and barely caught on
Like the warmth just couldn’t make a way
So I turned to you in my time of need
Waiting for the ice to melt away
Melt away
Melt away
Melt away
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I cried frozen tears
What will I do in my remaining years?
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I cried frozen tears
With nothing to warm me but my burning fears
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I cried frozen tears
What’ll I do in my remaining years?
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I cried frozen tears
With nothing to warm me but my burning fears
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
Had enough cold
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
Had enough cold
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
Had enough cold
I’ve had enough cold for a lifetime
I’ve had enough
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5. |
I Need Rescue
03:06
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I’m caught in the crossfire
Of my own intentions
Pressed into the war
By my own inventions
Now I need rescue
Heaven to send you
Someone to confess to
I need rescue
I need rescue
There’s a ghost where my heart was
A scalpel in my hand
A stone around my neck
And the best-laid plans
And I need rescue
Heaven to send you
Someone to confess to
I need rescue
I need rescue
Cause I’m so tired
Of having hope
Born in fire
Just to die in smoke
I need rescue
Angels to send you
I’ve done something I can’t undo
And I need rescue
I need rescue
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Bijou Noir Los Angeles, California
Alt-pop singer-songwriter.
Moody electro productions, big
choruses.
Bijou Noir is a genre-defying mix of intelligent pop, post-punk, new wave, electronic, and indie rock, with a strong lyrical center.
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