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Wild Wonders (Live from a Rooftop)

by Bijou Noir

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1.
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 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 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 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 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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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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Recorded live on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles on April 21, 2023

Tracking of the Wild Wonders EP completed in 2022, and by the time I released it in early 2023, I'd been playing the songs live a lot around LA. So when the studio album finally released, I felt like these live versions had taken on a beautiful life of their own, and it only seemed right to share them as well.

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released November 3, 2023

bijounoir.co / givetake.life

Bijou Noir is Augustus Watkins
Photo by Jeff Fan
Audio recorded, mixed, mastered by Carlos Bueno (buenosounds.com)

A GIVE/TAKE release. GT059 © 2023 Bijou Noir. ℗ 2023 Fraternal Order of Warlocks (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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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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