Preview songs from Hollows for Sorrows, reflect on the lyrics and find out more about Beck…

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Half light
Linking arms while
Seagulls circle shores anew
I’ll alight and leave the last line
On the sand dunes
An ode to you

Half light
On the hillside
Looking over an open end
Some things leave you reeling
Send you leaping the furthest fence

The wheels will turn
And the sundial saw
How we were coming closer

Deep seams undercover
Like no other could ever leave
You can’t fight fire with fear
But you can find your way from here

The wheels will turn
And the sundial saw
How we were coming closer

Leave a flower under the ground for me now
Breaking waves over the slate roof tiles
Deeper down it all seems a shame to me now
Sand and clay, it still let the rain through

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A warmth underneath the ice

Waited for a sign

A drift or a shift in light

Sleet sheets for snow

Breathe you before you go

A ring through a telescope

A spring where the well was choked

Dig a hollow for your sorrows

Bury all you’ve lost

What’s forgiven is forgotten

Now the stars have crossed

Before the sky is dark

Which things still linger on?

Take what you thought was gone

And hear what your heart could not

Dig a hollow for your sorrows

Bury all you’ve lost

What’s forgiven is forgotten

Now the stars have crossed

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I left the house without a coat

And was gone

Caught amidst the roar of sticks and stones

I let myself go

Drive on, draw deep

Pull the curtain round now

While I fall to sleep

I put my temper, doubt and emptiness

All into a box you bought

And shook the splinters out

And into the dark

Far flung shards fell sharp

Drive on, draw deep

Pull the curtain round now

While I fall to sleep

Drive home, it drove deep

Let the candle burn down

While I fall to sleep

And the wayward are carried on the storm

In short, in short

And their words are all weathered as they form

In shards, in shards

Drive on, draw deep

Pull the curtain round now

While I fall to sleep

Drive home, you drove deep

Let the candle burn down

While I fall to sleep

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The Watchers are waiting

The merry-go-round horse is escaping

The shadows are hidden

But given a key you can see them

Don’t set foot outside

The highwayman hangs round the roadside

Don’t look behind

The Watchers are nearing

The trees are alive

The path’s disappearing

Your heart’s in a box now

So spin golden string from the straw house

The wolf’s in the clearing

Three breaths and four walls are falling in

Master my dreams through the window

Gather my teeth from under the pillow

It’s all in your head though

It’s all in your head

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Don’t alter
Don’t be caught off your guard
You can fall flat
But you’re harder and stronger than that

What you send away – soak it up

Don’t slide down
Don’t you sit on your hands
I will call
Fast and fierce – I will come round
Don’t come undone
You see no sun
Dragging rickshaws on

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In the streetlight

I was stood, frozen

My feet like standing stones

Leaden weight

Halfway home

Turn the tape

The soles of my shoes

Couldn’t stand to step back from you

I was hooked, maligned and sunk

Should’ve known

Never dive for pearls on your own

Send out for the guards

Mouth to mouth I fought back hard

Hands out – Semaphore

I was trying to tell you more

Indisposed, indiscreet

I took no notice of the deepset lust and lies

Seven bells

Severed ties

Never tell

A more bitter pill there never was

I found no thrill lasting enough

But swallowed whole

Every time

I let your feelings fold into mine

Send out for the sage

I will talk and he’ll translate

Hands out – Semaphore

I was trying to tell you more

I don’t doubt you are holding out

You are hardened

You are hardened

In the road, indisposed, indiscreet

Not a soul seemed to notice but me

Hardened, you are hardened

Who will tell me when to brake?

How will I know?

How will the earth rotate on its own?

Who’ll separate the sword from the stone?

The cause and the cure are in safe hands

I’m sure you’re sure

You stand by what you say

Even though

You lost your train of thought long ago

Send out for the guards

Mouth to mouth I fought back hard

Hands out – Semaphore

I was trying to tell you

Send out for the sage

You can talk and he’ll translate

Hands out – Semaphore

Always trying to tell you more

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Out on the brink with no hand-hold

And no escape route?

You can run

You can run

It all comes out when you come down

It spells aloud when you’re caught out

Where the acres of fields meet

We’ll lie down where the grass weeps

While the chains on the swings creak

Spell aloud what you ask of me

Where the acres of fields meet

Spell aloud what you ask of me

Thinking

You’re thinking

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