EVERY KI N G D O M OLD PINE, DIAMONDS, THE WOLVES, EVERYTHING, ONLY LOVE, THE FEAR, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP,

BLACK FLIES, GRACIOUS, PROMISE. BO N US songs THESE WATERS, EMPTY CORRIDORS (LIVE), UNDER THE SAME SUN, BONES, I WILL BE BLESSED, MOVE LIKE YOU WANT TO (LIVE)

OLD PINE
HOT SAND ON TOES, COLD SAND IN SLEEPING BAGS IVE COME TO KNOW ThAT MEMORIES WERE ThE BEST ThING YOU EVER hAD ThE SUMMER ShONE, BEAT DOWN ON BONY BACKS SO FAR FROM hOME, WhERE ThE OCEAN STOOD DOWN DUST AND PINE CONE TRACKS WE SLEPT LIKE DOGS DOWN BY ThE FIRE SIDE AWOKE TO ThE FOG WhERE ALL AROUND US ThE BOOM OF SUMMERTIME WE STOOD STEADY AS ThE STARS IN ThE WOODS, SO hAPPY hEARTED AND ThE WARMTh RANG TRUE INSIDE ThESE BONES AND AS ThE OLD PINE FELL WE SANG JUST TO BLESS ThE MORNING HOT SAND ON TOES, COLD SAND IN SLEEPING BAGS IVE COME TO KNOW ThE FRIENDS AROUND YOU ARE ALL YOULL ALWAYS hAVE SMOKE IN MY LUNGS, ThE EChOED STONE CARELESS AND YOUNG, FREE AS ThE BIRDS ThAT FLY WITh WEIGhTLESS SOULS WE STOOD STEADY AS ThE STARS IN ThE WOODS, SO hAPPY hEARTED AND ThE WARMTh RANG TRUE INSIDE ThESE BONES AS ThE OLD PINE FELL WE SANG JUST TO BLESS ThE MORNING WE GROW, GROW STEADY AS ThE MORNING WE GROW OLDER STILL WE GROW, GROW hAPPY AS A NEW DAWN OLDER STILL

DIAMONdS
ALL I aM iS THE BONES YOU MaDE FOR ME SO GaRiSHLY CLEaN WHiTE aS THE HORSES THaT CaRRY ME awaY AND aLL MY DEMONS YOU SaiD COME aND GO wiTH THE DaYS A MiNDS wiLL TO PLaY I GROw OLD iN MY waYS, JUST LiKE YOU DO THERE aiNT NO DiaMONDS iN THE BOTTOM THERE aiNT NO DaRKNESS THaT I FEaR AiNT NO waY TO SaY I LOVE YOU MORE SO BE CLEaR, JUST TO BE CLEaR ALL I aM iS THE BONES YOU MaDE FOR ME JUST DRiFTwOOD FOR THE SEa HEaVY aS THE HORSES THaT CaRRY ME awaY

THE WOLVES
FALLING fROM HIGH PLACES FALLING THROUGH LOST SPACES NOW THAT WERE LONELY NOW THAT THERES NOWHERE TO GO WATCHING fROM BOTH SIDES THESE CLOCK TOWERS BURNING UP I LOST MY TIME HERE I LOST MY PATIENCE WITH IT ALL AND WE LOST fAITH IN THE ARMS Of LOVE WHERE YOU BEEN HIDING LATELY? WHERE YOU BEEN HIDING fROM THE NEWS? BECAUSE WEVE BEEN fIGHTING LATELY WEVE BEEN fIGHTING WITH THE WOLVES RED TONGUES AND HANDS FALLING fROM HIGH PLACES FALLING THROUGH LOST SPACES NOW THAT WERE LONELY NOW THAT WERE SO fAR fROM HOME WATCHING fROM BOTH SIDES THESE TOWERS BEEN TUMBLING DOWN I LOST MY MIND HERE I LOST MY PATIENCE WITH THE LORD AND WE LOST fAITH IN THE ARMS Of LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE

EVeRYTHING
AND THE BIRDS STILL SING OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS WHERE WE SaT TOGETHER LIKE NOTHING EVER HaPPENED HERE THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE HILL, BLaCK CLOUDS OF WEaTHER AND THE CHURCH SPIRE OVER THE RIVER SHE STILL SITS THERE WaRM IN THE EVENING GLOW BUT YOU DONT CaRE aBOUT THESE SCENES I TREaSURE ABOUT THESE WEST WINDS, I KNOW, I KNOW SEEMS EVERYTHING aROUND HERE STaYS LIKE STONE SEEMS ITS aBOUT TIME DaRLING WE LET THIS aLL GO EVERYTHING MUST STaRT aGaIN aNEW EVERYTHING JUST GOES THaT WaY MY FRIEND EVERY KING KNOWS IT TO BE TRUE THaT EVERY KINGDOM MUST ONE DaY COME TO aN END AND THE SUN, SHE MaY BE LONG GONE LOST TO THESE MEMORIES WE FOUND BUT SHELL BE HERE WHEN ITS aLL DONE WHEN OUR BODIES aRE LaIN BENEaTH THE GROUND SEEMS EVERYTHING THaT GOES aROUND COMES aROUND HERE SEEMS THaT EVERYTHING THaT STaYS SOMEHOW GETS ME DOWN aGaIN

ONLY LoVE
DARLING YOURE WITH ME, ALWAYS AROUNd ME ONLY LOVE, MY ONLY LOVE DARLING I FEEL YOU, UNdER MY BOdY ONLY LOVE, MY ONLY LOVE GIVE ME SHELTER, SHOW ME HEART ONLY LOVE, MY ONLY LOVE ANd WATCH ME FALL APART. WATCH ME FALL APART ANd ILL BE YOURS TO KEEP WINd IN THE SHAdOWS, WHALE SONG IN THE dEEP DARLING I FEEL YOU UNdER MY BOdY DARLING YOURE WITH ME FOREVER ANd ALWAYS

THE FEAR
MY mY COLD HEARTED CHILD TELL mE HOW YOU FEEL JUST A BLADE IN THE GRASS A SPOKE UNTO THE WHEEL MY mY COLD HEARTED CHILD TELL mE WHERE ITS ALL GONE OH THE LUSTER OFF YOUR BONES THOSE ARmS THAT HELD YOU STRONG SEE IVE BEEN WORRYING THAT mY TImE HERES A LITTLE UNCLEAR IVE BEEN WORRYING THAT Im LOSING THE ONES I HOLD DEAR IVE BEEN WORRYING THAT WE ALL LIVE OUR LIVES IN THE CONFINES OF FEAR MY mY COLD HEARTED CHILD TELL mE HOW YOU FEEL JUST A GRAIN IN THE mORNING AIR DARK SHADOW ON THE HILL MY mY COLD HEARTED CHILD TELL mE WHERE IT ALL FALLS THIS APATHY YOU FEEL WILL mAKE A FOOL OF US ALL SEE IVE BEEN WORRYING THAT mY TImE HERES A LITTLE UNCLEAR IVE BEEN WORRYING THAT Im LOSING THE ONES I HOLD DEAR IVE BEEN WORRYING THAT WE ALL LIVE OUR LIVES IN THE CONFINES OF FEAR I WILL BECOmE WHAT I DESERVE AND I WILL BECOmE WHAT I DESERVE

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP

I SPENT MY TiME WATCHiNG THE SPACES THAT HAD GROWN BETWEEN US AND I CUT MY MiND ON SECOND BEST THE SCARS THAT COME WiTH THE GREENESS I GAVE MY EYES TO THE BOTTOM STiLL THE SEABED WOULDNT LET ME iN AND I TRiED MY BEST TO EMBRACE THE DARKNESS iN WHiCH I SWiM NOW WALKiNG BACK DOWN THiS MOUNTAiN WiTH THE STRENGTH OF A TURNiNG TiDE THE WiND SO SOFT AT MY SKiN THE SUN SO HOT UPON MY SiDE LOOKiNG OUT AT THiS HAPPiNESS I SEARCHED FOR BETWEEN THE SHEETS FEELiNG BLiND, TO REALiSE ALL I WAS SEARCHiNG FOR WAS ME KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP YOUR HEART STRONG KEEP YOUR MiND SET, KEEP YOUR HAiR LONG KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP YOUR HEART STRONG KEEP YOUR MiND SET iN YOUR WAYS KEEP YOUR HEART STRONG I SAW A FRiEND OF MiNE THE OTHER DAY AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY EYES WERE GLEAMiNG I SAiD ID BEEN AWAY AND HE KNEW THE DEPTHS I WAS MEANiNG IT FELT SO GOOD TO SEE HiS FACE THE COMFORT iNVESTED iN MY SOUL TO FEEL THE WARMTH OF HiS SMiLE WHEN HE SAiD IM HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HOME KEEP YOUR HEAD UP... BECAUSE ILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU THE SAME EYES LiKE WiLDFLOWERS WiTH YOUR DEMONS OF CHANGE MAY YOU FiND HAPPiNESS THERE MAY ALL YOUR HOPES TURN OUT RiGHT MAY YOU FIND WARMTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

BLACK FLIES
BLACK FLIES ON THE WINDOWSILL THAT WE ARE TO KNOW WINTER STOLE SUMMERS THRILL AND THE RIVERS CRACKED AND COLD SEE THE SKY IS NO MANS LAND A DARKENED PLUME TO STAY HOPE HERE NEEDS A HUMbLE HAND NOT A FOX FOUND IN YOUR PLACE NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, THIS I KNOW BUT CANT YOU SEE? MAYbE YOU WERE THE OCEAN WHEN I WAS JUST A STONE BLACK FLIES ON THE WINDOWSILL THAT WE ARE TO HOLD COMFORT CAME AGAINST MY WILL AND EVERY STORY MUST GROW OLD STILL ILL bE A TRAVELLER A GYPSYS REINS TO FACE BUT THE ROAD IS WEARIER WITH THAT FOOL FOUND IN YOUR PLACE NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, THIS I KNOW BUT CANT YOU SEE? MAYbE YOU WERE THE OCEAN WHEN I WAS JUST A STONE SO HERE WE ARE

GRACIOUS
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? WhEN EVERYThING AROUND YOUS ChANGING LIKE ThE WEAThER OF A BIG BLACK STORM AND WhO WOULD YOU TURN TO? HAD I A GhOST, A ShADOW AT ThE MOST WOULD YOU LET ME KNOW? I DONT WANT TO TROUBLE YOUR MIND WITh A ChILDISh DESIGN OF HOW IT ALL ShOULD GO BUT I, I ADORE YOU SO WhEN IT ALL COMES CLEAR, WhEN ThE WIND IT SETTLES ILL BE hERE YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU SAID OURS WERE ThE LIGhThOUSE TOWERS, ThE SUN UPON ThAT PLACE ILL GROW WEARY, hAPPY STILL WITh JUST ThE MEMORY OF YOUR FACE GRACIOUS GOES ThE GhOST OF YOU AND I WILL NEVER FORGET ThE PLANS AND ThE SILhOUETTES YOU DREW hERE GRACIOUS GOES ThE GhOST OF YOU MY DEAR. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? WhEN EVERYThING AROUND YOUS BRUISED AND BATTERED LIKE ThE COLD NIGhT STORM

PROMISE
MEET mE THERE WITH BUNDLES OF FLOwERS wELL wADE THROUGH THE HOURS OF COLD, wINTER SHELL HOwL AT THE wALLS TEARING DOwN DOORS OF TImE, SHELTER, AS wE GO AND PROmISE mE THIS, YOULL wAIT FOR mE ONLy SCARED OF THE LONELy ARmS THAT SURFACE, FAR BELOw THESE BIRDS AND mAyBE, JUST mAyBE, ILL COmE HOmE WHO AM I DARLING TO YOU? WHO AM I TO TELL YOU STORIES OF MINE? WHO AM I DARLING FOR YOU? WHO AM I TO BE YOUR BURDEN IN TIME? LONELY. WHO AM I TO YOU? WHO AM I DARLING FOR YOU? WHO AM I TO BE YOUR BURDEN? I COME ALONE HERE.
Ben would like to thank : India and Chris for making this what it is and a wild couple of years for all of us. Owain Davies for his innite faith and friendship, Helen and the entire Bourne family, The Bond family, The Davies family, Gabe, Lauren and cocopoop, Roddy Bow, Adam, Owen Tozer, Paddy, Hillbilly, Shacks, Jo Green, Marianne, the Bows, the Milwards, the Hilliars and everyone who keeps me on my feet, Jo and Steve for so much more than you know, Veg and Julie, Xavier, Fin Greenall for showing me the ropes, Mickey for inspiring everyone around him, Wilbot youre a legend, Will Whipple, Parky and Bear, Meri, Clare, Aquila, Louis, Fabs, Southy, Joshy, Jonny Pryor, Sean White and the whole Falmouth crew, Katie at SW1, Meena, Gibus and everyone at Quik, Jarmani you crack me up, Kev Jones, Phil Christie, Tim Ayres, Cali and Ayla for all those random open mics and all that music, Sandra Smith, Dick Phipps, Vincent, Fred and the whole T au T crew, Annie, Louis, Gman and everyone on board at Island, and k. Most of all to mum, dad and Krysia. Chris would like to thank : Lucy for everything, Mum, Dad and Bear for love and continued support. Cosmic for vibes, Parky for belief. Adssey, top of the G-list. Tim Ayres for his generosity. Helen and the Bourne family for their hospitality. Louis, Annie and Phil for their ongoing input. Natty for the vibes and pressure. Charlie and John Blood for the deep. The SW soul solid crew and everybody involved in Rainbow Valley. Darren, gone but not forgotten. India would like to thank : The whole Bourne family, especially Mum for lending us her barn to record in for 18 months, my cello teacher Sue Lowe and my singing teacher Sandra Smith. Thanks to Bert, to Heather Nicholson and to Miranda Bevis. All my ex colleagues at ENO for being so supportive, letting me record and go on tour. All the lovely friends, colleagues and extended family members who have been wonderful and supportive throughout; there are too many of you to name, you know who you are.

All songs written and performed by Ben Howard. Ben Howard on vocals, guitar, additional guitars, melodica and percussion. Chris Bond on vocals, guitars, bass, double bass, drum kit, percussion, keys and accordian. India Bourne on vocals, cello, keys, ukulele, and bass. All tracks published by Warner-Chappell. All songs recorded and produced by Chris Bond at The Barn, Devon, except; Only Love, Keep Your Head Up & Black Flies, recorded and engineered by Darren Lawson at Assault and Battery Studios, London, and Chris Bond at The Barn, Devon; The Fear recorded and engineered by Jason Howes at The Premises studio, London and Chris Bond at The Barn, Devon. Mixed by Mike Crossey at Motor Museum, Liverpool, except The Fear mixed by Cenzo Townsend. Assitant mix engineer: Jonathan Gilmore. Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering.

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