1. |
I Have Seen
04:08
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Close
the curtain I can’t
think
in the light.
Demons may come crawling, but I
can’t
seem
to cry.
Oh, it arrests my
my body,
my mind,
and I can’t tell
which way to turn, no I'm not
doing
so well
I, I have seen the dark
I, I have seen the smile on his face when I’ve lost
Bound in chains I can’t
get out of bed
and it’s too late now and I
can’t
fail
again.
I, I have seen the dark
I, I have seen the smile on his face when I’ve lost
I have
wasted
all
my youth
I have squeezed too much from
this old fruit
I, I have seen the dark
I, I have seen the smile on his face when I’ve lost
When I’ve lost, when I’ve lost, when I’ve lost
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2. |
Do Not Descend
03:59
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Doubt waits at the door, I crave,
I want more
'Cos I love taking score
Nothings enough
for a bruise that’s always
sore
It waits like a knife
And if I give it an inch, I’ll go for miles
Do not descend
Do not depend
You don’t have to break before you bend
If you need to learn how to grow up, in the end
I sing to the floor
The days lose their
flow
But there’s a smile that knows me more
Wind in my sail and it
carries me north
Don’t wait for life
If you give it an inch you’ll go for miles
Do not descend
Do not depend
You don’t have to break before you bend
If you need to learn how to grow up in the end
I’m putting down the sword,
not trying to find a word
To know the ghosts that come
and
hang around at night
It’s not a big idea
And
I’m not really giving in,
Just want to know myself so life is
easier
Do not descend
Do not depend
You don’t have to break before you bend
If you need to learn how to grow up in the end
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3. |
Grandeur
05:00
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Roads ahead, and roads
behind us,
I don’t see how they’re
the same.
I’m looking through trees like
a barcode
on a wrapper-
what once had meaning is
not the same.
I was looking for grandeur
but I couldn’t carry it.
No.
And all the things that you should
bury
were all before me
I didn’t walk through fire
For myself or for you
I sat right here in the false light
If I could stand being about truth
Would I love you better?
Would I love you better?
Would I love you, better?
Would I love you?
I was sitting inside
a dance hall
In a pose that wouldn’t
let me breathe
Cross my legs but
my ears
won’t
open
Like a child I missed out for fear I couldn’t see
(I missed out)
I didn’t walk through fire
For myself or for you
I sat right here in the false light
If I could stand being about truth
Would I love you better?
Would I love you better?
Would I love you, better?
Would I love you?
(In the end, I am young and I am lost)
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YVA London, UK
"There is a truth to [YVA's] voice that veers from unapologetically disturbing to simply sublime. An artist with a profound
mastery of genuine magic.”
-Nitin Sawhney, Ivor Novello Award winning producer, composer, artist, and friend.
My second single, Do Not Descend, from my second EP (out in September), is out now! ✨
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