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Helpless Hand

from Swim or Sink by Howling Home

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I found you on the ground, you made no sound
And I had to keep my head from spinning, spinning, spinning all around
Threw a fraying blanket, wrapped around you, a pillow stone to help you sleep
But it feels nothing like a human touch and nothing like a chest to beat
Darling, flick the light
The dark is outside
The dark is outside
Well you found me and I've nothing you should expect
'Cause finding me and sleeping here's like swimming, swimming, swimming to a wreck
Tried to leave a scrawl of sentiment but the ink ran out
So uselessly I'll sit beside you, uselessly I'll watch you breathe
Darling, flick the light
The dark is outside
The dark is outside
It's all that I can do
The dark is outside
The dark is outside
Half a heart's enough to break, I've seen those eyes in mirrors from the past
And half a life's enough to know your clawing grip is too stretched out to last
Spent the best part of a year steeped in adholescent doubt
Which sticks and soon rots away any sense of self you once held on to
But now no one's coming in
And the dark is outside
The dark is outside
So, darling, rest your eyes
The dark is outside
The dark is outside
But you're falling under, falling under now
You're falling under, falling under now
You're falling under, falling under now
You're falling under, falling under now
They won't stop pushing you out
So hold this helpless hand
They won't stop pushing you out
Until you're gone
They won't stop pushing you out
So hold this helpless hand
They won't stop pushing you out
Until you're gone

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from Swim or Sink, released November 4, 2016

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Howling Home Glasgow, UK

Howling Home are an Alt Indie Rock band from Glasgow. They play small songs and big songs written from the depths of uncertainty and, sometimes, hope.
They've headlined the likes of King Tut's and supported other upcoming indie artists like Flight Brigade and Chris Staples.
Their most recent work is a self-produced album 'Swim or Sink'.
Influences include The National, Frightened Rabbit ... more

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