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The Only Habit

by LEFTBANK

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THE ONLY HABIT

I wanna live with the curtains drawn
I wanna sleep till the world is gone
You know eventually the devil has his say
I wanna tell her that the colours wrong
I don’t want to hear her calypso song
She’s the only habit I could never break

I wanna taste every part of it
I tried to swallow the whole of it
Chasing whales with a whiskey polluted head
But just about the time I was gonna sink
well i threw cold water on the whole damn thing
but she’s the only habit I could never break

Oh I’m innocent
It’s just part of a dream
I’m adrift on her wild sea of green
Lost on a map drawn
on the palm of her hand
and it’s exactly what it seems

You never know what they’re selling here
i wanna see how the colours bleed
don't give a fuck about the sinners or the saints
and i was there in Getsemene
I heard him cry and I heard his pleas
He said help me lord she's a habit I can’ t break
oh she’s the only habit I could never break

Oh I’m innocent
It’s just part of a dream
I’m adrift on her wild sea of green
Lost on a map drawn
on the palm of her hand
and it’s exactly what it seems
and it’s exactly what it seems
and it’s exactly what it seems

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released August 21, 2019
written and performed by Leftbank( Declan o Luasa

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Leftbank Boston, Ireland

Hailing from a remote corner of Ireland, Leftbank is the alias of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Declan O’ Luasa. His raw voice ,vintage sounding recordings, mixed with spacey guitars and ambient harmonics makes for a hypnotic bluesy sound. Deeply probing lyrics, with lean artful arrangements at times evoke faint echoes of Waits and Dylan. ... more

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