Wait for Me by Dolly Mavies with full band performed and recorded at Grand Chapel Studios.

Lyrics

I've been waiting in line 
Waiting for your call
And by you I mean me
I don't need you at all
I've been listening loud
Listening to all I hear
And my eyes have been closed
For too long to disappear 
'Cause I'm still here 
I'm still here

I'll walk into the ocean 
And waves and I'll consume the sea
I'm not waving but drowning
Why don't you come and save me
I'm all skin and bone 
Lines of hope and little fate
We walk into the ocean and watch as our lives break
Break for me
Break for me 

Breathe in breathe out
Breathe in breathe out
Breathe in breathe out
Breathe in breathe out

I've stayed by your side
I heard what you had to say
But I've been living someone else's life 
I can't live this way
All these sticks and stones
You've been throwing 
Bringing me down
Well there's got to be one more reason to stick around
So stay for me
Stay for me
Wait for me 

Breathe in breathe out
Breathe in breathe out

And stay for me 
Stay for me
And wait for me 

Breathe in breathe out
Breathe in breathe out

Wait For Me Live at Grand Chapel Studios

Drinking stone cold coffee
Sinking somewhere new
You said leave the light on
I’ll be home soon

What do you take me for?
Up all night
Watching the door
What do you say it for?
Let’s forgive and forget again 

Whatever I said
Didn’t mean it I swear
We’ve both thrown a punch or two
And if you’re walking out there 
I’m better off dead
If I can’t walk out too
With 
You 
Oh
Oh
Oh
With you 

We sign cards happy families 
We’re just playing along
It’s always someone’s birthday
There’s always another one

What do you take me for?
If you don’t want me there
Now who’s keeping score?
What do you say it for?
Let’s just forgive and forget again

Whatever I said
Didn’t mean it I swear
We’ve both thrown a punch or two
And if you’re walking out there 
I’m better off dead
If I can’t walk out too
With 
You 
Oh
Oh
Oh

You’re always packing your bags 
And making excuses
Bottling promises
Getting away with it
Crashing with friends
Then the silence extends
How do we do it again
And we’re getting away with it
I don’t think I can just
Forgive and forget 

Whatever I said
Didn’t mean it I swear
We’ve both thrown a punch or two
And if you’re walking out there 
I’m better off dead
If I can’t walk out too
With 
You 
Oh
Oh
Oh
With you 
Oh
Oh
Oh

Forgive and forget again
Getting away with it
Forgive and forget again


Written and Produced by Dolly Mavies and Adrian Banks

The Calm and The Storm

Forgive and Forget

Would you tell me
If your feelings fade
You without me
It’s like the fabric has frayed
Seeing cloudy
Like the windows in pain
Could you save me and you
Before it’s too late

In the evening 
When the temperature drops
We should be sleeping 
Together but we’re not
You feel so distant
Turned away on your side
Still so close
But it feels like a million miles

We’ve been running out of time again
Saying things we don’t meant to say
People never change
Sometimes life gets in the way 

Ooo
Starting over
Would we make the same moves
Looking at the world from a different view
Drawing circles in the afternoon 

Feeling angry
Because our future’s changed
You without me 
It’s like the worlds rearranged 
The things we’ve done 
Places we’ve been
All those lovely memories together
Won’t feel the same 
But they’ll still remain 

We’ve been running out of time again
Saying things we don’t meant to say
People never change
Sometimes life gets in the way 

Ooo
Starting over
Would we make the same moves
Looking at the world from a different view
Drawing circles in the afternoon
Round and round maybe we’ll get there soon 

Because we’ve tried 
And we tried 
Everything it slowly fades to
Black and white
There’s really only one way
To say goodbye

We’ve been running out of time again
Saying things we don’t meant to say
People never change
Sometimes life gets in the way 

Ooo
Starting over
Would we make the same moves
Looking at the world from a different view
Drawing circles in the afternoon
Round and round maybe we’ll get there soon

Dolly Mavies - Drawing Circles (14/10/22)

I’m all sugar
When you coat it in the truth
And I’m realising 
That It doesn’t stick to you

now I’m butter
Do my best to slip the noose
You’re smoke and mirrors 
And I’ve been breathing it in

you’re rearranging 
The image of yourself 
Think they know you better
Than the pictures on the shelf

I’m just a limit 
Of the walls you built around 
When there’s nothing in it 
The insides are falling out 

Say aren’t they doing well
Well don't ask me
Don’t say why don’t you try it out
Say aren’t they doing well
If you’d ask me I’d still rather be myself
So don’t ask me
Like somehow it’s supposed to help

Im just hoping
That you’re honest with yourself
Because that two and froing
Must hit hard on your mental health

Im just a spirit
To help you wash it down
Im not here to thin it
Just the proof that it all
Comes out 

Say aren’t they doing well
Well don’t ask me
Don’t say why don’t you try it out
Say aren’t they doing well
If you’d ask me I’d still rather be myself
So don’t ask me
Like somehow it’s supposed to help

When the lights go down and we’re table waiting
We’re all the same 
It’s just a different face in a bar you’re making

I know that you know that we know that you know it don’t you
I know that you know that we know that you know it don’t you
I know that you know that we know that you know it don’t you

Say aren’t they doing well
Well don’t ask me
Don’t say why don’t you try it out
Say aren’t they doing well
If you’d ask me I’d still rather be myself
Cos it’s been done before
And you think you’re adored
But it’s you that loves yourself 
So don’t ask me
Like somehow it’s supposed to help

I'm All Sugar

The Rain

Drown Me Out

I’ve been sleeping in
You’ve been sleeping on my side
We were younger then
Always dreaming of a better time
I thought we could sail the world
But I’m scared of the sea
And I don’t want to jump in here

You say you’re getting old
And you want to settle down
You don’t want to be alone
But I can’t always be around
And it’s not like I don’t love you
I just can’t do this right now
If it’s too much to ask
Don’t say it out loud

I’ve become a memory
Of a better time
When I lived in your mind
‘cause I was someone then
and you were doing fine
so what’s happening, happening here?

You say you’re getting old
And you want to settle down
You don’t want to be alone
But I can’t always be around
And it’s not like I don’t love you
I just can’t do this right now
If it’s too much to ask
Please don’t say it’s too much to ask
And if it’s too much to ask
Don’t say it out loud

Reflection

Silhouette

The Calm

Too tired to speak 
too weak to fight
The walls are raging 
I’m trying not to ignite
But I am spaghetti baby
I’m ready to snap
I’m all cooked up tonight
I could kill a man

They say 
don’t you know 
all of the things in the past got to let them go 
don’t take hold 
because what keeps you back 
can’t move you forward 
what keeps you back 
can’t move you forward

But I’m still mad as hell 
and on the other side 
on the other side of it 
I can see it so well 
from the other side 
from the other side of it 
could you understand 
from the other side 
from the other side of it 
get out while you can 
from the other side 
from the other side of it

Too young to know 
too old to care 
I’ve made the journey 
but somehow we’re still not there
There’s poison in the system
They are walking in denial
You know you’re starting something
When you try to make me smile

They say 
don’t you know 
all of the things in the past got to let them go 
don’t take hold 
because what keeps you back 
can’t move you forward 
what keeps you back 
can’t move you forward

But I’m still mad as hell 
and on the other side 
on the other side of it 
I can see it so well 
from the other side 
from the other side of it 
could you understand 
from the other side 
from the other side of it 
get out while you can 
from the other side 
from the other side of it

Spaghetti

Drawing Circles

Wait For Me

I wake 
Coffee and sweet regret 
Spilt it
On the silk of your silhouette 
Thinking
Maybe there’s nothing more
Are you sure
Why don’t you tell me 

Sleeping
Like the days a bed 
Wishing 
A finer line to friend 
Keeping 
Secrets you never said 
But I heard 
What you don’t tell me 

Give me something 
Say things will never change
Hold me like a window to your frame 
But don’t you
look through 
Me like a memory 
Would you
Redo
Or would you leave with me?

escaped
from the lives we led
misplaced
the kinder words that you said
failing
to piece the broken glass
on your path
fall if you catch me

Give me something 
Say things will never change
Hold me like a window to your frame 
But don’t you
look through 
Me like a memory 
Would you
Redo
Or would you leave with me?

Dolly Mavies - Silhouette

This song is about how the people that mean the most to you can also drive you crazy; You can love them so much it drives you to hatred, but their importance will always remain.

Old Shoes

Lyrics

Washing my hands
Feeling empty
Waiting for the pain to start

Biding my time
Hours plenty
And miles between me and where you are

Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some distance wont make this hard
Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some distance won’t break your heart

Hanging my head
Keeping busy
Waiting for the change to start

Biting my tongue
Vowels plenty
And words between me and where you are

Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some distance wont make this hard
Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some maybe some distance
Maybe some distance won’t break your heart

And I know that you need this
And you know that I need this
And you know that you need this
And I know that I need this

And oh what do I know
I’ve been wandering around
Each day I’m more unsure
And where, where do I go?
Because I’ve been sleeping with a sound I can’t seem to ignore

Washing my hands
Feeling empty
Waiting for the pain to stop

Distance

See it's clear to me
Where you come from
I listen try to believe
That you'll do the same, for me

I don't like to believe that you know it all
You in your glasses so green
Throwing stones against the wall
Is there some space in-between
Ground to walk upon
I'll run a mile in your shoes
You won't even try mine on
Oh, oh, oh, oh

No I won't sit down
I won't shut my mouth
I learnt how to swim
So you could never drown me out
It's easy to ignore
When you've got nothing to shout about
We've been here before
We're just going around
Going around

I know where you're from
It's pretty clear to see
That everything all makes sense
When it's not affecting me
As soon as the tables turn
No longer live the dream
It seems unfair to you
No longer turn the other cheek

And I'm tired of your excuses
So I'm tired all the time
And I'm tired of your excuses
Do you mind?
Do you mind?

No I won't sit down
I won't shut my mouth
I learnt how to swim
So you could never drown me out
It's easy to ignore
When you've got nothing to shout about
We've been here before
We're just going around
Going around

No I won't sit down
I won't shut my mouth
I learnt how to swim
So you could never drown me out
It's easy to ignore
When you've got nothing to shout about
We've been here before
We're just going around
Going around

Losing My Mind
Dolly Mavies

I’ve been waiting
I’ve been losing my mind
I’ve been saving 
All my tears for a better time
To say goodbye
To leave your side
To do all the things I dreamed
I’ve been waiting for you
To let go
Of me

And the night’s calling
Are you there? Are you there?
Because my heart's fallen
And now I’m scared
I’m scared
Because I don’t want to go on without you
And I don’t want to fall behind
But these dark clouds overhead
Have been circling my mind

And I’ve been craving
Something I didn’t need
And I’ve been saving 
All these little parts of me
From these empty fights
The wasted nights
All the things I’ve done
I’ve been waiting
For better things to come

To come to come to come to
To come to come to come to come to

And it’s last orders 
It’s my round 
It’s my round
But I can’t afford it
But it’s ok got some beers back at my house
But it’s not allowed
We’ll keep it down
We’re just friends anyway
But the street will talk
And we’re lined in chalk 
When we’re killing time this way

I’ve been waiting
I’ve been losing my mind
I’ve been saving 
All my tears for a better time
To say goodbye
To leave your side
To do all the things I dreamed
I’ve been waiting for you
To let go
Let go
Let go
Of me

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