I need your help tonight
We agreed that we’d be grown ups
And that we don’t wanna fight
But somebody’s comin’ tonight
And I wanna make a move
And put this feelin’ on ice

Cause I need the house tonight
I know we should discuss this
But the timing’s never right
I need this to make it alright
Can you find somewhere to stay
Until tomorrow night?

Cause I’ve got somebody comin’ over
And we can’t go to her hotel
Cause she just got in from Dakota
And she’s sharin’ a room with someone else

I know I said I’m not ok
But this is what you wanted
And there ain’t no other way
So I’m tryin’ to do it myself
Cause you told me that you love me
But you need somebody else

So I’ve got somebody comin’ over
And we can’t go to her hotel
Cause she just got out of a coma
And she’s sharin’ a room with someone else

I’m beggin’ you to make it right
And just give me back
The light in my life
I don’t wanna care anymore
I need some closure
Or I’m breakin’ down the door

I’ve got somebody comin’ over
And I had to make it happen quick
Cause I just met her there on the corner
And I had to be the first to kick

And I love you, my honey, I do
But this is what we both agreed
And it hurts me to think that I’ll hurt you
But I can’t go on livin’ life on my knees

Oh, I don’t wanna hurt you
And I love the thing that we had
Cause really I adore you
Oh, I love you so much
And I don’t wanna fight anymore
So say it’s only us
And I can give you all that and more
Oh, tell me that it’s done
So we can shut this open door
Love you so much
And I don’t wanna fight anymore
Tell me I’m enough
Cause I don’t wanna cry anymore
No I don’t wanna know
Oh, I don’t wanna cry anymore

Don' Wana Hurt U

Oh, it’s wrong
That I’ve waited so long
To be free again
And not somebody’s dog

So can I feel your blood
Over my head?
Mother of Earth
I need your arms again

And this pain that I feel
It’s been hauntin’ me, but is it real?
Cause I hold it all in my heart
And if I let it go I’ll fall apart

Oh, I need your heart
To open again
Lover of the Dark
Oh, it’s midnight again

Cause I burn your fires
Deep inside of me are your desires
But I’ve gone cold again
And I can’t ignite the flame

I need your love
Over my head
Broken Heart
Can I go back again?

(Oh Mother of Earth, light this fire again)
(Lover, I need another spark again)

Burn Your Fires

I can’t do this anymore
I think I need to leave
My heart is beatin’ on the door
And I’m ‘bout to lose the key

Cause when it’s lovin’ you want
There’s a calm again
But if it’s anythin’ else at all
I ain’t your man

But I’ll love you again

And when the fires burn out
And we’re starvin’
There’s nothin’ here anymore
To keep us around

But I’ll love you again

Yeah, I’ll love you again

Hopelessly Dependent On You

I don’t know how
To look at you
Now I’ve seen
The way you move

I don’t know what
To do with my love
When it’s you
I’m dreamin’ of

I don’t know why
I cry and I cry
But the man I knew
Is a lie

Oh, and if you’ll listen I’ll tell you the truth
This isn’t somethin’ happenin’ to you
Yeah, I can tell that you don’t wanna know
But this is happenin’ because of you, oh
So now you gotta go
Cause now that you know
We can’t pretend you don’t

And lovin’ you
Got so hard to do
The day I tried
To tell you why

So I guess we’re through
Cause I ain’t heard from you
In such a lonely while
And it’s not alright

Oh, and if you’ll listen I’ll tell you the truth
I ain’t takin’ this away from you
Yeah, I can tell that you don’t wanna know
But this is happenin’ because of you, oh
So now you gotta go
Cause now that you know
We can’t pretend you don’t

Oh, so now you gotta go
Cause now that you know
We can’t pretend you don’t

Now That You Know (We Can't Pretend You Don't)

- Te Reo Māori -

Mahoranuiātea
Kawe au ki tua
Huri noa, tōu nā kākara
E kore nei au e tau

Otirā ko te mutunga iho
Ko tīhae i te kariri e
Whakapau nei te ahi ōu puke
He pāhunu i te ate

Ko tāu nā ko mutu nei
Oti tēnei te ngaringari
Engari te korekore
He rumakanga kawa

Otirā ko te mutunga iho
Ko tīhae i te kariri e
Whakapau nei te ahi ōu puke
He pāhunu i te ate

Ai! Ko te mutunga iho
Ko tīhae i te kariri e
Whakapau ngaringariā ōu puke
He pāhunu ōku iwi


- English Translation -

I looked and I saw bright whiteness
I begged, ‘please take me with you’
My home is covered in your scent
And I can’t seem to fit it

Cause at the end of the day
You tore a bullet through my own
And as your ships turn to flame
Fire rages through my home

I know you say it’s over now
But look at what they’ve left me with
I have not a trace of my own
Only a bitter taste to drown

Cause at the end of the day
You tore a bullet through my own
And as your ships turn to flame
Fire rages through my home

Yeah, at the end of the day
You tore a bullet through my home
And as your ships burn the shame
Fire rages through my bones

January Lake #3

Third single from Hemi Hemingway's debut album 'Strangers Again', out August 18th 2023 on vinyl and digitally, via PNKSLM Recordings.

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Strangers Again

It's So Cruel (Lovin' You)

First single from Hemi Hemingway's debut album 'Strangers Again', out August 18th 2023 on vinyl and digitally, via PNKSLM Recordings.

www.PNKSLM.com/hemi-hemingway

Green Envy

You said goodnight with the moon in your eyes
I went to bed with my mind on fire
You took a shower for what felt like a year
As I lay awake wishin’ that you’d call me in

The water washin’ over you from head to toe
And I’ve been achin’ just to be with you before we go
The heat between our bodies, the burn from the shower
We could make this water boil for a goddamn hour

I know that you felt it too
But now I’m just dreamin’ of you
So tell me what you wanna do
Cause my heart is burnin’ for you

You took a lighter, held it up to your face
Said if I could read your lips we’d set this night ablaze
So I took a gamble, I showed my hand
Now I’m doomed to wander through this great southern land

And I took a walk for what felt like a year
Then I went back to bed in case I’d find you there
But you’d slipped a note under the bedroom door
Said, “It’s now or never baby, get your ass on the floor”

I know that you felt it too
But now I’m just dreamin’ of you
So tell me what you wanna do
Cause my heart is burnin’ for you

I know that you felt it too
So tell me what you wanna do
Cause my heart is burnin’ for you
Oh no

Dreamin' of You

Somebody told me you’re alone
And that you spend your nights at home
Cause you’re still hung up on our love
And what it was

Tell me, baby
Where’s the game in this all?
You think it’s all my fault
But it was you who closed the door
So, tell me, baby
Where did it all go wrong?
Cause I think it’s one bad day
And then the sun comes up

Oh, I’d love to be at peace with you
So we could be alone in harmony

Was that necessary?
I just don’t know anymore
But I don’t want anythin’
That you don’t want
So, tell me, baby
Where’d it all go wrong?
Tell me, baby
Can I have this one?
Cause I ain’t had none
Oh, I ain’t had none
I ain’t had none
No, I ain’t had none

Second single from Hemi Hemingway's debut album 'Strangers Again', out August 18th 2023 on vinyl and digitally, via PNKSLM Recordings.

www.PNKSLM.com/hemi-hemingway

Alone In the Morning Alley

(To Be) Without You

Second single from London based New Zealander Hemi Hemingway. Taken from the debut EP The Lonely Hunter out June 18 via PNKSLM Recordings on vinyl and digitally. Listen/buy: smarturl.it/hemihemingway

www.PNKSLM.com/hemi-hemingway

The Lonely Hunter

Burnin' Blue

Debut single from London based New Zealander Hemi Hemingway. Taken from the debut EP The Lonely Hunter out June 18 via PNKSLM Recordings on vinyl and digitally. Listen/buy: smarturl.it/hemihemingway

www.PNKSLM.com/hemi-hemingway

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye

Third single from London based New Zealander Hemi Hemingway. Taken from the debut EP The Lonely Hunter out June 18 via PNKSLM Recordings on vinyl and digitally. Listen/buy: smarturl.it/hemihemingway

www.PNKSLM.com/hemi-hemingway

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