Music and words by Pio Hartnett. Production, mixing and mastering by Zak Higgins. Violins performed by Neil Mather.

Lyrics:

when we met 
i was eager
i ignored 
every warning

i should be ready by now
my dad was steady by now
this is how it's meant to go

if i would lie
and say it feels right
if i would just 
waste your time
i want it just as much as you do

but ooh
when i close my eyes
oh it feels quite nice
but i can't smell the roses, round here

ooh
in the cold half light
why do i feel i've lied
i can't smell the roses, not here

we get jobs 
at the florist on the corner
fake cvs 
our poor boss, we should have warned her

i'll propose with a bouquet of plastic
and you'll pack your bags
you'll say "i'm ready now"
"i'm ready now"

if you would lie 
and say it feels right
if you would just 
waste my time
i want it just as much as you do

but ooh
when i close my eyes
oh it feels quite nice
but i can't smell the roses, round here

ooh
in the cold half light
why do i feel we've lied
i can't smell the roses, not here

Roses

‘Grand Prix’
Pio Hartnett

Music and words by Pio Hartnett.
Executive production, mixing and mastering by Zak Higgins.

Lyrics:

Drafted into the academy
We let our old lives go
Now we could be someone new
Nobody would know

You were like a racing car
The world in hot pursuit
Me, I was some old spare parts
Thrown together to say to you

I know it's madness but
I had to catch you
'Cause I need to know

Am I a boy
Am I a child
My father never told me I could fly
But he didn't say I couldn't drive
When you turn the key, I believe
I've got an engine inside of me
And when you drive
I think anything could happen
It's the Grand Prix

I don't know why
You say that it's nothing
You seem like you don't need a soul
I think you're bluffing

Dancing in the moonlight
Stealing hope from the streetlights
Dodging your soul
Dodging your demons
I don't believe it
I hear you screaming

I don't wanna be alone
Anymore

Am I a boy
Am I a child
My father never told me I could fly
But he didn't say I couldn't drive
When you turn the key, I believe
I've got an engine inside of me
And when you drive
I think anything could happen
It's the Grand Prix

So I'm gonna do what I know
I'm a little scared but it won't show
I'm gonna catch you
We're gonna go
I'm shaking, I can't really see
Yeah, this might be the last lap for me
But when you drive
I think anything could happen

Grand Prix

Lyrics:

hope in the night
they talk of hope in the night

despite the beauty of the eyes
invested in my cause
hoping just to soften my violent thought
untangle my twisted mind
despite your lovely eyes
I have empty bottles to cling to
brittle legs to stand on
and my own hungry way
yeah, it's an evil night
but it is mine

while still your eyes plead hope in the night
I try to hide, try to hold, my stupid pride, dead treasure
yeah my pride, self-sufficient
I can do what I want
but I can't want what I do
I can't let go 'cause I'm a god
I'm a lonely god
no time for

quiet lights
no gentle breeze
no two way streets
but now you look at me

maybe there's still time
you say let your heart melt into mine

light in the night
You come all quiet in the light
dark blossom in the night
dark blossom in the quiet cool of the morning light

Music and lyrics by Pio Hartnett.
Executive production and mixing by Alex Nahayo.

Dark Blossom

Music and words by Pio Hartnett.
Production, mixing, mastering by Zak Higgins. 

Lyrics:

you move through the crowd
like a vein of gold

by the time you reached me
i was already bought and sold

fellow passengers upon a plane
you said it was just business
i said the same

but am i a friend
a means to an end
am i your go-to
or one in ten
they say that you're golden
i really wouldn't know

but every flower
needs solid ground
i might not be broadway
but I am sound
you say that you're golden
and I believe you
my friends laugh when i say
that i know the crown

royalty's a long way up'
but it's a longer way down

when we write it's like a script
i don't wanna finish it
cause i know i'll have to ask

am i a friend
a means to an end
am i your go-to
or one in ten
they say that you're golden
i really wouldn't know

but every flower
needs solid ground
i might not be broadway
but I am sound
they say you're golden
i really wouldn't know

---

am i a friend
a means to an end
am i your go-to
or one in ten
they say that you're golden
i really wouldn't know

but every flower
needs solid ground
i might not be broadway
but I am sound
you say that you're golden
and i believed you

Broadway

Ocean Lady

Lyrics:

Your hair is soaking wet
As we ditch the beach
We're light on our feet

Your eyes burn into me
It's a lot of degrees
It's a lottery number

And I miss you 'cause we haven't met yet
And I don't know if we will
I've got to work hard
I don't know if I
Miss you 'cause we haven't met yet
It's a quarter to twelve
I'm still keeping the coffee warm

Yeah
Scorched steel and concrete
Blistering rain
I can't see the road
But I've got to drive straight
The power shudders
The keys turn to cruel glass in my hands

I hear children singing on the radio
Somehow I think that they understand

I miss you 'cause we haven't met yet
And I don't know if we will
I've got to work hard
I don't know if I
Miss you 'cause we haven't met yet
It's a quarter to twelve
I'm still keeping the coffee warm

Keeping I, Keeping I, Keeping I, Keeping I
Keep, I keep on

Keeping I, Keeping I, Keeping
Keeping ah

Please be real
Don't be perfect
But please be real
Because I've been trying to be real for you

I miss you 'cause we haven't met yet
And I don't know if we will
I've got to work hard
I don't know if I
Miss you 'cause we haven't met yet
It's a quarter to twelve
I'm still keeping the coffee warm

Fantasy Coffee:
Music and lyrics: Pio Hartnett
Music: Zak Higgins
Producer: Zak Higgins
Producer: Pio Hartnett
Recording Engineer: Zak Higgins
Background Vocals: Imelda Hartnett
Guitar (electric): Zak Higgins
Guitar (acoustic): Zak Higgins
Synthesizer: Pio Hartnett
Bass Guitar (electric): Zak Higgins
Mixing Engineer: Zak Higgins
Mastering Engineer: Anthony Puglisi

Fantasy Coffee

A collaboration between Pio Hartnett, a Galway native and electronic pop artist, and Tobi- A, an R&B singer from Louth. Released in November 2020.

Lyrics by Pio Hartnett & Tobi Akinborewa. Production by Pio Hartnett. Mixing by Alex Nahayo. Mastering by Zak Higgins.

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