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Perceptions

by Hanny J

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1.
I'm not your hero I'm your blood And my life should not be built from what your dreams are made of You show me all that I should be Yeah I'm the definition of perfection at the age of three So please mother can you please Turn and face your demons 'cos now they're haunting me And I can't run from my home 'Cos this idea of acceptance from the world is all I know This is conditional love and this year they say I make the grade And her eyes they shine Like the memories I'll wish I have someday I'm not your saviour I'm your kin And the only beauty I should strive for is underneath my skin And who's gonna teach me how to love and who to trust 'Cos every time you set the standard I have to rise above Please mother can you please Break down these walls 'cos they're closing in on me You look down at me upon my throne I look out at my believers, I've never felt so alone This is conditional love and this year I just don't make the grade And their eyes they shine Like the memories I'll wish I have someday I wanted to build you up, yeah Share your cup, yeah Fill it 'til it was spilling over the top And be there when the monsters come back To counter-attack their black magic over you Yeah I've been waiting But you're the fear I ended up hating Now I'm not your daughter and I'm not your friend And the life you built for me I'll never call home again If you can't love yourself you can't love me I'm the definition of rejection at the age of thirty three 'Cos your fear got the best of me This is conditional love And I realise I'll never make the grade And her heart it hides Like the love I should have known today Like the love I should have known today Like the love I should have known today Like the love I should have felt today
2.
Just Nice 03:59
Breathe it in, it's so clear We've got everything we need right here Five minutes is forever when life is biting at your heals I go to step back but I'm in it I said I'm ok but I meant it Five minutes is forever when you need something It was a place where I never had to be anyone It was a place where I never had to be anyone It was a place where we never had to be anyone And it was just nice When I never had to, had to be anyone Breathe it in, it's so clear We've got everything we need right here Five minutes is forever when life is biting at your heals I go to step back but I'm in it I said I'm happy and I meant it Five minutes is forever when you need it, you need it, you need something It was a place where I never had to be anyone It was a place where I never had to be anyone It was a place where we never had to be anyone And it was just nice When I never had to be anyone
3.
I met you on the Ric's dance floor You started dancing like it was '84 Well '80's trash always rubbed me the wrong way Now it all reminds me of you I wore your mum's old dress You wore everyones everything on your shoulders You gave me the world for free All I gave you was someone who needed a friend And that night it was after midnight You took my hand, you lead me under a street light And you made me remember I was someone I liked All I gave you was someone Who just couldn't change their mind Quicker than they could pin point their faults And stimulants they help me to unwind I couldn't get high enough that time when We had a good thing Then it was over I can't pretend everything's ok But I can't seem to let go of anything To let go of anything Cos here's the thing, I don't feel anything But at the same time I over-think everything And I swear, I swear I used to be fun Now I'm just warn out and I don't wanna hang with anyone You tell me to step back, try to relax Well I'm burning up everything I have trying to do that Sometimes the guilt outweighs the shame But I just can't calculate it When I can't even change my mind Quicker than I can pin point my faults It's gets me every time Stimulants help me to unwind But I couldn't get high enough that time We had a good thing And now it's over I can't pretend everything's ok But I can't seem to let go of anything Yeah, when we had a good thing And now it's over I can't pretend everything's ok But I can't seem to let go of anything See I can't seem to let go of anything When I can't seem to let go of anything I can't seem to move on from anything I can't seem to let go of anything When I can't seem to move on from anything When I can't seem to let go of anything
4.
Old tricks on a jaded heart Like to pretend I can keep them apart But being tough never meant that much to me I'm questioning everything I believe Now that I'm all I never wanted to be Yeah I just can't live with this hypocrisy Cos I was kidding myself Man, I had it bad Losing myself thinking this was the was the best thing I ever had Because there's good intensions and fatal trends When all I wanted was to be your friend Yeah being right never meant anything to me Now I can't stand to see you laugh 'Cos happiness seems like a thing of the past to me I'm six feet under but I can't rest and there's no peace Cos I was kidding myself Man, I had it bad Losing myself thinking this was the was the best thing I ever had Well I've been dying for something But my pulse is beating and I've gotta live again I gotta live again Now there's a stubborn nature and a open heart Try as I did I couldn't keep them apart Yeah being real always meant too much to me Now I'm remembering everything I believe And there's a light that I'm starting to see 'Cos I woke up this morning and I wanted to be me Cos I was kidding myself Man, I had it bad Losing myself thinking this was the was the best thing I ever had Well I've been dying for something But my pulse is beating and I've gotta live again Said my pulse is beating and I've gotta live again
5.
New Way 04:13
Choked up, gritted teeth, forgetting to breathe And I mourn my heart as I admit defeat 'Cos this overwhelming self-doubt's left me starving for what I know I'm living without Sometimes it feels like I'm on the outside of myself as I fuck up Despite knowing better or caring about what's right Cast out, mis-judged, too much was enough How could this mess have started as love? Being too defensive and being too proud just leaves you desperate for what you know you're living without Sometimes it feels like we had it all right as kids before we fucked up Despite knowing better or caring about what's right I was certain that I wasn't coming back to this place But I wanna stay and throw down my protection 'Cos I haven't been smiling much these days But there's something in your way that captures my attention And I'm coming home a new way They'll try to blame us for it They I'll try to cut us to fit But I'll never ask those feats of you Here in my shitty room there isn't much to do But we could listen to records all the way through Sometimes it feels like who you are ignites Something I've been trying to fight And being caught out well it never felt so nice I was certain that I wasn't coming back to this place But I wanna stay and throw down my protection 'Cos I haven't been smiling much these days But there's something in your way that captures my attention And I'm coming home a new way

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released April 15, 2019

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Hanny J Melbourne, Australia

Impassioned, sentimental and evocative - Hanny J writes the soundtrack to your deepest feelings, simmered with angst and complimented with a course finish.

From Warwick to the world stage, Hanny J has ascended from her humble beginnings and inspired affection among crowds throughout Australia and Europe alongside such high profile acts as Tim Rogers, Tex Perkins and Jeff Rosenstock.
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