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The Darkest Hue Is Blue | The Darkest Hue Is You

by Lovely Houses

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1.
Have you ever put your first with my last name before Just to see how it would sound in your head I have put my last with your first name dear As I try to fall asleep in my cold bed You're only twenty-one and I hope you don't care if I'm the brand new bullet in the gun of a sheriff I don't where I'm heading But they tell me he's never missed a heart in a chest And the greatest part The greatest part Oh the greatest part Is we don't know that it ends Streetlights shake like flags on the wind In the blacktop puddles that we're dancing in I can hold you tighter than the clouds hold the rain in the sky You're covered in rain I'm covered in sin I don't wanna tell you where my mind just went But I wanna be the wet strand of hair caught between your lips And the greatest part The greatest part Oh the greatest part Is we don't know that it ends Let's go out tonight I love when snowflakes find your nose We'll skate around on the thin ice Until our clothes get soaked And the greatest part The greatest part Oh the greatest part Is we don't know that it ends
2.
Hold your cards up to your chest I'm tempted now to try and guess And the fool who shows his hand should slit his throat You got the king the queen is mine I've got the jack the ten the nine But the eight's a slave chained up beneath the deck I've only got a pair of threes but I ain't gonna fold I know that you were bluffing for your trembling hands they told Let's lay em on the table now so everyone will know That all your chips are mine and now you're broke I hesitate to tell you what you look like But if you don't find a mirror then you might die I'm pulling lashes from my eyes Like flower pedals to decide If you love me or if you love me not Now I pulled all my lashes out But I'm bathing in a tub of doubt Come pull the plug I'm ready to get out I've only got a pair of threes but I ain't gonna fold I know that you were bluffing for your trembling hands they told Let's lay em on the table now so everyone will know That all your chips are mine and now you're broke I hesitate to tell you what you look like But if you don't find a mirror then you might die
3.
It's colder than water And thicker than ice If I could lose feeling That would be nice You've got Marilyn Monroe's eyes And Helen Keller's ear drums "Beware of Silence" is on your fence On your doormat "Unwelcome" My name's a dead language A word you forgot how to use I guess there's no use in keeping dead flowers in a living room If the rain was my apology And every word a drop Would you let it get lost in the ground Or collect it in pots And would it water your garden Or flood your house Would you use an umbrella Or would you dance around I'm the city of Pompeii You're the volcano that blew I guess there's no use in keeping dead flowers in a living room
4.
A call in June she never fails me Fails to remind me of the colors of love I made her face angry and red She forgot that blue dress when she left And when the sky slips on that black lingerie I can't sleep There are things that you don't think about Until they're all that you can think about And you wish that they would stop I wish you knew I'd jump to my death If I knew that as I fell you'd fall in love I'd find your eyes in the crowd before I hit the ground and I'd smile I drove by and your light was on I saw a silhouette and it was holding you I just hope that it's nothing That I'm not the only ghost in this town That wishes they could touch you Your bombs are blowing up my heart I wanna storm your beach And make love to you right there on a big white flag And I think you know but you won't listen If I have to I will sit down in the street With a match and I'll be drenched in gasoline I drove by and your light was on I saw a silhouette and it was holding you I just hope that it's nothing That I'm not the only ghost in this town That wishes they could touch you I fall asleep with the t.v. on And they talk but no sound's coming through Is that how you think of me An actor reading lines like he believes it But not a word is true A call in June she never fails me Fails to remind me of the colors of love
5.
Porch Swing 04:25
I can't write these words Share my feelings Cause someone might read them And know all my fears So just lean in real close And I'm gonna whisper my secrets to the cave of your ear I'm listening to library books on tape But they don't make sense without words on a page My mind gets distracted and carried away Like a glass bottled letter for the ocean to take My body's on fire I can't even cry I wanna find a nice porch swing and wait there to die I can't eat though I want to Probably throw up what I consume My eyes are shut but the orange spots are a girl I once knew And I'd talk to her but she's flown like a bird And I'll write no more love songs until she returns I'm listening to library books on tape But they don't make sense without words on a page My mind gets distracted and carried away Like a glass bottled letter for the ocean to take My body's on fire I can't even cry I wanna find a nice porch swing and wait there to die You're buying a boat and you're sailing away Along crooked rivers to a Tennessee lake It's dark and you're lost and your eyes are like weights I hope you don't sink her I hope you stay awake I tried to meet Jesus in Heaven today I was hoping and praying he'd let me escape But he said I'm not leaving He said I had to stay And listen to library books on tape But they don't make sense without words on a page My body's on fire I can't even cry I wanna find a nice porch swing and wait there to die
6.
Fake I.D. 05:29
We climbed fire escapes up buildings Like they were peaks upon the mountains And I was madly in love for the first time And so it happens with every spring When honey suckle finds the breeze That I want that girl all over again And then I miss that girl all over again Nearly take my life all over again Now I know this pain Now I know too much I'll probably need A fake I.D. To get me into heaven Now I get lost in strange neighborhoods at night Admire quiet houses with the lights on inside I'd give up independence to be safe and loved again If I knocked maybe they'd let me in Maybe they'd even call me son Forget I'm just a stranger on an elevator ride I could sit down at their table and eat their dinner Pet their dog and tell them when I grow up I don't wanna be alone or grown or old Do you think that they would tuck me in Kiss me goodnight and tell me "Son, we're all heading toward the wildest light" But I'll probably need A fake I.D. To get me into heaven Mary can I bum a ride I'm trying to get to heaven I looked at every map but they're all blank inside the atlas Some may find themselves in hell along the way to heaven
7.
The trees were dead today Buried in ice They called out from their graves They clapped their limbs against themselves To applaud the men in window sills Who were asking for their names And we captured their reply In cinematic time The snow's a silent rain The mass was letting out Christmas Eve And the bells are singing now As a boy I longed to make them sound And if leaves were falling year around We never would have met I had all but left town With a gun inside my mouth And nothing in my brain The train is passing by We don't notice with our eyes No we feel the building shake
8.
I think every white car in this Midwest city is yours And every time I pass your car I wave but you're not there to respond There's an elephant sitting on my chest and it won't leave My heart's a miner in a cave-in it's a hive without the bees You're the one that I wanna spend the rest of my life with The one I wanna grow long white hair and then lay down to die with But if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone I used to be in that Christmas tree picture with you But you cut me out and taped yourself up next to someone new And you're getting married on the same month and day that I was born You blew the candles out and said it's not my birthday anymore You're the one that I wanna spend the rest of my life with The one I wanna grow long white hair and then lay down to die with But if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone Like the quartet of strings on the Titanic ship As it's famously going down I will bravely be playing you this last song As the lifeboats are drifting out We get cold Our last breath in our mouths You're the one that I wanna spend the rest of my life with The one I wanna grow long white hair and then lay down to die with But if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone I've decided I don't wanna aim a loaded dirty pistol down my throat So if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone Yeah if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone
9.
Have you ever put your first with my last name before Just to see how it would sound in your head I have put my last with your first name dear As I try to fall asleep in my cold bed You're only twenty-one and I hope you don't care if I'm the brand new bullet in the gun of a sheriff I don't where I'm heading But they tell me he's never missed a heart in a chest And the greatest part The greatest part Oh the greatest part Is we don't know that it ends Streetlights shake like flags on the wind In the blacktop puddles that we're dancing in I can hold you tighter than the clouds hold the rain in the sky You're covered in rain I'm covered in sin I don't wanna tell you where my mind just went But I wanna be the wet strand of hair caught between your lips And the greatest part The greatest part Oh the greatest part Is we don't know that it ends Let's go out tonight I love when snowflakes find your nose We'll skate around on the thin ice Until our clothes get soaked And the greatest part The greatest part Oh the greatest part Is we don't know that it ends
10.
Hold your cards up to your chest I'm tempted now to try and guess And the fool who shows his hand should slit his throat You got the king the queen is mine I've got the jack the ten the nine But the eight's a slave chained up beneath the deck I've only got a pair of threes but I ain't gonna fold I know that you were bluffing for your trembling hands they told Let's lay em on the table now so everyone will know That all your chips are mine and now you're broke I hesitate to tell you what you look like But if you don't find a mirror then you might die I'm pulling lashes from my eyes Like flower pedals to decide If you love me or if you love me not Now I pulled all my lashes out But I'm bathing in a tub of doubt Come pull the plug I'm ready to get out I've only got a pair of threes but I ain't gonna fold I know that you were bluffing for your trembling hands they told Let's lay em on the table now so everyone will know That all your chips are mine and now you're broke I hesitate to tell you what you look like But if you don't find a mirror then you might die
11.
It's colder than water And thicker than ice If I could lose feeling That would be nice You've got Marilyn Monroe's eyes And Helen Keller's ear drums "Beware of Silence" is on your fence On your doormat "Unwelcome" My name's a dead language A word you forgot how to use I guess there's no use in keeping dead flowers in a living room If the rain was my apology And every word a drop Would you let it get lost in the ground Or collect it in pots And would it water your garden Or flood your house Would you use an umbrella Or would you dance around I'm the city of Pompeii You're the volcano that blew I guess there's no use in keeping dead flowers in a living room
12.
A call in June she never fails me Fails to remind me of the colors of love I made her face angry and red She forgot that blue dress when she left And when the sky slips on that black lingerie I can't sleep There are things that you don't think about Until they're all that you can think about And you wish that they would stop I wish you knew I'd jump to my death If I knew that as I fell you'd fall in love I'd find your eyes in the crowd before I hit the ground and I'd smile I drove by and your light was on I saw a silhouette and it was holding you I just hope that it's nothing That I'm not the only ghost in this town That wishes they could touch you Your bombs are blowing up my heart I wanna storm your beach And make love to you right there on a big white flag And I think you know but you won't listen If I have to I will sit down in the street With a match and I'll be drenched in gasoline I drove by and your light was on I saw a silhouette and it was holding you I just hope that it's nothing That I'm not the only ghost in this town That wishes they could touch you I fall asleep with the t.v. on And they talk but no sound's coming through Is that how you think of me An actor reading lines like he believes it But not a word is true A call in June she never fails me Fails to remind me of the colors of love
13.
I can't write these words Share my feelings Cause someone might read them And know all my fears So just lean in real close And I'm gonna whisper my secrets to the cave of your ear I'm listening to library books on tape But they don't make sense without words on a page My mind gets distracted and carried away Like a glass bottled letter for the ocean to take My body's on fire I can't even cry I wanna find a nice porch swing and wait there to die I can't eat though I want to Probably throw up what I consume My eyes are shut but the orange spots are a girl I once knew And I'd talk to her but she's flown like a bird And I'll write no more love songs until she returns I'm listening to library books on tape But they don't make sense without words on a page My mind gets distracted and carried away Like a glass bottled letter for the ocean to take My body's on fire I can't even cry I wanna find a nice porch swing and wait there to die You're buying a boat and you're sailing away Along crooked rivers to a Tennessee lake It's dark and you're lost and your eyes are like weights I hope you don't sink her I hope you stay awake I tried to meet Jesus in Heaven today I was hoping and praying he'd let me escape But he said I'm not leaving He said I had to stay And listen to library books on tape But they don't make sense without words on a page My body's on fire I can't even cry I wanna find a nice porch swing and wait there to die
14.
We climbed fire escapes up buildings Like they were peaks upon the mountains And I was madly in love for the first time And so it happens with every spring When honey suckle finds the breeze That I want that girl all over again And then I miss that girl all over again Nearly take my life all over again Now I know this pain Now I know too much I'll probably need A fake I.D. To get me into heaven Now I get lost in strange neighborhoods at night Admire quiet houses with the lights on inside I'd give up independence to be safe and loved again If I knocked maybe they'd let me in Maybe they'd even call me son Forget I'm just a stranger on an elevator ride I could sit down at their table and eat their dinner Pet their dog and tell them when I grow up I don't wanna be alone or grown or old Do you think that they would tuck me in Kiss me goodnight and tell me "Son, we're all heading toward the wildest light" But I'll probably need A fake I.D. To get me into heaven Mary can I bum a ride I'm trying to get to heaven I looked at every map but they're all blank inside the atlas Some may find themselves in hell along the way to heaven
15.
Each time the tide comes to the shore it tries to hold on to the beach I watch its hands slide down the sand as if it's trying to escape Or is it trying to take my name from everybody's mouth Maybe one day I'll grab its hand and let it pull me down New Year's Eve and I would like To resolute to ostracize The life left in my eyes until it leaves San Francisco's bridge is high The bay is far below and I Will leap off with my heart tied to my feet Here's hoping this'll be my last New Year's Eve The sun was leaving so I chased it to the California shore Got in a boat and sailed to Asia trailing day ahead of night As I kept moving towns and people were a siren's cry I don't exist now I'm an idea floating in the light New Year's Eve and I would like To resolute to ostracize The life left in my eyes until it leaves San Francisco's bridge is high The bay is far below and I Will leap off when the shaking leaves my knees Here's hoping this'll be my last New Year's Eve Burlington is cold tonight It's greatest trees hold tires and cry alone The children grown no longer swing Here's hoping this'll be my last New Year's Eve Here's hoping this'll be my last New Year's Eve
16.
The trees were dead today Buried in ice They called out from their graves They clapped their limbs against themselves To applaud the men in window sills Who were asking for their names And we captured their reply In cinematic time The snow's a silent rain The mass was letting out Christmas Eve And the bells are singing now As a boy I longed to make them sound And if leaves were falling year around We never would have met I had all but left town With a gun inside my mouth And nothing in my brain The train is passing by We don't notice with our eyes No we feel the building shake
17.
I think every white car in this Midwest city is yours And every time I pass your car I wave but you're not there to respond There's an elephant sitting on my chest and it won't leave My heart's a miner in a cave-in it's a hive without the bees You're the one that I wanna spend the rest of my life with The one I wanna grow long white hair and then lay down to die with But if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone I used to be in that Christmas tree picture with you But you cut me out and taped yourself up next to someone new And you're getting married on the same month and day that I was born You blew the candles out and said it's not my birthday anymore You're the one that I wanna spend the rest of my life with The one I wanna grow long white hair and then lay down to die with But if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone Like the quartet of strings on the Titanic ship As it's famously going down I will bravely be playing you this last song As the lifeboats are drifting out We get cold Our last breath in our mouths You're the one that I wanna spend the rest of my life with The one I wanna grow long white hair and then lay down to die with But if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone I've decided I don't wanna aim a loaded dirty pistol down my throat So if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone Yeah if it isn't with you then I think I'd rather be alone

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Lovely Houses’ second full length is a double album entitled The Darkest Hue is Blue | The Darkest Hue is You. The first is a raw, acoustic record exploring the depths of depression and lost love, ultimately finding the beauty in sadness. The second is a beautiful brass arranged work of the same songs and an additional track.

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released July 12, 2014

All songs written by Lovely Houses
Except "A Call in June" written by Lovely Houses and Brad Seaman

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Lovely Houses is the music of songwriter David Campbell. Through thoughtful lyricism and melody, he illuminates the beauty in sadness, healing darkness into light.

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