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A Bridge Too Far

by Halma Bravo

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1.
You can ride with the wind Paper over the pain Sing the little mermaid’s hymn You don’t fool this man again Put your words in my mouth Lick my paws for a while Wear the finest Italian shoes I will always recognize your style Faded and gone What you have given me One by one Nothing worth any more Fly to the moon and beyond Become a shooting star I won’t be chasing after you Cause I know the girl you are The way you treated me I now perform in rags You made me feel like I’m the one With the tail between his legs
2.
Wheels 03:28
You’re far away As far as you could go No need to rush We won’t be getting back In the sand two lines That’s all we ever were And I’m not gonna lose my mind The wheels are turning I’m not even watching Now I just wanna Lie down for a while I am o.k. I am a big boy now We are heading nowhere The horizon out of bounds Two lines across the sky That’s all we ever were Keep them moving Keep them moving I’m not losing my mind I’m not losing my mind over you I’m not losing my mind I’m not losing my mind over you Here I am It’s kind of strange We’d keep in touch we said But would we care I’m doing fine I’m doing fine And I’m not gonna lose my mind
3.
You are the one The one I love You think you’re immune And free like the birds But when you are away My bed is much too wide I’ll stay right here I've found the one And all our troubles Are the spice of life I see so much more When you’re by my side You take me you take me You show me you show me Where lovers go I let you take Me in your arms And you whisper words Tender as the night The thrill I’m feeling I just cannot hide
4.
Not Enough 03:44
I made you coffee in the morning Appeared as beauty in your sleep I held your hand crossing the border And gave you bitterness for real Don’t you know what was going on? Don’t you know I was on my way? I gave you Gave you everything But everything Was not enough I read from books when you were lonely And wiped the teardrops from your face I fought the tiger on your doorstep Escaped from prison to see our child
5.
Cards 03:31
6.
Say what am I Doing out here I need a home Not a go-go bar Say how much further Do I need to drive? Or have I already Gone a bridge too far I just want an answer I don’t care about music Falling through the crack Not on the map It’s not - it’s not - it’s not amusing I just want an answer I don’t care about music You can make it stop I've let things slide I’m not refusing So what’s behind Your winning smile Wouldn't it be better Not to show your scar You too have travelled From town to town We may have already Gone a bridge too far I just want an answer I don’t care about music Falling through the crack Not on the map It’s not - it’s not - it’s not amusing I just want an answer I don’t care about music Who can make you stop Going round the world I’m not refusing Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
7.
It’s been the longest day of my life I cannot sleep on these cold wet stones Is this your voice? Am I going crazy? It’s been a while since I had a wink No I’m not stupid and I’m not rich The boat is leaking and I need to sleep When all good folks Were sleeping in their beds We must have been too hard Too hard on ourselves If you can hear me It’s only midnight I am sending you my love The game’s not fair I've lost my bottle Who would want to die on these cold wet stones? No I’m not wise and I’m not bitter I’m just the last man on this earth I wish you peace, love and forgiveness
8.
Understand 04:09
Lured once more Into the vastness of the sea And my boat still holding steady It won’t show up on your charts It’s so much easier out on the water To find a way I wanna go It’s so much easier to live my life Going with the flow Expectations You have seen that I have none When you’re lost on the horizon There’s no need to look for one I will return one sudden day But never staying long enough For you to feel you can explain What man I am Understand In a cold wind With his childlike eyes Fall from your hand Grains of shifting sand Understand Settling down You must know that’s not for me Curling up on an old sofa Easily gives me the creeps And if my face still keeps appearing In the rising morning mist And a voice speaks in you ear I may not exist Lured once more Into the vastness of the sea And my boat still holding steady It won’t show up on your charts Don’t try to follow or find me out There’s no other girl for me I’m just a captive of the blue Going with the flow Always I’m free
9.
Long Ago 03:16
I was in love with you I was in love with you It was some time ago I must be almost dead by now And I was not alone And I was not alone I was in a room with you Together we’d defy the night Me I was in your bed Me I was in your bed But what I really wanted What I wanted was your heart And that was long ago And that was long ago I still recall The pleasure of your hair And that was long ago And that was long ago We’d never know Why we didn’t dare Now it pours out of me Now it pours out of me This was as close as we As close as I would ever get I touched your perfect skin I touched your perfect skin But what I truly loved I didn’t find the words to say
10.
Hush now my baby Hush now my baby I’ll throw in a ballad And pockets full of rye There’s no need to cry The moon is rising The moon is rising High up on the hill top A big smile on its face Like in the old days Aah-a-a-a-aah-a-ah Aah-a-a-a-a-a-ah I’ll be good to you It’s after midnight It’s after midnight Will we remember The way that we once were? Life is such a blur Hush now my baby Hush now my baby Just you wait and see We’re sailing on the Nile For a little while
11.
North winds are blowing strongly against my face Calling to mind the start of winter time Dark clouds are trying to depress my soul There’s so much sadness all around For days I haven’t seen the sun no more It’s hiding in a bank of heavy fog People drown their sorrows it makes perfect sense This side of me there’s no sign of light Blow wind blow Blow wind blow And make me strong So strange to share my melancholy Without feeling as if I’m falling down This kind of melancholic energy Blow wind blow and make me strong

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All music written by Simon Aeschbacher except: Not Enough and Some Way Out Of Here written by Andreas Aeschbacher/Oswaldo Dolci/Massimo Natali/Freddi Mattle & Simon Aeschbacher; I Cannot Help Myself written by Patrick Pintarelli [original title: You And Me]; Long Ago written by Othmar Bereuter & Simon Aeschbacher; I’ll Be Good To You written by Ines Cunill & Simon Aeschbacher; Blow Wind Blow written by Oswaldo Dolci [original title: November Mood].
All music performed by Simon Aeschbacher except: main guitar solo on I Cannot Help Myself by Patrick Pintarelli; keyboards on Long Ago by Othmar Bereuter; background vocals on I’ll Be Good To You by Ines Cunill. Recorded and engineered by Simon Aeschbacher at home in Kilburn, North West London, throughout 2009.
All art work by Halma Bravo.

© 2010 Halma Bravo. All rights reserved.
For more information visit www.myspace.com/halmabravo or boatnation.tumblr.com

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released February 4, 2010

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Halma Bravo Greater London, UK

London based DIY art pop band with five albums under its belt. Richly textured tunes meet slightly off-kilter lyrics, or is it the other way around? Some highlights have been gathered on two recently released compilations: volume 1 contains the best instrumentals, volume 2 the best songs. All done in good taste and for the enjoyment of music. Since 2006. ... more

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