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1. |
Can You Hear Me?
02:39
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[Intro]
Broke the spell
Only now realise how cold I felt
How cold
[Instrumental Break]
(Crowd of voices repeating "Can you hear me?")
[Verse]
(Can you hear me?)
Think it's time to grow up
Been a long ass year, they ain't know us
Prioritise my shit, heart's full up
Oh man, oh man (Can you hear me?)
Last year I wrote this album
This year wanna change the whole thing
I really been on some growth shit
I really be on some growth- (Can you hear me?)
New year, new me, god damn
You came, you messed my plans
I left my boat at the shore
Never thought I'd come running for more (Can you hear me?)
If I can't get closure
I'll turn that shit to a song
If I can't get closure
I'll deal with the whole shit wrong
[Outro]
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
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2. |
Recognise the Cycle
03:23
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[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
Been trapped in a loop my whole damn life
I let them bounce back, I didn't think twice
Recognise the cycle, now I might
Finally leave this fight (Recognise the- recognise the cycle)
[Post-chorus: Justin Hughes]
Ooh, ooh-ooh (Recognise the- recognise the cy-)
Ooh-ooh-ooh (Recognise the- recognise the cy-)
Ooh-ooh-ooh (Recognise the- recognise the cycle)
Ooh, ooh-ooh (Recognise the- recognise the cy-)
Ooh-ooh-ooh (Recognise the- recognise the cy-)
Ooh-ooh-ooh (Recognise the- recognise the cycle)
[Verse 1: Justin Hughes]
Everything that used to matter getting small as shit
Funny how the land change shape from the ship
Maybe this is temporary but I'm growing quick
Footsteps on the sand, all around the monument
(Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm)
And I'm free
Burn that bridge behind
I cross that sea
Oh, don't you feel the breeze?
I feel (I feel)
[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
Been trapped in a loop my whole damn life
I let them bounce back, I didn't think twice
Recognise the cycle, now I might
Finally leave this fight
[Post-chorus: Justin Hughes & Aaron Matthews]
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh (I don’t care how long it takes, I’ll be redoing my register)
Ooh-ooh (I don’t need a break I just need you gone and that’s for sure)
Ooh-ooh-ooh (I apologise to anyone who was a passenger)
Ooh-ooh-ooh (Don’t know what got into me I wish that I could hit reverse)
[Verse 2: Aaron Matthews]
And we back
I might play around and get attached
You ruined every chance you ever had before you
Paranoia, I been on my own, way too careful for you
And I won’t do it again
There just ain’t no way I’m going through it again
I always end up picking up on you again
Go on do it then, go away with him
I don’t play with him, oh
[Outro: Aaron Matthews & Everett]
Ooh-ooh
Oh-ooh-ooh
Oh-ooh-ooh
Yeah, huh
(I just wanna get out of here man)
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3. |
Out of Sight
02:31
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[Intro]
I just wanna pack my bags, move to fucking Austria and
never speak to anyone again
Fuck me man, this shit is dumb as hell
[Chorus]
I don't know these roads, know these rules
Tryna find a light, uh
Cities cold, now I know
Maybe I weren't right, uh
But at least, got some peace
Yeah, you out of sight, uh
Yeah, you out of sight
Gonna be a long night, long night
[Post-chorus]
And if I get lost
I can't just call you anymore
Anymore
[Verse 1]
I don't know these roads, know these rules
Tryna find a light
If I go back now they'll all see
I'm all bark, no bite
Can't admit defeat
So let me be, let me be
Won't you let me be what I need you to see
You deceive me
[Interlude]
Are you walking out?
[Verse 2]
And I see a new face
Let me teach you all of my ways
I just can't wait
And I see a new face
Everything can be just the same
As it is in my brain
[Chorus]
I don't know these roads, know these rules
Tryna find a light, uh
Cities cold, now I know
Maybe I weren't right, uh
But at least, got some peace
Yeah, you out of sight, uh
Yeah, you out of sight
Gonna be a long night, long night
[Post-chorus]
And if I get lost
I can't just call you anymore
Anymore
[Instrumental break]
[Outro]
And if I get lost
I can't just call you anymore
Anymore
(Whatever)
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4. |
Belgium
03:45
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[Intro]
Ever since we left that boat I tried to
[Pre-chorus]
I found a new friend
And since you left me empty handed
Tried to teach our secret language
But I know
[Chorus]
I found a new friend
And ever since we left that boat
I tried to teach our inside jokes but it seems
That's not all you need
Only since I left the land, I need the beach
It's all I see, it's all I see
[Interlude]
I kept hoping until the last minute
[Verse 1]
Latched on but you had a mask on
Been there but you better than the last one
Would've happily been patient but I'm feeling now that that's wrong
Asking for a sign but all I get is puzzles passed on, yeah
(Oh, I'll walk away)
Yeah
Asking for a sign, well I guess I must've asked wrong
Really think there's something there, tell me, what if there's none?
(Oh, I'll walk away, in the river is where I'll lay)
[Chorus]
I found a new friend
And ever since we left that boat
I tried to teach our inside jokes but it seems
That's not all you need
Only since I left the land, I need the beach
It's all I see, it's all I see
[Verse 2]
Counting up the casualties
Oh, what a tragedy
It's all about the "why don't we-"
But I don't wanna hear what you have to say
Let me let go
You can't be who I need you to be (What's gonna happen to me?)
Wasted chances
Old life right there always haunting me
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5. |
Running From You
04:03
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[Intro]
Um, I'm just so mad I didn't see this sooner
[Verse 1: Justin Hughes]
And I don't think I know you anymore (Anymore)
Leave your charm all at the door (At the door)
I used to think you were the shit, man (Oh, I)
Well I don't think 'bout you at all
(You don't have to tell them)
And I'll try to change my ways
And I can't help but chase the pictures in my brain (Do I even know?)
And it's a tiring cycle that I wanna change
But I can't help but stay the same (It's who I am, ooh)
[Chorus: Aaron Matthews]
Do I even know you?
Were you even there?
Cos I been running from you
But I act like I don't care
Do I even know you?
Were you even there?
Cos I been running from you
But I act like I don't care
(Help me forget)
[Verse 2: Everett]
Feel like I gotta run from you, baby, just to cope sometimes, oh
And my feelings have been strong for you lately but I can't tell why
And I've tried a couple things just to change
But I still end up the same cause they don't work out, oh
Guess I gotta run away just to stay on my own damn route
Now you put a couple things in my mind, told me push them to the side
So that nobody can find them, keeping up the lie
Yeah I know I should've left but you said I wasn't right
Kind of struggled, ended up taking my whole damn life
Just to make it to the weekend
They said we should be friends
I kinda laugh now, wish they kept it secret
I spent my quarantine just building up my defence
Now I've got it back, I just wish I didn't need it
[Chorus: Aaron Matthews]
Do I even know you?
Were you even there?
Cos I been running from you
But I act like I don't care
Do I even know you?
Were you even there?
Cos I been running from you
But I act like I don't care
Do I even know you?
Were you even there?
Cos I been running from you
But I act like I don't care
Do I even know you?
Were you even there?
Cos I been running from you
But I act like I don't care
[Outro]
Ah, I mean at least it's over it just-
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6. |
Keep Ur Head Up!
02:22
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[Chorus]
I keep my head high
Cos fuck it, they won't know me in the next life
And when the walls fall down (Down, down)
Know I'm putting up my best fight
[Verse 1]
Yeah I'm putting up my best fight
I don't need no middle man
Holding onto my mind tight
Nah I ain't fucking up again
When the window opens, I bite
Tried waiting around, I'm not a fan
Dropped all my vices, spot the light switch
Gone for good and off I ran
Ain't coming back now
Can't slow down, if I'm tired out, I'll throw my bags out
Shit got me rethinking everything I ever planned out
Even if it all works out, I'll still be asking "whats the catch now?"
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep my head high
Cos fuck it, they won't know me in the next life
And when the walls fall down
Know I'm putting up my best fight
[Chorus]
I keep my head high
Cos fuck it, they won't know me in the next life
And when the walls fall down (Down, down)
Know I'm putting up my best fight
[Verse 2]
And I need you to settle down please
I can't feel my feet
When you go cold I freeze
Tryna find my peace
And now I'm ten miles down
And I still can't see
A single reason why
I wasn't right to leave
[Bridge]
I bite when the window's open
When you go cold, I'm frozen
I can't believe my eyes, it's you
It's you
[Outro]
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your yeah up
Yeah, keep your head up
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7. |
Expectations (Interlude)
00:39
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The things that you want and
The thing that will actually happen are different
And coming to terms with that
Is honestly some of the hardest shit ever and
It sucks because all you can do is move forward
But at the same time, that's what everybody tells you
Everyone's always like "you gotta keep moving forward" but
Being faced with the harsh reality of wanting there to be another way
But that being the only case
I guess it's something that I wasn't really prepared for
And something that I'm not fully prepared for
I don't know
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8. |
Praying for Something
02:26
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[Intro]
No I'm not religious but God I swear
That all of my wishes are standing right there
So this must be a sign
The line between our realities is fine
[Chorus]
And no I'm not religious but God I been praying for something
Just a sign or a reason, no it don't need meaning, ain't nothing
Each night I'm dreaming and each morning leaving, I can't stay here
And it ain't my best judgement but I ain't just falling for nothing
[Verse]
I'll keep my head on my shoulders
I'll keep my visions aligned
And everything that I told you
Just know that I know I'm right
And maybe I'm thinking, maybe I'm looking yeah
And maybe I'm thinking today gon' be different but I know
Nothing changes, nothing changes
Oh-ooh, ooh, ooh, oh-ooh
[Chorus]
And no I'm not religious but God I been praying for something
Just a sign or a reason, no it don't need meaning, ain't nothing
Each night I'm dreaming and each morning leaving, I can't stay here
And it ain't my best judgement but I ain't just falling for nothing
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9. |
Tables Turn
03:26
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[Intro: Justin Hughes]
So
I guess I went and left you in the cold
Ain't the first time, I been here before
Ain't it funny how the tables turn
[Verse 1: Justin Hughes]
Look how the tables turn
I swear they never learn
And I know first hand it gon' leave a burn
But you never seemed concerned
And I almost laugh when you call me
Like only now you all sorry?
How you so late to the party?
You're way too late to the party
[Chorus: Everett]
No I don't need to say when it's been so long
Like why won't you complain and just say it's my fault?
If I got in the way would you say I was wrong?
If I got in the way would you say what was wrong?
Like even when I know you're gon' switch up your plans
I still try to fight off the feels in advance
Cause I feel like I die when I pick up the phone
If I replied would you leave me alone
[Verse 2: Justin Hughes]
Tunnel- tunnel vision on my train, what you gon' do?
Fuck an up hill battle, I'ma walk through
Yeah, that's another mask that I saw through
Yeah, that's another track we can talk through
One long- one long- conversation
Gonna change my plans- lifestyle- no patience
Run down- run down- to the station
Run down- run down
I can see what you cannot (Maybe it's my fault)
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Set out my life but you twist the plot (Maybe it's my fault)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bridge: Justin Hughes]
I'm not new to the whole world changing around me
Venom on my tongue, now the wires, they wrap around me
Here we go again, the ghosts, they all found me
They back now, they back now
Not new to the whole world changing around me
Venom on my tongue, now the wires, they wrap around me
Here we go again, these ghosts, they all found me
They back now, they back now
[Chorus: Everett]
No I don't need to say when it's been so long
Like why won't you complain and just say it's my fault?
If I got in the way would you say I was wrong?
If I got in the way would you say what was wrong?
Like even when I know you're gon' switch up your plans
I still try to fight off the feels in advance
Cause I feel like I die when I pick up the phone
If I replied would you leave me alone
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10. |
All the Way Down
03:30
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[Intro]
I wasted my pages
I wasted my time
[Verse 1]
Had a dream I moved to a new town
Ran a little shop, selling brews for a few pound
Missed home a little bit but I needed a new sound
And you were never there, oh it was better there
Woke up, I don't know what to do now
Take your shots, you're unloading a full round
And I'll miss home a little bit but I need a new sound
And it'll be better there, it'll be better there
[Chorus]
And I'll keep my memories all the way down
Bite my tongue when I thought you'd come round
Now I dream of moving to a new town
New town
And I'll keep my memories all the way down
Bite my tongue when I thought you'd come round
Now I dream of moving to a new town
New town, new town
[Bridge]
Wanna skip the days
I wanna skip the wait
Wanna skip the days
I wanna skip the wait
(I'm going far, far away from here)
(And I'm going to write a book about you)
I wasted my pages
I wasted my time
[Verse 2]
Yeah, check the glow up
Wasted all my pages on a book with no love
Now I'm making more online, I'ma throw it up
And my family said JJ they gon' know ya
Million miles, uh uh, took like a million cycles
This beef we got one-sided cos I ain't got time for a rival
Spend your days looking for a motive
I spend my days on my progress
I spend my days on my writing
I cut the crap and the nonsense
Mm-mm, mm-mm
You really done it now man
I do this shit for myself, I would say hope you well
I don't care now damn
Spend your days looking for a motive
I spend my days on my story
I found myself in the music
I'll talk my shit 'til I'm forty
[Chorus]
And I'll keep my memories all the way down
Bite my tongue when I thought you'd come round
Now I dream of moving to a new town
New town
And I'll keep my memories all the way down
Bite my tongue when I thought you'd come round
Now I dream of moving to a new town
New town, new town
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11. |
Ticking Time Bomb
03:48
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[Intro]
You see, I hope to be a writer myself someday
Oh
[Pre-chorus: Justin Hughes]
Look back on my wasted time
Can't think of a reason why
I let that shit go on for so long
It was a ticking time bomb
[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
And sometimes I reflect (Sometimes)
To try and predict what'll happen next (I tried to read the future but)
I'm still lost (When it comes down to it)
I'm still lost
[Post-chorus: Aaron Matthews]
Woah, hey
[Verse 1: questbound]
Yeah, lately I’ve been on some growth shit
Waiting for my day I see my future through my whole wrist
I ain’t been progressing or at least I never notice
Cause to me I just been waiting for the moment that I’m chosen
Or I’m not, cause if I turn my nothing to something
I got my niggas at my side, I know they up for the running
I said this me shit that I'm fronting, this future I’ve been hunting
Been on timing when I catch it, know it’s shutting me out
Ain’t got no login on my shit, no you ain't shutting me down
And I’ve been hopeless but a part of me still running for crowns
And I been floating on that water but a part of me still hope that I drown
And if I don’t I hope you’ll still be around
Because I’m, I'm sticking to my line and not the plot
So that keep a nigga chatting when he not
That feeling keeps me balanced in my head when I start gazing at the top
I’ve been confidence like they my props
[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
And sometimes I reflect (Sometimes)
To try and predict what'll happen next (I tried to read the future but)
I'm still lost (When it comes down to it)
I'm still lost
[Post-chorus: Aaron Matthews]
Woah, hey
[Verse 2: Justin Hughes]
Yeah, I wrote out my whole year (Woah)
Revised it, surprised that I got the all clear (Yeah)
Now those barriers stay broken, I broke in, I'm here
Broke now but bro know I ain't in two years (Yeah)
Yeah I found it (Ayy)
Underneath my notepads, yeah I found it (Yeah I found it)
Bro I found it, making noise, alarm, I sound it (Yeah)
I don't forget but I forgive and I'm still counting, uh (1, 2, 3, 4)
Nah, ain't bouta ruin my mood
Keeping a smile on my face
You know I'm making a move
When I go ghost for a day
You know the bomb diffused
Ain't bouta wait for the day
You fuck off and leave, heart on my sleeve
From now on, I'm getting a say (Hey)
[Bridge: questbound]
Got no login on my shit- on my shit- shutting me down
Hopeless but a part of me still running for crowns
Got no login on my shit- on my shit- shutting me down
Login on my shit, no you ain't shutting me down
And I been floating on that- on that- part of me still hope
Floating on that water but a part of me still hop-
And I been hopeless but a p- but a p- running for crowns
Floating on that water but a part of me still hope that I drown
And if I don’t I hope you’ll still be around
[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
And sometimes I reflect
To try and predict what'll happen next
I'm still lost
I'm still lost
[Outro]
You might have to wait a long time
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12. |
Nothing Caught You
03:41
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[Verse 1: Justin Hughes]
I tried to find you, when I found you
Tried to make you something else
I wasn't searching for a new path
I was looking for a shelf
Where I could stack my favourite photos
Jokes and sounds, kicks and bells
I didn't realise
Something dropped same time you fell
Tried to find me, when you found me
You weren’t tryna be something else
You were searching for a new path
I was looking for a shelf
You said burn all the old photos
Mute the sounds, drums, kicks and bells
I didn’t realise
Nothing caught you when you fell
[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
When you fell nothing caught you
And I was blinded, I never saw you
When you fell from your old life
I saw this story, no it ain't just mine
[Verse 2: Justin Hughes]
And maybe I'm a loose cannon
Might lose my shit, feel like Bruce Banner
Only when I see fit, I'll make it fit
Force a jigsaw puzzle in
Force a piece, can't find peace
Another cookie in the tin
And I broke it
Shatter the bowl then I poke it
Pour out my soul, I soak it
Been up all night, got no kip
No kip but I'm prodding away, uh
Blood in my veins, bounce off the walls of the plane
[Chorus: Justin Hughes]
When you fell nothing caught you
And I was blinded, I never saw you
When you fell from your old life
I saw this story, no it ain't just mine
[Bridge: Justin Hughes]
Tried to find me, when you found me
You weren’t tryna be something else
You were searching for a new path
I was looking for a shelf
You said burn all the old photos
Mute the sounds, drums, kicks and bells
I didn’t realise
Nothing caught you when you fell
[Outro: Ben Eales]
Well I'm happy with where I'm at
I'm happy with who I am, I'm happy with me
But a lot of people want to be more than who they are right now
A lot of people seem to want to be the best
And so when I'm not going to the lengths they are
Even though I'm doing the best I can for me
For who I want to be
Even though I am content with myself
They are not content with themselves so they cannot be content with me
And that has to be my problem for some reason
(Can you hear me?)
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13. |
Moral Support
03:53
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LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
I'll try to make it back
But maybe all of my stories are only that (Yeah)
I sent out a message in a bottle and I've lost control
Ego trip gon' kill me, got me spilling my soul
And I know
Gotta let it go (Ooh)
[Chorus]
And I let go, I left no room
I let my bottle drift away far too soon (Oh, yeah)
I found my soul but I can't find you
Asking will it even matter if I do? (Oh, yeah)
And I let go, I left no room
I let my bottle drift away far too soon (Oh, yeah)
I found my soul but I can't find you
Asking will it even matter if I do?
[Verse 2]
My tiresome desperation, just needed you to hear
Been locking all my doors and I've been wasting all my years
I swore that it was over, I was trapped within my fears
But I'm a sucker for redemption, got my shit back into gear
[Bridge]
Can you hear me?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ever since we left
Since we left
[Chorus]
And I let go, I left no room
I let my bottle drift away far too soon (Oh, yeah)
I found my soul but I can't find you
Asking will it even matter if I do? (Oh, yeah)
And I let go, I left no room
I let my bottle drift away far too soon (Oh, yeah)
I found my soul but I can't find you
Asking will it even matter if I do?
[Outro]
And ever since we left that boat
I tried to teach our inside jokes
But it seems, but it seems
That's not all you need
I found a new friend
I'll try to make it back
But maybe all of my stories are only that
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Justin Hughes England, UK
18 year old rapper, singer, songwriter and producer from the UK. New album "Moral Support" drops March 2023.
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