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Ben Watt - Young Man's Game

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Album: Hendra
Released: 2014

Young Man's Game Lyrics

I'm not as good as I used to be
at the late nights, but just look at me
I'm staking a claim in a Young Man's Game tonight

Is it something that my old heart fears?
Missed time, chances, lost years
That means I'm taking aim at a young man's game tonight

One more chance to leave a mark
Imagining the answers in the dark
Such a simple step into the smoke and the light tonight

But who'd have thought I'd have turned this page?
Should I act this out or act my age?
Am I happy I came to the young man's game,
Where the bouncers know me by my name, tonight?

Oh I could I work this room
I could make some noise
Let's hear it for the girls and for the boys
For a moment be the same in the young man's game tonight

We're drinking Jaeger bombs but we're still on our feet
Heroes in a wild conceit
Fingering fame in the young man's game tonight

But every mirror just tells the time
Can you name a good fighter over 49?
I should douse my flame for the young man's game tonight

Take off this paper crown
And put these violins down
And renounce my claim on the young man's game tonight

Writer/s: WATT, BEN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Young Man's Game

Ben Watt, who is the male half of Everything But the Girl, has been an established presence on London's Deep House circuit as a DJ since 1998. This song finds him coming reluctantly to terms with the fact that, at 51, he's become a bit too long in the tooth to spin club tunes all night long. He explained to The Hollywood Reporter : "The dance floor never seems to age, but you do. It's never difficult to party one last time, it's the recovery that's hard."

"At times, I was playing three different countries over one weekend and I didn't want to fake it anymore," he continued. "It was a more honorable, graceful thing to withdraw. Even if I thought I had something left to offer musically, I couldn't give of myself completely because I wasn't enjoying the experience as much as I used to."

"Ironically, when I played the song to (producer) Ewan (Pearson), he's 10 years younger than me and he recognized himself in it," Watt added. "If he's feeling that way, imagine how I feel."

Ben Watt - The Levels

Ben Watt - The Levels Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Hendra
Released: 2014

The Levels Lyrics

Your state agent's been over, I've resurfaced the driveway
I'm selling flowers round the pavement, made it nice up the place
I'm up the selling of business, my heart is an ended
Without your face over the counter, without your face

Some nights I'm out there on The Levels
Through the village, pass the church where we got married
And I can see for miles

Now, there is the future, what's it standing in my way?
Right now it's my past, and it's not moving forth

Some nights Im out there on the levels
And the ditches and the fields are flooded by the river
And I can see for miles
And I know its only daylight that we all walk through
And everybody has wounds that heal in time
And Ill get over mine x2

Some nights I'm out there on the levels
And were talking like we used to
And its me who does the talking
Are we out there for a while?

And I can see for miles

Writer/s: WATT, BEN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

The Levels

Ben Watt, best known for his group with wife Tracey Thorn, Everything But The Girl, released his second solo album, Hendra in 2014. The record is a departure from his electronic music and a return to his folk roots featured on his debut album that was released 31 years earlier.

The album was inspired by the unexpected death of Watt's sister. He told us that the song "Hendra" was about his sister's dreams of escape and that "The Levels" was about "what her husband was left with."

The track features a cameo from David Gilmour, the co-lead vocalist and guitarist for the British Evolutionary Rock band, Pink Floyd. Gilmour plays slide guitar and contributes backing vocals. Watt spoke to us about how this unexpected collaboration came to be: "We ran into each other by chance at a party just before I started the album. Two musicians in a room full of people from book publishing. We got talking. He invited me to hear his demos. I thought he was joking, but he texted me later to say he was serious." He went on to reveal the simplicity of the situation, "We spent a day at his house and studio, chatting, listening, getting on. It seemed easy. Two weeks later I asked him if he fancied playing on 'The Levels.' He loved the song, said yes, and it was done in a matter of days. Very simple, really." (Here's our full Ben Watt interview .)