indie folk

Asshole ( Beck )

Your brains went black when she took back her love And put it out into the sun The birds did fly when the heavens all went dry And the cigarettes were smoking by themselves She'll do anything She'll do anything She'll do anything to make …

A Sunday Smile ( Beirut )

All I want is the best for our lives my dear, and you know my wishes are sincere. Whats to say for the days I cannot bare. A Sunday smile you wore it for a while. A Sunday mile we paused and sang. A Sunday …

Babel ( Mumford & Sons )

I know that time has numbered my days and I'll go along with everything you say But I ride home laughing look at me now and the walls of town they come crumbling down And my ears here the call of my unborn sons and …

Backyard ( Of Monsters and Men )

I live a life of love Hold me down, hold me down I live the life of letting go Under a starlight night I wrap myself in a thin sheet of ice Out there the stars are crystalized Ooooh, find me in the backyard Ooooh, …

Below my Feet ( Mumford & Sons )

You were cold as the blood through your bones And the light which led us from our chosen homes Oh, I was lost. So now I sleep Sleep the hours that I don't weep And all I knew was steeped in blackened holes Oh, I …

Broken Crown ( Mumford & Sons )

Touch my mouth and hold my tongue I'll never be your chosen one I'll be home safe and tucked away Well you can't tempt me If I don't see the day The pull on my flesh was just too strong Stifled the choice and the …

By and By ( Lay Low )

I told a lie and I'm telling lies all of the time I told the truth and I'm telling you I feel just fine I made you cry and I'll make you cry with the things I do I made you laugh and I'll make …

Carry Me Up To Smell Pine ( Sin Fang Bous )

[] We put bags in your legs to make you walk Oh, bloodsucker, I shed my own skin You make it hard not to believe in you You make it hard to shake off your sparks Oh, oh, oooh [] Kiss you only when you're …

Color Decay ( Júníus Meyvant )

Little like the colors fade away. Right under Blind beginning of decay broad under Blind beginning of decay Right under Little like the flowers of debate stood by me in trials Of moving into place stood by me in trials From gloom to grace Straight …

Crybaby ( Nanna )

[] [] Do you love me? [] I can take it [] Do you think we [] Can somehow make it? [] When all the very best of me was given to the dogs in the streets Well, I don't have a problem with crawling …

Crystals ( Of Monsters and Men )

Lost in skies of powdered gold Caught in clouds of silver ropes Showered by the empty hopes As I tumble down falling fast to the ground I know I'll wither So peel away the bark Because nothing Grows when it is dark In spite of …

Cyanide Breath Mint ( Beck )

Definitely this is the wrong place to be There's blood on the futon There's a kid drinking fire Going down to the sea They got people to meet Shaking hands with themselves Looking out for themselves When they ask you for credit Give them a …

Dirty Paws ( Of Monsters and Men )

[] [] Jumping up and down the floor, My head is an animal. And once there was an animal, It had a son that mowed the lawn. The son was an ok guy, Thay had a pet dragonfly. The dragonfly it ran away But it …

Fireflies ( John Grant )

[] [] On a summer night, 1975 Maybe earlier, now I don't remember She catches fireflies at the ice cream social And oh [] We watch them take flight He is coming now with the rake on fire He destroys the nest of the wasps …

Flume ( Bon Iver )

I am my mother's only one It's enough I wear my garment so it shows Now you know Only love is all maroon Gluey feathers on a flume Sky is womb and she's the moon I am my mother on the wall, with us all …

For those Below ( Mumford & Sons )

Helpless, she lies across the stairs Haunting your days, consuming your prayers There will be healing, but don't force this girl to stand As she's counting the ceilings, with pale voice and trembling hands You told me life was long, but now that it's gone, …

Ghosts that we knew ( Mumford & Sons )

5.Ghosts that we Knew You saw my pain, washed out in the rain Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault no crack in my heart And you kneel beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we …

Girl Dreams ( Beck )

You're just the girl of my dreams But it seems my dreams never come true You're just the girl of my dreams But it seems my dreams never come true I first met you down on Lover's Lane The birds were insane flapping all about …

Godzilla ( Nanna )

[] [] Hollow one, midnight sun I've been walking in the weeds again Shallow breath, this emptiness Grows on me like water feeds the vines Ooh, you must know what that does Ooh, be careful of your thoughts Sultry eyes in the supermarket I walk …

Ho Hey ( The Lumineers )

(Ho) (Hey) (Ho) (Hey) (Ho) I've been trying to do it right (Hey) I've been living the lonely life (Ho) I've been sleeping here instead (Hey) I've been sleeping in my bed (Ho) I've been sleeping in my bed (Hey) Ho (Ho) So show me …

Home ( Phillip Phillips )

Hold on to me as we go As we role down this unfamiliar road Although this weight is stringing us along Just know you're not alone Cuz I'm gonna make this place your home Settle down it will all be clear Don't pay no mind …

Home ( Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros )

Alabama, Arkansas, I do love my ma and pa, Not the way that I do love you. Well, Holy, Moley, me, oh my, You're the apple of my eye, Girl I've never loved one like you. Man oh man you're my best friend, I scream …

Hopeless Wanderer ( Mumford & Sons )

Hear my voice, I came out of the woods by choice Shelter also gave their shade And in the dark I have no name So leave that click in my head And I will remember the words that you said Left a clouded mind and …

Hunger ( Of Monsters and Men )

You were right, I'll move on But my lungs feel so small I couldn't breathe if I tried I lay my head on the floor My beating heart wanting more But I'll keep it in and keep you out I'm drowning, I'm drowning I'm drowning, …

I of the storm ( Of Monsters and Men )

If I could face them, If I could make amends, With all my shadows I'd bow my head and welcome them But I feel it burnin' Like when the winter wind stops my breathing Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone I fear …

I thought I saw your face today ( She & Him, Zooey Deschanel )

I thought I saw your face today But I just turned my head away Your face against the trees But I just see the memories as [Am.]they come, as they come And I couldn't help but fall in love again No, I couldn't help but …

I will wait ( Mumford & Sons )

I came home Like a stone And I fell heavy into your arms These days of dust Which we've known Will blow away with this new sun And I'll kneel down Wait for now And I'll kneel down Know my ground I will wait, I …

Let it all go ( Birdy, Rhodes )

( for original key of Bb ) I've been sleepless at night Cause I don't know how I feel I've been waiting on you Just to say something real There's a light on the road And I think you know Morning has come and I …

Little Lion Man ( Mumford & Sons )

Weep for yourself, my man, you'll never be what is in your heart Weep little lion man, you're not as brave as you were at the start Rate yourself and rape yourself, take all the courage you have left Wasted on fixing all the problems …

Little talks ( Of Monsters and Men )

hey hey hey I don't like walking round this old and empty house so hold my hand i'll walk with you my dear The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake It's the house telling you to close your eyes and some days …

Love Love Love ( Of Monsters and Men )

Maybe I'm a crook for stealing your heart away And maybe I'm a crook for not caring for it And maybe I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad person Well baby, I know So these fingertips, they'll never run through your skin Those bright blue eyes …

Mykonos ( Fleet Foxes )

ooOOooOOooOOooh, ooOOooh, ooh ooOOooOOooOOooh, ooOOooh, ooh The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on up. Footsteps follow down to the hollow sound torn up And you would go to Mykonos With a vision of the channel coast And a sun to …

Not with Haste ( Mumford & Sons )

Your eyes they tie me down so hard i'll never learn to put up a guard so keep my love my candle bright learn me hard, oh learn me right this ain't no sham i am what i am though i may speak some tongue …

Organs ( Of Monsters and Men )

I am sorry this is always how it goes The wind blows loudest when you've got your eyes closed But I never changed a single color that I breathe So you could have tried to take a closer look at me I am tired of …

Painted Eyelids ( Beck )

I wake up and look upon your painted eyelids The world is your oyster and the trash bags are your kids The ceiling is invisible there's a bird sinking through the sky and every hour that passes is teaching me how to cry Because it's …

Pay No Mind ( Beck )

Tonight the city is full of morgues And all the toilets are over flowing There's shopping malls coming out of the walls As we walk out among the manure That's why I Pay no mind I pay no mind I pay no mind Give the …

Reminder ( Mumford & Sons )

Don't let me darken your door It's not what I came here for No it's not what I came here for And I won't hear you cry when I'm gone I won't know if I'm doing you wrong I never know if I'm doing you …

Riptide ( Vance Joy )

I was scared of dentists and the dark, I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations, Oh all my friends are turning green, You're the magicians assistant in their dreams. Ooh, ooh ooh Ooh, and they come unstuck Lady, running down to the riptide, …

Six Weeks ( Of Monsters and Men )

( for the original key of E ) Slow, slow me down her blood, on my bones Let go, lay to rest We fall, we fall, we fall we fall to the ground Sleep, sleep all night while the young, they wait alone So get …

Skinny Love ( Bon Iver )

Come on skinny love just last the year Pour a little salt we were never here My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the …

Sleeping Bag ( Beck )

open up the door lay the orange juice on the floor we're having a picnic on the ugly part of town the sleeping bags on fire and its getting down to the wire so grab yourself a spot and settle down awhile cause its getting …

Sloom ( Of Monsters and Men )

The sea said goodbye to the shore so the sun wouldn't notice the seaweed that wrapped it's arms around you The carpet on my cheek feels like the fall grass and i run through the tall trees with your hands chasing me The books that …

Slow Life ( Of Monsters and Men )

What are they talking about? On the weekend Lost in the forest of this heart Is a foreign still Why are they shaking their heads? We're stuck in slow life Is it the beating of the chest That makes us feel the rest We're slowly …

Stick Season ( Noah Kahan )

As you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined You must have had yourself a change of heart like Halfway through the drive 'Cause your voice trailed off exactly as you passed my exit sign Kept on drivin' straight and left …

Stolen Dance ( Milky Chance )

I want you by my side So that I never feel alone again They've always been so kind But now they've brought you away from here I hope they didn't get your mind Your heart is too strong anyway We need to fetch back the …

Stubborn Love ( The Lumineers )

[] [] She'll lie and steal and cheat, and beg you from her knees And make you thinks she means it this time She'll tear a hole in you, the one you can't repair But I still love her, I don't really care When we …

The Balcony ( Rumour Said Fire )

So your mouth tastes like sunshine baby but your eyes are all cool buried in my arms And the breeze takes us deeper and further into the heart of the moment that is gone Da, da, da, da, da, da, da. Da, da, da, da, …

The cave ( Mumford & Sons )

It's empty in the valley of your heart The sun, it rises slowly as you walk Away from all the fears and all the faults you've left behind The harvest left no food for you to eat You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see But I …

The Jubilee Choruses ( Sin Fang Bous )

[] Shake them and they don't dream at all The less you climb, the higher the fall In a place where they talk and talk The wolves will eat but the birds will starve Lower the rope down the well And into my arms We'll …

The Night We Met ( Lord Huron )

oooo oooo ooooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo I am not the only traveler Who has not repaid his debt I've been searching for a trail to follow again Take me back to the night we met And then I can …