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Monolog
00:59
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Have you ever tried an olive
That was picked right from the tree?
It’s bitter. It extracts all the moisture from your mouth
Where it goes? Don’t know…
It tastes like love
Looking tempting and then leaving you
with a wrung out soul and a broken heart
Every landscape, the most beautiful landscape seems shallow without olive green
Regarding beauty such as this
Made me wonder if there might be a god after all
Still, I tried to make the last bits of belief left to my thoughts vanish
Hoping hurts.
My own doing? Maybe…
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2. |
XXX
02:25
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I needed no sex, I needed love
You, you gave me both
Surprising yet clear at the same time
You, you touched my soul
Yeah, you know, you know, you know,
you know, you know that I like you
And I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know you like me, too
I needed no games, I needed you
You've wiped the dust off my soul
But I dare, I dare,
not expecting a thing but truth
Cause I was about to write down:
“Never kissed a man like I sang a tune”
And then I found myself in a moment
as beautiful as I've never known
I needed no flirt, I needed warmth
You've lit a fire in my soul
Surprising yet clear at the same time
I guess for us both
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3. |
22:38
03:04
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Thirty-eight minutes past ten
I imagine you reading it
An explanation - you offered me one
you gave me none
You keep me waiting, you keep me waiting
Maybe forever? Maybe forever?
I'm telling myself: Such is life
But I can't help myself
Thirty-eight minutes past ten
I imagine you reading it
I don't know if I wanna know
all I know is I want you so bad
Thirty-eight minutes past ten
I imagine you reading it
And I don't know if I wanna know
all I know is I want you so bad
White curtains drawn
in the hotel room
Babe, I'm feeling fine
and so do you
White curtains drawn
(I will stay here for good)
in the hotel room
(I will stay here for good)
Babe, I'm feeling fine
(I will stay here for good)
and so do you
(I will stay here for good)
Thirty-eight minutes past ten
I imagine you reading it
I don't know if I wanna know
all I know is I want you so bad
Thirty-eight minutes past ten
I imagine you reading it
And I don't know if I wanna know
all I know is I want you so bad
Thirty-eight minutes past ten
I imagine you reading it
And I don't know if I wanna know
all I know is I want you so bad
(White curtains drawn)
(White curtains drawn)
(White curtains drawn)
(White curtains drawn)
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4. |
Pickin' Olives
04:08
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And I told myself not to be blind
no, he might never change his mind
I wonder though what it will be
that finally brings me to my knees
Is it euphoric expectation
or truth’s relentless revelation?
Read his texts and now can cite them
I wish I had more than him writing
And I'll be pickin' olives in Greece
to distract me from distraction
And I'll be pickin' olives in Greece
I don't force no interaction
And I calmed myself to give it time
no, branches don't grow over night
in the streets thought I'd seen him
it made me realize the state I'm in
And I'll be pickin' olives in Greece
to distract me from distraction
And I'll be pickin' olives in Greece
I don't force no interaction
And I'll be pickin' olives in Greece
to distract me from distraction
And I'll be pickin' olives in Greece
I don't force no interaction
No, I don't force no interaction
No, I don't force no interaction
I don't force no interaction
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5. |
Monemvasia
03:09
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I was where mountain tops kiss the sky
I was writing and crying at night
I sought sense in things that I could not grasp
Tried to chase away the thoughts I've had
Every thought I have - it leads to you
You've become my daydream and my truth
Must be madness that I think I love you or
Am I loving the thought of you?
I would've loved you to be my man
but I remember the lines you sang
and when I heard them, they tore me apart
and they still do...
I'm longing for you...
I gazed at the ocean feeling blue
wishing that just one last time I could talk to you
and suddenly it made sense that the ocean's made of tears
and even though I've lost you, losing you is one of my greatest fears
I would've loved you to be my man
but I remember the lines you sang
and when I heard them, they tore me apart
and they still do...
I'm longing for you...
I would've loved you to be my man
but I remember the lines you sang
and when I heard them, they tore me apart
and they still do...
I'm longing for you...
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6. |
Poulithra (Olive Trees)
03:14
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Lately I couldn't sleep
with the lights out
then back in my dreams
you turned me down
when I'm awake
I'm dreaming of hope
to me you still seem
like a man without fault
Olive trees bathed in moon light
I was wandering through a dream
In that night I dared hoping
that sometimes you'd think of me
And then it hit me again like a gunshot
the thought that hurts the most
that you might have
forgotten me by now
So long... so long...
it feels so long ago
and now I'm stretching out my arms
just to feel empty sheets and go
blue with my whispers
floating up into empty skies
I'm left behind
longing for your loving smiles
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INKEN Hamburg, Germany
INKEN stands out. With her golden electric guitar and her understated yet “I’m right here”-attitude she exudes something
special. She is a singer, guitarist and songwriter and describes her music as subconsciousness-pop.
INKEN sings on her first solo EP “Pickin’ Olives” of grief and heartache. Producer Michael Jürgens has woven iridescent and mellow threads around INKEN’s incisive song writing.
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