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Heatwave

by Empty Beach

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1.
Take Me Home 02:39
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My eyes are blind My senses dulled I won’t make it out there I won’t make it on my own  I can’t hide from what I’ve been told I won’t make it out there I won’t make it on my own  So take me home  Come take me  Please don’t break me  I’m brittle lets be civil  Or wilder spin now spider Don’t lie now this is my vow   My mind is shot My face is numb I want make it out there  Won’t make it on my own I can’t fight  my tongue is dumb  I'm floating helpless on my own Feeling far from home  So take me home  Come take me  Please don’t break me  I’m brittle lets be civil  Or wilder spin now spider Don’t lie now this is my vow  
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Love 04:36
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Love  is a curious thing The shape of it plays tricks on you  You say you want Whatever I can give But all that I can give feels not enough  Love  is a treacherous thing When its currents have their grip on you  You say you want whatever I can give But all that I can give feels not  Enough to fill our cup of love Enough to swill  Enough to spill  And when we’re done  Will we be free  To start again  Just you and me Love  It's a curious thing
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Bad 03:35
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You took your time  Made me wait an hour or two  Until you were mine But that’s fine  You crossed the street  Made me meet  You underneath the neon sign  But that’s fine  B. A. D.  You are  I stand in line  I stand to wait  For quite a while  Until you are mine But that’s fine  You close the blinds  Close your eyes  And think of ways  To hurt me inside  You make me hurt so fine  I’m all yours  Yes you’re bad  yes you’re bad for me  But I love you  It's true  Yeah you’re bad  Yeah you’re bad bad bad for me  But I love you  I do 
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Devices 04:18
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I wish I could tell how much I really mean to you  But I can’t even speak to you  Without these devices  I wish I could know where our love was leading to  But I can’t seem to see it through  Without these devices  I keep speaking to you  Through all of these devices  I wish I could be the one who you’re turning to  But I can’t even look at you  Without these devices  I wish you would be there when I needed you But I can’t seem to be with you  For all these devices  I keep speaking to you  Through all these devices  You keep turning the screws on all these devices 
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Heatwave 04:05
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Tried to be cool But the heatwave beat me to it  Didn’t want to play the fool But the heatwave made me do it  Tried to take things slow But the heatwave made me do it  Didn’t want to spoil the show But the heatwave made me do it  It’s hot  So what What are we gonna do About me and you  Whoa  oh yeah  The heatwave made me do it
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Hit Me 04:02
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Hit me with a love like a cruel piñata  And watch me spin on my feet  Give me your love like I’m fading out  Two breathes, compress, repeat  I am a target  I am an object  So line me up in your sights  I am a purpose  I am an intent  So catch me dear in your lights  Hit me one  Hit me twice  Hit me three times as hard as the ones who have walked out my life  Hit me high  Hit me low  Hit me with a love that can’t be denied like nobody knows  Hit me with a love like a denouement  Make me feel complete  Make me run through a valley of want Until I’m dead on my feet  I am a target  I am an object  So line me up in your sights  I am a purpose  I am an intent  So catch me dear in your lights  Hit me one  Hit me twice  Hit me three times as hard as the ones who have walked out my life  Hit me high  Hit me low  Hit me with a love that can’t be denied like nobody knows 
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Kid Flamethrower 03:10
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Kid flamethrower Burning up the rules Kid flamethrower Burning up the school I don’t know what’s wrong with him He keeps lighting fires I don’t know what’s wrong with him He’s burning higher and higher and higher Oh why’d you do it? Why’d you do it? Oh woe Oh why’d you do it? Why’d you do it? Oh woe Kid flamethrower Burning up the room Kid flamethrower He’s burning up too soon I don’t know what’s wrong with him He keeps lighting fires I don’t know what’s wrong with him He’s burning higher and higher and higher Oh why’d you do it? Why’d you do it? Oh woe Oh why’d you do it? Why’d you do it? Oh woe
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Surviving 04:41
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I lasted longer Than I could have hoped  I lasted longer  When I thought I would have choked  Like a joint with no solder  I should have broke  But I lasted longer Than I could have hoped  But that’s surviving for ya  When you’re down and out I’ll be reviving for ya  I guess I’m sorted out  We lasted longer  Than I could have known  Yeah we lasted longer  When thought we would be done  Like a fire gone smoulder  I thought we would be smoke  But we lasted longer  Than I could have hoped But that’s surviving for ya  When you’re down and out I’ll be reviving for ya  I guess I’m sorted out   Surviving’s not something on which you can’t count  But when I see you smiling it feels like it's working out 
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Warning Sign 04:43
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There’s no escape from the warning sign  You’ve got yours and I’ve got mine  There’s no escape from the warning sign You’re gonna hear about it  Oh wha oh  You’re gonna hear about it
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Meltdown 03:29
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It’s been getting warmer for a long time now  And you should really know  That I’ve been on the run from the sun all summer But now i’ve gotta go home And I’ve been hanging round until the heat dies down  But it it’ll never go Cause i’ve been on the run from the sun all summer But now i really know  I think I’m gonna melt down I think I’m gonna melt I think I’m gonna melt down Cause all i think about  It’s you  Things are heating up and there’s no point running You should really know  We’ve been running ‘round with our heads on fire But now I’ve gotta cool down And I’ve been looking for some cover from the heat of the summer  And i think its you  I could go and smoulder in the shade with another But now i really know   I think I’m gonna melt down I think I’m gonna melt I think I’m gonna melt down Cause all i think about   It’s you

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Soundtrack an endless scorching summer with this face-melting guitar romp, now with more cowbell.

We are burning up the rules mixing analogue and digital, guitars and synths, percussion and drum machines, humour and horror, love and despair, hope and hopelessness.

We are two Australian guitarists who reconnected at a Gang Of Four show in 2019. We spent 2020 figuring out how to self-produce our own music. The result was our 2021 self-titled EP which was followed by our debut album, Be Free Now, in 2023. Our latest album Heatwave is cooked and ready to serve.

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released May 1, 2024

Written, recorded and performed by Stu Grigg and Ben Maher

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Empty Beach Melbourne, Australia

We are burning up the rules mixing analogue and digital, guitars and synths, percussion and drum machines, humour and horror, love and despair, hope and hopelessness.

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