Cate Le Bon (born Cate Timothy on 4 March 1983) is a Welsh singer-songwrite… Read Full Bio ↴Cate Le Bon (born Cate Timothy on 4 March 1983) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, now based in Los Angeles. She sings in both English and Welsh. She has released six solo albums, three EPs and a number of singles. Le Bon is also known for her collaborations with among others Manic Street Preachers, Neon Neon, and Matt Davies.
Le Bon is singled out by critics for her "beautiful, haunting voice". She described writing and performing music as "important to me, it's just an expression and sometimes it's not necessary to moralise it". Le Bon claimed that "early experiences with a string of pet deaths had a profound lasting effect on me" and informed her initial self-admitted "abnormal fixation with death". She describes her lyric writing as "foraging for [the right] words and then everything falls into place".
Le Bon is singled out by critics for her "beautiful, haunting voice". She described writing and performing music as "important to me, it's just an expression and sometimes it's not necessary to moralise it". Le Bon claimed that "early experiences with a string of pet deaths had a profound lasting effect on me" and informed her initial self-admitted "abnormal fixation with death". She describes her lyric writing as "foraging for [the right] words and then everything falls into place".
Magnificent Gestures
Cate le Bon Lyrics
Truly I like to dream
Romance is company
Permeates the concrete graft
Puts my head in a car park
Hold a hand, talk to me
Assume the weight of family
Sell the billboard gallery
She was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
Hey now
Magnificent gestures
Could hold my love
Could open windows
But the room escapes me
The teachers let go
It's such a shame
And I'm writing it down
We will have to talk
But I'm writing it down
The room escapes me
And I'm writing it down
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Truly I'm at your feet
Turning cards from memory
Pinball for the royal lip
Her heart is a skip, drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Time will repeat it
Time will defile
I can't repeat it
I was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
Hey now
Magnificent gestures
Could hold my love
Could open windows
But the room escapes me
The teachers let go
It's such a shame
And I'm writing it down
We will have to talk
Magnificent gestures
And I just feel low
I don't know why
The mood escapes me
And I'm writing it down
The room escapes me
And I'm writing it down
She has her teacher's laugh
She has her brother's eyes
Her eyes
Romance is company
Permeates the concrete graft
Puts my head in a car park
Hold a hand, talk to me
Assume the weight of family
Sell the billboard gallery
She was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
Magnificent gestures
Could hold my love
Could open windows
But the room escapes me
The teachers let go
It's such a shame
And I'm writing it down
We will have to talk
But I'm writing it down
The room escapes me
And I'm writing it down
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Forever be on guard
Truly I'm at your feet
Turning cards from memory
Pinball for the royal lip
Her heart is a skip, drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Time will repeat it
Time will defile
I can't repeat it
I was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
Hey now
Magnificent gestures
Could hold my love
Could open windows
But the room escapes me
The teachers let go
It's such a shame
And I'm writing it down
We will have to talk
Magnificent gestures
And I just feel low
I don't know why
The mood escapes me
And I'm writing it down
The room escapes me
And I'm writing it down
She has her teacher's laugh
She has her brother's eyes
Her eyes
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Written by: Cate Timothy
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