By Your Hand

from Hello Sadness by Los Campesinos!

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

I was sitting on my hands at the top-deck of the 178,
spitting cusses at my face reflected in the windscreen pane. Throwing insults and calling names. Filthy SMSs that you sent through the day, by sundown become tame, so I set it in motion again.

But fate’s a cruel mistress, girl, the prettiest in the world. She dresses loosely in a bathrobe with her hair up in curls, 'cause we were kissing for hours with her hands in my trousers, she could not contain herself, suggests we go back to her house. But here it comes, this is the crux, she vomits down my rental tux.

I'm not sure if it's love anymore, but I've been thinking of you fondly for sure. Remember what your heart is for.

By your hand is the only end I foresee,
I have been dreaming you've been dreaming about me

And it's a good night
For a fist fight
Because the dew will temper your fall
You'll sing me lullabies in form of your cat-calls

And I've been dangling in limbo, barely keeping my cool.
It's like I'm snookered 'tween the back cushion and touching the 8 ball.
I keep replaying my turn, until your patience is shot, you peel your white gloves off seductively before you respot.
Your fingertips leave marks and graze, I lay you down atop the baize:
I'm not sure if it's love anymore, but I've been thinking of you fondly for sure. Remember what your heart is for.

Graceful, gracious companion with your eyes of doe and thighs of stallion

credits

from Hello Sadness, released November 14, 2011

license

about

Los Campesinos! Cardiff, UK

Jism & Blues.

The UK's first and only emo band.

loscampesinos.com

shows

Jun 15

Warsaw

Brooklyn, NY
Jun 16

Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens

Boston, MA
Jun 17

Union Transfer

Philadelphia, PA
Jun 18

Black Cat

Washington, DC
Jun 20

The Opera House

Toronto, ON
Jun 21

The Roxy at Mahall's

Lakewood, OH
Jun 22

Thalia Hall

Chicago, IL
Jun 24

The Crocodile - Old Location

Seattle, WA
Jun 25

Aladdin Theater

Portland, OR
Jun 27

Great American Music Hall

San Francisco, CA
Jun 28

The Belasco

Los Angeles (LA), CA

contact / help

Contact Los Campesinos!

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Los Campesinos!, you may also like:

Punisher
by Phoebe Bridgers

supported by 17 fans who also own “By Your Hand”

savior complex makes my stomach feel full when i forgot to have breakfast polimoley
go to album
To See the Next Part of the Dream
by Parannoul

supported by 15 fans who also own “By Your Hand”

this album has played during key moments in my life, thank you parannoul exhaleman
go to album
Guppy
by Charly Bliss

supported by 15 fans who also own “By Your Hand”

I adore that squeaky little voice. Fell in love the first time I heard it. barnuk
go to album
All Around You
by Subsonic Eye

Subsonic Eye combines math rock, dream pop, and guitar sounds borrowed from post-rock for songs that whirl and flurry, but never quite settle. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 15, 2023
go to album
No Fun
by Crooks & Nannies

This post-punk Philadelphia duo tackle gender dysphoria, transitioning, and anxiety on their debut album. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 13, 2023
go to album
Teenage Terrified
by hamburger

UK jangle-pop with just enough wit and attitude to offset its sugary sweetness, on Specialist Subject Records. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 15, 2020
go to album
Capacity
by Big Thief

supported by 13 fans who also own “By Your Hand”

some of the best and rawest writing on any album I've heard. been my favorite band for years and will continue to be. e
go to album