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Coming of Age

by mac benson

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(i guess this is our coming of age) secrets that we hide, chase us 'round at night every small mistake (i guess this is our coming of age) all the streets we roam, looking for someone every growing pain (i guess this is our coming of age)
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Home with Me 03:19
you left kisses on my neck, loss of vision, heart attack why'd you have to mess me up like that? i'm all in and now i can't fall back placed your fingers on my lips gestured forward for me to kiss but i will never know what you see go home to her but think about me just when everything was set in stone where it belongs, you're everything and nothing that i want, all at once and now i'm thinking it was wrong to let you stand so close 'cause everybody in this club moves so slow so take your jacket off your back and take me home let's go, get out of this party, 'cause i just wanna take you home with me you took my hand in the dark, touched my body, felt the spark why'd you look me in the eye like that? pull me closer, let me fall right back tell me secrets, tell me lies treat me like one of the guys make me crazy for your every move tell me all the things that you would do just when everything was set in stone where it belongs, i see the beginning and end of us all at once and now i'm thinking i should've never let you stand so close 'cause everybody in this club moves so slow so take your jacket off your back and take me home let's go, get out of this party, 'cause i just wanna take you home with me
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Bedsheets 01:32
sleep so soft, won't you babe? don't wake up when i move the covers i like when your hand's in mine i want you in the morning, coffee cups and razor lipped kisses let's make our own little world inside 'cause behind curtains nobody has to see the way your body moves. the way you're touching me this is the best secret i've ever had to keep just you and me in bedsheets
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Divine 03:15
i like the way you wear my shirt like that but now you've broke my heart and i want it back don't tell me this is over, i've fought for it for far too long say you'll be my lover, say you'll stay all night long cause i don't wanna know if you're going home if it's not with me and i don't wanna know if some other guy's singing you to sleep just stay right here by my side 'cause if you don't, i don't know how i'll survive if i'm not on your body i'm not alive just pull me closer, boy, cause you're so divine you're so divine, you're so divine, you're so divine and you're all mine, you're so divine, you're so divine i found somebody new so i guess i'm fine maybe you were never supposed to be mine but i was humiliated, telling my friends i liked you like that now i'm forever frustrated, thinking i shouldn't have moved so fast now you're going home and i'm all alone, blame it all on me (everything that happened, i blame myself) now there's someone else laying where i was, singing you to sleep (now you're falling asleep with somebody else) just stay right here by my side 'cause if you don't, i don't know how i'll survive if i'm not on your body i'm not alive just pull me closer, boy, cause you're so divine you're so divine, you're so divine, you're so divine and you're all mine, you're so divine, you're so divine
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don’t dance with boys with girlfriends don’t let them take you out at night don’t let them promise you things or let them hold your hand too tight don’t let them say you’ll be friends they’ll treat you like one of the guys these stories never have good ends don’t dance with boys with girlfriends i met you on a summer night, in a dark place inside my mind you showed me places we could go while she waited for you at home i woke up the next day and cried, i was thinking about your eyes everything i could ever need was standing right in front of me and i always said that i wasn’t the type to chase after unavailable guys but what the hell was i supposed to do? i broke my rules for you, now i feel like a fool don’t dance with boys with girlfriends don’t let them take you out at night don’t let them promise you things or let them hold your hand too tight don’t let them say you’ll be friends they’ll treat you like one of the guys these stories never have good ends don’t dance with boys with girlfriends i don’t know what to do or say, should’ve told you to stay away but it’s a little late for that, cause now you’re never coming back i would’ve given you my all, if you didn’t make me feel small you could’ve been the best i had but you were just so unattached cause you were broken when you first met me and i was looking for some company i wish that i could take it all back now i let myself break down, just to see you smile don’t dance with boys with girlfriends don’t let them take you out at night don’t let them promise you things or let them hold your hand too tight don’t let them say you’ll be friends they’ll treat you like one of the guys these stories never have good ends don’t dance with boys with girlfriends

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Artwork by Shona Radcliffe

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this project means a lot to me and although i made it pretty much alone, there's still so many people who i feel were a part of it that i'd like to say thank you to so here goes:

thank you to the girls: danielle, bel, and hannah, who sat, watched and listened as each song was brought to life. this EP will forever be a reminder of the year we've shared. to mum and dad, for their belief in not only what i've made, but in me as a being, thank you for always allowing me to live my truth and for the constant reminder that my authentic self is the only thing to be. to joshua, for believing in me even when i didn't believe in myself, i love you. thank you to shona and neive for so effortlessly bringing my visual ideas together. and lastly to you. as i continue to grow, the love and appreciation for this music by anyone only makes me want to do it more and more.

lastly, a thank you, but more of a dedication:
to anybody who identifies as queer in any capacity, who lives life on any part of our beautiful, ever-growing spectrum; this is for you. never be afraid to fall in love and keep doing it. forever.

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released November 1, 2019

All tracks written, produced and recorded by Mac Benson
'Home with Me' co-written by Eve Pereira

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cover image by Ellen Dixon (@ellendixxon)

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