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The Beths – I Want To Listen (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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The Beths
Expert In a Dying Field (Deluxe)
I Want To Listen

TRACK

I Want To Listen

Release date: 14th September 2023

From Expert In a Dying Field (Deluxe)

Track 5

2:13

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About This Track

"I Want To Listen" is a track by The Beths, from the album Expert In a Dying Field (Deluxe), released 14th September 2023. The track is 2:13 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about The Beths.

About the Artist

The Beths

The Beths

Lyrics

I Want To Listen

I rest my case in a bed unmade
The headboard strained
Under the weight of my memory of the day
So crammed
Getting low on RAM
Getting high on strife
Stock is overflowing
Do you wish that you could throw it in?

Why do you like to be mine?

'Cause I'm late again
To realising
The spiral turns
So steadily down
There's no getting out
Unless you quit
Zoom out a bit
Uncross your eyes
It ruins the illusion
But it's well worth the losing

Why do you like to still try?

My love
My dear
It's been quite a year
It's been quiet and loud
Laughter and tears
Courage and fear
But I can't allow
This furrowed brow
And these borrowed blues
To keep washing out the delicate sounds
Of you

So if you want to whisper I swear I want to listen

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Expert In a Dying Field (Deluxe)

2:132023

Listen

Album

Expert In a Dying Field (Deluxe)

15th September 2023

Track number

5

Release year

2023

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2Knees Deep
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3Silence Is Golden
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4Your Side

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The Beths have announced their fourth album 'Straight Line Was A Lie'

The Beths have announced their fourth album 'Straight Line Was A Lie'

New Zealand indie band The Beths explore personal growth and existential themes on their upcoming fourth album, due August 29th.

25 Jun 2025 • 8:25 am

The Beths have announced a deluxe edition of their album 'Expert In A Dying Field'

The Beths have announced a deluxe edition of their album 'Expert In A Dying Field'

Accompanying the announcement comes a new track, 'I Told You That I Was Afraid (Acoustic)'.

12 Jul 2023 • 6:57 pm

4:42

5I Want To Listen

2:13

6Head In the Clouds

8Change In the Weather

9When You Know You Know

10A Passing Rain

11I Told You That I Was Afraid

13I Told You That I Was Afraid (Acoustic)

14When You Know You Know (Acoustic)

16Watching the Credits

17Keep the Distance (Demo)

18Expert In a Dying Field (Demo)

19I Want To Listen (Demo)

—Expert In A Dying Field

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Elizabeth Stokes
Producer: Jonathan Pearce
Bass: Benjamin Sinclair
Drums: Tristan Deck
Guitar: Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pearce
Vocals: Elizabeth Stokes
Background Vocals: Benjamin Sinclair, Jonathan Pearce, Tristan Deck
Mastering Engineer: Joe Lambert
Mixing Engineer: Bevan Smith, Jonathan Pearce, Oliver Devlin
Recording Engineer: Jonathan Pearce