The first track on Maya Hawkes EP debut. A beautiful song with a catchy melody and words that flow nicely together about wanting love and having doubt she might never find it.
[Verse 1]
I want to love a boy
The way I love the ocean
Wish I was not afraid
Of all I have that's broken
I know I must behave
To contain all my emotion
[Chorus]
But I want to love a boy
The way I love the ocean
[Verse 2]
Like a hidden cave
I am always open
I hold the space you made
I'm empty but still hoping
I have a feeling
A terrible fear encroaching
[Chorus]
That I'll never love a boy
The way I Iove the ocean
[Bridge]
I ask why
It's better to speak than it is to die
One more try
It's better to laugh than it is to lie
[Verse 3]
I thought I had a man
Someone who could hold me
But nobody can
I wish someone had told me
I was born yesterday
And I'm still wet, still soaking
[Chorus]
And I want to love a boy
The way I love the ocean
The way I love the ocean
The way I love the ocean
To Love a Boy was written by Jesse Harris & Maya Hawke.
To Love a Boy was produced by Jesse Harris.
Maya Hawke released To Love a Boy on Fri Aug 16 2019.
After seeing the movie Call Me by Your Name for the second time, I left the theater and I was walking home to my apartment in Brooklyn, and I just started thinking about the images of water and the romantic feeling in that movie. I was just filled with this intense jealousy and desire be in love and...