Dirty Chime is the brainchild of solo artist Thomas Clayton, writing lyrics from personal experiences that touch on sensitive subjects such as mental health, self-medication and escapism. His sound spans the gamut— ranging from soul to indie pop to R&B. He has his background as a jazz drummer to thank for his infectious chord play, driving rhythms and silky falsetto.
Chime recently released his debut music video for “Fifty One Fifty," directed by Embyro (G-Eazy, Too $hort).
Chime has garnered additional press from Run the Trap, Earmilk, Your EDM, and more, and has performed with the brass band Bonerama and opened for Bingo Players.
Lyrics:
Thinking about you Every day and every night Yea you know what I wanna do Do to your body Need you to know that I gotta kick it with you and with no one else You call me on the phone You ask if Im alone I say I know that you been feeling Electricity You talking differently I think you know just what its time for I know You dont wanna just slow down I know It ain't time to behave now I know You dont wanna go home now I know So give it up, gotta give it up Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Yea you know what I wanna do Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Yea you know I gotta vibe with you Tangled up in these sheets with you Tangled up in your hair, your smell, your perfect skin. And I cant go back to the way it was before. No. No I cant go back to the way it was before. No. You call me on the phone You ask if Im alone I say I know that you been feeling Electricity You talking differently I think you know just what its time for I know You dont wanna just slow down I know It ain't time to behave now I know You dont wanna go home now I know So give it up, gotta give it up Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Yea you know what I wanna do Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Keep giving it up Yea you know I gotta vibe with youLyrics:
I got a feeling, got a feeling Got a feeling in my bones It's stuck in me,?stuck?in me Stuck in?me like a secret I got a?feeling, got a feeling Got a feeling I got to go Cuz I got a hunger burning deep in me and it dont sleep I got so used to running on empty That now I cant stand the taste of healthy I got so used to taking the shortcut That now everything it just cuts right through me Its alright if youre down and out Its alright if nothing is ever enough for you We smoke our dreams like cigarettes We should all have tattoos on our chest saying Welcome to the Grass is Always Greener Club It's alright it's alright it's alright It's alright if your skin don't fit right I got a feeling, got a feeling Got a feeling in my bones It follows me, follows me Follows me like a shadow So used to running on empty That now I cant stand the taste of healthy I got so used to taking the shortcut That now everything it just cuts right through me Its alright if youre down and out Its alright if nothing is ever enough for you We smoke our dreams like cigarettes We should all have tattoos on our chest saying Welcome to the Grass is Always Greener Club Grass is Always Greener Club It's alright it's alright it's alright It's alright if your skin don't fit right It's alright it's alright it's alright It's alright if your skin don't fit rightLyrics:
Shes got her halo on?She dont take it off?Not for anyone?Shes got her halo, ah?yea??Whos?to say, that?the games she plays?Will ever bring?her?To her knees, ohh?And whos to say, that the lies she weaves?Will ever even be discovered??Shes got her halo on?She dont take it off?Not for anyone?Shes got her halo, ah yea??Shes worn so many faces?Born so many names?It dont matter where she met you?Its all a game, youre all the same?But now they come to recognize?The taste of poison?So bitter yet so sweet??Yea she never gonna take, she never gonna take?That halo off, that halo off?She's never gonna take, she's never gonna take?That halo off, that halo off?Ooh nah nah nah, ooh nah nah nah?Ooh nah nah nah, Ooh nah nah nah ?Shes got her halo on?She dont take it off?Not for anyone?Shes got her halo, ah yea??Shes got her halo on?No she dont take it off, no she dont take it off?No she dont take it off??Ah yea, ah yea, ah yea, ah yeaLyrics:
They all want a piece of you Tear you up like youre denim Fill you up with?their?venom Emotional predators Delphinidin lives?in my skin Oh how fragile we?really are Dont want know no one to know it Only face that we show is Ironclad Pull me apart Pry me open We are fragile beings I poured it all out Yea I showed you what im all about I got a jaw made of glass But I think that I'm shatter proof Baby you know that I'm complex Gotta inferiority complex Sick of all the mood swings Sick of how the roofs been caving in Never quite felt stable in This skin of mine Pull me apart