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DEBUT EP //
WAVING IN THE MIRROR // OUT NOW

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NOT BY YOU // OUT NOW

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SOLIPSISM SUNDAY // OUT NOW

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DEBUT SINGLE / / OUT NOW 

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I DON'T TALK // OUT NOW

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LYRICS

Sunlight’s Exposure

I wanna be home before the sun comes up

Wouldn’t be too much to ask if it weren’t for what I took

I wanna be in bed before my alarm goes off

I’m sick of starting the day before I’ve even nodded off

 

Why do I wait til the sun don’t shine

Before I dare take my first step outside?

We’re bounded by the night it brings us closer 

I’m not ready for the sunlight’s exposure

 

I stumble through the door and kick off my old blue shoes

I look around and I’m stunned by all the things I got to do

I check my pockets but I think I’ve lost my mind

Truth be told it’s been missing for a while now

 

Tell me why do I wait til the sun don’t shine

Before I dare take my first step outside?

We’re bounded by the night it brings us closer 

I’m not ready for the sunlight’s exposure

 

I turn the TV on but I just can’t stomach the news

It kicks me straight back into my Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday blues

You tell me that I’m being far too serious

What I’d do to be just half as delirious as you

 

Tell me why do I wait til the sun don’t shine

Before I dare take my first step outside?

We’re bounded by the night it brings us closer 

I’m not ready for the sunlight’s exposure

 

No no no no no

The sunlight’s exposure

No no no no no

Solipsism Sunday

I’ve had your face etched in my mind for a long long while

So any given time I can see your smile

Yeah you parked it in my brain

Reversed into the membrane

The wrong way down a single lane

Now my wires won’t be parallel again

 

Oh cause I miss the way that you walk into the room

I would get my act together if I thought you’d be here soon

Now I fantasize and the future’s on my mind

But it’s solipsism Sunday and I'm busy watching time go by

 

Well you can either tell me you love me or you can tell me the truth

And if it’s this I wish I missed your lips and the way your body moves

Please don’t tell me you need me cause we both know too well

That needs just greed, a poison seed without a tale to tell

So you say ooh la de da la da tee ta ta

And you wave away those words I'll never say

Before you go ooh ra ta ta ra ta tee ta ta mm-hmm

And we’ll save the heartache for a rainy day

 

Cause you got your money, and you paid the price

It ain't no virtue of yours dear being right, oh no

And you got your picture perfect portrait snaps

But I warn you now dear art attacks

And your instamatic empty words

Can live in someone else’s world

Cause I’ve tried your meditation

I sat silent and patient

And I perceived my own sensations

Right as they smacked me in the face

It’s either sadness or elation

And there ain't no mediation

And I won't let no medication be the one to put me in my place

And I won’t sing another love song about you, but

I miss the way that you walk into the room

I would get my act together if i thought you’d be here soon

Now I fantasize and the future’s on my mind

But it’s solipsism Sunday and I'm busy watching time go by

 

Sweet my oh my oh my oh my

Woah oh oh oh ah oh oh

Rut do do do do do oh my lady

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

 

Now I miss the way that you walk into the room

I would get my act together if i thought you’d be here soon

I fantasize and the future’s on my mind

But it’s solipsism Sunday and I'm busy watching time go by

Not By You

Liar liar
I can’t deny ya
All those secrets you keep

Higher, higher
Into the stratosphere
Your delusions creep
Oh

You’re not the first girl I ever met
To lasso me in with above average sex
It’s happened on several occasions before
And I'm curious as to who it will be next

Cause I know your type
Oh I know it very well
You’re the lioness approaching
I’m a terrified gazelle
You compartmentalised my mind
Bullied it askew
Now I want to be loved
Just not by you

You know that i can’t be alone with my mind
Or I risk switching eyes with the terrified
So i sit
And submit
To your cardinal wit
And I wait for the barrage of lies

Oh I’ll feign that I’m being hypnotised
Filled up with longing, so mesmerized
Powerlessly paralyzed
How I died in your eyes

But I know your type
Oh I know it very well
You’re the lioness approaching
I’m a terrified gazelle
You compartmentalised my mind bullied it askew
Now I want to be loved
Just not by you.

Just not by you
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh the cheek.
Of your obvious goal
To sap all the juice from my gullible soul
How very primitive I know
but hey
Oh I go with the flow

Cause I know your type
Yeah I know it very well.
You’re the lioness approaching
I’m a terrified gazelle
You compartmentalised my mind
Bullied it askew
And I want to be loved

Yes I wanna be loved
I want to be loved
I wanna be loved
Oh i want to be loved
I wanna be loved
Oh I want to be loved
Just not by you

Sunlight’s Exposure

Solipsism Sunday

Not By You

I Don’t Talk

Hello Summer

Slippers Not Soles

I Don't Talk

I packed my bags and didn’t look back cause when I went away I went astray

Reached the border it was out of order took two steps forwards now i’m here to stay

 

Guess they forget to mention

There’s nothing printed on the wall

And all the right intentions

Don’t matter at all

 

The rich folk that I succumb to both twice and half as dumb as I first thought

They play the game and know their name will compensate for not knowing the score

I saw my soul in their eyes

As I cashed my conscience at the door

Only now I start to realise

But I don’t talk anymore

I don’t talk anymore 

 

I’d sooner take your all or nothing

Than this murky inbetween

It’s enough to keep us going

But it’s no way, no way to end a dream

 

If life is what you make it sell your stake and let’s escape it while we can

Cause if the future’s one thing to behold it’s that the world has not been told about a plan

 

Now I’m waving in the mirror

As my reflection wanders out the door

Tired of all the same old stories

Cause I don’t talk anymore

I don’t talk anymore

 

I don’t talk anymore

No I don’t talk

Hello Summer

Never knew i missed summer

Until she came

No more overcast weather

Have i got to blame

You whisper to me softly

And my mind begins to shout

Your lips tumble before me

And the words sure fit the mouth

Cause when you say you love me

I can’t help but smile

 

No news no blues can infiltrate our time

And i don’t care if the penny is a dollar or a dime

I’m wrapped up in the sound of your enigmatic tone I

And ’m ridden of the feeling that i’m better off alone

Cause when you say you love me

My shivers soothe the blister in the sun

 

Hello summer

I greet you like a long lost friend

Hello summer

You come round in the end

 

I wake up easy at the dawn of the day

The birds outside chirping a song about your name

I nudge your silent snoring face but those eyes are padlocked shut

You said you wouldn’t sleep in today but well I knew you would

Then you whisper that you love me

And even the horizon is smiling

 

Hello summer

I greet you like a long lost friend

Hello summer

You come round in the end

 

Now if I see you walking by

Pardon me if I breakdown and cry

Lady please will you come live and breathe by my side

And don’t question why

But since we’re here

It’s cause I Love the way your eyes light up every room

For two just me and you in a dream

About this moment every time my eyes are closed

Guess i’m predisposed to how you

Make my world

Turn in ways that I can’t comprehend

So i just say thank god summer

You come round in the end

In the end

Hello summer

You come round in the end

Slippers Not Soles

Nights on the street are empty now to me

Except the questions they pose

Who are you and who do you want to be

Where are you going son

It’s too late to call anyone anymore

Go home

Go home

 

Inside your head is a maze everyday

Before the rooster has called his call you know

If you made it out or if you’re still there

Searching for any way out of this hell

But now your head’s on fire and you can’t keep still

Well well

Well well

The treasure hunt ends here

Go home

Go home

These wandering feet need slippers not soles

Go home

Go home

 

Anytime you try to escape from this cruel effervescence that keeps you awake

The loneliness enters and settles inside

The chemicals mock you and swallow your pride

Such mania highs and such terrible lows

They think it defines you but you'll never know

Since you can't face the thought of facing yourself

An existence lying bare on the shelf

Go home

Go home

These wandering feet need slippers not soles

Go home

Go home

 

Nights on the street are empty now to me

Except for the questions they pose

Who are you and who do you want to be

Where are you going son

It’s too late to call anyone anymore

Go home

Go home

Go home

Go home

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ABOUT MICKEY

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"Mickey captivates audiences with his soulful, personal touch and unique lyrical style, alongside his inspired storytelling."
- Guernsey Arts
"a kind of blue-eyed soul, indie-blues with a hint of reggae."
- Tommy Girard

Mickey Haimes is a singer-songwriter based in Guernsey, supported by BBC Music In The Channel Islands. 

 

In his debut single ‘Sunlight’s Exposure’, a candid tale of questionable life choices, Mickey delves unflinchingly into past experiences. His songs promise to resonate with fans of thought-provoking indie music. 

 

Influenced by artists such as Rodriguez, Arctic Monkeys, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, Leonard Cohen, and Aztec Camera, Mickey brings a unique blend of folk, blues and indie rock that tells the story of a 20-something navigating life in the modern world.

 

Mickey has been described as "a kind of blue-eyed soul, indie-blues with a hint of reggae," and is said to "captivate audiences with his soulful, personal touch, unique lyrical style, and inspired storytelling."

 

Mickey has already gained local acclaim for his heartfelt performances, having been awarded Guernsey Street Festival Performer of the Year 2022 and playing the BBC Introducing stage at Guernsey Together Festival 2023.

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