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Animals
Chinchilla
Baboon
Lemur
Badger
Panda
Pig
Gibbon
Dog
Crocodile
Rabbit
Zebra
Cats x3 split
26 is dancier than 4
If I sit still maybe I’ll get out of here
1470 man
It’s not true Rufus, don’t listen to the hat
Singles/compilation tracks
And I’ll tell you for why…
Wanna come back to my room and listen to some Belle and Sebastian?
I’ll forget about you throwing that rock cos that dance was pretty funny
Japanese Ultra-violence in D-minor
Hippy Jam Fest (the likes of which has never been seen)
Denial Adams
Animals
So far we’ve lost focus.
Lets just concentrate on words that could mean everything.
On nights like this,
we drink ourselves dry
and make promises
without intention.
So fortunate that this was brought up,
the last time. As I recall,
I can’t hold up your every expectation.
On nights like this,
we drink ourselves dry
and make promises
without intention.
My God, is this what we’ve become?
Living parodies of love and loss,
can we really be all that lost?
So fortunate that this was brought up,
the last time. As I recall,
I can’t hold up your every expectation.
One moment to another I am restless.
Seems making love forever can often risk your heart.
And I cannot remember when I was this messed up.
In service of another I am beautiful.
ba-ba-da-ba-ba
ba-da-da-ba
While time waits for no man
I’ll be here in winter.
Tear down your baracades
so I may enter.
Your lips are warm
they comfort me.
Open up
and lets begin.
So I’ll lay on this
bed that I have made.
So soundly sleep
and whisper your name.
Oooooh you…you burn me up.
One touch and I am in
a trance like state.
Entwinning our fates to another
the cost of our will now both bound to each other.
What was in your head
when you said
“until death”?
The marks upon your skin
tell tales while envy
mocks without remorse
and ties you up in knots.
One touch and I am in
a trance like state.
Entwinning our fates to another
the cost of our will now both bound to each other.
What was in your head
when you said
“until death”?
Your lies unfold
like lines that were left
in turn and consequently
told all.
What’s this?
Don’t bother listing your dependancies.
We already know that you’ve got them.
You’ve photographed the bottom glass
and it tastes like fear.
You’re afraid of what might be.
You know from the get go it’s over
it’s already fallen apart.
Identify what’s yours and what’s mine,
the rest will be our secret.
I won’t apologize for what is right I’m just letting go
of what might’ve been.
You know from the get go it’s over
it’s already fallen apart.
You know from get go it’s over
it’s already meant from the start
and you know from get go
it’s already fallen apart.
You know in time as much would’ve happened to us,
our feelings blow out like a lamp light.
I read your call sign; Butterfly.
Thoughts of wings open wide, cast in sunlight.
In my hand your bones are brittle and you burst in to flame.
Untie me and let me leave.
So what if I should forget to breathe?
Will white light rescue me and secure my salvation?
I can all but hope.
That time will tell that this was real enough for me.
Blessed with hindsight, it was clear to me.
Your reckless advancements came with no guarantees.
My mind’s made up.
we were never in love.
So what’s lefts absolution for the weight of our sin.
so if there’s no sign of the morrow our souls remain clean.
I’m in love!
are the 3 words I hope to hear next year.
Another place another time another twinkle in eyes caught between awkward glances
in crowded social scenes, another breeding ground for apathy
to tire me into indifference.
Now that I’m numb
to places I had run from.
Know when you’re wrong
it’s cos you’re fallible just like everyone.
Just stuck between a lampshade and the drunk.
Sentenced to an evening as the party entertainment’s prop.
Oh but it’s only you that I am thinking of.
Please return to me, cos it’s so…
So hard to take that I might break.
I’m discovering that there’s so much to consider worthwhile,
but most of all I’ve learned to hate that I’m still stuck on you.
If time has taught us this much,
it’s that honesty is the cornerstone of trust.
Well to tell the truth I’m tired of watching clocks,
waiting for endings of evenings that never seem to stop. Enough!
In short I’ve come
back to the places I had run from.
You saw it all
fall to pieces, now it’s so…
So here we are again at the start,
Lets get stuck.
These rooms are all reminders of you.
Your feelings aren’t in touch
with the words that are coming out of your lungs.
Calm now, lets both cool off.
We’ve both said things that we are not proud of.
How did we get so tired.
Those pills were no good for you.
They’ve turned you into something you are not,
something I just can’t stop.
I’ll wait.
For you to come back home.
Forget about all that keeps me from you.
This house built from bricks and stone
stands as a monument to the lies we told.
How did we get so tired.
Those pills were no good for you.
They’ve turned you into something you are not,
something I just can’t stop.
I’ll wait.
For you to come back round again
and fall in to our bed.
Once more in to breaches I cannot gap.
One more chance to second guess your thoughts.
My friends said that you would be a tough nut to crack.
Come back lets settle this up…
…and down my spine,
the faint tingle keeps me up at night.
So while you dream I lie awake and look to the stars
No answers forthcoming I find myself locked in your arms.
Once more in to breaches I cannot gap.
One more chance to second guess your thoughts.
My friends said that you would be a tough nut to crack.
Come back lets settle this up.
Like earth and dust
We’re one and the same; insignificant.
Well who am I to presume that we were all but gone?
Perpetually complexing the simple. I for one am done.
You brought this on yourself.
Our problems had enough time on the shelf.
We made the same mistakes,
lived our lives without the give and the take.
The time we spent apart
served to remind me of when we’d talk.
My one and sole regret
are the thoughts that went left unsaid.
So come on lets
chase those memories away
and drink the night into oblivion.
I’ve been watching you
and memorised
every last line of your profile.
Every shade of your complexion,
every tone of your skin.
And I am not surprised to find
you in his eyes.
Hanging on every word
dropped from his mouth.
Cos lately I’ve been watching you.
I’ve been waiting for
you to take me home.
So tell me all of your deepest dark secrets
Lying in your arms inseparable.
Too cold, like ice to touch.
You hold on far to much.
God knows why we’re in love.
When you throw your temper out of doors
that I cannot follow through
and yet…you grow ever near.
I promise I will not see out this night
without comforting and holding you.
Your eyes alight, they’ve never shined so bright
for just one second I’m lost in you.
(niamerlliwtahtevolaevahew)
Move over it’s getting kind of late.
Eyelids grow heavy and at this hour start to ache.
The covers hide away
All our mistakes.
And so do I
stop to question why do…
…White feathers dance in my room while I’m too tired to sleep?
It seems your pillow case all trussed in lace was no match for me and you.
No matter what it is
Your hurting again.
Like lessons learnt in ways,
stunned silence reigns.
Clear like chrystal I understand your malcontent
and while words may not quite mean as much,
I hope this never ends.
Caught forever on paper torn tethered,
time sends its regards from pictures that never saw
the light of day.
Just tucked in a box and hoarded away
so that eyes could never gaze upon faces of old.
Memories that I had longed to hold.
So hold me now,
that I am not strong enough to hold myself.
I am old enough now to know better than to bare my cross alone.
Cats x3 split
I’m so sorry I’m not down tonight
But all my friends have lost their minds
And whats more…
…I’m not happy here anymore.
We should’ve stayed at home tonight.
All the bright lights and company
are not what I need.
Its just the same as it was before.
Same faces there to hit the floor.
My legs have carried me far.
There’s still strength enough for one more.
So lets carry on
And dance to all the same songs.
Like back when we were young
And nights like this would fade to one.
So lets get out of here.
We’ve done all we can.
This place is not dead.
So when will this night end?
We’ll do it all again,
Next Friday night.
This Picture-postcard modernity.
If I sit still maybe I’ll get out of here
I’m so sorry for the things I’ve done
And what I did to you is up there number 1.
So sweaty of palm and tongue tied tight,
We’ll sit here and talk late into the night.
Yesteryear still rings my ear.
Like buttons and pins this mess we’re in
dissolves in time.
I know that this time is quite different from when we first met
The years haven’t been kind worn down by regret
So take hope theres still enough of what made this young man left
All that once was is not quite gone yet.
Cause we are old friends you and I,
many a time sat silent at my side.
And if this is to be our last goodbye
I’ll take with me a part of you that never dies.
Yesteryear still rings my ear.
Like buttons and pins this mess we’re in
dissolves in time.
I know that this time is quite different from when we first met
The years haven’t been kind worn down by regret
So take hope theres still enough of what made this young man left
All that once was is not quite gone yet.
Romance is dead
for all we care, or so it seems.
And while you fall asleep,
I guess I’ll just sit and stare.
Let this complacency surround me.
I can see straight through you.
So much so,
That Sue Storm envies your transparency.
Romance is dead
for all we care, or so it seems.
And while you fall asleep,
I guess I’ll just sit and stare.
Let this complacency surround me.
I won’t forget this night (quite so easily)
Just because you’re my love
Doesn’t mean this is.
Always and after
It’s not true Rufus, don’t listen to the hat
Have some faith
don’t you know that this is not a race
and we are not contenders now.
So ask questions like
which truth is the truth with which I chose to define myself
and bare all my insecurities?
These cobbled streets and stone walls can’t contain us.
This knot in my stomach
is the result of all I envy
and the route to my redemption.
It reminds me that I am a mess of bone and tissue
and a slave to my own ambitions.
We can only be ignored for so long
So lets get back on that horse, take the road less travelled and get away from this town of claustraphobic creativity. Let’s start afresh, leave the embers of this burnt out city to settle on the stunted seeds in which it has poured its misplaced trust.
Lets see from a different perspective the sun, the sky, the moon, the stars, the sea, sand, trees, clouds, train lines, road signs, motorways and slip roads, postcards, dreamy days, winters end and spring beginnings, window seats, cats eyes caught in corner glances,late night adventures, firesides and the dirt grey contrast of the high rise with lights calling us home; an orange glow snaking its path across green fields, towns and cities. Drawing lines across maps to open up new sights, sounds, and the infinite possibility of the horizon.
Singles/compilation tracks
So summer’s here again
and like children,
we run around these streets at night
to find
both solace and confusion.
Too late to try
our concience clear.
Hold on to tight.
Our hair crimson in,
the street light,
sunlight glow.
Never forget
what we shared
cos promises were never enough
for us.
So here’s to romance
and hot summer nights.
Walking through tall grass,
there’s safety in here
tonight we lay down and watch the stars collide.
Wanna come back to my room and listen to some Belle and Sebastian?
Another night with my friends that I’m starting to regret
Another drink and I’m anyones, smoke fills the air.
Walking back to the bar I catch a glimpse of a face that I recognise.
It’s not long before she carries me away to the dance floor,
To ‘get down with my bad-self’ and hold her in my arms.
Only then do I see that we’re destined for failure
Cos the shapes that she makes are like pen down to paper
and the lines that she draws are like maps
to my heart.
So long this night.
It’s not quite our time.
Now there’s nothing left to say,
Just goodnight.
Walking out to the street my head swims through seas
and we start the float back home.
Catching feet on the cracks in the pavement,
We sing the songs that made our evening,
But a thousand sickly sweet love songs are a shadow on the spark you’ve ignited in me.
See you’re not for these blue eyes turned an envious green.
You were made for a man much better than me.
If I believe this or not is irrelevant,
It’s clear to me now that we were never meant to be.
I’ll forget about you throwing that rock cos that dance was pretty funny
Moments like this;
precious with no regrets.
Like whispers on my neck.
No tears and held breath.
These endings have no more or less effect.
No better waste of time compares to this.
While morning
sings outside.
We reside here
between sweaty sheets
and disturbed sleep.
So maybe I’ll comply
and be all the more sweeter
to you.
Hello sweet love.
Japanese Ultra-violence in D-minor
Your words fell
heavy from poison lips.
Whose tips that I,
once kissed.
A long time ago,
before lifes paths filled
with obstacles.
In silence,
we two became one
but not for long
and all because
it made sense
when I was young and stupid
Now all at once am I
grounded by
your memory…
…but memories play tricks on me
Take over now.
Satisfied,
you might as well
stay home.
Hippy Jam Fest (the likes of which has never been seen)
So hold me close and so tight
when morning comes light reflects in your eyes
You turn to me and tell me I will lie to all of those that I would
Sacrifice
Only you
Only you
And so certain am I that you are everything and more
So soft
So soft
So summer ends without a trace of what I started with
and this silence leaves a whole world I’m frustrated in
Afterall you said that I would lie to all of those that I would
Sacrifice
Only you
Only you
I am naked infront of you.
Like every book you’ve ever read before,
only this time the ending’s new.
See the words aren’t quite on the page,
but there’s enough here for you
to get into.
And you said this time I’m right.
When there’s nothing left here to hold on to,
take my hand and hold on tight.
Now I owe everything to you.
Quite often I will find
that you are all that’s left keeping me alive.
When the darkest of veils will fall
I know that you will be there.
Standing at my side.
