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These are just some random songs I wrote when I was bored. Really bored. You don't have to read them cos they're kind of crap and random.
Also, Hand Me The Sunshine was written whilst I was high on bacon so I don't really believe in a single word of that song (apart from the whole Comfort=Opium of Life bit).
Photograph...
Her World...
Her world was once rendered in colour
But bit by bit it got a little duller
Until all we saw was black and white
Till what we saw just wasn’t right
She’d pin posters in her bedroom
People she wanted to be
But you can’t be more than one person, can’t you see?
And her life is slipping downhill
She just can’t control all this
And she thinks she’s mentally ill
But she won’t stop, she loves the bliss
She just keeps taking that pill
She’s forever stoned
Her world was once a different view
Full of valleys and mountains and skies of blue
But now the sky’s clouded with fog
And the land’s filled with swamps and bogs
She’d sing along to her iPod
Pretending she was a star
But you can’t be perfect, don’t you know it’s bizarre?
And her life is slipping downhill
She just can’t control all this
And she thinks she’s mentally ill
But she won’t stop, she loves the bliss
She just keeps taking that pill
She’s forever stoned
She knows she should stop
But she just can’t see what’s true
And she can’t stand cold turkey
Yet she doesn’t want to end up blue
And her life is slipping downhill
She just can’t control all this
And she thinks she’s mentally ill
But she won’t stop, she loves the bliss
She just keeps taking that pill
She’s forever stoned
We stood outside in the spring hail
Waiting till we were deluged and hurt
We didn't care because we had fun
We didn't care that we'd soaked through our shirts
And these times will fade away
In my memory: just another day
So I'll take a photograph of us
To keep our memories in still frame
I'll make a photo album of us
Preserve all of our childish games
We plotted for Valentines Day
Refining till our schemes were perfect
And then we gave him sex god mushrooms
We laughed so hard that we got wrecked
And these times will fade away
In my memory: just another day
So I'll take a photograph of us
To keep our memories in still frame
I'll make a photo album of us
Preserve all of our childish games
Remember when we saw that film
And she really wanted to come too
But she couldn't even pronounce it
She was worse than the 4.09 crew
So I'll take a photograph
Together we'll fill our repertoires
We'll have them full to the brim
Cultivated like the pays de la loire
I, I, I, I'll take a photograph
I, I, I, I'll take a photograph
Ophelia...
Black Umbrellas...
Blue skies and a summer breeze
Photograph in black and white
Autumn leaves and a simple reprise
How I long for violin symphonies tonight
Awake in the darkness
Oh, I pine for his touch
No one but him can take me from this loneliness
Ophelia, Ophelia, this feeling it haunts me
Takes me asleep and hunts me through the night
Ophelia, Ophelia, I'm lost in this sea
I can't find my way through without a light
Ophelia, Ophelia, I can't take this world without him
Rose buds in the springtime rain
Words between yellow pages
Snowflakes drifting on the evening train
It's taking me over in small stages
Somewhere in rainy days
I see ghosts of his face
Times spent beneath cherry trees in the springtime haze
Ophelia, Ophelia, this feeling it haunts me
Takes me asleep and hunts me through the night
Ophelia, Ophelia, I'm lost in this sea
I can't find my way through without a light
Ophelia, Ophelia, I can't take this world without him
Without him,
Oh, this world seems so bleak
Ophelia, can't you see it's grim?
So strong I cannot speak
Ophelia, Ophelia
Ophelia, Ophelia, this feeling it haunts me
Takes me asleep and hunts me through the night
Ophelia, Ophelia, I'm lost in this sea
I can't find my way through without a light
Ophelia, Ophelia, I can't take this world without him
Oh, oh, oh,
Ophelia, Ophelia, this feeling it haunts me
Takes me asleep and hunts me through the night
Ophelia, Ophelia, I'm lost in this sea
I can't find my way through without a light
Ophelia, Ophelia, I can't take this world without him
I cannot take this world without him
Is there anybody home?
I can see the candlelight in the window
I just don't wanna be alone
But that was so long ago
Now we're surrounded by blocks of concrete
Even Inspiration left along with Faith
I can't cope with London's dirty streets
If only we wern't caught on this wave
And in the dusk, the withered leaves gather at my feet
Then the wind arrives and threatens me
Oh, Death, I wonder, wonder if we'll ever meet
We'll just have to wait and see
We'll just have to wait and see
Oh, black umbrellas, whisk me away
Oh, black umbrellas, take me any day
Black umbrellas, take me from this eternal grey
Just lead me away
Is there anybody there?
I can see the sorrows of unbelievers
Images telling me to beware
I didn't listen then either
Now we're swamped by cruel lies and festering
No one recalls the innocence of childhood
Every true love is sequestering
If only we were all understood
And in the evening, I walk out on the empty streets
I can feel nothing but loneliness
Oh, I wish, wish life could be forever sweet
All that is left is a mess
All that is left is a mess
Oh, black umbrellas, whisk me away
Oh, black umbrellas, take me any day
Black umbrellas, take me from this eternal grey
Just lead me away
Take me away from my misery
The depression within me has grown fiery
Meanings and measures slip away
And I feel smaller, I feel smaller everyday
I wish that I could fly away
Away, away, away
Black umbrellas, take me away
Glass Heart...
Hand Me The Sunshine...
This is how love is:
It's like a fine white sand
You hold between your hands
And hope neither one lets go
And when you get it right
The sand won't slip right through
And when you get it right
You'll lose a night or two
And all across the world
We're surrounded by barriers
Everybody talk, talk, talking in a different way
And when the snow falls down
He'll hold you real tight
And find a special way
To tell you it's alright
This is how love is:
Walking barefoot through grass
And finding bits of glass
And perhaps a pair of shoes
And when you get it right
The shards of glass won't show
And when you get it right
Your pair of shoes won't go
And all across the world
We're surrounded by barriers
Everybody walk, walk, walking in a different way
And when the snow falls down
He'll hold you real tight
And find a special way
To tell you it's alright
Inside every soul
There's a glass heart
That can break away
With a jog or start
Fly, just find your wings
Breakaway from reality, from all these things
Why don't you take a leap out your window?
Take a risk, get back up, you can only grow
Take a chance
You've got nothing to lose
Don't tell me not to do it
Cos I'll do it anyway
So just hand me the sunshine
And I'll be okay
Don't show me the life lines
Cos I'll find my way
So just give me the sunshine
And I'll find my smile
Go, out of your skin
Running so hard you can't even tell where you've been
And you've got no idea where you are
Take that chance, cos you know I'll never be far
Take a risk
You've got nothing to lose
Don't tell me not to do it
Cos I'll do it anyway
So just hand me the sunshine
And I'll be okay
Don't show me the life lines
Cos I'll find my way
So just give me the sunshine
And I'll find my smile
Comfort: the opium of life
You get addicted and you can't leave it
But really there's no escaping this strife
Yet this drug takes us over bit by bit
Fight it, escape, get through life with a smile
So just hand me the sunshine
And I'll be okay
Don't show me the life lines
Cos I'll find my way
So just give me the sunshine
And I'll find my smile
I'll find my smile
Cable Car...
Somedays I just want to put on my sunglasses and sing like a lark
Just to feel glamorous and posh
But my sunglasses are three pounds from Primark
And behind all this I'm really quite hilarious
Yeah, hilariously sad
So just put me on a cable car
And I'll let it all wash over my head
I'll make a wish on a shooting star
And maybe it'll all work out when I'm dead
Dead, dead
Somedays I just want to lie in bed all day and do fuck all
Just to think I'm getting away
But really I can't be bothered to wait for fall
And behind all this I'm really quite caring
Yeah, caringly sad
So just put me on a cable car
And I'll let it all wash over my head
I'll make a wish on a shooting star
And maybe it'll all work out when I'm dead
Dead, dead
Somedays aren't mine at all
Somedays I hit a brick wall
Or worse
Somedays aren't yours at all
Somedays you hit a brick wall
Or worse
But we'll do it again anyway
Because that's just how it is that way
And we know we can't be led away
'Cause this is how it is everyday
So just put me on a cable car
And I'll let it all wash over my head
I'll make a wish on a shooting star
And maybe it'll all work out when I'm dead
Dead, dead
And maybe if I hit a brick wall
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