Into The Woods
1. Break My Heart2. Devastation
3. Loneliness Shines
4. No Modest Bear
5. Monday Night Nothing
6. Bear With Me
7. A Happy Medium
8. Autumn
9. Burst Noel
10. Choir
11. Solemn Thirsty
12. A New Heart
You’re gonna break my heart I know it
But if you don’t
You’re gonna break my run of unhappiness and destroy my career
I’d rather feel full than sing these shit songs
I’ll sell my guitar and never look back
You’re gonna break my heart I know it
And when you do
I’m going to run to the country and plug my ears
I’d rather have you than sing these shit songs
I’ll sell my guitar and get an education and never look back
You’re gonna break my heart I know it
If you don’t break my heart I’ll do it myself
And when I do
I’m going to count all the numbers for all the years
If I don’t have you I’m condemned to sing shit songs
I’ll fuck my guitar and drink myself deaf
It’ll be an education and I’ll never look back
I don’t want to sing these shit songs anymore
Devastation
And you’re the only person that can make me feel alone
Just withdraw your eyes and you’ll hear me start to moan
I’ve never felt so lonely as when you’re in the next room
I hope you come back in here, come back in here soon
Had your face in my eyes all weekend now you’re gone
24 long miles but my car’s broken down
he wont travel 3 and he cant travel 10
so when will we ever see you again
and I’ve been so devastated
I’ve never felt more betrayed
Got a spring in my eye and a light in my step
I wasn’t made to feel this way
Got your hair in my hands and your legs running to me
Should I lick the bath or should I wait till Tuesday
I’m sorry for the silence I’m sorry for the noise
You know I’ll make it up to you with a million steak McCoys
And how can you like me
With this head and these arms
How can this shallow freak be accused of having charm
The way the earthquakes land when I blow my nose
How long can I be myself before you get up and go
Loneliness Shines
Feels like the world’s against us today
Karma’s flying got a sting in her tail
A new best friend has let me down so badly
Seems like a year and this feels like a hole
Sitting with the sun in the slats on my wall
Bumps in the carpet the threat of despair
I’ve left the whole world under there
My loneliness shines out my…
Out of sight out of mind
Out my mind with no sight
For what matters I dwell on mistakes
In 5 years I’ll know what I’ve done
But I’ll be 5 years too late
Give me a mile and a destination
My favourite place is Falkirk High Station
Metal rails stretch off towards life
And I’m just waiting
I thin
k I’ve cracked it
We are what we do
We’re made up of actions and there are no rules
But don’t stand on heads to get higher, listen to your angels,
And spread through life like a fire
I’m so lucky, got goose bumps again
Listening to the song of a friend
Spill my guts tell you everything
Like how I’ve got it all but appreciate nothing
No Modest Bear
no more despair, no more being scared
no bottom lip sticking out through your hair
no talking down, no staring through
the walls I wont let them come crashing down on you
no modest bear, no worried tiger
and dont you fret
and i wont either
we'll go to the ferry and get some chips
and then I'll kiss your salty lips
then we'll see my great granny's grave
and we'll feel mortal then we'll be saved
we'll stop the clouds from coming in
and we will win.
the world cant come, in here today
shut the curtains, phone in sick,
it's time to play,
you and me, me and you,
together we're strong enough to do what we wanna do.
Monday Night Nothing
On a Monday night I’m nothing
on a Tuesday night I’m nobody
On a Wednesday Thursday Friday night I’m sad
Then the weekend comes to haunt me
Of all the places I should be
Minding me of the best times I ever had
So there’s nothing wrong with being alone
No need to call the doctor
Sometimes people need to be by themselves
And there’s nothing weird about hating yourself
When you’ve seen the hours I’ve spent
Darkness comes and darkness goes
Just like my good times went
Old and driving
Tired from straying too far
My head wont give me a break
And the rest is making my history
I never seem to make the right decision anytime
I need to crash this piece of shit into a tree that fits
So I don’t know how to finish this song
I’m happy now but for how long
I’m a sad tune and I’ll have to keep the tone
Well it’s only a matter of time before I feel like shit again
I’m a happy army marching to defeat
And yeah you know it’s true when I say I’ll never leave you
And you know it’s true when I promise with my finger
Bear with me and I’ll always take care of you
Stay with me and I’ll always stay with you
And yeah I know how gentle
I need to be with you
When you hug me and squeeze your eyes
I’ve never had more use
And I’m sorry about my face
I wish that I could smile more
When you’re laughing on the telephone
It carries me all those miles back home
And you should have a care,
You wont always be alone
It’s only 6 weeks left
Then I’m coming back home
A Happy Medium
woke up again today
realised i hate myself
my face is a disease
i'm gonna need to find
a happy medium
to make my future look good
my body is a temple
and my hands and mouth are science
smoke till my mouth gets furry
then smoke some ugly more
let the juices flow
being alive right now is sore
everythings ok
i'm obviously unhappy
you can tell I'm losing it again
paper on the piano
credit in the red
i cant find my friends
walk the market aisles
looking for a girl
i asked out when i was 10
and i just don't fit in
too unfit for the gym
my youth is dead
woke up again today
Ah, Autumn
You fucking cunt
Keep bringing me memories that I dinnae want
How come you do it to me every time
Cold recollection of all my crimes
It’s when I’m carefree that you like to travel
Swing round in front of me and grab my lapel
You’re warm greeting is as cold as mine
Do I disturb you so that you need my time
Isn’t it funny how all the people I’ve loved
all have in common the fact that I’ve shoved
them away from me, away from mine,
I’m a no man’s land and a man with no mind
Well Autumn fuck you for you have no reason
All my life you’ve been my favourite season
Well I’m sick of the memories and the messages you bring
Piss off you’re chucked I’m gonna go out with spring
Last year I got knives for Christmas
Stayed at home and no one missed us
Lying on the bathroom floor
I don’t want to ho-ho-ho no more
No one knows that I’m not well
As I stare in awe at this burst Noel
Lights burning from the street in
I know I’ll spend this season greeting
When good King Wenceslas looked out
Everything was fucked and I was just about
To carve the turkey and watch Eastenders
Because they’re my friends and my friends are strangers now
Choir
There’s a choir behind me
Egging me on
Placing their bets and hoping I’ll do no wrong
I’ll do no wrong
There’s a guy inside me
Biding his time
Standing in line and waiting for me to fall
For me to fall
Self-preservation threatens us all
Health deterioration comes to us all
There’s a fag beside me
Waiting to be lit
Trying to trick me
And make me forget I’ve quit
I forget I’ve quit
I take a risk everyday when I get up
Do I try harder?
Or continue to fuck up
Fuck up
There’s a bear in my bed
Wanting to be loved
Eyes like marbles
All he needs is a hug
My beginner’s luck is wearing thin
I’ll need to rely on skill if I’m going to win
I’m going to win
You go your way and I’ll go mine
I’ll try to meet you in a better life
We should meet up at the end of time
Get a beer and a cigarette for Auld Lang Syne
Was it just a dream? All those people
None of this is real
A kingdom for a fool animals on a wheel
I’m a king in my head a cripple in the world
How do I wrap this up and give it to that girl?
My gift to you, I’m gonna be a better person
I stare at you with a vague and immense longing
Try to save yourself while you’re still alive
Don’t deny yourself of your right to thrive
Solemn Thirsty, born on Thursday, got pished Saturday, fucked up Sunday
Took ill Wednesday, died on Thursday
There’s no better man than Solemn Thirsty
And I try to stay on, so I keep coming back
I’ve been asked to write a song without a swear word or a slight
At myself or another, for my mother for my bride
A song that’ll shine on my kids and theirs to come
Something that’ll love them and watch over when I’m gone
To my ward, to my wheel-chair, to my runner’s-up drip
Will you push me will you pull when I’m too fat to see my…
Didn’t I always tell you I’d stay for 2000 years?
You’d better hope that science fiction doesn’t have good ears
You’re rubbing on my genie hurry up and make a wish
Quenched that thirst my bag is burst watch out for all my…
Flies trying to break in to my eyes like little rymes
Of hatred trying to squeeze inside all these precious lines
I see across to the hills and the bridge that wears the sun
I remember how I feel when I know you’re going to come
Running up the stairway and through the front door
Cook us dinner then we burst, take pictures on the floor
Remember when I sing my songs that opposites attract
That’s why these shavings of despair come zooming to my heart
For he is gold and magnet-red and beacon and a light
I take these flies and pick them off and catalogue the night
So put it in your eyes any way that you like
I say the words and feel your heart when I lie awake at night
I know sometimes I’m moody and you have to wear kid-gloves
I’m trying hard to better myself I’m trying to rise above
So I tried to write a song without a swear word or a slight
At myself or another at my mother at my bride
I almost got accosted by the good old negative
And even when I’m screaming love I’m swearing that it is…
Shouldn’t I just admit it that I’ve lost the race to lose
Break the record in it’s track and stop being confused
A friend to my failures and a friend to myself
Is what I’ll be when I’ve fixed the roof and everything else.
