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Believe, Fever, A Whole New Universe, The Man Who Planted Trees, Live it Up, Never Walk Alone, Repercussions.
“There must be some way out of here;”
Said the joker to the thief.
“There’s too much confusion,
I can’t get no relief.
Businessmen they drink my wine,
Ploughmen dig my earth.
None of them along the line,
Know what any of this is worth.”
All along the watchtower,
Princes took their view.
While the women came and went.
Bare-foot servants too.
Outside in the distance,
A wildcat did growl.
Two riders were approaching,
And the wind began to howl.
“No reason to get excited,”
The thief he calmly spoke.
“There are many here among us who think,
Lif is but a joke.
But you and I we’ve been through that,
And that is not our fate.
So let us not talk falsely,
For the hour is getting late.”
The first rider took out his scroll,
And hurled it in the sea.
Satellites were spinning round,
Sky full of electricity.
The watchers in the darkness,
Were counting out their days.
“Some of them will understand,
But who will show the way?”
Don’t look if you are easily blinded.
Don’t listen if you’re needlesly reminded.
Don’t say a word,
Until you’ve been there.
Don’t stop travelling;
You are wanderlust,
You’re the one you lost.
Wait... til you’re completely grounded.
Did you know that you’re ultimately surrounded?
So many galaxies: tell me you’ve found it.
The sweat of your brow:
You made every drop,
A sea and an ocean,
Your mind in the motion.
But every time you make up your mind,
Take good care.
And every time you open your eyes,
Look for something there.
And if you were looking for hope or for freedom,
Don’t wonder where.
And when you reach the end of your journey,
Be aware,
That there’s a whole new universe out there.
So to the end:
Shattered illusions,
Are you drawing conclusions?
Life - it all depends:
Happily poor or miserably wanting it all.
You’re nothing much but your mind makes you tall.
You’ve finally made it.
This one is for frogs, youngest sons, ugly sisters, gamblers, terrorists… It’s about “wishing on a star and all your dreams coming true.”. Does the world really work like it does in fairy tales? The video is from a gig at Mr Wolf’s in November 2008.
Dreaming of princes…
Once upon a time.
(The) last of three wishes
And castles in the sky.
The prettiest of lies-es,
Are coming in your sizes but it doesn’t make them true.
The ink upon the pages,
Doesn’t show up all the greys-es,
But what else can you do?
Believe.
Because maybe it’s true,
And though we all know better
(We’re all grown up now)
We do.
So you take the narrow pathways when you can,
Because you heard the one about the easy way.
And it’s maybe rags to riches every day, Cross your fingers
The glass shoe, it always “could be you”, they say.
But Cinderella’s sisters,
And the ones who got no wishes,
The ones who didn’t rub the lamp
And the frogs who missed the kisses.
And the ones who give their lives away,
For the vilest of pretences,
And the ones who’ll never let you down,
Never mind the consequences…
Believe,
‘cause if it’s not true,
Then what is the use?
(Just who’s in charge here?)
But what if we made up the stories and we made up the roles.
What if we invented heaven, and we invented souls.
And when we shared our hopes and dreams were we really just pretending?
What if we invented innocence and all those happy endings?
Then the wickedest of witches has nothing on us.
Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that’s so hard to bear
You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night.
Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you know I’m gonna treat you right
Everybody’s got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn’t such a new thing, fever started long ago.
Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said “Julie baby you’re my flame”
Thou givest fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth
Fever - I’m afire, fever yea I burn forsooth.
Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him, she said “Daddy-O don’t you dare.
He gives me fever - with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever - I’m his missus, Daddy won’t you treat him right?”
Now you’ve listened to my story, here’s the point I have made:
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
They give you fever - when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever - till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn.
I thought that there was a lack of songs about the ubiquitous mobile phone. At the time of writing, there probably was! The song’s taken this long to reach the open air. At school, people should be taught how to speak on the phone without shouting,and also how to use them efficiently and effectively, unlike the person in this song!
Hello,
Can you hear me?
You know I’ll be there with you soon.
Oh?
Oh really?
I’m nearly,
Somewhere near the bar.
Breaking up the signal’s
Raking in my credit.
Battery is fading,
Only one bar left to
Go all the way,
Down to the station.
Our communication’s
Hanging in the air.
Time?
It’s tomorrow.
You haven’t called me since today.
No.
It’s nearly two.
We’ll wait another twenty anyway.
OK,
You’re nearly there.
I know you’ll be here with me soon.
First right,
Then carry on,
Then
[bleeee]
Hello?
Hello?
The stars came out tonight,
Just like I thought they might.
Empty and cold,
Just like we’ve all been told.
Touching my heart,
You make it fall apart.
Shouldering the blame,
Tomorrow’s just just the same.
So live it up
Laughing and joking
Screaming and choking
Live it up,
’cos we’ll never live this down.
My stars came too late,
And I just sit and wait.
Smouldering the flame.
Tommorrow’s just the same.
If I could I would,
And if I would I could.
These words so hard to tame.
But don’t ever call it a game.
This song was inspired by Jean Giono’s story The Man Who Planted Trees. Look it up online if you can find it, or read the book, with its lovely illustrations. It took ages to programme and record!
A man on a journey,
Takes his time,
Appreciation.
He knows it is early;
Cool reflection,
Feels the eyes of a friend.
Silently they work the land.
A seed in his hand.
A seed in the ground.
“I returned, years gone by,
of freedom and genocide
To see,
Recognize,
Reality and memory,
And cut the ties.
All the things we have done:
Fragile earth
So easily overcome.
Tell me why, in a lifetime,
So many things must die.
But there,
Forgotten for so long.
The old man still carries on,
And all around,
As far as I could see,
(were) The labours of,
The man who planted trees.”
The wildest of all days,
And the world’s all out of focus in these rivers of rain.
A faceful of pain,
And did I need reminding why I’m travelling again?
Don’t ask me,
’cause all you’ll get is useless love and sympathy.
In this world you’re all alone,
But somebody who knows your name could be calling you home.
All you have to do,
Is struggle in the dark.
All you have to do,
Is watch it fall apart.
All you have to hold,
These empty broken hearts.
All you have is gone,
But you’ll never walk alone.
They’ll finally come for you,
Because of something you said,
Or didn’t say,
Or did,
Or didn’t do.
We’ll hear it on the news,
’til darkness shuts our eyes and we’ll dream until the dawn.
And I’m not exactly to blame
I just started calling evil by a pleasant sounding name.
Someone gave the call,
Their souls all flew like butterflies
They’d scratched on the wall.
All you have to do,
Is hidden at the start.
But all you have to prove,
Is hidden in your heart.
When everything is said,
And everything is done.
You’ll never be alone,
And you’re not the only one.
This is a bit of an old-skool dance/electro track. It was originally built around a collection of samples from a US American Cold War safety reel from the 1950s. I’m no longer using it in this re-recorded version (which has some real instrument in the form of a low tin whistle), but I still feel the cold war connection to it.
The title comes from the echoed bass drum, which was the basic inspiration behind the track.
A song about our seductive consumer culture and the damage it does to our health.
Smile like the sun,
You rise to the occasion.
Now it’s begun.
The grass is always greener…
Where were you going?
Did you “leap before you look?”
Tempt you,
Take you,
Lead you.
Like some carrot on a hook.
The line we follow,
And then we swallow.
Until it all goes down, yeah.
You’re feeling hollow?
Wait til tomorrow.
Burn like the sun.
I’m overcome.
I am not the,
Only one, wandering wondering;
Is it really better,
Yesterday tomorrow,
Not now?
Leave all the old queues,
And step out of tired shoes.
It really is that simple.
It really is that easy.
You try to tempt me.
So sad that they think it makes me happy.
I’ve changed my mind,
This time.
Now it’s done.
Pure resignation.
And everything is beautiful,
The meaner the better.
And I’ve been crying,
For the struggle and the waste and the race we run.
But now, somehow,
It’s the birds and the bees and the sun is shining! (for)
All these foolish stars I’ll follow,
Oh let me swallow.
Until it all goes down down/oh let me drown
It’s new today (and)
It’s new tomorrow.
Some people go to walk on holy ground
Some people stay, and nothing more is found
Some people see, and wonder if there’s more
Some people know the wonder of it all.
Now… Wondering
All I know: so far to go.
The truth is so elusive,
The mind so inconclusive but we
All have our uses, someday.
Find the door and live some more
Cast ashore: the fatal flaw,
Adrift in the ocean.
See... Understand,
Take my hand.
Step into the stars.
Some people do… nothing
Some people say… nothing
Some people take the time…
Some people smile.
After all that’s gone before,
With everything worth trying for,
I’m concluding less is more,
And living is better than dying for.
Set your store on sure as sure,
Or rest your oars on distant shores.
Your imagination… your destination
And when the doors open
Sometimes your heart’s broken
Sometimes you’re flying blind
Sometimes it’s fine.