The End Of The World (For Two)

Small talk in the aftermath
Of a nuclear holocaust
I'm not quite sure how you and I
Made it out alive
We've seen some terrible things
We've had such horrible dreams
These last few nights
The only human beings to survive

Well I'm sorry but I like it here with you
It is the end of the world... for two

Red fire filled the sky
Followed by this endless night
Where nothing seems to grow
hold me please I feel so cold
The water's sulphurous
I'm not sure what it's doing to us
But we've got to make it through
Survive somehow, it's up to me and you

Well I'm sorry but I like it here with you
It is the end of the world...

All the little things, that you used to love
Your favourite TV shows and getting your hair cut
This all has gone away, and I know you don't like me
But all we have is time, we can get along...
Just wait and see

Well I'm sorry but I like it here with you,
It is the end of the world, the end of the world
It is the end of the world, the end of the world for two.

She Makes Me Nervous

She Makes Me Nervous
This was the last thing that I wanted to hear
Now I got you crying at my feet
I have seen this all from the other side
You're just not the one for me

Hope seeps in like a drug sometimes
And you can never have enough
Here I am wrapped inside it's serpentine coils
Never gonna find a release

I didn't want to have to leave you my dear
Cos I'm afraid you might be crushed by this
Please don't be wounded when I say I don't want you near
It wasn't love it was just a kiss

Hope seeps in like a drug sometimes
And you can never have enough
Here I am wrapped inside it's serpentine coils
Never gonna find a release, never gonna find a release...

I'm not in love with her
she just makes me nervous
And I can't stand
Her accusing eyes
They say that I have been too unkind
Hers was a love I could not requite
We're just wasting time

Hope seeps in like a drug sometimes
And you can never have enough
Here I am wrapped inside it's serpentine coils
Never gonna find a release, I'm never gonna find a release
Am I ever gonna find, ever gonna find, ever gonna find a release?

Dear Michael

Dear Michael
They left you alone at night
Handcuffed to the bed
And I get to wondering
What must have gone through your head?

They say you're family now
And you can't leave here
Or they'll hunt you down
Each time that you withdraw
Your income support
They'll call the office up
And find out where you are

You gave submission and they tore you apart dear boy
No validation and your vulnerable heart's a toy to them
What stopped you from screaming out, dear Michael?

They held you down
And took it in turns
To push you round
So you took all you could take?
And to bottom of a lake
Is where they found your head
When you wound up dead

You gave submission and they tore you apart dear boy
No validation and your vulnerable heart's a toy to them
What stopped you from screaming out, dear Michael?

And I guess it's fair enough
That you wanted to belong
Sometimes we're blind by love,
Forget we've got to sing our own songs
Dear Michael.

Stowaways

Stowaways
There'll be a light outside
My window one day
And if they've come to take me away
I'll ask them to find some space
So the two of us can stow aboard
And leave for a better place

It's getting hard to bear,
I'm reading it every day
Everybody's talking about the end of the world
Just like its yesterday’s news
And there's nothing we can do about it at all
So we'll run away... run away

And we will stowaway, upon the first ship out of here
We'll float into outer space, yeah, we'll disappear
And the world seems very small now from the window
Of this vessel and we don't know where they're taking us

You're having second thoughts,
I can read it in your eyes
Don't be fooled by the government
When they buy another landslide victory
All they want to do is bleed the planet dry
And the rich ones will survive, surprise, surprise

And we will stowaway, upon the first ship out of here
We'll float into outer space, yeah, we'll disappear
And the world seems very small now from the window
Of this vessel and we don't know where they're taking us at all

And we will stowaway, upon the first ship out of here
We'll float into outer space, yeah, we'll disappear
And the world seems very small now from the window
Of this vessel and we don't know where they're taking us at all

The Chemicals

The Chemicals
I detect a bump in the road up ahead
Maybe I turned right when I should have turned left
If there's a stumbling block then I'll fall over it
Every single time

Another girl with a pretty face
She's another chance to make a mistake
You'd think I'd have enough of chances to take
But I'll fall for it again

I've got a funny feeling about this
Set alight by your poisonous kiss
I've got a funny feeling about this
Step away from those memories and give in to this
Surely just a moment’s bliss

The chemicals; they rot your brain and they drive you wild
They're everywhere I seem to turn... I want them all

I've got a tingling feeling in my spine
Oh Lord I'd like to believe that that feeling is mine
But deep down we know how far from divine
Is the end of every line

Some will shirk for fear the road less travelled is rough
Others suffer, searching for a deeper cut
Believing that the pain that they are feeling is love
For them the morning's tough

I've got a funny feeling about this
Another night and we know that we're taking a risk
I've got a funny feeling about this
Step away from that ledge boy, give me a kiss
She knew that I would fall for it

The chemicals; they rot your brain and they drive you wild
They're everywhere I seem to turn... I want some more
The chemicals; they rot your brain and they drive you wild
They're everywhere I seem to turn... I want them all
The chemicals, the chemicals, the chemicals, the chemicals

Drink The Cup

I used to post my lyrics as facebook notes as I wrote them, but facebook has messed up the editting of notes, so you can't have seperate lines! Pretty annoying if you're trying to write in verse. So I thought I'd make a supplementary blog for lyrics. I'll start off with the latest batch we've been recording in the studio:


Drink The Cup
It started off so well, where did it go wrong?
Your Mum wanted so much for you, but I suppose, so does anyone's Mum
And we all try so hard to meet all of their expectations
I don't know what to say any more, so I don't, I just stand back

I have lived and I've loved and I've still not had enough
And if I could go back to the start, I would not make one difference

All we have are dreams, but you can't dig your feet in
Or keep it all bottled up, just like Raol Moat
I hope that you don't explode like he did last year
I hope you've got more control than he did, otherwise should we fear?

I have lived and I've loved and I've still not had enough
I have drunk from the cup, at times I might have had too much
And if I could do it all again, there's not one thing I would change

I have lived and I've loved and I've still not had enough
I have drunk from the cup and you might say I've had too much
But if I could go back to the start, I would not make one difference...No.