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Loop
00:53
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This is a song that doesn't really matter
'Cause the lyrics mean nothing at all
We were walking in a dream then
All of a sudden we began to fall
Yesterday it was tomorrow
But now it's today
Sit with me in a circle on the floor
Drinking wine
Eating food
Watching footballers football
Footballers football
Today
Footballers football
Rugby players rugby play
Andy Murray
In a hurry
We'll climb that mountain but then it's not a real mountain
Turns out was just a drink
And we fell off anyway
It was quite difficult to balance on
Watched Martyn singing a ballad song
On the X Factor but the only factor I know is the Bayes factor
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2. |
Scared of Adulthood
04:08
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Well I didn't know
I was gonna be so
lost
Well I didn't know
I was gonna be so
lost
Lost in a life that I
didn't know was gonna be left behind
by those that were ready for it
Thought by now
I'd have a job with a reasonable salary
to make money
But it turns out
if you don't do
any interviews
then you're not gonna get a job at all
At all
At all
At all
At all
[chopped vocals]
Well I'm slowly
eating through
the money
that I had accumulated
in the many years of
education
that I had lived through
Now I'm coming to
my adult life
Responsibilities will be rife, soon
I know I need to get a job
One that makes me enough money for me to live
and makes me a little bit of money for my pension
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
But I don't wanna get a job
But I need to get a job
One that makes me enough money for me to live
and makes me a little bit of money for my pension
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
But I don't wanna get a job
I know I need to get a job
One that makes me enough money for me to live
and makes me a little bit of money for my pension
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
But I don't wanna get a job
But I need to get a job
One that makes me enough money for me to live
and makes me a little bit of money for my pension
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
But I don't wanna get a job
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3. |
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Well it's not workin'
Because I'm not workin'
Well it's not workin'
Because I'm not workin'
Don't think I can do
Both of these things
Both of these things
Both of these things
But ones more vital than (The other, the other, the other)
But I can't be bothered (The other, the other, the other)
But I can't be both- (The other, the other, the other)
But I can't be bothered
But I can't be both-
But I can't be both-
Next thing you know
For whatever reason
I'm on the streets and
I'm not a broken-hearted man
I'm just homeless
For my incompetence
I have been punished by the laws of physics
And though I know I'm not to blame
For any mistakes I might have made
I still feel quite shit 'cause I got no home
And I'm freezing cold
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-ohh, oh-ohh, oh-ohh
I didn't know
I didn't know how to give myself
I didn't know how to give myself the perfect life
And what you might say
Is that I need to get off my backside
Put in some graft I-
Just need to work an honest job
But what's so perfect
About a life of
Labour
And though admittedly
All these thoughts are just in my head
I won't be laughing anymore
When I'm on the floor half dead
In the streets somewhere 'cause I
Didn't want to apply my mind
I just couldn't be
I just couldn't be
I just couldn't be
I just couldn't be
Both-
I just couldn't be
Both-
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4. |
Avuncular Arcturus
04:50
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Sittin' on the deck in the back garden
lookin' up at the night sky
my uncle saw a star and
he thought 'What's that called?'
He didn't know at all
Looking up on his phone
for an application to
find out what the star's called
Find out what it's called now (Arcturus)
He found an app
and it's called (Arcturus)
Star Map
He looks around (Arcturus)
What does he see
He sees the star (Arcturus)
and it's called Arcturus
Curious my uncle was
to see how long this light had spent
travelling from all the way
over there out in space
He used an app
and it's called
Google Chrome
He finds the answer
What is it though
The answer is
About 36.6 years
This just so happens to be
the time difference between
myself and my uncle's ages
or rather our exact quantified stages
of life
at any given moment in time
approximately at least
Now it's time to go off-piste
In 1985, the film 'A View to a Kill' was released starring Sir Roger Moore
As my uncle sat there watching at the pictures the film
light escaped from Arcturus
When that light arrives
I'll be the same age that my uncle was
when he sat there at the pictures watching that film that he watched the day he watched that film
The day he watched that film
A day that has been spent
A day that's lost to time
Along with all those other days
All that remains are our memories
Memories of the days
Memories of the days
Memories of the
Memories of the days
Memories of the days
Memories of the
Memories of the days
Memories of the days
Memories of the
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5. |
Lucy, Lucy
03:33
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I matched with a girl on Bumble called Lucy
We talked about maths and cats and Vikings briefly
I was eager to arrange a date with her
so invited her for a drink
I didn't wanna ask her too soon
but I also didn't wanna overthink
Next thing you know we're on a date in Caffè Nero
and then we went walking around the canal and
and then we played frisbee and sat on a bench and
And then the date finished
I was very hopeful this might go well
but with hindsight the date was probably boring
I'd just like to meet a girl who I can banter with
Anyway, Lucy stampeded over my heart
Anyway, Lucy stampeded over my heart
I matched with another girl on Bumble called Lucy
We got on like a house on fire
The conversation flowed smoothly
We never went on a date
We were just too far away
Even if that's just forty minutes on the train
I'd just like to meet a girl who I can banter with and be in a relationship with
Anyway Lucy stampeded over my heart
Anyway Lucy stampeded over my heart
But they were both very nice people which was nice
and I really don't want to paint them in the wrong light
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6. |
TaMagotchI
03:29
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I fantasise before your eyes
but you don't know these thoughts I have regarding you
It's hidden in my skull that somehow already my heart is full when I'm with you
When I'm with you
And what we have is good but what I want is more
and I don't really know why
No I don't really know why
and what we have is good
but what I want is more
and I don't really know why
No I don't really know why
And what I want ain't much
It's such a stupid thing
It's such a pointless thing
It's just what society told us we should need
but do I really need this thing?
Is it really worth the risk?
It's not lustful though
It's nothing like that at all
I just think that I've found the perfect person for me
Well, almost perfect
There's just one defect
They don't want me the same way
but I'm happy being friends, eh?
You make my heart go rushin' like Sochi
Our friendship's like a Tamagotchi
How I care a care mistake
Let's not let them accumulate
Death of a great thing
Death of a great thing
Death of a great thing
Death of a great thing
If my troops camp out in the friend zone
I won't require
any follicle-stimulating hormone
Nor will we need ecclesiastical attire
For the non-existent wedding
There'll be no honeymoon sheets or bedding
Death of a great thing
Death of a great thing
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7. |
Do I Need to Care?
04:46
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We're living based off a bunch of assumptions
We're living based off a bunch of assumptions like everybody else is sentient like us just 'cause they got brains
Not even that!
Lobsters, crabs and
octopuses only just got recognition as a trio of sentient creatures
and two of them have brains
and one of them even has nine
That's eight more than you or me
unless you're
an animal
with two or more brains
that can comprehend this song or even if you can't
the point still stands that we can't know if anything, anyone, any little animal's sentient other than the one that I am
I think therefore I am sentient, sentient
It would be silly to not assume the sentience of other humans
as this would probably
lead to you or me losing humanity
Also, there's no definitive evidence either way
It would be foolish to
Believe a real *$% idea such as this one
Two of them have brains
and one of them even has nine
Why did scientists not feel inclined
to name them
as sentient
until they did?
But they just couldn't do it 'til they'd found the evidence
What evidence though I'd really like to know what sort of evidence can show
us that something
is able to perceive or feel things
We can't really know if anything
is sentient other than ourselves
We think therefore we are sentient, sentient
Sentient, sentient
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8. |
The Lower Angel
04:17
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It's a pub that I've been to maybe five or six times in my life
I remember the first night I set foot in this place I stepped inside
'Twas really rather loud that night ('Twas really rather loud that night)
'Twas really rather rowdy I ('Twas really rather rowdy I)
I thought it wasn't quite my vibe (I thought it wasn't quite my vibe)
but
but think I remember it was a little exciting somehow
I was only eighteen a little like a weird dream
was my life at that time
My mental health was at a height of peculiarity
I don't know how I found myself inside 'The Lower Angel' but I was there
I was there at the time
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
Many years have passed since that fateful time I entered 'The Lower Angel' for the first time in my life
I brought up the pub in a group chat due to my dad's recommendation of it
My friend said that the pub was on his 'approved list'
Then the nights of fun began
With my friend Seth and the gang
A gang of two but two great humans
Except one time Leia was not there
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
La-la-la-la-la-Lower Angel
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9. |
Swimming Baths
04:20
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Why did you put yourself there?
It's infamous for its despair
Nobody wants it but they're
stuck inside now
Do they want to get out?
Well I know you would love to
Well I know you would love to
Well I know you would love to
You're stuck inside though 'til your time is done so
We'll just have to bide the time until
you get to leave
and we get to see
much more of you
I didn't put myself here
For me it's all crystal clear
My fate was inescapable from the off
All that I can hope for is a better future
I've reached a big milestone
Just 100 days to go
Seems like an eternity though
Bonfire Night's around the corner
I'm a poor guy locked up though
Won't celebrate from my cell
like poor guy 'til death when he fell
Cut to 366 days later
I'm out now and I'm much better for it
Now it's like it's all for me
Now it's like it's all for me
I hope you never commit a crime again
I couldn't deal with you doing all that time again
Back here now with your father and me
Back here now with your father and me
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Take this from me
I know
it's
not so
easy
No
Knowing there's not much you can do to save all these people
from their demises
There are no good compromises
But I can do this for those of you
who are worryin' about what you can't do
Woah-ohh
To help save everyone
in the world in need
from a shit reality
Well at least what I'm about to say helps me
If you look at your brain and how it became that way
you'll see that you're not to blame for simply doing the same thing you were always gonna do
So don't go beating yourself up
You're just a passenger
Don't need the weight of the world
on your shoulders
So no more worryin' about what you can't do
Woah-ohh
To help save everyone
in the world in need
from a shit reality
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11. |
Flowers, Flowers
06:17
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What is this feeling?
Not love
Just an imitation
A love chameleon
A railway station
Well I wasn't leaving
But my train broke down and
I'm never making it to that destination
Obsession sets in
but I will not win
that wonderful prize of life
The family that I wanted
If you'd just send these flowers
through the post to the girl
that I'll be with for my whole life
Write my name on the card
If you'd just send these flowers
through the post to the girl
that I'll be with for my whole life
Before they die
Before they lose their petals
I will not settle
I'll continue in my search
For real love
Well, I don't care about the difference 'tween a stem and a stalk
I'm just quite sad you ate my heart there with a knife and a fork
Metaphorically of course
Can I pluck up the courage
to shoot myself in the foot
by putting myself out there
Like I've done before
[Chopped vocals]
Stupidly or not
Stemming from the feelings that I have
Is this desire for me to find a female Paw
If you'd just send these flowers
through the post to the girl
that I'll be with for my whole life
Write my name on the card
If you'd just send these flowers
through the post to the girl
that I'll be with for my whole life
Before they die
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James Tomlinson Warrington, UK
Name's James. I make some guitar-y stuff and some electronic-y stuff. Hopefully someone, somewhere likes some of it. Peace out.
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