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James Wombling Free

by James Tomlinson

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luca vincent (29.01.22) By prematurely purchasing, I have invested in a sonically-idiosyncratic, explorative, ever-evolving project which delves inside the manic psyche of James Tomlinson, and I urge you to invest also. Is it comical frivolity? Is it genius? Who says it can't be both.
(17.08.22) The album has reached completion after many drastic, earth-shattering alterations. It's been a wild ride but as a shareholder I must say I'm delighted with the outcome- a wise and lucrative investment. Favorite track: Do I Need to Care?.
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1.
Loop 00:53
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
2.
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
3.
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-
4.
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
5.
Lucy, Lucy 03:33
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
6.
TaMagotchI 03:29
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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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released September 14, 2022

James Tomlinson - production on Ableton, vocals, lyrics, classical guitar, original making of 'Ooooo' sound on 9 and 11

Luca "Stampede Brian" Vincent - some lyrics on 11, some other lyrics on 6, one word of the lyrics on 5, creative director and all round ideas man on a few others and the album itself

James Taynen/Doubter - mixing and mastering of 2

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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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