lavishly tooled

entropy

freefall

a brighter life

every little thing

vive la difference

bollocks to brexit

subcutaneous

lavishly tooled

entropy

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

People come and people go

Just one big illusion show

Actors delivering their lines

Karma-come-healing on the side

Come join the ride

So break my bones with sticks and stones

Time after time, blow after blow

Revolving doors rotating wars

Keep the peace and what is yours

It's a cruel world out there

Don't forget to take a care

And love and share

Help me to help you prise apart

The grasping thorns that scar your heart

Mortal instruments of pain

With the choice to make a change

Do your best to live a life

Never picking up the knife

Make love not strife

So take my sins, erase the stain

Wipe clean the slate and start again

Falling leaves and summer sun

As the seasons cycle on

Watch the years go flashing by

Helterskelter down through time

Entropy

And as we breathe we oxidize

It kills us as it gives us life

As the days accelerate

See your chances much too late

Venerate the status quo

While the world moves on below

Not far to go

And as I lay me down to sleep

I beg the Gods my soul to keep

Seize the day before it's gone

Life's too short to ramble on

Set a goal and make a plan

Deliverance is in your hands

Make your stand

The sands of time are passing by

Angel of Death I feel your breath

Shut down. Big deal.

So much to do and so much more to feel.

Keep calm. Move on.

Keep on screaming 'til the end of your song

Cos' the song goes on and on and on and on

Shut down. Big deal.

So much to do and so much more to feel.

Keep calm. Move on.

Keep on screaming 'til the end of your song

Cos' the song goes on and on and on and on

On and on and on and on and

And as we breathe we oxidize

It kills us as it gives us life

And as we breathe we oxidize

It kills us as it gives us life

freefall

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

No point in pointing out the obvious

Don't waste your breath it's so damn tedious

Deaf to reason, screaming "Treason, you're the enemy"

Blind belief against the evidence that's plain for all to see

Running out of road, heading for the edge

Wish for wings that work, come on, place your bets

No looking back, no turning round, the ground will come to greet us

It's time to learn the hard way gravity cannot be cheated

You can define the path when you know distance, speed and time

You can't escape the facts but you can always close your eyes

Speeding down the road, through the safety wall

Arrogance and pride come before the fall

Free falling yes we're free falling

And I can see the headlines written there in black and white

Nothing to see, it's just a car crash, everybody died

A crazy drunk behind the wheel, somebody should have stopped her

Seems like she didn't hear the screaming passengers, or didn't care

Grabbing at the wheel, looking for the brake

Turn this thing around before it's too damn late

Free falling yes we're free falling

Sleepwalking yes we're sleepwalking

Free falling yes we're free falling

a brighter life

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

Born in a stable or a hospital

Ward we're all on our own after cutting the

Cord, and forward we

Pour - all you can do is keep playing the

Game while your searching for meaning like looking for

Grains of gold on the beach in the

Dark, so be like the sparks from the

Fire, as they twist in the breeze and then

Die, up in the sky, live a

Brighter life and then say goodbye.

Nobody asked you if you wanted

Life - but you're still here trying hard to

Survive - racing with

Rats, so hats off to you, you’re a unique

Machine of blood and desire and emotional

Needs that hold the seeds of the things that you

Do, good, mad or totally insane it’s all

You, and whatever you do make it count, make it

Shine, so when you get off at the end of the

Line, you leave something behind.

And if you believe this is it

And you're not coming back for a resit

Then what the hell is there to lose?

Just put on your dancing shoes

Princes and paupers, servants and

Queens, we're all made the same we all crap in

Latrines - if you get what I

Mean, nobody's better than anyone

Else, we're judged by the things that we do with our

Wealth - keep it all to

Yourself or give of it freely to those that have

Lack, your time and your patience, your love and your

Backbone - give it a

Whack, and not just at Christmas or Children In

Need, the more that you give then the more you

Receive, I know it sounds strange but just

Change one thing at a

Time, make the best of the gifts that you've

Got, why not? Live a

Brighter life and then say goodbye.

Live a brighter life and then say goodbye

every little thing

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

I was spinning round

Until you fixed my compass, found my bearings

And I was lost at sea

Until you showed me stars to stop me wandering

Well every little thing you do

Makes me see the good in you

And every minute of the day

You're on my mind, I hope you're here to stay

Lonely in the dark

Until you lit the candle with your spark and

Brought me into light

And now I never fear the cold and lonely night

Well every little thing you do

Makes me see the good in you

And every minute of the day

You're on my mind, I hope you're here to stay

A cart without a horse

Well I was going nowhere, treading water

And then you changed my course

Well now I'm on my way and going places

Well every little thing you do

Makes me see the good in you

And every minute of the day

You're on my mind, I hope you're here to stay

And I'd be lost without your love

Because you bring me joy and give me meaning

So if you'd care to stick around

I'll give you all my love and kick your arse at Scrabble now and then

Well every little thing you do

Makes me see the good in you

Every time you look my way

Just helps to brighten up the day

You are my sunshine, you're my light

You make this screwed up world alright

Cos every minute of the day

You're on my mind, I hope you're here to stay

Every little thing you do

vive la difference

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

Outside. They move. On the hunt for the non-believers.

Stay low. Eyes down. Keep your head below the parapet, parapet.

Keep still. Lights out. Make no sound if you want to get out of here.

Keep calm. Stay true. Pray if you want but it really won't help you.

Fish out of water. Cuckoo in the nest. You're not like us so we think it's best if you

Move on. Leave this place. No room for difference, got no tolerance.

Be scared. Be afraid. Knock on the door; it's a midnight raid.

Pogrom. Hate crime. Used to be your friends; but now they're on the other side.

You're not like us, you know you don't belong here

Strange fruit. In the trees. Well they swing in the cold cold breeze so

Swing low sweet chariot. Hear the singing of the marionettes.

Boot stamp. Fist grind. We're just here to help you make up your mind.

Binary. No grey. You're either with us or we're taking you away.

Unrest. Civil war. Vigilantes go from door to door and there's

No rules. No law. At the mercy of the kangaroo court.

Judge and jury. Alpha Omega. No reprieve, no there's no one to save you.

Bang bang. You're dead. Feel the noose tightening around your neck.

You're not like us, you know you don't belong here

This is genocide, we're just cleaning up the gene pool

Last night. I dreamt. I lived in a place that was tolerant.

Free speech. Free minds. No fear. No hate crime.

Utopia. Hard won. Rights from the fights down the generations.

Stand up. Defend. Fight for your rights, vive la difference.

You won't break us no you won't defeat us.

Vive la difference, we are Spartacus.

Vive la difference

bollocks to brexit

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

There's a light in the far off distance

There's a glow in the sky warming up the night

There's a hope we can make a difference

If we try and choose the

Righteous path, change direction

It's not impossible

As storms clouds gather

We stand together

Set a course for better weather

Bollocks to Brexit

It's time to take a stand

Bollocks to Brexit

Come to our senses now that we know the

Consequences

Of the lies that we were sold

Unicorns and

Cake and eat it

Let's defeat it

Now we know that the EU don't need

To concede just to keep us in the club

Now we know that a hard nosed exit

Will result in a

Financial apocalypse

Watch the pound tank like a sinking ship

They told you we would

Be better off but

It seems like it was a load of old bullshit

Bollocks to Brexit

It's time to take a stand

Bollocks to Brexit

Come to our senses now that we know the

Consequences

Of the lies that we were sold

Unicorns and

Cake and eat it

Let's defeat it

And it seems like the only people left

Who think this is a good idea at all

Are the spivs and the City chancers

Speculate to make a

Killing off the back of the

Poor and the sick who can least afford it

Just watch as your savings

Disappear in the whilrwind

Poor get poorer while the rich get richer

Bollocks to Brexit

It's time to take a stand

Bollocks to Brexit

Come to our senses now that we know the

The consequences

Of the lies that we were sold

Three hundred fifty million

pounds a week, I don't think so

Blue skies

Big lies

Sunlit uplands

Delusion, confusion

Bollocks to Brexit

It's time to take a stand

Bollocks to Brexit

Unicorns and

Cake and eat it

Let's defeat it

Bollocks to Brexit

subcutaneous

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

I never liked you anyway

I'd just pretend to be your friend

You never made me feel a thing

Except vaguely nauseous

You think you're so damn gorgeous

It's just a painting on a mouldy wall

Let's get subcutaneous

And talk about what's going on below the show

I know it sounds outrageous

Through all the years, now it appears,

I just can't fucking stand you

I just don't fucking like you

So if you strip the skin away

You see the monster underneath

A cruel heart of stone and

Teeth that bite and gouging fingers

And still the nightmare lingers

I wake up screaming if I dream of you

Let's get subcutaneous

And understand the meaning of this horror show

Dissect this alien species

Through all the tears, it's become clear

I just can't fucking stand you

I just don't fucking like you

Let's get subcutaneous

And talk about what's going on below the show

Let's get subcutaneous

And understand the meaning of this horror show

Skin deep. So shallow.

I thought I loved you til I found out what was

Living down below

Through all the tears, it's become clear

Beauty is not appealing

When it's devoid of feeling

A carapace an empty shell

If there's a hell I hope you get there in the end

Skin deep (let's get subcutaneous)