phive

wheel of life (part i)

lullaby

happy days

girls and boys

see you later alma mater

been around the world

wheel of life (part ii)

afterburn

phive

wheel of life (part i)

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Spin through space with the rest of the human race

Take your place in the carnival cavalcade

Born to die, use your time well don't waste a day

If you blink then you lose and it's gone away

Just keep running, it's all that you have to do or

Just stop trying and let the world smother you

Just lie down in the dirt, close your eyes, make no sound

As the wheel of life crushes you into the ground

One more day turns to night

Keep on chasing the light

Keep on dreaming the dream, spin the wheel

Play the game, keep it real, keep it real

We're all searching for some kind of reason

To prolong the exchange of the seasons

Some choose politics, some take religion

Some choose alcohol, drugs or oblivion

Most can't choose, choice is luxury, certainly

If you spend your time scraping through poverty

We all play with the hand that’s been dealt to us

But the deck is stacked and we are the underdogs

One more day turns to night

Keep on chasing the light

Keep on dreaming the dream, spin the wheel

Play the game, keep it real, keep it real

And the pendulum swings

Marking time on all things

One more day turns to night

Keep on chasing the light

Keep on dreaming the dream, spin the wheel

Play the game, keep it real, keep it real

lullaby

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Sleep baby there's time enough

For you to join the game and make your claim so

Don't worry, no hurry

To make your way into this crazy place of broken things so

Rest softly, breathe easy

Innocent perfection, empty page of possibility

No pressure, just treasure

Every breath you take, every step you make

I'll watch you grow stronger

Open up your eyes and help you through the darkest times

I'll help you, I'll feed you

Take you by the hand and walk you through this green and pleasant land

Rest softly, breathe easy

Innocent perfection, empty page of possibility

No pressure, just treasure

Every breath you take, every step you make

(sleep baby, sleep baby)

happy days

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Skin your knees and taste your blood

While you struggle through the mud

It builds character they say

Running on a winter's day

Icy fingers, frozen toes

Hot breath burning in your nose

Well I guess I'd rather play

Something else today just

Stay sane, play the game

Don't fight, don't bite

Head down, see things in the round you have to

Put up with some degradation to get yourself an education

These are the best days of your life or so they say

Sunday evening and your

Guts are heaving cos you

Went out with your mates

And now it's way too late to

Write that English essay

Hand it in all messy

Teacher knows that you just

Wrote it on the school bus

Stay sane, play the game

Don't fight, don't bite

Head down, see things in the round you have to

Put up with some perspiration to get yourself an education

These are the best days of your life or so they say

Playground insults, playground rules

Psychological abuse

Well you'll probably be OK

Unless you're fat or poor or gay

School of hard knocks, Happy Days

Learn to dodge the bully's gaze

Sticks and stones just break your bones

Poisoned words can leave you

Alone, on your own

Outside, ostracized

Head down, see things in the round you have to

Put up with some alienation to get yourself an education

These are the best days of your life or so they say

girls and boys

From the album Phive Aug 2018

So Jackie's going out with Tim and all the boys are asking him

If she is sweet between the bedsheets, did he stick it in her yet?

The rumour mill is grinding down the truth into a simple soundbite

Turns out Jackie is a slag; and that is now the end of that

Cos now she's got a reputation

Spreads her legs without much provocation

She's Flora to the bitchy girls

The word is Donna had a threesome at a party on the weekend

I was there and I saw nothing, doesn't stop the tongues from clucking

Donna's gone off sick cos she can't face the Spanish Inquisition

Spiteful words and sick agendas; Victim of a cheap vendetta

Sex and lies and hidden motives

Are you getting it or are you

Some kind of queer?

And we all have to cross this sea of pre-pubescent misery

And navigate the choppy waves, make it to the hallowed caves

Childish adults, fledgling bodies; Hormone ridden horror stories;

All a part of growing up if you can run the sexual gauntlet

Spin the bottle, roll the dice

Open wide and close your eyes

I hope you get a nice surprise

Girls and Boys come out to play

see you later alma mater

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Got my grades; Moving place to a brand new town full of brand new promise

Given me cash so I can make a splash; Thunderbird then projectile vomit

Get up for lectures two days a week; the rest of the time I'm studying man

In front of the TV sat in my pants; Home and Away while I'm sipping on a can

Three years time; the world is mine; a sure fire route to a full time position

I just can't wait for my two day week with the State paying me to research oblivion

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and your drinks for free

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and a 12 week holiday

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and your drinks for free

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and a 12 week holiday

I'm a Union Man in the Union Bar; daytime thinking daytime drinking

Socialist Worker never had a job; except when I get to the bottom of my pint pot

And we all hate Maggie Thatcher; Fascist dictator; Milk snatcher

Except Neil who has joined the Dark Side; Runs the bar so we let that slide;

All on the coach for a day in London; Rent-a-mob for the Student Union;

Once we've smashed Clause 28 we're all heading off for an overpriced latte

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and your drinks for free

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and a 12 week holiday

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and your drinks for free

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and a Dreadlock Holiday

Someone's shat in the kitchen what am I gonna do

Living in a house that is full of disease; flies and dog turds; maggots and fleas

Nobody cares too much for hygiene; Liquid diet keeps your pipework clean

Three hard years of education; made good friends and bad decisions

Now it's all over; Graduation; Think I deserve a long vacation

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and your drinks for free

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and a 12 month holiday

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and your drinks for free

It's nice work if you can get it; Your money for nothing and a 12 month holiday

been around the world

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Red-eye flight bound for JFK; it’s the start of a whole new life today;

Hit the Big Apple, eat American Pie; Empire State and the Broadway lights;

Route 66 on a Greyhound bus; Make a midnight stop down in Las Vegas

Win a million dollars on a fruit machine; Hit the West Coast cities, try the West Coast Scene

Walk the hills of San Francisco; ride on a street car named Desire

I must be California dreaming; Hey Jack Kerouac I still feel your fire

And I feel alive for the first time in my life

Open up my eyes for the first time in my life

Next New Zealand; bit like England; 30 years ago but so much better;

Bare back riding; Bungy jumping; Whale watching and no shitty weather

Land in Sydney pretty much broke; get a part time job in the back of bourke

Cross the Harbour Bridge every single day past the Opera House and Circular Quay

Waltzing Matilda out in the outback; Ularu, Kakadu, Botany Bay

Barrier Reef and Coober Pedy; Palm Beach real life Home And Away

And I feel alive for the first time in my life

Yeah I feel alive for the first time in my life

New York, Vegas, San Francisco, Auckland, Ayers Rock, Bali, Bangkok

(Been around the world, been around the world)

(Been around the world)

Lost on the trail in South East Asia

(Been around the world)

Beach bum lifestyle; fuck you malaria

(Been around the world)

Seeing things fresh yeah, open my Chakra

(Been around the world)

Bali, Singapore, Jogjakarta

(Been around the world)

Koh Pha Ngan man, island hopping

(Been around the world)

Night train to Bangkok, only stopping for the best

(Been around the world)

And I feel alive for the first time in my life

(Been around the world)

Open up my eyes up for the first time in my life

(Been around the world)

New York, Vegas, San Francisco

(Been around the world)

Auckland, Ayers Rock, Bali, Bangkok

quicksand

From the album Phive Aug 2018

The dream is gone, the holiday is over

Time to buckle down and find, something else to fill your mind

A proper job, a calling to fulfill you

Need to start to make your way, everyone has bills to pay

And working life will start to overcome you

With your head down you can't see life in it's entirety

Become obsessed with all the little details

Got to do your very best, keep your job and make your nest

As the quicksand very slowly sucks you underground

And so it goes, they offer you promotion

More responsibility, sliding up the greasy tree

It's called success if you are moving upwards

Something for your resume, makes you feel you're on your way

But here's the catch, it means that you will have to

Spend some more time at your desk, do the things you love to less

But that's okay, there are some consolations

Taking home a bit more pay, spend it on that holiday

As the quicksand very slowly sucks you, sucks you, underground

The snake consumes it's tail in the finale

Treadmill slowly gaining pace, stop and you're out of the race

But now you have to watch whats underneath you

Look out for the lions below, keen to take you if you slow

And through it all you have to keep a straight face

Treat each task you undertake like it really makes the fucking

World turn around, cos if you don't believe this

You'll conclude your working life is a pointless waste of time

As the quicksand very slowly sucks you, pulls you, underground

Quicksand - too late to break it's grip

Quicksand - escape the sinking ship

Quicksand - do this until you die

Quicksand - and never question why

Quicksand - too late to break it's grip

Quicksand - escape the sinking ship

Quicksand - do this until you die

Quicksand - and never question why

And never question why

gold dust

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Little by little you build yourself up;

You start off by renting and accumulating

The myriad things that you need in your life

Like sockets and spanners and wardrobes and clotheshangers

Hoovers and dusters and godknows what else and then

After a while you require some more certainty

Go for a mortgage and purchase a property

Fill it with all of the crap you've collected then

Look at the rooms that are still sort of empty

And wonder what else you require to be happy and

Life - well it’s a funny old game

We're never content with things staying the same

So we look for a reason, we search for an answer

We're scared of our loneliness, want a companion and

Love - seem's to answer our calls

And new love is always the best love of all

A friend to rely on, a shoulder to cry on

A voice in the wilderness chasing the darkness away

And love can have consequence, love can have side effects

The swelling of belly, the patter of little feet

See yourself somehow in somebody's features and

Fill up with love at the thought of the creatures

That you have helped bring to life, brought to this world of strife

Suddenly time is an abstract construction

Your time and your house are filled up by their ructions

The smells and the screams and their delicious daydreams

Blink and they're gone, they're not staying here long

So just sleep baby sleep while I hold you and hold you and

Life - well it’s a funny old game

Things change around us they can't stay the same

And we try to hang on to the things that we love

But it's like nailing jelly up, or trying to catch rainbows and

Love - changes too over time and

Love needs replenishment, love needs some maintenance

Hoard it like Croesus but treat it like gold dust

And don't let the whirlwind blow all of your gold dust away

Away, away, away

whirlwind

From the album Phive Aug 2018

There's a dark cloud hanging over me

I can feel it's screaming energy

And it's coming for me, nowhere to hide

So buckle up and take the ride

Too late to think about evasive action

The die was cast the path was set back In the past

So prepare for the blast, man the lifeboats

Grab your life preserver

And as you sow then shall you reap

It doesn't pay to fall alseep

You lost your focus you forgot

And now you have to face the

Whirlwind - Picks you up and fucks you up

Whirlwind - No control so where will you come down?

I'm spinning falling calling out but there is no-one there

There's nothing I can do to stop it I'm a passenger

No solid ground around, and I can't tell

Which way is up from down

I didn't see it coming didn't have a fucking clue

But looking back I see the many things that I could do

To calm the storm before it lost control

And blew the whole thing

And all the plans you ever made

Are blown straight back into your face

The things that you considered safe

Shift out of time and out of space

And as you sow then shall you reap

It doesn't pay to fall alseep

You lost your focus you forgot

And now you have to take the

Whirlwind - Picks you up and fucks you up

Whirlwind - Lifts you up and spins you round

No idea when you will touch the ground

And as you sow then shall you reap

It doesn't pay to fall alseep

You lost your focus you forgot

And now you have to take the

Whirlwind - Picks you up and fucks you up

Whirlwind - Lifts you up and spins you round

Whirlwind - Hit the ground at some point later

Random chaos generator

ctrlaltdel

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Turn it off, turn it on again

clear skies

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Clear skies and the sun in your eyes again

Start to sift the debris

It's a long and difficult road

Take it slow and steady your load

Find the point of balance and slowly lift

Don't take any more than you need to

Take only the best; leave the rest

Behind

It's a chance to start over again

Strip it down to the basics and then

Keep the parts of your life that make you sing

Down the road there are new things to see

New experience, new possibilities

And remember that worse things happen at sea

Clear skies and the sun in your eyes

Start to lift yourself free

It's your choice - you can lay down and die

Or remember that there's more to life

And that life is a long song and you are not

Ready to go without singing the final refrain

And again

wheel of life (part ii)

From the album Phive Aug 2018

Don't pack it in; don't give it up; don't wave the flag; don't turn your toes up

Well there's a big old world out there; don't think that no-one cares

You have to try; you have to look; you have to write that sodding book

So get your glad rags on, get out and see what else is there

Permutations - to infinity and then on and on and on

Revelations - well there's more than just the space outside your door

(All around the world)

Open up your eyes for the first time in your life

(All around the world)

Open up your eyes for the first time in your life

Move on, keep singing your song, it doesn't really matter if it's shite or a good one

Just sing it out from your heart; it's a matter of fact that singing makes you thinner

Jumpstart the day with a tune; 'cause rhythm is a dancer and a lover and a chancer

Who knows, you never can tell; you might just find somebody who will sing along with you

If you think you've seen it all before, there's always something that will

Come along and leave you wanting more

If you think that there is nothing new, just take a look again and

See the world through open eyes; it's waiting there for you

There is no plan, it's in your hands

It's up to you to understand

You can be anything you want to be

Don't overthink things, go with it

Just chuck some stuff and see what sticks

You can be anything you want to be

It's not a secret, not a trick

But time is short so get a grip

Don't waste a minute having doubts

Just get yourself outside and

Breathe in - taste the rain and feel the sunshine

Breathe in - no-one knows when Father Time will come and tap you from behind

Sing your song - give me your melody

Give me your melody

As your day turns to night

Keep on chasing the light

Keep on dreaming the dream, spin the wheel

Play the game, keep it real, keep it real

And the pendulum swings

Marking time on all things

As your day turns to night

Keep on chasing the light

Keep on dreaming the dream, spin the wheel

Play the game, keep it real, keep it real

afterburn

From the album Phive Aug 2018

(Instrumental)