tango foxtrot

succumb all ye faithful

roll the stone back

nothing to fear

living the dream

tango foxtrot

succumb all ye faithful

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

It's only September

But remember,

Get in early

(It's) nearly here

They're filling the shelves up

Elves are dumbstruck

It get's earlier

Every year

And we all feel the pressure come down

To create this illusion of family perfection

Made to feel obligation to drown

In debt to pay for this special day of the year

And next it's the adverts,

Drip fed excerpts

(Of the) life they think you

Want to own

They seek to cajole you

And control you

Splash that cash on

Something flash

It's all a mirage, all smoke and dust

(When you) wake up on Boxing Day, drunk and bust

After the party but there's no more beer

Who cares? It's the happiest day of the year

Grab yourself a great bargain

It's Black Friday

Fisticuffs for

Stuff you don't need

Fight your way to the check out

Take no prisoners

Serious business

Just get out of my way if you want to see Christmas Day

And hearing the music, hearing those songs

Is driving you crazy and making you long

For selective hearing or a hole in the head

(There's still) four weeks to go and you wish you were dead

Succumb all ye faithful

Christian Soldiers

Marching boldly

To the shops

Go worship your new Gods

Greed and Envy

Gluttony and

Wrath and

Sloth and Donner and Blitzen and Prancer and

Dancer, they don't have the answers you're looking for

The message is broken, or lost or mislaid

It's not just about getting horribly sleighed

And watching the Queen and the Street and then Elf

It's not about what you can get for yourself

Consider your actions, step back and appraise

If this is how Christ would have spent his birthday

And if your conclusion is "probably not"

Then think about if not this then what?

Bet they won't play

This in Sainsbury's

Bet they won't play

This in Sainsbury's

roll the stone back

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

We were dumb, we were young, we were having fun

We were broke all the time, didn't mean a thing

Playing games, happy days, in the summer sun

Full of joy, full of life, tasting everything

Down the park, making sparks with a pack of ten

Chucking rocks, skimming stones 'til we couldn't see

Kick the can, hide and seek, nothing mattered then

Wasting time'cause we throught we had eternity

Looking backwards from a foreign place; so many years ago

Well I wish that you could bottle this, and take a sip

And feel the way you did when you were young

Now we're older, got the world upon our shoulders

Been through changes, now we understand the big game

Got responsibilities and mouths to feed now

Got no time to mess around and shoot the breeze now

And our choices very slowly lead towards this

Road we're walking 'til it feels you're on a knife edge

Keep your eyes upon the path, ignore frustrations

No room for turning round ignore your reservations

Looking backwards from a foreign place; so many years ago

Well I wish that you could bottle this, and take a sip

And feel the way you did when you were young

Got a crush, feel the rush of adrenalin

On my mind, all the time, want to breathe you in

Feel my heart, beating fast, when you touch my skin

Feel your tongue, in my mouth, it's so alien

I can still smell your hair and it takes me there

To a time so sublime with so little care

When the world was so small, you were all I knew

I was sure that this was it and we would stay together

Roll the stone back up the hill, and take me back in time

Pause the video and press rewind, to see your face one more time

Looking backwards from ths foreign place; so many years ago

Well I wish that you could bottle it, and take a sip

And feel the way you did when you were young

nothing to fear

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

I'm here, hush dear

Don't fear noise in the dark

Wind blows, wind moans

Through the window and into your heart

There's nothing out there, there's no need to care

It's imaginary, you're here safe with me

Close your eyes again, shut the night out and

Sleep 'til the morning comes, dream 'til tomorrow comes

Creeping

Sleep

Creaking old beams

Footsteps from down below?

Tree scratch cold glass

Demon to swallow your soul?

There's nothing out there, there's no need to care

It's imaginary, you're here safe with me

Close your eyes again, shut the night out and

Sleep 'til the morning comes, dream 'til tomorrow comes

Creeping

Sleep

Midnight cat fight

Screaming souls at the door?

Distant sirens

Warning you of the end of the world

There's nothing out there, there's no need to care

It's imaginary, you're here safe with me

Close your eyes again, shut the night out and

Sleep 'til the morning comes, dream 'til tomorrow comes

Creeping

Sleep

Nothing to fear but fear itself

Don't give any heed to the fears in your head

Nothing to fear but fear itself

Close your eyes and sleep safe and warm in your bed

Nothing to fear but fear itself

Don't give any heed to the fears in your head

Nothing to fear but fear itself

Close your eyes and sleep safe and warm in your bed

Sleep

living the dream

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

Another Monday, another fun day

Another shift at the crazy dream factory

Another morning; spit, shower, shave

Another step along the path toward the grave

(I need to) break the chains, need to find release

(Exploit the) niche in the market for my USP

(If you) need a heavy drinker who can just about stand

After 15 pints of beer - then I'm your man

(I need to) get rich quick, I need a sure fire ploy

Working for a living well it brings me no joy

(Well it's) dragging me down man, it's making me mean

Feeling like a cog in the big machine

Feeling like a prisoner, feeling like a slave

Time to make a difference, time to make a change

(You can) waste your life following a path you hate

(Just to) pay the bills and put the food upon your plate

(So it's) time to make a gamble, live the life you dream

But shooting for the stars is just a scary mad scheme

(I want a) chateau in the country, need a cunning old plan

No more working for the company, sweating for the man

(So I) knuckled down to try and catch the sounds

(That were) swimming in my head and try and lay them down

(And then I) started writing down some kind of doggerel poetry

Words about the little things that interest or bother me

A song became an album, then two and then three

(Flowing) out like water, like musical dysentery

And I'm a realist, the first one to admit

(That) some of them are pretty good and some of them are

(Shouting) out in the dark, making music in my cave

Looking at the surf, yeah, waiting for my wave

(And I'm) not looking for fame or celebrity

Don't want to see myself on YouTube or MTV

Rad-i-o face, yeah, I'm not a great looker

(Like a) welder's bench, I'm just an ugly old funker

I can't help myself from doing this you see

(Keeping) all this music in was very nearly killing me

(So I'm) letting it out now, I'm letting it flow

(Maybe) someone else will like it, well you never really know

Shot in the dark, keep on mining this seam

(Well I'm) living for the music yes I'm living my dream

serotonin

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

Take a breath, let it out

Take your time, no need to shout

Take a chill pill, just relax

Take a moment, to weigh up the facts

Is it really, so severe?

Does it matter? Does anyone care?

Find perspective, walk away

(Don't get) hung up on stuff you can put off for another day

You should aim for serenity

Slow it down some, brew up some tea

Take it easy, take it slow

Think it through, sleep on it, wait 'til tomorrow

Don't be hasty, don't get mad

Take a time out, it's never that bad

Keep your cool, don't react

('Cause) Life is too short to get wound up like that

Anger's a waste of your energy

Take a step backward and you will see

Don't raise your fists, raise your empathy

Open your heart and your mind and be

Free

It's OK, it's not strange

Well we all, can feel rage

Everyday, someone says something dumb

(And you) want to punch them in their stupid face

Break it down, just take five

Close your eyes and learn to survive

Turn it off, be a freak

Tune it out and turn the other cheek

You should aim for serenity

Slow it down some, brew up some tea

Take it easy, take it slow

Think it through, sleep on it, wait 'til tomorrow

Don't be hasty, don't get mad

Take a time out, it's never that bad

Keep your cool, don't react

('Cause) Life is too short to get wound up like that

Anger's a waste of your energy

Take a step backward and you will see

Don't raise your fists, raise your empathy

Open your heart and your mind and be

Free

in satan's name

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

It's time to take a stand

Against this evil brand

They've crossed the line and more

It's like declaring war

Protect our savoury bakes from harm

Rise up you Cornish in alarm

Boycott their shop, beware their fare

Don't despair

In Satan's name we have to ask

Why have they put a Greggs in Saltash?

A spear into the heart

And this is just the start

Their first advance against

The Pasty's dominance

But not without a fight

Reject the dark side, push them outside, this is life and death

Protect our savoury bakes from harm

Rise up you Cornish in alarm

Boycott their shop, beware their fare

Don't despair

In Satan's name we have to ask

Why have they put a Greggs in Saltash?

Protect our savoury bakes from harm

Rise up you Cornish in alarm

Boycott their shop, beware their fare

Don't despair

In Satan's name we have to ask

Like rubbing salt into a rash

Why have they put a Greggs in Saltash?

ele

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

Keeping warm in the face of the fire storm

Coming soon and there's nothing that you can do

Let it roll, let it burn you and take it's toll

Feel the heat as it knocks you from off your feet

Blown away by the force of the pressure wave

No way out, twist and shout but there's no escape

Molten air burning skin, hair and everything

As your lungs turn to dust from the fire within

Make your peace while you can with your fellow man

Be your best because there's nothing else left now

Grab a beer, pull a seat up and watch the show

There's nowhere you can run, there's nowhere left to go

When the world come's crashing down

The end of all you've known

Doesn't matter who you are

Doesn't matter what you own

If the blast don't get you killed

Then the nuclear winter will

Watch the skies

We all die

Flying fast from the vastness beyond our Earth

Heading straight for this place like a firebird

10 miles wide, it's a beast, it's a killer piece

Of debris, and it's coming for you and me

And the news came there was no way out of this

Just prepare yourself for the apocalypse

We've got five days so just make the most of it

Now's the time to start ticking that bucket list

Make your peace while you can with your fellow man

Be your best because there's nothing else left now

Grab a beer, pull a seat up and watch the show

There's nowhere you can run, there's nowhere left to go

When the world come's crashing down

The end of all you've known

Doesn't matter who you are

Doesn't matter what you own

If the blast don't get you killed

Then the nuclear winter will

Watch the skies

We all die

you make me smile

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

Lyric credit: Richard Lee Thomas

I just caught your eye

As you swung out of view

I knew right from that moment

How much I wanted you

Stressed and out of breath

(As you were) coming out of Next

(I asked you) if you'd mind if I tried on

Your new black dress

You stopped and smiled at me

But told me "You're a fool,

Black is not your colour, you'd look

Better wearing blue"

And that's what it

Is about you - you make me

Smile - and girl I

Have to say it's been a while

You make me smile

And I'd like to think

That you feel this feeling too

And I'd like to spend

More of my time with you

(You've got me) in a mess inside my head

(I want to) wake up next to you in bed

Take off your new black dress

You turn and look at me

And hit me with your laser eyes

You tell me you're in need

Of coffee or you're going to die

And that's what it

Is about you - you make me

Smile - and girl I

Have to say it's been a while

You make me smile

I just caught your eye

As you swung out of view

I knew right from that moment

How much I wanted you

Stressed and out of breath

(As you were) coming out of Next

(I asked you) if you'd mind if I tried on

Your new black dress

You stopped and smiled at me

But told me "You're a fool,

Black is not your colour, you'd look

Better wearing blue"

You turn and look at me

And hit me with your laser eyes

And that's what it

Is about you - you make me

Smile - and girl I

Have to say it's been a while

read my lips

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

No more to fear

I'm out of here

No more to fear

I'm out of here

Gave you another chance, gave you another inch

You took a liberty, you took the funking pith

I'm out of

Here

Thought I was being an adult, the bigger man

Thought you'd respect that and stick to the plan but you

Lie and you cheat and I'm sick to my eye teeth

Of being the sucker you miserable funker

No more to fear

I'm out of here

Read my lips

One thing I've learned is that once things have turned then you

Can't spin the wheel, you can't make someone feel for you

Try if you must, but you're flogging a dead horse, so

Just walk away - it's less painful that way

Make it sound easy, it isn't - believe me - it's

Hard to let go of the things that you think you know

Life's an illusion and full of confusion eventually

You will embrace the conclusion

No more to fear

I'm out of here

No more to fear

I'm out of here

Read my lips

No more to fear

I'm out of here

No more to fear

I'm out of here

(No more to fear) Take me down, take me away

(I'm out of here) Tomorrow's a different day

(No more to fear) I've taken all I can stand

(I'm out of here) Time for a different plan

No more to fear

I'm out of here

No more to fear

I'm out of here

(No more to fear) Take me down, take me away

(I'm out of here) Tomorrow's a different day

(No more to fear) I've taken all I can stand

(I'm out of here) Time for a different plan

Read my lips

step back

From the album Tango Foxtrot Oct 2018

Tired of feeling hurt, face down in the dirt

Forsaken, overtaken, left behind to rot into the earth

Tired of wasting time, on other people's lives

When all they do is trample over you

Like they didn't even see you

Not asking for a lot, a little goes a long way

Just ask me, how the day went, show a little interest

Show me that I'm wrong, (make me) feel like I belong

Small gestures, cost nothing, just put your

Self in someone else's head instead

I'm going to take a step back

See if you notice any change

I'm going to take my life back

And if you want to spend some time

You know exactly where to find me

(It hasn't) always been this way, we used to be much closer,

But people change and time moves on and

Now - you feel so far away, and I was told that

Distance makes the heart grow fonder, but all I ever see are

Empty spaces where you used to be

(And it could) be that I just need, to realign reality,

Embrace the empty space, fill the void with liberty,

Free to waste my time on stuff inside my mind

(But it's) bittersweet, and hard to feel complete without you

Driving me insane, but in a good way

I'm going to take a step back

See if you notice any change

I'm going to take my life back

See if you notice any change

I'm going to take a step back

See if you notice any change

I'm going to take my life back

See if you notice any change