Shit Happens
7:20 minutes (6.72 MB)
Simply put, this song is about robbing a bank. Stuart wrote the words, we all wrote the music...
Lyrics
Well I looked at you and you said ‘let’s do it’
And we walked into the bank
I knew as soon as you pulled the gun
it was a bad idea, a stupid plan...
‘Pay Up’, as you pointed the pistol,
I turned to ice inside,
The cashier started loading the gear
and someone started to cry...
('chorus')
Shit happens
The cash was in the bag
but I still had nagging doubts
We backed towards the door
never saw the man whose gun was out
One shout, two shots and a stagger
I didn’t see him fall
You pulled, I pushed and we both panicked
then we were out the door
Shit Happens
(middle '8')
Of course the men outside were on to us,
They had cars and gas and guns
So fast we never had a chance,
we were fugitives wanted on the run.
Misunderstood what they were shouting,
One trigger-happy cop turned around,
Although in slow motion, I saw you drop.
Shit happens...
Love Doctor
5:07 minutes (4.69 MB)
Another one of the oldest tunes ever, this is a dark tale of a nasty man who stalks ladeez of tha night. Lyrics by Kieron Cheek, music by me, Stu and Kieron... We always though it was a bit on the cheesy side, but back in '99 / 2000 it was one of our most popular songs (with our three fans...)
Lyrics
I call myself the Love Doctor
Doctor Love
I'm the iron hand
in the velvet glove
You know me from your nightmares, baby
You've seen me on TV
I'm everywhere baby
Can't get away from me
So don't you try to understand it
There ain't no other way
It's me on the scene
I saw you at midnight
working love street
and I beckoned you over
just easy meat.
Hi there honey,
are you looking for a good time?
A nod and a smile
and you were all mine, mine, mine!
CHORUS
Middle 8:
The tension's rising now I've got you alone
and though you don't yet know it
you're never gonna make it home...
Gonna give you to the darkness behind my eyes
and you'll live there forever
You're gonna be immortalised
CHORUS
I've got no problem
with the blood on my hands
It's an ancient cycle
I know you'll understand
I'm the destroyer
death and rebirth
walking in the darkness
I stalk the earth!
CHORUS
Modern Day Apathy
6:34 minutes (6.02 MB)
This is one of the oldest 'proper' songs I wrote, obviously Stuart and Kieron helped to mold it into what you hear here, I'd originally intended it to be fast all the way through, but Stuart was having lactic acid problems. this is also why there's a slow bit before the Guitar solo...
Lyrics
Tired, I'm too tired for the lies of the man
Fight, human rights are the height of all you can.
You, they're watching you as you follow your leader down
Christ is only one, just a man like those around you.
(chorus)
Don't back up,
Don't look back down
Don't try to run
Don't make a sound
Trust the way I see, the way I lead you on
And who said he's just a man? Did they see him die?
(Chorus)
(middle 8)
(guitar solo)
(chorus)
Love is all we have, all we need to stay alive.
And we have been standing by,
as we fell apart...
Broken China Cups
7:27 minutes (6.83 MB)
A fight, and what happens when people get that blind rage but don't really mean it...
Lyrics
A cracked bowl and a broken cup,
In an early morning storm...
Like there wouldn't be another day -
Fights, lies,
There couldn't be another day
When you were never there,
I was never there...
I don't know how it happened,
Bloodstains on the wall...
You look at me with empty eyes,
Hear a siren call
I didn't see you fall.
Is it any wonder that I feel like this?
I never thought that I would live to see another day
All the broken china cups are worth the risk,
They're the only way that I can make you stay...
It's all so quiet now,
Echoes in the wind...
Your hair is falling down
Your face to rings of pearls...
Always a classy girl.
(chorus)
('middle 8')
(add-on bit to the end)
