All lyrics written by Adam Beattie

WE'LL WAVE FROM THE SHORE (2009)

1. Bone Dry

We lived inside each others coats

Now you’re gone but still you float

Through the air that I still breath

These thoughts are warm but I wish you’d leave

So the air is fresh and I can start a new

Let me forget about you

You make me angry. You make me sad.

These hollow gestures should make me glad

You devoured my kindness but buried your soul

And when you unearthed it, I suffered the toll.

Out of Bone dry soil you grew

Let me forget about you

So I packed my bags

All I owned, memories like rags

I pocketed the past, closed the book,

Gave our love one last look

Out of Bone dry soil we grew

Let me forget about you

2. Dirty Water

Dirty water, grease and grime

I might as well be doing time

I clean all day but look at the state I’m in

Think they want me to wash the colour from my skin

Chorus:

Steal a moment I will sing my song

rambling about what’s right and wrong

stand on the corner people pass me by

I’m just a twinkle in society’s eye

I’m an unmarked grave in the east of town

I smile so proud as I look down

I shined your shoes and press your shirts

But now you’re alone, alone in the dirt

Chorus

My songs are sung by others now

They’ve outlived me, I’m not sure how

“He had to live in struggle, he thrived on it”

Remembered as gold, lived in shit.

Chorus

3. We’ll Wave From The Shore

Crooked stairway, broken glass

Cold winter coming, coming fast

Bethnal Green road, high price squalor

Bishopsgate in the city growing sleeker and taller

They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board

That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore

We wake with a shiver, squabble with time

Lend each other money, drink Lesley’s wine

We swim with the shackles, hide in the seams

The detoxification of our broken dreams

They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board

That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore

They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board

That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore

Gone are the struggles of bread and water

Stealing crusts and doing time

It’s hard to avoid, broken bikes and old toys

Packaged holidays waiting in line

Captains of our boat, standing firm and tall

As the rain splashes the wind passes through holes in the wall

Mother nature gave us this inclination to roam

But now we’re raking through the rubbish for the philosopher’s stone

They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board

That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore

They’re giving out free tickets, but don’t get on board

That ships already sinking, we’ll wave from the shore

4. May Wonder Never Die

The sun comes through the window.

The sounds of the street begin to grow.

You twist a little and turn to me.

The morning fills your heart with glee.

I will recall these days until I die

5. Dancing In The Kitchen

The tap drips the rhythm,

the sink rings the rhyme

The whole world turns inside out,

through your eyes on mine

We’re dancing in the kitchen,

while everyone is gone

The words still hang upon the wall,

the air still sings our song

The sun shines like our spotlight,

it mingles with our dancing shoes

It makes the dust kind of sparkle,

takes away the morning blues

We’re dancing in the kitchen,

a pan of water boils

The steam surrounds our silent waltz,

and ingrains us on the wall

We’re dancing in the kitchen,

while all the world’s asleep

The stairs begin to creek under feet,

the radio turns on…

6. Blood In My Eyes

Woke up smiling, with the sun so high

Laughing in the face of all the people passing by

And as the day wore out, and the sky grew grey

My heart grew blue, seeing you was so far away

Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you

Oh darlin’, there’s a space in my heart

You filled my head with what the future may hold

Before I knew it, I was out in the cold

I didn’t even get to the end of the street

I was back in your arms, feeling your heat

Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you

Oh darlin’, there’s a space in my heart

I woke with a sweat, I knew it was wrong

I could feel it in my bones, the conception of this song

The blood ran hot, lust turned to woe

My body felt abandoned from my head down to my toes, to my toes

I wrote you a letter, I sent it first class

You’ll maybe read it, at the bottom of your glass

And as you raised your head, with your glazed red eyes

I’ll be gone, like a bird into the skies

Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you

Oh baby, there’s a space in my heart

Oh baby, I’ve got blood in my eyes for you

Oh baby, there’s a space in my heart

7. Every Time We Say Good Bye

Every time we say goodbye

It’s only me who sheds a tear

My one true love just passed me by and I fear

It’s never to return

Now the past just seems so golden

And who knows what’s up ahead

If you take the road and go all around the world

You’ll come back to nothing at all

The trees are forever in bloom

The rosebush at the doorstep never weeps

The sun it always shines and you are always mine

Time will tell us all we ponder

Dropping like a feather or a nail

And in our darkest hour all our love may flower

Taking root on a rolling stone

8. Thrillseeker

Cutting up, cutting down

If I can stay under long enough, maybe I can drown

Lost within, lost without

I’d be the only one who survives the drought

I’ve got you, and you’ve got me

Love is but insurance for the young and free

I can’t be forgiven. And I can’t be forgot

All things in times of need have got us in this knot

Chorus:

I’m a thrill seeker, mark my words

I’ll remember your name if you give me your card

I’m a thrill seeker, I’ve got words of stone

If you stick by me, I’ll help you get known

I couldn’t get it over, so I went under

Came for the sunshine, left with the thunder

I’ve got nothing left, cause I got nothing right

Everything perishes, nothing’s worth the fight

Chorus

9. Glimpses Of You

I felt as if my skin may rip

My voice slipped

The words had no grip on my thoughts

My thoughts had no hold on my heart

I spilt my beer down my chin

the last sip of you

And I turned to show my tears to the world

As I took my sorry self to the door

My senses get only glimpses of you

the rest is in my mind

You’re right here in this empty bed

In this empty bed.

You left me many weeks ago

the door just slammed.

You stretched me out and pinned me down.

This pain is satisfying.

I can’t bear it

A fight is not an option now, even if I chose to fight.

I should have saved you up, rationed you.

But instead I devoured you and now you’re gone

My senses get only glimpses of you

the rest is in my mind

You’re right here in this empty bed.

In this empty bed.

10. A Man Running

Fistful of rum and pockets full of smoke

He shot with a bang into the street

This one square town has no late bars

He should have left while he was still on his feet

And now every bank knows his name

And each address holds only the fame

Of a man running under a cloud dark with rain

A cloud dark with rain

A bruised and broken home has left him all alone

Now he reads his fortune in the stars

But from these streets the sky is clear

The moon is like a tear

Everything that you drink is what you are

Making drinks to make some money, making money to get drinks made

When every night is just this, even years begin to fade

For a man running under a cloud dark with rain

A cloud dark with rain

11. Gabriela

You say you’ve never been on a train

You’ve never left your home

The sun comes downs on the gypsy towns

My mind begins to roam

You can’t leave and I can’t stay

Our wondering hearts make the world this way

I float like a dandelion in the red hot night

deep as the blood of St. Valentine

But when the cheer from the day has gone

I fall like the night time

You can’t leave and I can’t stay

Our wondering hearts make the world this way

Take the road and you’ll never get there

Lost and alone, nobody to care

One should not eat the bread until the baker is fed

Or you run the risk of it being laced with lead

They say you should help yourself before you help one another

But you’ll be up a dry creek with your throttle and your rudder

The steel wheels grind like the gears in my mind

They scream as they slow down

And like the smoke trail vale that leaves our fate so pale

We dissolve into the night time

Chorus

12. Go As If On Water

Go as if on water, my dear

Go as if on glass, but be fast

Go as if on gravel, and unravel your love for me

I’ve found my self in trouble, when I’ve hung my heart in a frame

So now I keep it in my shoe, wrapped in a picture of you

Go as if on water, my dear

Go as if on grass, make it last

Go as if on pins, let the blood rinse itself of me

But now the blood runs from my shoe, the picture of you is soaked through

So I hang it up to dry, but the ink just bleeds and you cry

Go as if on water, my dear

Go as if on ice, like two dice

Go as if on fire, and retire from this life with me