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We just make music for ourselves, yeah!
When we lost our jobs we didn't panic at all
We just waved goodbye to our bosses
And laughed as we thought of their losses
We set up this place in a rush, on a high
And we plan to stay here till the day that we die
Don't try to stop what we do, we've done this since we were 13
We do not even know why, it's in our blood, in our genes
We just make music for ourselves, yeah!
You can spot us a mile off. you even could at school.
But we don't do this to be different. we don't do it to be cool
Although it is, obviously
We set up this place in memory of you
We'll sit here and watch you fall to pieces
Don't try to make us come home. There's nothing at all for us there
Just traffic and brown smoke and mobiles and millions of products that all kill you
We're standing on top of tall mountains while you make lists, pretend to have fun
Our laptops and phones are all switched off. We have our own charts and we're all number one
It just takes some confidence. Yes I know how that sounds
But nothing's forbidden, nothing is out of bounds
I wish you could see this, I wish you could know that we won
It really is possible, don't give up hope, don't take up guns
Don't you feel rejected, there is none of that here
Just warm smiles and warm words, there is no fear, no heartbreak or tears
I wish you could see this but you left it far too long
Now we just kiss your lips for three minutes, then we're gone
We've moved on
We just make music for ourselves, yeah!
And if anyone else likes it, that's a bonus
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The day we left I read about this ghost plane cruising over Canada
It happened so fast four hours passed before anyone knew they were dead
I think the windows blew or something, autopilot kicked in, on they went
All they did was what they were told, put on their seat belts, put out their cigarettes
I'm sure I've seen this film before, in fact I think we're on the same plane
I know the crash instructions off by heart. I didn't listen this time
But what if they're different? Quick hand me the leaflet
Look that's us up there, they've been trying to get us on radio for hours
The pressure's punched my face in. I'm too busy poring through magazines to notice
I forgot to tell you so much but look outside, the ground is getting bigger
There's an oxygen mask on my face, the instructions say help yourself first
But there's no one to help if I wanted to, I am out like a light and you're gone
They say it definitely was not a bomb and there is definitely no one to blame
So won't you tell me who am I supposed to shout at. Won't you tell where I go to complain
For all those times when the windows blow in and the instructions just can't explain why
I am trapped like a corpse in a ghost plane as you disappear into the sky
Head down between your knees, you will find your life strapped beneath your seat
So hold on to it like a baby while she talks you down from 20,000 ft
Talks you down from 20,000 ft
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Come On, Let’s Go!
04:51
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You must go on
I can't go on
I'll go on
Something is happening.
The dance floor was half full
But now it's half empty
I can't go on
I can't go on
There was a chorus
But now there's just verses
And what makes it worse is
I'll go on. I'll go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
DJ play something
To stop me collapsing
All my friends have gone home
But I'm not done, I must go on
Your gods and idols
Are samples of samples
So dress them like showgirls
So I won't know and I won't go
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
I'll go on. I can't go on
Sometimes I hate you, the way you take nameless sounds
And stack them like breezeblocks, build statues that look like you
They're not yours to build with, they're weightless, they make life bearable
You make them worthless as burgers and slogans on t shirts
But I will still love you till one of us dies
When I think of the things you could be
I will picture the two of us laughing
On a fake plastic tropical beach
And I'm holding your head underwater
So you can't raise my hopes again
What am I saying? here's the chorus, keep on dancing
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
You must go on
I can't go on
I'll go on
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We moved out here five years back when the coughing fits got bad
I propped you up with cushions and read you trashy novels
Sometimes we get fan mail in amongst the hate mail
They don't agree on anything but they all ask the same thing. they say
'Why do you hide yourself away out here?
What is it that fills you with so much fear
When there's so much going on?'
The rumours started spreading thanks to a nosy neighbour
He never liked us anyway, just thought he recognised you from
Some cheesy one off pop hit ,ironically the wrong one
We said goodbye politely but he kept on asking anyway. he said
'Why do you hide yourself away out here?
What is it that fills you with so much fear?
What's your secret?'
My friends have all stopped calling now
The only reason that they would
Is to find out if it's all true
They seem excited at the thought
Perhaps it means I'm not as dull
Perhaps it means I've hidden depths
But the phone calls don't reveal them
So they hang up and don't call again
What do I care?
You look like you are losing it out here.
I've got my world wide web cam on
Why not come back here where there are people who care?
You'd be amazed at what goes on
Why do you hide yourself away out here?
My lovers could be anyone, anyone
What is it that fills you with so much fear?
And there's so much, there's so much, there's so much, there's so much going on
There's so much, there's so much, there's so much, there's so much going on
But the web shows me what's back there and there's nothing that I love there
At least here I've got high walls to keep the bad things outside
I know what they say around here. 'he's nothing but an old queer
Who got up to all kinds of stuff. How could something like that be love?
How could something like that be love?
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Lake Tahoe
03:29
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There was this couple from the city, Dave and Kaye.
Upwardly mobile professional types with big plans, promising careers and their own parking spots.
One Friday afternoon after a particularly long and meeting-filled, week they loaded up the SUV with their fleece pullovers and parabolics and headed over the hill toward that great blue wonder called Lake Tahoe.
Mother Nature had just delivered a heaping helping of the white stuff and those 10,000ft peaks were calling them.
They spent the next two days giggling like school kids knee-deep in powder under the Sierra sun.
They stayed up late, pretended they were high rollers and forgot to check their voicemail and as they watched the sun set with a mug of the local brew in hand, Dave turned to Kay and said 'You know, this is the kind of place I could spend the rest of my life'.
So did they trade in big-city life and the corner office for a slice of mountain paradise? Well, that's a whole other story.
There was this couple from the city, Dave and Kaye.
Upwardly mobile professional types with big plans, promising careers and their own parking spots.
One Friday afternoon after a particularly long and meeting-filled, week they loaded up the SUV with their fleece pullovers and parabolics and headed over the hill toward the great blue wonder called Lake Tahoe.
Mother Nature had just delivered a heaping helping of the white stuff and those 10,000ft peaks were calling them.
They spent the next two days giggling like school kids knee-deep in powder under the Sierra sun.
They stayed up late, pretended they were high rollers and forgot to check their voicemail and as they watched the sun set with a mug of the local brew in hand, Dave turned to Kay and said 'You know, this is the kind of place I could spend the rest of my life'.
So did they trade in big-city life and the corner office for a slice of mountain paradise? Well, that's a whole other story.
There was this couple from the city, Dave and Kaye.
Upwardly mobile professional types with big plans, promising careers and their own parking spaces.
Well, one Friday afternoon after a particularly long and meeting-filled, week they loaded up the SUV with their fleece pullovers and parabolics and headed over the hill toward the great blue wonder called Lake Tahoe.
See, Mother Nature had just delivered a heaping helping of the white stuff and those 10,000ft peaks were calling their names. They spent the next two days giggling like school kids knee-deep in powder under the Sierra sun.
They stayed up late, pretended they were high rollers and forgot to check their voicemail and as they watched the sun set with a mug of the local brew in hand, Dave turned to Kay and said 'You know, this is the kind of place I could spend the rest of my life'.
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Cloudbusting / Lovesong
04:10
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I still dream of Orgonon
I wake up crying
You're making rain
And you're just in reach
When you and sleep escape me
You're like my yo-yo
That glowed in the dark
What made it special
Made it dangerous
So I bury it
And forget
'Cause every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen
I don't know when
But just saying it might even make it happen
On top of the world
Looking over the edge
You could see them coming
You looked too small
In their big black car
To be a threat to the men in power
I hid my yo-yo
In the garden
I can't hide you
From the government
Oh, God, Daddy
I won't forget
'Cause every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen
I don't know when
But just saying it could even make it happen
(ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
The sun's coming out
The sun's coming out
The sun's coming out
The sun's coming out
The sun's coming out
The sun's coming out
The sun's coming out
And I just know that something good is gonna happen
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I an home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again
The sun's coming out
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It's 4am. I want to fly out the window
I've not been here before yet I'm in my Grandma's kitchen someone passes the secret to me
Now I fall through the floor, rumble tumbling and pitching, somehow I keep catching my feet
As the pavement comes close I open my arms, ready to burst into infinite parts
I go on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on
Aah Aah
Aah Aah
Float on up into the sky, over the city, over the mountains, on out to sea
Float on up into the sky, over the city, over the mountains, on out to sea
At 4am you find out what you're afraid of
Take cover under fire, this is the only chance. Everything depends on you
A strength I've never know I scream in my throat, I watch with a birds-eye view
Take cover under fire, this is the only chance. Everything depends on you
There's a man on my back, a hand on my neck, fingers in my veins and ice on my breath
I go on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on
Aah Aah Aah
Float on up into the sky, over the city, over the mountains, on out to sea
Float on up into the sky, over the city, over the mountains, on out to sea
(Aah, Aah)
All the things that make you want to disappear into the night, into the night, into the night
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Honey don't let life break your heart
A brand-new decade is about to start
There are too many things that I regret
But I'm here now and I'll try my best
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Maybe it could have gone differently
(Ooh)
Buy you wouldn't be you and I wouldn't be me
(Ooh)
We can fill out time living with regret
(Ooh)
or thank God for the time that we still have left
(Ooh)
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
Twenty years too soon, twenty years too late
I've loved you since 2002
You've a glorious future ahead of you
Sometimes your dreams don't come true
Then you wake up in the morning and the sky is blue
And its not too late
It's not too late
It's not too late
(Ooh)
It's not too late ooh
(Ooh)
Twenty years love, yeah yeah twenty years yeah yeah
Twenty years love, yeah yeah twenty years yeah yeah
Twenty years love, yeah yeah twenty years yeah yeah
(Ooh)
Twenty years love, yeah yeah twenty years yeah yeah
(Ooh)
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9. |
Music for Other People
06:12
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Music
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Swimmer One Edinburgh
Experimental pop music from Edinburgh, Scotland.
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