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Outliers (singles revisited, 2003​-​2023)

by Swimmer One

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1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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?
5.
Lake Tahoe 03:29
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'.
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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)
9.
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Outliers is a new compilation marking the 20th anniversary of Swimmer One's debut single, We Just Make Music For Ourselves.

In 2022, Hamish from Swimmer One began remastering all of the band's back catalogue - ten years of music, originally created between 2002 and 2012. This required us to re-record some of the vocals from the band's first single, the originals of which had been lost, so while we were at it we decided to make a few other improvements - new arrangements for We Just Make Music For Ourselves and Talk Me Down From 20,000ft and new vocals for Come On, Let's Go! and our 2012 song All The Things That Make You Want To Disappear.

Out of this process a new song, Twenty Years Too Soon, Twenty Years Too Late, also emerged. While it wasn’t written about the anniversary, it takes a typically bittersweet view of the passing of time, touching on regret, the ageing process, parenthood and new beginnings.

Hamish has also remixed and remastered our two albums, The Regional Variations (2007) and Dead Orchestras (2010) and you can stream or download those elsewhere on this site.

Thank you for listening, then and now.

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released March 24, 2023

Tracks 1-5 written by Hamish Brown and Andrew Eaton-Lewis
Track 6 written by Kate Bush/The Cure
Tracks 7 and 8 written by Hamish Brown, Andrew Eaton-Lewis and Laura Cameron-Lewis.
Track 9 written by Hamish Brown
Additional vocals (How Could Something Like That Be Love and Cloudbusting Lovesong) by Cora Bissett.
Drums on Track 8 by Stu Brown.
Additional Engineering by James Locke (tracks 1-6)
Mixed and mastered by Hamish Brown.

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