It’s nice you’re coming round
Though I said everything’s sound
It’s really no big deal
Its just I don’t want to look as bad as I feel

Yea, Rock up on your way home
We’ll have a laugh I’ll play you my new song
But please don’t stay too late
I don’t want you to see me when I’m not great

Everything is under control
I’m busy making plans
I’m getting strong

Everything’s good, everything’s fine
I just keep moving the finishing line
I just keep moving the finishing line
I just keep moving the finishing line

I don’t want you to worry
I don’t want you to care
I’m not being good
I just don’t want to share
It’s etched in my face
It’s easy to read
But It’s hard to talk
When you’re struggling to breathe

So yeah pop round I’ll make us some tea
I’ll stick on a I’ll stick on a brave face and tell a few
But if the mask slips that should be your cue
To accept a cheery wave and a fond adieu
You’ve not outstayed your welcome
But pain makes for a limited man
Back to the pills and counting stars

Making plans and getting strong
Making plans and getting strong
Making plans and getting strong
I just keep moving the finishing line
I just keep moving the finishing line

I don’t want you to worry
I don’t want you to care
I’m not being good
I just don’t want to share
It’s etched in my face
It’s easy to read
But It’s hard to talk
When you’re struggling to breathe

So yeah pop round I’ll make us some tea
I’ll stick on a fresh face and tell a few
But if the mask slips that should be your cue
To accept a cheery wave and a fond adieu
I just keep moving the finishing line

If it’s perfectly clear who can tell
I’ve been falling in (up) and out (down)
With the perfect planned precision
Of the second big bang

It’s one step forward
And a banana skin back
To not know where i’m going
Has become quite a knack

I have means at my disposal
I hold answers in my grip
Why what where and who cares
If i make that fateful slip

I’ve been built up, self made, standing on a pedestal
I’ve been broke broken and sold as a slave
And one slip from hell
Too long to tell
I’ve been trusted dusted off put back in the game
I’ve been busted rusted left to rot in the rain
I’ve been one step from heaven
And one slip from hell
Too long too long

Every things mine if I want it
The whole worlds my ostrich (no – not oyster)
But then the secrets of the universe
Slip slowly from my grasp

I see it all with my 20/20 vision
In shades of grey i’m colour blind
The words i speak are poignant
And yet so ill defined

When one door closes
Another’s already locked
So I just smile brightly
And go off half cocked

I’ve been built up, self made, standing on a pedestal
I’ve been broke broken and sold as a slave
I’ve been one step from heaven
And one slip from hell
Too long to tell
I’ve been trusted dusted off put back in the game
I’ve been busted rusted left to rot in the rain
I’ve been one step from heaven
And one slip from hell
Too long too long

Most of my days spent on a hamster wheel
End of each month I’m paid
That’s the deal
All of my words are scripted on a screen
I keep my tone reasonable
Inside I want to scream

60 hours it’s all about work
56 hours I like to sleep
I want to be with you
The rest of the week

The rest of the week
I want to be with you
I want to be with you
The rest of the week

Most of the year feels like one long grind
With two short holidays and Christmas time
Most of my life is like Groundhog Day
Most of my life is like Groundhog Day

60 hours is all about work
56 hours I like to sleep

I want to be with you
The rest of the week
The rest of the week
I want to be with you
I want to be with you
The rest of the week
The rest of my life
I want to be with you
I want to be with you
The rest of the week

I don’t know why
I keep thinking of heaven
I could be charmed
By the trees
Or the sky
But more likely it’s your eyes

‘Cos every time I look at you
Every time I look at you
Every time I look at you
The room starts jumping
My blood starts pumping
My heart is thumping

Thumping

I don’t know why I feel I can reach for the stars
I could be beguiled by butterflies
Or bees
But more likely it’s your smile

I don’t know what’s making me dance
I could be high on daffodils
Or daisies
But more likely it’s cos you’re dancing too

Every time I look at you
Every time I look at you
The room starts jumping
My blood starts pumping
My heart is thumping

Thumping

Thumping

Every time I look at you

I love the view from my eyes when you are around
I love guitar noise it’s the best ever sound

Every time I look at you
Every time I look at you
Every time I look at you
The room starts jumping
My blood starts pumping

Every time I look at you
Every time I look at you
The room starts jumping
My blood starts pumping
My heart is thumping

Thumping

Thumping

Every time I look at you

Love above
I haven’t got the right
To look upon a face so bright

I’ve been hurting
Since you hurt me
There’s been tears
Now they’re rivers

I sit here
It’s dark and it’s cold
I just do nothing
My life is on hold

All the time I’m thinking of you
And a line from a song I once knew
Over and over it runs through my brain
When, if ever, will I see you again
(When will I see you again)
Over and over it runs through my brain
When, if ever, will I see you again
(When will I see you again)
When, if ever, will I see you again
See you again
When will I see you again
See you again
(When will I see you again)

I see you
Like mist in a mirror
In shades of grey
Like smoke drifting away
Cos all the time I’m thinking

When, if ever, will I see you again.
(When will I see you again)
(When will I see you again)
If I’m only going to see you in my dreams
I need to sleep

I’m drinking too much
Since you said
I’m not talking enough
again

But It’s difficult to say
I’m feeling the strain
So like water down a drain
I’m spiralling again

I’m spiralling again

I’m spiralling again

A problem shared
Becomes two peoples problem
Though It’s getting me down
But I’m still higher than you

No news
Is better than bad news
Your views
Don’t include solutions

It’s not hidden
It’s got a big sign
But no ones looking
They might not like what they find

Fingers in your ears
Head in the sand
Ignorance is bliss
When blame comes around

I’m spiralling again

I’m spiralling again

I’m spiralling again

Exclamation mark

When you opened my eyes
Numbed and amazed to a year of lies
The disconcert I felt at the utter contempt
You heaped upon the love I truly meant

Question mark

How could I miss the clues
Sharing a life with a secret you
Complete trust and freedom to grow
Grew deceit and forced me to go

I can’t touch you
The cold you
You make my fingers burn
I don’t want to see you
The real you

It’s my only chance to learn
To trust again to love again

Comma

Pause for breath, rewind replay
If it was me why didn’t you say
The empty nights the too big bed
You broke my heart you fucked my head

I don’t want to see you, the real you
It’s my only chance to learn
To trust again, to love again

I don’t want to see you the real you
It’s my only chance to learn
To trust again, to love again

Full stop.

I’m a simple man with simple needs
So what do you want me to do?
She said

Change
You should change

Be a better man, be a better you
‘Cos If I could change one thing in my life
It would be you

I said

Life is simple.
In the morning
I wake I kiss you
i shower i breakfast
I work I miss you

She said

Enough for you isn’t enough for me.
It isn’t me
It’s most definitely you

The little habits I once thought cute
Turned out to be the main reasons I hate you

I said;
Life is blissful
In the evening
I’m home i kiss you
I walk I play
I sleep i hold you

She said;

A breakup song will take too long
I’ve wasted enough of my life loving you
You’re not worth it
I’m worth more
Leave the key as you exit the door.

It seems we have
A difference of opinion
I want to stay
She wants me to go

It seems we have
A difference of opinion

You want to stay
I want you to go

I’m a naive cynic
A private free sprit
A Popeye who never eats spinach
A data driven impulse buyer
In the market for an air fryer
But like love
I want a lifetime guarantee.

Hey! What about you?
What do you want?
Hey! Is it me?

Hey! What about you?
What do you want?
Hey! Is it me?

Do you need a lifetime guarantee?

I’m an educated muppet,
A self-made man turned puppet
Hoping to connect my strings to your heart

I could be a catch
For a clumsy person
If they dropped me a hint
I’d throw myself at them
If I was in their ballpark

Hey! What about you?
What do you want?
Hey! Is it me?

Hey! What about you?
What do you want?
Hey! Is it me?

Do you need a lifetime guarantee?

I picked up my get up and go and passed it to you
You
You flushed it away

I’m bemused by my clarity of thinking and glamping
vaping, crocs, hyperpop, bitcoin, chatbots, the metaverse, Reality TV
And predictive vests

I have an open, clean mind,
my brain has been washed by TV

I’m a level one artist with ideas above my station.
The train ticket collector checks I’m welcome.
but “reserved seating has been cancelled”

I could move to another carriage
Full of musical chairs
Standing room only
With the option to change my destination

Staying on track with my one track mind
Sharing a thought with Tweety Pie
I thought I saw a future
At your side

Hey! What about you?
What do you want?
Where do you wanna be?
Hey! Is it with me?

(Hey! What about you?)
What do you want?
(Where do you wanna be?)
Hey! Is it with me?

Would I take an extended warranty instead of a guarantee?
Things today are designed to fail

End of life trade-in terms and conditions apply.

My eyes are filled with tears of regret
But through no fault of my own
You played my love like a game of poker
You kept a straight face while you lied to me

Now I’m crying
Feels like I’m dying

I cry bittersweet tears for you
I cry bittersweet tears for you

Miss you when you tasted sweet
You would have died for me so I thought
But you turned bitter the moment
You touched him
You kissed him
Now we’re over

And I’m crying
Feels like I’m dying

I cry bitter sweet tears for you
I cry bitter sweet tears for you
I cry bitter sweet tears for you

How could I be so naive
You swept me off my feet
It was too good to be

I’ll never make the same mistakes
Just stay away from me
I won’t turn the other cheek

Now I dry those bitter sweet tears for you
I dry those bitter sweet tears for you

I dried those bitter sweet tears for you
(bitter sweet tears)
I dried those bitter sweet tears for you
(bitter sweet tears)
I dried those bitter sweet tears for you
(bitter sweet tears)

For you

People keep asking me
How I’m feeling?
I don’t know what to say

The only thing I can tell them
is how I’m feeling
won’t go away.

So tired, too tired, too sad
last conversations…
over and over…
drive me mad

I told you
when I kissed you
I wouldn’t be long
Without you
My life is too long

Here it is then, my last song

bereft, becalmed, begone, be dead
visions of suicide
yours and mine
fill my head

I’ve lived too long
Without you
It’s a waste of time

I told you
when I kissed you
I wouldn’t be long
(Make me whole)
(Take my soul)

Here it is then
(Make me whole)
my last song
(Make me whole)
(Take my soul)

I’m here, nowhere further to go
It’s a waste of time
I’m just wasting space
You should be occupying

That’s my fault line

Mis-steps, mistakes, missed opportunities
no forward momentum I’m an empty tank

A broken hollow husk you can paint a temporary smile on
I’m worthless, guilty, disconnected,
I’m not me anymore
Make me whole
Take my soul

What signs did I miss?
What chances did I squander?
Every mornings the same. Rewind, reset
Scorched earth again

(Over and over)
The things I should have said
Keep looping in my head
(Over and Over)

(Over and over)
The things I should have said
Keep looping in my head
(Over and Over)

I’ve lived my life
Done all the things I wanted to
Except see it out near you

I’ve lived too long
Without you
It’s a waste of time
I told you
when I kissed you

I wouldn’t be long
(Make me whole)
(Take my soul)

The things I should have said
Keep looping in my head
(Over and Over)

Here it is then
(Make me whole)

My last song
(Make me whole)

(Take my soul)

This is my last song
I won’t be long.

This is my last song
I won’t be long.

(This is my last song)

I’ve got to believe it will take me to you
I’ve got to believe it will take me to you
I’ve got to believe it will take me to you

In any circumstance…

Do Not Resuscitate.