Dot Allison Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Official Press)

For Dot Allison, making her new album felt like coming home. Three years after the strung-out beauty of 1999's 'Afterglow' was lost in a sea of best-forgotten record company politics, she's returned with a new label (Mantra) and a new album dominated by the music that was always her first love. "I think with 'Afterglow'," she explains, "what I wanted to do was make a pop record in the classic sense, and I got that out of my system, but I've also always listened to electronic music. I mean, I actually got into making music through a love of going to Black Market in 1988 - an early house club in Glasgow. "I just remember being addicted to that music. I was a student at the time and I'd be going out four nights a week to hear all these records because I couldn't afford to buy them, so it's natural for me to make that kind of music. I think this new album is just a return to where my roots are and to where my heart is..." Not that Allison has ever really turned her back on electronic music. It's been part of her life from the moment she released her first single (the brilliant 'Fallen') with the pioneering acid house group One Dove back in 1991 right through to the present day - recent collaborations have seen her working with Death In Vegas, legendary Scottish dance collective Slam and, late last year, Massive Attack. Setting up her own studio in East London (which she did in the wake of 'Afterglow') has just refocused her interest in it.

"Having my own studio's made a massive difference," she admits. "I always had a sampler and a mixing desk, but they used to be in my bedroom in my flat. The whole dynamic of my writing has changed since I started coming to the studio everyday. I've had a lot more time to experiment and that's been really important. And because I've ended up producing myself, I've made a record I'm a lot happier with." The album entitled 'We Are Science’ is certainly a wonderful achievement. Dark, heavy and utterly contemporary, it's informed as much by the music currently emanating from the Detroit Ersatz Audio label (particularly artists like Drexciya and Adult) as it is by the more classic '80s "Factory sound" of Joy Division and New Order (check out Felix Da Housecat's mix of the album's first single 'Substance' for proof of that). Allison also says she's been listening to things as diverse as Bela Bartok, The Fall and Psychic TV, which certainly explains the album's eclecticism. It jacknifes from the pulsing electro of 'I Think I Love You' or 'Make It Happen' through to the string-laden atmospherics of 'Performance'. There are also a couple of songs ('Strung Out' and the album closer 'Lover') recorded two years ago with producer Dave Fridmann and guitarist Grasshopper and drummer Jeff Ament from Mercury Rev.

"I went up to the Catskills for that," she recalls. "It was quite Blair Witch actually. Dave's studio is just this chalet in the middle of a forest, but it was great to work with him." The final (and arguably most important) contribution to the album comes from Two Lone Swordsmen's Keith Tenniswood. He contributed his programming skills and is credited with a couple of co-productions. "Keith's brilliant at mixing," enthuses Allison. "He makes everything really chunky and scary, he never plays any safe cards and that's what I wanted. He brings out the darkness and I've always liked records that are disconcerting." That darkness is only too apparent from the moment you put the CD in the player. There's a real edge to this record. It might only be Allison's third in just over a decade, but it's worth the wait. By returning to her roots, she's succeeded in making a record totally of the moment. A record that feels like home. In 2003, she did the massive attack tour singing the Sinead O'connor and Liz Frazer vocal songs.

Fallen

I don't know why I'm telling you any of this
One thing is, don't ever tell anyone I told you this
Don't save me, just forgive me
Forgive me, 'cause I was only thinking of you
Just you

I'm falling

Well, for a long time, all he wanted was to save me
He was weaving his words around me, just like chains
The closer we were, the lower he whispered
I know it's crazy, but he was singing

They say we're hard to please
They say we have too much
As if all this would do
When all we want to have is fun

I'm falling

The angel from this dream I have
He's here again
He came like sun through the window and he smiled
The higher you fly, the harder you fall

They say we're hard to please
They say we have too much
As if all this would do
When all we want to have is fun
And why this empty space

I'm falling

Did he touch me
Does he surround me like the air in this room
Oh I can walk inches higher than the floor
But if you want to know the truth

I'm falling

I don't know, why I'm telling you any of this
One thing is, don't ever tell anyone I told you this
Don't save me, just forgive me
'Cause I was only thinking of you, just you

They say we're hard to please
They say we have too much
As if all this would do
When all we want to have is fun

I'm falling

Please catch me
Oh just catch me
Just so that I don't fall
Let me charm the birds out of the sky
So that I can look up
and I can see you
Did I see you
Did I touch you
Come close
To me

White Love

(Wanna hold on to this for you)

You laugh, I smile
Mirrors in thought, these fortunes we can share
And where there is dark, there are ghosts
Who give me hope

Wanna keep hold of this for you
Wanna keep hold of this for you

White love, this love
this powerful, this pure
Behind our eyes
And when I trip, when I fall
It's just like velvet

Wanna keep hold of this for you
Wanna keep hold of this for you

Where is the love?

Breakdown

The moon, the moonlight
Casts no shadow for me to hide
The stars, or maybe they're satellites
But neither can grant my wish tonight

And if the moon is an aid to romance everywhere
Why is the night so full of dark despair
And only dark can wax and wane
And the small hours are hard to bear

(Cry)
Breakdown and cry (I Cry for you)
Breakdown and cry (Cry)
Breakdown and cry
Cry (I do)

The clouds, heavy and grey
Make me wonder why I stay
Alone, every night
And every day is just the same

I remember the night you left me
The moon was full, I felt empty
Tides and werewolves may be turned
But you don't know how to cry

(Cry)
Breakdown and cry (I Cry for you)
Breakdown and cry (Cry)
Breakdown and cry
Cry (I do)

There goes the cure

One cut too many
One more life to go
One more bonfire
And ohhhhh
It's gone

It's gone

Losing a shadow
Losing another soul
So many echoes
And ohhhhh
No more

He's gone

Sirens

Oh I, I can see your eyes
And I am there chasing, Flying
Envious angels

You can send me ravens
I have the will of a demon
wish me all the ills you have

I am touched by angels

Plant your secrets in my silence
My sadness caught in your gaze
Sail over me

Hear the call of sirens

The Transient Truth

Listen, can you think about this
If you take my words as promises
Well you can keep them
They're yours to keep

But if you wanna know the truth

My hand on my heart, my head in a fever...

Listen, I have something to concede
Can you hold an evanescent heart
Can you hold this ember
'Cause it glows for you

But if you wanna know the truth

My hand on my heart, my head in a fever...

Listen

But if you wanna know the truth

My hand on my heart, my head in a fever...

Why Don't You Take Me

Oh baby
When I sit and dream
The skies cry with me
Now that I'm alone
Your voice wraps round me

Why don't you take me
Why don't you take me
Why don't you take me
Why don't you take me
Straight to your heart
Yeah I'm asking you please

I need you now
Need you need you now
Need you need you

Oh baby
You had all, and you were robbed
You lost me
And I lost you
Do you know that we lost even

I need you now
Need you need you now
Need you need you

You're in heaven
This is heaven now
You're in heaven

As the tides they
Draw and close
And the seasons
Turn again

Will the moon still
Wax and wane?
Will you always
Colour the day?

You're in heaven
This is heaven now
You're in heaven

You're in heaven
This is heaven now
You're in heaven

Now I'm sliding
It's intriguing
This is heaven now)
So young yet
Too old to learn

That summer is the thirst
The river always runs dry first

You're in heaven
This is heaven now
You're in heaven

You're sailing away, to another shore
My heartache today, I can't tell you anymore

And I thought I saw your shadow in the street today
But that was yesterday, oh that was yesterday

With a little courage, in time
You might forgive me
With a little loving, in time
You might forgive me

Believe me I know it's been hard for you
There's never an easy way to let it go

And I dreamt that you were telling me you dreamt of me
But now I'm waking up, I think I'm waking up

With a little courage, in time
You might forgive me
With a little loving, in time
You might forgive me

And I thought I saw your jacket in my room today
But that was yesterday, oh was that yesterday?

With a little courage, in time
You might forgive me
With a little loving, in time
You might forgive me

I see stars above me
But the sky is bare
When will I catch the sunrise?
I could wear it anywhere

I'd like to take you with me
To steal the moon
Then we could bring it back
To brighten up my best friend's room

Close your eyes
Let me take you to the sun
Burning slowly
Held together in the sky

I want to find a rainbow
And paint it black
Then fly the satellite
That landed here this afternoon

Close your eyes
Let me take you to the sun
Burning slowly
Held together in the sky

Close your eyes
And let me take you to the sun
Burning slowly
Held together in the sky

There's nothing missing you can place
Nothing broken you can save
Nothing wounded you can heal

Close your eyes
Let me take you to the sun
Burning slowly
Held together in the sky

Close your eyes
Let me take you to the sun
Burning slowly
Held together in the sky

Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Close your eyes (close your eyes)

Message Personnel

I'm inside, I'm outside
I'm inside, I'm outside

I'm with you, without you
I'm with you, without you

Embrace me, release me
Embrace me, release me

Deny me, then feed me
Deny me, then feed me

I'm inside, I'm outside
I'm inside, I'm outside

I'm with you, without you
I'm with you, without you

I
I wanna hear the sound
I only dream of

And I
I wanna feel the chill
Of summer love

Oh make it true
Oh making you

Oh make it true
Oh making you

I
I wanna hear you your voice
Through the darkness

But how
Yeah how can I be sure
When you constantly change

Oh make it true
Oh making you

Oh make it true
Oh making you

Morning Sun

Try to catch her
Falling from the sun

There's an answer
'Till the daylight comes

Try to catch her
Falling from the sun

There's an answer
'Till the daylight comes

Try to catch her
Falling from the sun

There's an answer
'Till the daylight comes

Try to catch her
Falling from the sun

Maybe you'll die
In her arms

Maybe you'll die
In her arms

In her arms
In her arms
In her arms
In her arms

There's an answer
'Till the daylight comes

Try to catch her
Falling from the sun

There's an answer
'Till the daylight comes

Try to catch her
Falling from the sun

When I close my eyes
I can see you
Reach out to me
In my deepest dream
I can hear you
Call out to me

Where in the world are you tonight?

Did I imagine you?
Did I imagine you?
Are you somebody real?
That I can touch and feel?

Here in my dreams
I'm waiting for you
Just take my hand
I'll carry you through

Now and then it seems
I can hear you
Climb the stairs
And opening the door
I realize you're not there

Where in the world are you tonight?

Did I imagine you?
Did I imagine you?
Are you somebody real?
That I can touch and feel?

Here in my dreams
I'm waiting for you
Just take my hand
I'll carry you through

Here in my dreams
I'm waiting for you
Just take my hand
I'll carry you through

Mo' Pop

You travel through my blood
Coursing through my veins
And today
The memory
Like a shadow
I can't shake

La premiere rencontre est arrivée
Pense à moi
Le silence de la mer (mort?)

I confess you've got a hold on me
But I never fall this easily

Your history seems to
Shroud you like a plague
And you wonder why
This thought keeps you awake

I never asked you
To step inside my skin
I let you stay here
Haunting me within

La premiere rencontre est arrivée
Quelque fois tu me causes
Pense à moi
Toujours
Pense à moi
Le silence de la mer (mort?)

I confess you've got a hold on me
But I never fall this easily

I confess you've got a hold on me
But I never fall this easily

Alpha Female

She's lost
Words mean nothing
She's lost

She didn't want to conquer you
Another misconception
It tasted strange
She can't explain
But it's all forgotten now

Her fingerprints
Are on your hands
That's all she's left for you
You just untangled all her words
They're inexpensive now

She's lost
Words mean nothing
She's lost

She's lost
Words mean nothing
She's lost

You walked the world
It's almost over now
Your satellite escape each day

You've got an alpha female muse
A little introspection
She isn't there to be misused
The shallowest reflection

She's lost
Words mean nothing
She's lost

When all is said and done
So weak and overcome
So tired of running still
The winter

I look into your eyes
An orchid without sun
Some things you can't disguise
So many people so lonely inside

Waiting
And if all this brings you down
I will be coming round

When useless dreaming comes to an end
Who will carry all your fears?

When all the tears from fury have passed
Maybe love has just begun

Like a faded photograph
A child caught in a storm
Though we will never see
The winter

There's lipstick on the glass
The questions left unasked
Two fools who've left the game
Finding themselves without solace again

Waiting
And if all this brings you down
I will be coming round

When useless dreaming comes to an end
Who will carry all your fears?

When all the tears from fury have passed
Maybe love has just begun

Maybe love has just begun

Don’t rescue me
When I play with with fire
Don’t need to know
Is this desire
We hold back words
Our eyes are giving away
Deny the past
We’ve come to radiate
In need of some substance
In need of some substance
A little’s less than nothing
In need of some substance
The sun might set
Tonight could be the night
And if thats the case
You’ll get on all right
But there’s no point
In spoiling for a fight
Because we’re blinded by
The darkest ray of light

We took all the laws
And threw them away
We’re the only ones
Who saw the call “may-day”
Held by the throat
With the backs against the wall
The bottom looks like up
When you have got the ball
We are your rivals
We’re the survivors
I’m not phased
You can be replaced
You’ve got the power
To give your cluelessness a voice
Saying loads of nothing
With a lot of noise
Walk down the street
Resentment in your arms
There’s somthing free in us
That you despise
We are your rivals
We’re the survivors
I’m not phased
You can be replaced
We are your rivals
We’re the survivors
I’m not phased
You can be replaced

Clouded stars that the future will send
And the broken nights that only time will mend
Eternity cannot fade the truth
That nothing is what the hunger is feasting on

You tore my skin
But I didn’t bleed
Tried to steal my thoughts
From in my sleep
Its through, not blue
Its through, not blue
You tore me down
But I’m standing tall,
From over here
You look completely small
Its through not blue
Its through not blue
But now you’re bleeding faster,
Bleeding faster.....

How does it feel to know that this is real
How does it feel to know that this is real
How does it feel to know that this is real
How does it feel to know that this is real
How does it feel
How does it feel
We could make these things happen
We could make these things happen

Tonight, going to hunt you down
Pulling me through that open door
Inhibitions dissipate
Now the line’s disintegrating
I’m too close to the wire
All strung out on desire
But I’m still there
By your side
On your mind
And in your eyes
The sky’s might burn out for you
That’s something we’ll make true
Regrets beckon like they did before
Pulling me through that open door
Inhibitions dissipate
Now my mind’s disintegrating
Tonight something’s got to give
Pulling me through that open door
Each breath you must hold sure
And don’t abdicate on the good times
Somethings got to give.....

I’ve watched an ocean
Drying under my feet
And I’ve scaled the cliff face
Free from gravity
Since we met we’ve been basking in the summer sun
I think about it every time I turn the radio on
Bah bah bah bah...
People are strange all around me
But you’re not strange
But you’re not strange
Since we’ve met we’ve been basking in the summer sun
I think about it every time I turn the radio on
Bah bah bah bah...
People are strange all around me
But you’re not strange
But you’re not strange
People are strange all around me
But you’re not strange
But you’re not strange

How can we teach what we do not know
How can we shine when we do not glow
We’re losing more than we ever found
We’re trying to cros uncovered ground
Now I’ve seen the other side
I’ve seen things I just can’t hide
How can this die when it’s never grown
How can we feel what we’ve never shown
We’re losing more than we ever found
We’re trying to cross uncovered ground

Thief of me

What kind of stillness is love
To cause these white horses on my sea
What kind of beauty is this
To cut me down so enviously

Love thief of me
The siren's voice upon the breeze
Love remorseless thief of me
The siren's voice upon the breeze

What kind of reverence for art
Tossed like an old coin into the sand
What kind of warmth in romance
Falls like deepest snow upon my dreams

Love thief of me
The siren's voice upon the breeze
Love remorseless thief of me
The siren's voice upon the breeze

Love thief of me
The siren's voice upon the breeze
Love remorseless thief of me
The siren's voice upon the breeze
The siren's voice upon the breeze

Among the birth and bud
Of each new smile
That said without a word
'I have lost once or twice'

Knowledge of decline
But only
In the sense of sunsets
Dipping full blush
Like girlish eyes
Again to rise
Again to rise

???

Step by palsied step
The days deliver us new bread
Kneaded by hands
Aged by a billion life-times
To age a billion more

???

There was something
Among the birth and bud
Of each new smile
That said without a word
'I have lost once or twice’

In deep water
We lie
So still
Your face
Of grace
Appears
To tell me hush
And soothe away
My fears...

Our souls entwine
Like tangled vines
Float free
This troubled world
We leave behind
To see
This gift of love
Bestowed on you
And me

Your pain will go
Amidst the glow
Of love
So close to you
Our bodies
Hand in glove
This time we've loved
Will never be
Enough.
In deep water
We test
Depths of love

M'aidez call

The love song
Unmistakably you
This love song
Unforgettable you

This song
With its own memory
Of you
And only you

Binds two to one
An invisible thread
That loops around the moon
Back to earth

Because you answered my m'aidez calls
???
???
You're my lover
Answering my m'aidez calls

The love song
The language of devotion
Telling tales upon the heart
Tales of two apart

This melody
Like a band aid
Since we lay together
We're like harmony entwined
Since we lay together
We're like harmony entwined

Because you answered my m'aidez calls
???
???
You're my lover
Answering my m'aidez calls
My m'aidez calls

Our love song is a m'aidez calls
???
Our love song is a m'aidez calls
???

(Massive Attack featuring Dot Allison / unreleased song)

When I was chasing the fear away
I forgot to breathe again
In this moment we shine
Burn to ember every time

When I was trying to shelter
I forgot to rescue you
In these moments we drown
Take this rose with thorns to crown

Every time I fall I am ascending
Every time you call me near
Only when we slip the need is ending
Mirror I am letting go
When you were trying to save me
You forgot to let me go
In this freedom we found
Raining stars down to the ground

And with the truth in your hands
You concealed it with your lies
In this moment we drowned
Lost more than we ever found

Every time I fall I am ascending
Every time you call me near
Only when we slip the need is ending
Mirror I am letting go

I burnt the orchid down
I burnt the orchid down
Hold me now
I burnt the orchid down
I burnt the orchid down

(Death In Vegas featuring Dot Allison / Scorpio Rising LP)

There's not a night that passes by
When you're not on my mind
Take you over
Like a river running through

Running through you
Running through you
Running through you

Take you over
Let it take you over
Let it take you over
Let it take you over
Let it take you over
Let it take you over

We may not be where we want to be (on my mind)
We may not be where we want to be (on my mind)
We may not be where we want to be

Ooh...

It's one hundred miles away
the autumn time
It's one hundred miles away
The autumn time
Is one hundred miles away
The autumn leaves
Are one hundred miles away
In the summertime
The summertime
The summertime
The summertime

(Pete Doherty featuring Dot Allison)

The pain I brought to you
Was so easy to do
And traceless like sand
I slid through your hands
I know you have suffered
Cried tears in my name
You'll never recover from
My delight in your shame

I wanna hold your hand / I wanna break your heart
I wanna be your dog / I wanna break your heart
I wanna be adored / I wanna break your heart
I wanna break your heart

And all that I sold you
The sin-sealed dealt lies
You always believed me
You bought it each time

I wanna hold your hand / I wanna break your heart
I wanna be your dog / I wanna break your heart
I wanna be adored / I wanna break your heart
I wanna break your heart

Sweet pretence of love
Is my bleak, empty gain
And I pawned it for tuppence
Again and again... Oh, what a shame

I can't stand to be near you
And that's one thing you may trust
I've destroyed those dear to you
With my treacherous lust

Don't wanna hold your hand / I wanna break your heart
Don't wanna be your dog / I wanna break your heart
Don't wanna be adored / I wanna break your heart
I wanna break your heart

(Slam featuring Dot Allison / Year Zero LP)

We all need medication
We need to feel lost to know salvation
I've been the current that wants to drown
And I have felt the sky come crashing down

So come, come and kill the pain
Come and still the rain
Swimming through my veins
Yeah, come, come and kill the pain
Come and still the rain
Swimming through my veins

You could be the warmth flowing down my spine
Running off the tracks in my mind
Yeah, I could be the sun burning in your eyes
'Cos I have seen the darkness in
The light

So come, come and kill the pain
Come and still the rain
Swimming through my veins
Yeah, come, come and kill the pain
Come and still the rain
Swimming through my veins

Yeah, you're the drug I depend on
Only you make up the air that I could never breathe
This could be the truth burning in your eyes.
It would radiate in the sky

So come, come and kill the pain
Come and still the rain
Swimming through my veins
Yeah, come, come and kill the pain
Come and still the rain
Swimming through my veins

Sweet Surrender

( Tim Buckley Cover - Sing a song for you Tribute Album )

Now you wanna know the reason
Why I cheated on you
Well I had to be a hunter again
This little man had to try
To make love feel new again
'Cause there's just a few things
I'm not old enough to do for you
Yeah a few things
You just never care to show me
Na na na na na...

Oh sweet surrender
In so sweet surrender
Oh sweet surrender
Give me sweet surrender

But now you're gonna go out and get yourself
A reputation
But I'm gonna have to show you where to start
And then you're gonna bring back your little reputation
And prove to me what I could never prove to you

Sweet surrender
Surrender to love
Sweet surrender
Surrender to love...