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.
Afterglow - 1999-09-14 -
Colour Me Tomorrow Never Comes Close Your Eyes Message Personnel I Wanna Feel The Chill Morning Sun Did I Imagine You Mo' Pop Alpha Female In Winter Still
Aftersun Diving Horses I Wanna break Your Heart Kill The Pain Sweet Surrender
Morning dove white
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
Afterglow
Colour Me
Now I'm sliding It's intriguing 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 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 in heaven This is heaven now You're in heaven You're in heaven This is heaven now You're in heaven You're in heaven This is heaven now You're in heaven You're in heaven This is heaven now You're in heaven Tomorrow Never Comes
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
Close Your Eyes
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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe 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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe 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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe 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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe 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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe 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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe me Embrace me, release me Embrace me, release me Deny me, then feed me Deny me, then feed me I'll own you, then lose you I'll own you, then lose you So distant, so near me So distant, so near to 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 Don't love me, don't leave me Don't love me, don't leave me Don't trust me, believe me Don't trust me, believe me
I Wanna Feel the Chill
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 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 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
Did I Imagine You
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 première rencontre est arrivée Pense à moi Le silence de la mer 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 première rencontre est arrivée Quelque fois tu me causes Pense à moi Toujours Pense à moi Le silence de la mer 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'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 She's lost Words mean nothing She's lost She's lost Words mean nothing She's lost She's lost Words mean nothing She's lost In Winter still
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
We are science
*** Thanx a lot to Simon from the OFFICIAL Dot Allison Homepage ***
We're only science
We're only science ... Look into my eyes for the last time Can you read my lips You're over time Look into my eyes for the last time Can you read my lips You're over time
Substance
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
You can be replaced
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
Performance
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
Wishing stone
You tore my skin But I didn't bleed Tried to steal my thoughts From in my sleep It's through, not blue It's through, not blue You tore me down But I'm standing tall, From over here You look completely small It's through not blue It's through not blue But now you're bleeding faster, Bleeding faster.....
Make it happen
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
Strung out
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 think I love you
Hex
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
Lover
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
Exaltation Of Larks
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
Sunset
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 Sunsets fail and roses grow Somewhere a legend I'll not know Step by palsied step The days deliver us new bread Kneaded by worthy hands Aged by a billion life-times To age a billion more The sunsets fail and roses grow Somewhere a legend I'll not know 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
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
You dropped your soul This surrender gave me damage You're the needle i have done I won't play dice with a cheat Although it's hunger brought me here No-one said that life would be easy That fate would leave us to walk on water Don't you realise that it's what you make it And you're choosing to drown You've dropped your soul from your pocket Somewhere on the way And the saddest thing of all is You don't know that it's gone The voice in my eyes is fading fast With only these broken flowers Hanging on the bough No-one said that life would be easy That fate would leave us to walk on water Don't you realise that it's what you make it And you're choosing to drown You've dropped your soul from your pocket Somewhere on the way And the saddest thing of all is You don't know that it's gone Now you're falling out of the sky Trying to tear me down with you Pulling the fine points of my star But it's as though they are made of butter 'Cause you just slid to leave me standing tall You've dropped your soul from your pocket Somewhere on the way And the saddest thing of all is You don't know that it's gone
M'aidez call The love song Unmistakable you This love song Unforgettable you A song With its own memory Of you, of only you Binding two to one An invisible thread That loops around the moon And back to earth You answered my m'aidez call You caught me right before the fall When I had less than nothing You gave me all You're my lover Answering my m'aidez call The love song Language of devotion A song Telling tales upon the heart Tales of two apart This melody Like a band aid Since we lay together We're harmony entwined Since we lay together We're harmony entwined Because you answered my m'aidez call Because you caught me Right before my fall When i had less than nothing You gave me all You're my lover Answering my m'aidez call My m'aidez call A love song is a m'aidez call Mainlined from my soul Mainlined from my soul A love song is a m'aidez call Mainlined from our soul
Quicksand You are what you love Not what loves you The world was made for lovers That's why we found each other Life is full of things too easy to fall for Just a little fantastic and out of reach There's a teardrop in my sunlight And a poem written for you on my tongue Yeah this cracked window's lying open And our polaroids are fading in the sun Look at us now Come look at us now God knows how God knows how Walking on quicksand So now you're just another Another love song But no, god made nothing Nothing else like you So come point your bow and arrow Aim it straight at my heart For now we're alone Though in somebody's arms Yeah there's a teardrop in my sunshine Yeah this cracked window's lying open And our polaroids are fading in the sun Now your tough is just a memory We're fighting with an army made of one Look at us now Look at us now Walking on quicksand God knows how God knows how Walking on quicksand Yeah walking on quicksand God knows how Quicksand Quicksand
Shivering You'll only burn me once But you're not the only sun And I could lie awake, searching in my soul In what you said, looking for my role. But you always tried to be my thorn You always gave me all your scorn And the more I sympathized The less compassion in your eyes And I could lie awake, and search my soul In what you said, looking for my role But you're shivering Yeah you're the one That's shivering inside, tonight You searched and stole yourself a wage Then you built your gilded cage. But you lost all of your wealth When you made a weapon of success Now I have seen the palace that you built Has come down crashing splinters to the floor And only now that you have lost your mind You have come back knocking at my door And you're shivering Yeah you're the one That's shivering inside, tonight Ghost town, it's a ghost town, falling down Ghost town, that we're walking round Ghost town, it's a ghost town, crumbling Ghost town, and it's fallen down
Longitude and latitude of mystery This captivity Is a stimulant Flowing through me Moments we now share They unfurnish rooms Wherever I walk you You are the latitude And the longitude Of mystery Co-ordinates Of eternity Before I met you, I was a dark house The shade of a grave Now to duplicate these extremities I just call out your name And you You are the latitude And the longitude Of mystery Co-ordinates Of eternity Real Like any death Or a diamonds Hoisting god You call out my name With your glances So I do the same ‘Cause you You are the latitude And this longitude Of mystery Co-ordinates Of eternity
Room 7 1/2
Cry
You are frozen You are fire An endless ocean Of dangerous desire We could melt An avalanche inside We could glow tonight Like a fallen star So you cry I know the reason why Yeah you cry This is the last goodbye Like the dark night Draws you near Like the sunlight Dries my tear And I am fallen Fallen like the rain That floods a desert In your heart again So you cry 'Cause I know the reason why Yeah you cry This is the last goodbye You are frozen Then you are fire An endless ocean Of dangerous desire We could melt An avalanche inside And we could glow tonight Like a fallen star So you cry 'Cause I know the reason why Yeah you cry 'Cause this is the last goodbye Yeah you cry This is the last goodbye So you cry This is the last goodbye Paved With a Little Pain If I was a preacher I would kneel and say a prayer And if I was a gambler I would save myself for you If I was a hunter I would stay at home with you And if I was a soldier Do you know I would give you all my guns I've got to go because I love you The road we took was just in vain But can't you feel it getting colder Our love came with a little pain But if I ever hunger I'd write you poems for my food But if I was a teacher Do you know I'd say we wrote the book I've got to go because I love you The road we took was just in vain Where every path I take leads to you And it comes paved with a little pain My love I'd take that same road again Although it's paved with a little pain I Wanna Break Your Heart ( With Peter Doherty ) The pain I brought to you It was so easy to do And traceless like sand I slid through your hands I know that you have suffered Cried tears in my name Now you'll never recover From my delight in your shame I wanna be your man I wanna break your heart I wanna hold your hand I wanna break your heart I wanna be adored I wanna break your heart I wanna be your dog I wanna break your I wanna break your heart And all that I sold you Some sin-sealed dealt lies You always believed me You bought it each time Sweet pretence of love Is my bleak empty gain I pawned it for tuppence Again and again and again and again I wanna be your man I wanna break your heart I wanna hold your hand I wanna break your heart I wanna be adored I wanna break your heart I wanna be your dog I wanna break your heart I wanna be your man I wanna break your heart I wanna hold your hand I wanna break your heart I wanna be adored I wanna break your heart I wanna be your dog I wanna break your I wanna break your I wanna break your heart I can't stand to be near you That's one thing you may trust And I've destroyed those dear to you With my treacherous lust I wanna be your man I wanna break your heart I wanna hold your hand I wanna break your heart I wanna be adored I wanna break your heart I wanna be your dog I wanna break your heart I wanna be your man I wanna break your heart I wanna hold your hand I wanna break your heart I wanna be adored I wanna break your heart I wanna be your dog I wanna break your I wanna break your heart Buzzing Round The Honey Pots
Little birdy been telling me stories Whispering and whistling through the trees Seems when you ain't been with me you been pretty busy Buzzing round the honey pots like a busy little worker bee No it's true I could never leave you Your love it slayed me brought me to my knees But you been pollinating other flowers Pretty little orchids right beneath my feet I heard your ride wedding bells From the bottom of the well I had no funeral I attended For no my murderous lover You covered it up oh so well One witching hour I rise up From my oh so broken sleep No I can't settle for that one amend My love that promise you made was meant to keep I'll be yours for eternity I think those were the words you said to me So I've come now for your soul you see And hell is the only land where you may live without me Follow me down Follow me down now Trodden me down But now come follow me drown Room 7 1/2 Pass me the whisky I need to still me Pass me the glass I need to steal me away No no don't do anything to distill me Tell me that you love me I'll be forgetting I'm just a lowly whore Feed my foolish dream I could be a wife That I could tempt you away from your other life Oh Lord how long must I bide I need someone to steal me away Something to still me today Oh Lord, how long till I die Deliver me numb to my pain For peace never stumbled this way Tell me how it feels To have a back strong like a wall Not a burning out car You got splendor and taste at the tips of your fingers But where I'm sleeping rough is where I'm seeking true love Oh Lord how long must I bide Gimme someone to steal me away Someone to topple my pain Oh Lord won't I be bride Someone to topple my shame He could come eclipse my name I write on the back of a cigarette pack That we're all aged like stars I'm made up of some else's joy and someone's scars That velvet-fingered dope that I smoke Dupes me for a second that I am free Like some great unbothered oak tree Oh Lord how long 'til I'm mine I need someone to steal me away Deliver me numb to this pain Oh Lord how long till I die Someone to steal me away Someone to steal me away Peace may just tumble this way Fall To Me
Words fall from my lips like letters Doves once caged now fly unfettered Thought our hearts would remain unscathed We're still here but something's changed Fall to me Fall to me again Like a ring thrown to the ocean Merge our hearts upon the canvas Lost at sea yet bound to me Time will still the wave on the surface Come to me Come to me again Like falling petals in autumn colors Whispers born from fading embers Though I cannot feel the breeze Snow of years will guide my fears Fall to me Fall to me again Fall to me conscious Fall to me still Fall to me broken Fall to me Fall to me conscious Fall to me still Fall to me broken Fall to me... Love's Got Me Crazy
(ft. Paul Weller)
Love's got me crazy Haunted and aching You can find it a shock To know that you've arrived Such a precious event You know how hard to acquire it Love's got me crazy Black clouds I can't see them Darkness has no home tonight All that is said that is not a given We're going to try, we're going to try Love's got me crazy Haunted and aching Steady as rocks Two halves of one we cling So ready or not Who knows what life will bring Love's got you crazy True love can take it Montague Terrace (In Blue) ( Words and Music - Scott Walker ) The little clock's stopped ticking now We're swallowed in the stomached rue The only sound to tear the night Comes from the man upstairs His bloated belching figure stomps He may crash through the ceiling soon The window sees trees cry from cold And claw the moon But we know don't we And we'll dream won't we Of Montague Terrace in blue The girl across the hall makes love Her thoughts lay cold like shattered stone Her thighs are full of tales to tell Of all the nights she's known Your eyes ignite like cold blue fire The scent of secrets everywhere A fist filled with illusions Clutches all our cares But we know don't we And we'll dream won't we Of Montague Terrace in blue But we know don't we And we know Yes we know, don't we We know Jonny Villain Thy found Jonny Villain with his neck broke it two Lying on the street where he got somebody's boot All because he lied about how he divi'd up the loot Poor little Jonny Villain Little Jonny said he never had a chance That he was robbed purely by circumstance It was by his birth his sweet mama died Poor little Jonny Villain No Jonny said he wasn't a bad man That he'd been unlucky and that just that But his ladies they know just what he's at Wrong-headed, heartless, dangerous, a bad cat His father was estranged his disappearance feigned Jonny had to fend for his own longevity So he robbed those old women just to pay his way Poor little Jonny Villain His young lady she went over his balcony Yeah I heard that Villain was in custody But he got let off ‘cause they just couldn't pin the blame Luck of the devil Villain No Jonny said he wasn't a bad man That he'd been unfortunate and that just that But his ladies they know just what he's at Wrong-headed, heartless, dangerous, a bad cat That little girl he took a needle to Little tinker-bell he nearly killed her too Virgin beauty queen not a day past seventeen For heaven's sake Jonny Villain No Jonny he never worked for a nickel or a dime Run on his own will his rank device But now he's fallen foul of men that eat young men alive Poor poor poor villain Jonny he's still knocking at Heaven's gates Pleading that he's more than just a sum of his own traits Begging to re-live his life a different way Not to be a heartless, dangerous bad cat They found Villain with his neck broke in two Lying on the street 'cause he got somebody's boot Silly little Jonny died for a pocketful of loot Poor little Jonny Villain Poor little Jonny Villain Poor Jonny Villain Poor Villain While She Sleeps The twilight of our love Tiptoes into our room It twists and weaves around us Like vines around the moon She is lying flesh to flesh He reaches for her through the dark And just like sleep's willing prisoner Swindled by a dream And these words he'll always keep Secret thoughts all while she sleeps You could wash away these tears That christen all the years But I've got a bullet hole the shape of you Running through my heart And these words he'll always keep Secret thoughts all while she sleeps And these words he'll always keep Secret thoughts all while she sleeps Portrait Of The Sun
I was in doubt then I fell in love But we don't say fall in England We say Autumnal One thing is true We all say love when it's not love we mean at all This time I'm gone I'm out of here so I can live a while Though it's hard to say It makes sense today When in every way We are close yet so estranged Like a portrait of the sun Gazing down upon our flower If it's left to us The rain becomes the only hour The answer is in a song That's where this love belongs It's always been this way Forever and a day Forever and a day We love and fall This has fallen without a home A beggar once a king Somehow strong as bone The odd folly we'll forgive But these lies they sneak and trawl Eat away at the core of it all Left to us we'll surely fall I know it's hard to say But it makes sense today I love you anyway Though we are close yet so estranged Like a portrait of the sun Gazing down upon our flower If it's left to us The rain becomes the only hour The answer's in this song That's where our love belongs It's always been this way Forever and a day Forever and a day Forever and a day
Heart-Shaped Scars Long Exposure I didn't think you'd lie to me My love for you it was pure Like glitter on snow I cannot quite believe the deceit What a fool love brings... I held your memory high, encased in glass Nothing could shatter or tarnish your sacred remains But you came with your wrecking ball at last What a fool I have been... 'Cause I called through the trees I called from the beach I waited for you Crying from all cliffs And the photograph That I held in my mind Had a long exposure Long exposure To the truth So I commit rare love to ink That very night saw my letter dropped onto her fire How could you turn so easily What a fool love brings... For I called through the trees I called from the beach I waited for you Crying from all cliffs And the photograph That I held in my mind What a long exposure Long exposure To the truth Orchards of cherries lie bruised on the ground Bitten, discarded in grief all around You settle for such easy fruit What a fool that love brings… For you've called through the trees You called from the beach You've been looking for me Crying from all cliffs And the photograph That you held in your hand Had a long exposure But here I am, here I am, waiting Here I am, here I am, waiting… And that photograph of you It's fading in the sunlight And that photograph of you It's fading in the sunlight…
The Haunted Slip inside this haunted house Tiptoe silent, not a sound Oh, I feel ghosts Ghosts all around me… Sun cuts through this dusty hall Spray-can dreams across my walls With blood-red berries write in snow Sign to the dead, who only know Oh I feel ghosts Feel their breath Upon my neck Oh I sense ghosts Ghosts all around me Light dust particles like stars Seal my heart inside your jar Darling cut me one more scar Before we fall nowhere too far Listen to what this corridor said To love songs weeping from our bed Feel the beat of skipping clocks Hear the words this sweet hearth talks Oh I feel ghosts Feel their breath Upon my neck Oh I sense ghosts Ghosts all around me Let me lift that crown of thorns All quitting was once sworn Suture cuts, I'll dry your eyes With words that hover like a sky... Place your hand upon my mouth Whisper "Ssh…Do you trust me now" You may burst through unbolted doors Spray can your love across my walls Haunt inside me forever more… Oh feel my ghost Feel my breath Upon your nape My ghost wrapped around you Oh feel my walls Oh be my ghost Go on…be my ghost Go on…be my ghost Constellations You win, you always will I lie still in the lake Floating on my back Gazing up at all the stars A love, toothless like silk I float free on the waves Divine bed of nails Gazing up at all the stars Break me, Waving crashing over like stampedes of horses That save me, Cooling ice sculptures that quench me quite endlessly Crave me, Teardrops and rain that fall down on me silently Bathe me... Do you see the Constellations? Do you see it now Are you looking up Do you see the Constellations Do you see it now Are you looking now Three words, caught up in the sky Seasons turn 10,000 times Compressed love to diamonds In our minds Three words, caught up in our sky Seasons turn 10,000 times Compressed this love to diamonds In our minds Break me Waving crashing over like stampedes of horses That save me Cool me with surf and foam quench me quite endlessly Crave me Teardrops and rain that fall down on me silently Bathe me... Do you see the Constellations Do you see it now Are you looking up Do you see the Constellations Do you see it now Are you looking now An end, a single breath I float still on the mirror-verse Your eyes follow me back Gazing up at all these stars… Can You Hear Nature Sing Autumn's touch, harvest worn Winter's grasp beckons us on Hallowed seed, occasional thorn Unpick the wire around our dawn Can you hear nature sing A myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears A myriad of melodies Can you hear nature sing Myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears Acorns crack, upon the stone Blossom, sepals, calyx unfold Pregnant fruit, hanging low Thaws my form into the snow Can you hear nature sing A myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears A myriad of melodies Can you hear nature sing A myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears Mother smothering With her favourite illusion A forest of borrowed white Evergreen devastation Mother smothering With her favourite illusion There's a fire Within our dawn Can you hear nature sing A myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears A myriad of melodies Can you hear nature sing A myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears A myriad of melodies Can you hear nature sing A myriad of melodies Can you hear through her tears
Ghost Orchid Sail to me, so gently Ink your words all over me I'm evergreen like the pine God knows I adored you God knows I adored you You're my church of snow And everywhere was nowhere Wherever we would go I kneel down at my church of snow I pray, I pray Orchid ghost, all yours to spoil My heaven-reaching petals born for your soil Evergreen as I pined... For one drop of your sweet nectar To deepen the flower Your love the lectern, where I could have learnt God knows I adored you God knows I adored you You're my church of snow And I'll be your disciple until we're old Kneel down at my church of snow You're everywhere yet nowhere wherever I go... I kneel down at my church of snow Melt into the sun Kneel down with me, I'll be your church of snow Kneel down beside me and... Melt into the sun Melt into the sun Forever's Not Much Time Lathe of night failed you, I'm free Hollow your shadow cast cold on me Love's snow it sleet, I betroth To love's splintered streets Where the knitted-apartness of us sometimes meets… I miss you, like a dead man recalls life We had forever, seems it's not much time Architect of war (lay down your gun) With love's holy oil (lay down your pride) You delight as I toil (lay down your gun) Crying, I watch your sweet memory spoil (lay down your gun) And I miss you, like a dead man recalls life We have forever, seems it's not… Much time Tick, tock, tick, tock Goes the beat Of a heart Cue The Tears Love we were broken Leaf skeleton frail Just memory needles To stitch up the sails Love scars imbue me Waves out of phase Crackling Pylons Silence no trace… The tree in our heart Remained in dark Where seeds cannot grow I shut out the pain I thought I was made Shut out the rain As you cast me her shade I didn't look back I started to run Perhaps we just Did we shut out the sun Did we shut out the sun Prised apart by two guns Did we shut out the sun Did we shut out the sun (cue the tears) Did we shut out the sun (cue the tears) Prized apart by two guns (cue the tears) Did we shut out the sun (cue the tears) We were so fallen Leaf skeleton pale With just these blunt needles To stitch our torn sails Love reigns down on us Words that lost face Deadening silence Feigning as grace The tree in your heart Remained in the dark Where seeds cannot grow… I shut out the pain I thought I was made I shut out the rain As you cast me her shade I didn't look back I started to run But with us perhaps we Did we shut out the sun? Did we shut out the sun? Cue the tears Cue the tears Cue the tears Cue the tears…. One Love I felt the breeze Your robe of God You left me broken On my knees My glass-blown dreams Ground into sand Tossed in my eyes But now I see My flower It had to lean toward the sunlight To pollinate Love don't bloom in the shade My flower Fire Lily, Juliet Rose, Blood Camellia My stem arcs toward the light My petals close in the shade No you need to shine, shine, shine here Focus your photons of light Shine on me On one love How can the one Etched in the stars Be thrown aside For spare parts? Your shadow glowed Along the road You pulled the blackout curtains On our shoots My flower It had to lean towards the sunlight Cross-pollinate Love can't bloom in the shade My flower, Fire Lily, Juliet Rose, Blood Carnellia Stems arc toward the light And my petals closed in her shade No you need to Shine, shine, shine here Focus your photons of light Shine on me On one love Through the prism of a song Words unconscious, like petals fall Sepals are closing upon our day In the shade I will fade away No you need to shine... Focus your photons of light On one love
Love Died In Our Arms We've got blood on our hands We've got blood on our hands Love died in our arms Love died in our arms We got blood on our hands We've both got blood on our hands This love died in our arms This love died in our arms A little water, A little water It's sure to clear us of this A little water, A little water It's sure to clear us of this So this was love This was love I can't feel the pulse now So this was love This was love Ssh, I can't hear a sound now… This was love This was love Look but I can't see my breath now So this was love, this was love And it's gone, gone… Weaving in between these notes Whispering to me Creepers and climbers I can hear Love's stubborn ghost… Voices through the trees... We've got blood on our hands We've got blood on our hands Love died in our hearts Love died in our hearts We got blood on our hands We both got blood on our hands This love it died in our arms This love it died in our arms So this was love This was love I can't feel the pulse now So this was love This was love Ssh, I can't hear a sound now… This was love This was love Look but I can't see my breath now So this was love, this was love And it's gone, gone… And (whispered B) I am a man I cry alone I triumph and conquer Here on my own But what is this That alters my path? (I can't feel the pulse now) Shaking the tree Of such a great man (I can't see my breath now) If being Godless Used to set me free (I can't see my breath now) What is this alter I find here in front of me? So sweet is the taste So firm the shape This low hanging fruit Such succulent flesh On my skin to rest Lush low hanging fruit In orchards at night I steal just one bite This low hanging fruit We've got blood on our hands Goodbye Return me my mind 'Cause everything I see Telling me I'm blind Idolatry statues seem to move Whispering to me ‘I'm yours' Somewhere the heart Of the pain We'll find answer We'll find it one day Until then, until then I wish you love I wish you love… Goodbye I see the sun Diffracting through the rain Your seeds and flowers blossom Through my veins Though I am the one Sails upon your gaze Everything I ever seem to do In vain Somewhere the heart Of the pain There's an answer We'll find it one day Until then, Until then I wish you love I wish you love... Somewhere the heart Of the pain There'll be an answer May you find it one day Until then, until then I wish you love I wish you love... Goodbye
CONSCIOUSOLOGY Shyness Of Crowns Restructure the water Bless it with words Heart's sonar patterns The flowering of a song We are entangled Love, we are everywhere Untethered in orbit Earth astronauts Reverse to move forwards His love forgetting-me-not We are entangled Love, we are everywhere Drifting Close your eyes to feel Drifting Ghost out here with me Drifting Close your eyes to feel Drifting Meet me on the field I'm here to adore you Drifting, drifting Drifting, drifting, drifting Close your eyes to feel Drifting Meet me on the field I'm here to adore you Here to adore you Here to adore you Here to adore you
Unchanged Watchmaker's precision You wrote my lines Unwitting in love Oh I wait for your sign Oh wait for a sign You're always the same Always unchanged He knows he should walk away Yet his love remains unchanged Unchanged (like a sunrise) Unchanged (like your ghost) Unchanged (once a lifetime) Unchanged (a seed won't sow) (Unchained) If statues could move (Unchained) Oh the stories they'd tell (Unchained) The loss of all time (Unchained) How lovers fall inside Shoots they'll come again Through this frozen ground I wait for a sign Oh wait for a sign You're always the same Always unchanged So he should walk away Yet his love remains unchanged Unchanged (like a sunrise) Unchanged (like your ghost) Unchanged (once a lifetime) Unchanged (a seed won't sow) Unchanged (like the fractal) Unchanged (shaping the snow) (Unchanged) If statues could move (Unchanged) Oh the stories they could tell (Unchanged) The loss of all time (Unchanged) How lovers fall inside (Unchanged) If statues could move (Unchanged) Oh the stories they could tell (Unchanged) The loss of all time (Unchanged) How lovers fall inside
Bleached By The Sun Violas bow across the bridge of time A cello sings of the curve of my spine The beat of a wing conducting the chaos of sea That promise we made in our mirror symmetry Don't give up on us yet There is more we can be In our roots there is soul An innate empathy Or will these words come To be bleached by the sun Or will these words come To be bleached by the sun Beyond this limerence there is love Vibration of the imminence of loss The quiet hope that we might save The chorus of emergent waves Don't give up on us yet There is more we can be In our roots there is soul An innate empathy Or will these words come To be bleached by the sun Or will these words come To be bleached by the sun At the crowning dusk of day Will we face defining flames? Or can quietly insistent words Waltz amongst the rain Within states of our divorce We hang laments upon the staves Only hope divinely saved For the last heartbeat of the woods Don't give up on us yet There is more we can be In our roots there is soul An innate empathy Or will these words come To be bleached by the sun Or will these guns come To be coal and diamonds The seed of the fertile one Where this life's just begun Or will these words come To be bleached by the sun Moon Flowers Look behind our eyes See the Autumn's infinite colours The leaves are falling off our trees The leaves, may they soon reappear All hail, you influence the hail In heaven and beyond you There is a sunlight around you You illuminate everything I do Don't give up, don't give up Cos we'll get there soon Don't give up, don't give up You and I, we'll plant flowers on the moon You reign, you influence the rain In heaven and beyond you There is a sunlight around you You illuminate everything I do Don't give up, don't give up Cos we'll get there soon Don't give up, don't give up You and I, we'll plant flowers on the moon Moon flowers, moon flowers Sovereignty of the seed and river Like lovers two, like lovers too If we stay here, take care In the mirror, we would see That moon flowers are already here… Double Rainbow Nature's patterns talk Perianths like the sonar flower of a dolphin's song Nature's patterns speak Molecules the form of honeycombs My love still sailing upon every breeze Mirror me, mirror me Invisible, invisible The quantum fields Thorn yellow, cobalt, green The summer rain Beating my window pane Sheets and torrents lashing down Paint me a double rainbow Double rainbow, double rainbow Double rainbow, double rainbow Where love is the gold, spun gold Nature's patterns sing The trauma rings of a scarlet oak Echo trauma rings in me Nature's patterns stalk The spectral fields, see them shimmering Shimmering, shimmering The summer pain… Haunting my winters again Reigning down in torrents, sheets… Cast a double rainbow Double rainbow, double rainbow Double rainbow, double rainbow Where love is the gold… Spun gold, spun gold, spun gold Sun gold, yellow, green, lilac, greenish black, blue Cobalt, sap green, ochre, wax yellow, mauve Green, verdant, verdant, verdant Evergreen, double rainbow… Milk And Honey I'd walk 10,000 suns To have you next to me Bridges I'd burn To give you the rest of me Lilac-coloured stars that glisten, beckoning Galaxies of tumbling suns, are blessing me Milk and honey His love, sweet ambrosia Milk and honey Summer mead Leave our shape upon the wheat Milk and honey Your tender touch, never enough Milk and honey… Truth missing in action, it's all lies My radio waves were always on To the empty nights Silence-tinted stars that glisten, beckoning Galaxies of tumbling suns, blessing me Milk and honey Sweet love, ambrosia Milk and honey Summer mead Leave our shape upon the wheat Milk and honey The tender touch, we'll never feel Milk and honey… I'd walk 10,000 suns to have one night next to you Lovers I've spurned, just to give you the best of me My milk and honey My milk and honey My, my milk and honey Your tender touch, like the never we feel Milk and honey My milk and honey Mother Tree Hear the wind whispering through the leaves The fingers and the toes of the Mother Tree She knows her saplings and her own young Innate like the songs in only her love tongue Be yourself, be free, Breathe out, lie next to me Come to me, come to me Come to me, come to me Come to me, come to me I spread my roots, unfold my leaves Like a Mother Tree Lose the chains of your every fear My thirsty vines, let them draw you near As I run across your dreams, your dark Such a gentle touch, on your skin and your bark Be yourself, be free, Breathe out, lie next to me Come to me, come to me Come to me, a mother tree I spread my roots, unfold my leaves I spread my roots, like the Mother Tree Weeping Roses Weeping roses are all you ever gave to me I felt the blood on my my hands, my toes and my fingers From the thorns you left in me Oh I still feel the sun shine round here Oh I still feel the sun shine… Oh I still feel the sun shine Do you feel it too, tell me do you feel it too Bleeding roses they're all you ever grew for me I see blood in the spray, on the petals Now, it's so plain to see Do you feel it too, tell me do you feel it too Do you feel it too, tell me do you feel it too Do, do you feel it too Do you, do you, oh do, do you feel it Do, do you feel it too Do, do you feel it too
Non Albums Tracks
Aftersun
(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
*** Thanx a lot to Zee from the forum for this one *** Diving Horses
(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
*** Thanx a lot to Zee from the forum for this one ***
I Wanna break Your Heart
(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
*** Thanx a lot to Zee from the forum for this one *** Kill The Pain
(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...