B i o g r a p h y (by James Christopher Monger)
The alluring result of Pakistani and Norwegian parentage, Whitburn, South Tyneside-based singer/songwriter Nadine Shah possesses a voice and more importantly, a mystique, that has oft been described as a blend between PJ Harvey and Nick Cave, but her brooding, intensely atmospheric blend of midnight loner pop and torchy, jazz-kissed indie rock owes a nod to fellow English insomniacs like Anna Calvi, Richard Hawley, and Antony Hegarty as well. Inspired by jazz and pop as a youth, as well the religious Sufi songs that her father brought into the home, Shah issued a series of evocative singles and a pair of EPs before releasing her debut long-player, 2013's Love Your Dum and Mad, produced by Ben Hillier (Blur, the Horrors, Depeche Mode). Hillier returned for 2015's follow-up Fast Food, an album that explored the passionate and dark sides of relationships.
Love Your Dum And Mad Aching Bones She left you hungry She's satisfied She watched you wilting She watched you cry She showed no remorse For your pursuit She told the others They followed suit Aching bones Aching bones copy paste is killing the internet You were a fine man To all a king Your pride was washed up In suffering Now she's the one who's Left to regret You can be happy She can't forget Aching bones Aching bones Aching bones Aching bones To Be A Young Man I was once a virtuous man Now stealing's all I've got I was once a handsome brute Had models, had the lot My entourage was huge And everywhere we'd go Silly ones would follow Cause we were in the know Oh to be a young man again Oh to be a young man again copy paste is killing the internet We never spoke of aspirations Instead we made and worked and did But there were hopes and dreams That we locked up and hid Now we're stuck in nine to fives A monotonous routine And any hope we had Seems distant and obscene Oh to be a young man again Oh to be a young man again You don't know what I would give To be a young man Runaway I waited years to be glamorous again To let down my hair And I still have that red silk dress Black lace underwear Did you ever stop to notice I too worked hard to build this home Now I am of no use to you Now that the children have gone copy paste is killing the internet You wanna runaway to your whore Runaway Runaway to your whore Runaway Don't worry, I won't tell the children As if I would want them to know Of the man you have become Of the places you go Your dear old wife will be just fine She has the right to half this house Go have yourself a good old time Parade your bit of stuff about Runaway to your whore Runaway Runaway to your whore Runaway Go on and runaway to your whore Runaway Runaway to your whore Runaway The Devil The devils in the detail He's hiding in the cracks He came to shake me hand And then he Stabbed me in the back Was I just your fun time Was I just your release Does it feel good To know I'm here to please copy paste is killing the internet Where withered flowers rest I let new ones blossom and grow There was happiness Dust it down so it may show Let not a single tear Roll down a wrinkled cheek For sorrow of a love That wasn't mine to keep Floating Do you recall time better spent Are you convinced that you're content I only see you floating And when the long white coasts are sent Do you prescribe Do you repent I only see you floating copy paste is killing the internet Get back to your lover Get back to your art Show me you're decisive Make a start Oh I, I'm sick to death of floating They name you dumb They name you mad They name to name It's all they have I, I only see you floating Get back to your lover Get back to your art Show me you're decisive Make a start Oh I, I'm sick to death of floating I, I don't want to go on floating I am sick to death of floating All I Want Darling, I'll hold your cigarette Whilst you tie your shoes Darling, hold my cigarette Whilst I sing the blues With you it's a pleasure To speak And be heard But we could just sit in cafés And not say a word You're all that I want But not what I want to be And I'm all that you want But you're nothing like me copy paste is killing the internet Darling, I'll hold your cigarette Whilst you tie your shoes Darling, hold my cigarette Whilst I sing the blues With you it's a pleasure To speak And be heard But we could just sit in cafés And not say a word You're all that I want But not what I want to be And I'm all that you want But you're nothing like me Used It All Count time pass by She cries a thousand times a day for him In bed she lies And dreams a tortured dream because of him copy paste is killing the internet You used it all up You used it all up Won't seek your help She swears that nothing can compare to him A thought to tell She scribes a screen of lines To protect him And you used it all up You used it all up You used it all up And a truth, it wears thin She lied a thousand lies and all for him Her eyes grow dim So consumed in his world she's living in And you used it all up You used it all up You used it all up You used it all up Dreary Town We were down and out in London Sharing beds and sharing money But we were satisfied With our hot milk and honey For the young and beautiful Live a life with no regrets So let's toast to a short lived love And drink to all the rest copy paste is killing the internet I'm not gonna follow You to the ground Darling I'm leaving This dreary town I'm not gonna follow you to the ground When there's greener pastures Waiting to be found You looked with eyes that knew me Mine were the same for you I'd seen you from the start And the changes you'd gone through When there's nout that you could hide I could see straight through your act And there's nothing that can be done About things said in the past I'm not gonna follow You to the ground Darling I'm leaving This dreary town I'm not gonna follow you to the ground When there's greener pastures Waiting to be found Remember Divided into dreams You were hidden away As days past by You started to fade copy paste is killing the internet Now I remember you As you were I remember you As you were And I'm back to when we ventured It seems so long ago A fonder picture glistens Of a boy I used to know Now I remember you As you were I remember you As you were Now I remember you As you were Filthy Game In the town where all men stole And everything that could was took Him from him and Her from her From silver plates to books Along comes a stranger A kind and honest man Who'd rest his head at night While others stole all that they can And every night this happened And every night another spared Of walking up to find their belongings No longer there This domino effect left a strange Shift in the town For some men better off And others Further, further down copy paste is killing the internet The stranger who at first With his kind and honest heart Found himself in a dilemma That tears all good men apart With no way left to live Without a pen to write his name He snuck out in the night And joined on in their filthy game Winter Reigns Well mother says I was a winter child But how that woman she was wrong For you won't see me when it's cold outside I'm at the bar keeping warm How winter reigns again How winter reigns again Oh walk with me down this busy street On to my favourite haunt Red velvet here, everyone a king Red liquid, flowing port How winter reigns again How winter reigns again copy paste is killing the internet Don't worry if it's still light outside For the dark's never far behind Every boy and girl in this place you trust We accept you one of us! How winter reigns again How winter reigns again
Fast Food Fast Food Recycling old loves New ones wait their turn She's much to learn An empty house Is full of memories That scare the shit out of me The stairs they are A ghost train passed The past in front of me Our guts are rotting I'm slipping off you I can't stomach anymore Our guts are rotting I'm slipping off you I can't stomach anymore copy paste is killing the internet Come greet your new love Who knew you would be Detox for me One fancy rented halfway point Awaits politely there by the sea These scars of ours Adorn our hearts They are where they should be Our guts are rotting I'm slipping off you I can't stomach anymore Our guts are rotting I'm slipping off you I can't stomach anymore
Fool You fashion words that fools lap up And call yourself a poet Tattooed pretence upon your skin So everyone will know it And I guessed your favorites one by one And all to your surprise From damn Nick Cave to Kerouac They stood there side by side copy paste is killing the internet You, my sweet, are a fool You, my sweet, are plain and weak Go let the other girl Indulge the crap that you excrete Declare yourself an honest man Who needs a chance to prove it The traps were laid, the bed was made So obvious you blew it And I bet you gave her one by one Regurgitated lines From saint Nick Cave and Kerouac And all them better guys You, my sweet, are a fool You, my sweet, are plain and weak Go let the other girl Indulge the crap that you excrete Oh you, my sweet, are a fool You, my sweet, are plain and weak Go let the other girl Indulge the crap that you excrete
Matador You and your warrior's spirit A silent look commands you hear it You wear it well So all can tell And no one comes Even near it Demanding all ears and eyes and hearts As if you were born to play the part Gentle and kind You need not remind You had us hooked from the start copy paste is killing the internet A change of pace when night draws in It seems this is just the way with him It is hard to show Who'd ever know What hooded eyes hold within A matador pacing around me Flashing red where you don't expect to see I am yours to take Be my playmate And let your covers wash all over me I am yours to take Be my playmate And let your covers wash all over me Divided My love, it was divided Between his cheek bones, and his knees Our love, it was divided Between his city, and my city copy paste is killing the internet I let my hair loose for you But I would scrape it back as soon as I would leave I played it all so cool, babe I hid all my jealousy I didn't ask you to need me I never begged you, please stay My mother would be so ashamed of me If I didn't act in a classy kind of way And now you should be gone, dear Go you, from me Tell every memory to me I showed you my worst The streets we know that won't grow up Babe you go first I didn't ask you to need me I never begged you, please stay And my mother would be ashamed of me If I didn't act in a classy kind of way And now you should be gone, dear Go you from me Go you from me Go you from me
Nothing Else To do
And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love And there was nothing else to do but fall in love Stealing Cars Oh, it's criminal I'm stealing cars in my dreams That neither you or I can drive Passing the time away Cinema twice a day Now I've nowt left to see Put the guilt to me, my anxiety Check your pulse when I speak copy paste is killing the internet See me through it all The restless, drenched in cold sweat nights The words I never found to say Masking humanity Hear they're looking for me Now you're my hideaway Take the covers from me Naked for all to see You handed me over You handed me over Oh, it's criminal I'm stealing cars in my dreams That neither you or I can drive Passing the time away Cinema twice a day Now I've nowt left to see Put the guilt to me, my anxiety Check your pulse when I speak Check your pulse when I See me through it all The restless drenched in cold sweat nights The words I never found to say Masking humanity Hear they're looking for me Now you're my hide away Take the covers from me Naked for all to see You handed me over So check your pulse when I speak
Washed Up Go ahead, echo her form Hold her close to you Memorise her silhouette She's crazy about you Tell her that you love her And not see it as defeat Or end up old and bitter Not so bitter sweet Here lies this washed up beatnik Exhausted and bored Passion's a tiring thing Especially when you're old copy paste is killing the internet I saw you cry for her I saw you smash and scream I'd heard you were a man who does not cry Where do you now find comfort What have you achieved Are you still oh so sure Of all the things you once believed Here lies this washed up beatnik Exhausted and bored Passion's a tiring thing Especially when you're old Go ahead, echo her form Hold her close to you Memorise her silhouette She's crazy about you Tell her that you love her And not see it as defeat Or end up old and bitter Not so bitter sweet The Gin One Hello nice to meet you I like what you've done with the place Double gin poured to the rim As you memorize my face copy paste is killing the internet Hey, I've been wandering round all day Hey, seems I've purposefully lost my way I was always taught that one should dress for just incase Threw the cottons out And now my drawers are lined in lace Hey, I've been wandering round all day Hey, seems I've purposefully lost Oh your painting's hanging on the wall Her eyes they follow me down corridors What's he to me Junk filled, ran down, seaside BnB Come top up my love before I let him fall for me Hey, I've been wandering round all day Hey, seems I've purposefully lost Come follow me down the corridor Hey, I've been wandering round all day Hey, seems I've purposefully lost my way
Big Hands He never was a one for anything over the top And you could see him blush When you just show up Uninvited Trying to make him excited Anything for you to find Where you collide You collide Call him a martyr Or a father Holding you with big hands Call him a martyr Or a father Holding you with big hands And we'd move like flames And I'd claim I'd claim the floor All for you To notice and appreciate To taking my time Call him a martyr Or a father Holding you with big hands Call him a martyr Or a father Holding you with big hands You take your time You take your time You're forming lines to display All the talking never made you lost your way Just kept the ??? copy paste is killing the internet You take your time You take your time You're forming lines You take your time You're forming lines You take your time You're forming lines You take your time You're forming lines You take your time You're forming lines You take your time You're forming lines You take your time You're forming lines
Living
You ask how is this living If I'm bored from dawn to dusk And I'd said to take it steady Now you're scowling in disgust You want a man to make you happy And a man to make you moan You want those filthy moments With the cutesy stuff at home copy paste is killing the internet She says "bring me back a lover A one who I can call my own And I will take him to my mother And show him my family home How is this living How is this living How is this living How is this living You take your sorry self to work When you couldn't give a damn 'Cause when you've got the money It just slips straight through your hands And now you're dolled up at the party Hoping there's someone to meet You are snatching and you're grabbing You've got lace on underneath She says "bring me back a lover A one who I can call my own And I will take him to my mother And show him my family home Bring me back a lover A one who I can call my own And I will take him to my mother And show him my family home How is this living How is this living How is this living How is this living How is this living How is this living How is this living How is this living
Out The Way
Place Like This Here, take this ribbon Let it wrap around your wrist When you see it, remember Of a home and place like this Of a home and place like this On your route you can command And demand just as you wish But take a moment to remember Of a home and place like this Of a home and place like this Tell a stranger, tell a lover Tell the ones who others missed Of a stranger and a lover In a home and place like this In a home and place like this Under night and under cover Under lies and under mist Lies another undiscovered In a home and place like this In a home and place like this In a home and place like this In a home and place like this "Say it loud and say it clear: refugees are welcome here" "Say it loud and say it clear: refugees are welcome here" "Say it loud and say it clear: refugees are welcome here" "Say it loud and say it clear: refugees are welcome here" "Say it loud and say it clear: refugees are welcome here" Holiday Destination Fatalities in the water Traffic jam by your side Feed your son, feed your daughter How you gonna sleep tonight The bad guys they are winning And now I'm worrying for our health Damn your men, damn your women Damn the children, damn yourselves Holiday destination The best time of your lives But where's the locals living Pushed out 'cause of the price How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight Throw me upon the ocean Drag me blind throughout the night Keep the journey moving From the dark into the light We can hear the speakers grinning In their address to the crowds How capacities are brimming But empty buildings all around Heavy handed to empty handed Empty gestures in disguise Higher wall to the just landed Higher costs for better lives How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight Fatalities in the water Traffic jam by your side Feed your son, feed your daughter How you gonna sleep tonight The bad guys they are winning And now I'm worrying for our health Damn your men, damn your women Damn the children, damn yourselves How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight How you gonna sleep tonight 2016 Since turning thirty I don't know what's happened to me I am watching too much tv All these real life murder mysteries I read the contents on the back of food packaging I am told it is good for me Now my friends are all detoxing But then, you're on your own then Oh when, you're in your own head Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Since turning thirty I have become so damn broody I see what it has done to me And all logic goes right through me I feed on comments and the constant reassuring In retrospect it's all boring Like my friends who are detoxing And then, you're on your own then Oh when, you're in your own head Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Cruel twenty sixteen Was the year that took our idols What is there left to inspire us With a fascist in the white house Natural disasters All this waste and waste and burning See the temperature is rising Unlike friends who are detoxing And then, you're on your own then Oh, when, you're in your own head And then, you're on your own then Oh, when, you're in your own head Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Come over here, I'll hold you tight Out the Way You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" Where would you have me go I'm second generation Don't you know Count up the things you own And aspire to that That you have been shown You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way" Where would you have them go A generation searching for a home Count up the things you own And aspire to that That you have been shown The hordes they come alive And if they saw they wouldn't recognize I watched them lose their minds And if you saw you won't believe your eyes You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way, out" You say "out the way, out the way"
Yes Men No way, man You're surrounded by yes men There's no way, man I could ever tell them Hey, successful man Let's see how well you can Under a different spotlight The light of day See me striding on Taking every natural human desire See you sat there alone Cursing at the fire Oh you, my wisest of friends Try loving a man surrounded by yes men Loving a man surrounded by yes men No way, man A state depended on yes men And there's no way, man You could ever tell them What's a worthy man He gives the best he can He doesn't bank his favours for rainy days See him sliding on On the back of every blood, sweat, and tear See the headlines he wrote Playing to our fears Oh you, my wisest of friends Try loving a man surrounded by yes men Loving a man surrounded by yes men Oh you, my wisest of friends Try loving a man surrounded by yes men Oh you, right honourable friends He's running around surrounded by yes men He's running around surrounded by yes men He's running around surrounded by yes men He is running the world surrounded by yes men He is running the world surrounded by yes men
Evil All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil Look, I'm standing right here before you I can only offer what I've been taught And you look on with eyes from another How can I compete with an ingrained thought And tell your followers that I'm crazy If it stops them questioning anymore Keep them tidy Keep them beside you And keep them coming back for more All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil Look, I'm standing right here before you I can only offer what I've been taught And you look on with eyes from another How can I compete with an ingrained thought And tell your followers that I'm crazy If it stops them questioning anymore Keep them tidy Keep them beside you And keep them coming back for more All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil himself All these folk, they think that I'm evil Like I am the living devil
Ordinary Seeming more and more ordinary And feeling it overload You can see them out of the bathroom window The houses stood in a row Where you'd consider Which one you would be And which one you would live in with me Where you'd consider Which one you would be And which one you would live in with me See you leaving your old familiar And stumbling onto the road When we're near you everything's ordinary The houses over the road Where you'd consider Which one you would be And which one you would live in with me Where you'd consider Which one you would be And which one you would live in with me Screaming "everything's ordinary" You name them as they were yours Leaving out of the old familiar The houses shutting their doors Where you'd consider Which one you would be And which one you would live in with me Where you'd consider Which one you would be And which one you would live in with me
Relief My bus is crammed with sad tired faces The roads are jammed with sad tired faces Provide her with some welcome relief Provide him with some welcome relief My widescreen TV Staring back at me It called me lazy Should call me baby And the computer screen Is poking fun at me You call me crazy To take it so seriously My bus is crammed with sad tired faces The roads are jammed with sad tired faces Provide her with some welcome relief Provide him with some welcome relief
Mother Fighter Listen to me These streets they are yours and they're mine You're not staying with me I can't promise all will be fine When you're grown You'll no longer have to ask why Just come back home When land is as calm as the sky I'm a mother and a fighter I can do both just as well But the mother who's the fighter Knows her place all too well Is this all a dream The city we built starts to fall And our olive trees Were one days supposed to be yours Now these centipedes They're crawling all over our walls Now these centipedes They're crawling all over our walls I'm a mother and a fighter I can do both just as well But the mother who's the fighter Knows her place all too well Listen to me These streets they are yours and they're mine You're not staying with me I can't promise all will be fine When you're grown You'll no longer have to ask why Just come back home When land is as calm as the sky Jolly Sailor Karaoke songs To sing along Fathers and sons Whilst the room is yours The woodchip walls Provide applause Toast to battles lost The strain, the cost The state of us Speak of holidays Of work that pays Of better days Purse your lips to taste Not one drop wasted Never wasted Damn I'm wasted Happy wasted Happy wasted Happy wasted Happy way
KITCHEN SINK Club Cougar Call me pretty, make your manoeuvre One year younger, call me a cougar All dressed up, think I did it for you Make eye contact, think I adore you It's a pity, it's your manoeuvre Your conversation makes me abhor you Judging by the pace I was walking No time to stop, no time for talking Tell your wife to be a lover too Open wide when he comes home to you Hey, little girl, get out of my mind Stay a while, baby, it's cold outside I told you that I really can't stay I told you I have to go away You ask me why I'm in a hurry 'Cause my mother will start to worry Call me pretty, make your manoeuvre One year younger, call me a cougar All dressed up, think I did it for ya Make eye contact, think I adore ya It's a pity, it's your manoeuvre Your conversation makes me abhor you Judging by the pace I was walking No time to stop, no time for talking
Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love) He wants his lady to be a lady To care less, be hairless All he wants in fairness Is a baby, a little baby To care for, be there for But careful, she could turn out like And if a lady's to be a lady Then you play the daddy And take them to caddy And give her babies Those little tame me's To care for, stay indoors But careful, they could turn out like me Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love She never could give you enough Ladies for babies and goats for love Picked from a menu To satisfy you Take full credit for me 'Cause sir chose so wisely You wanna tame me As though you fear me Put me in your pocket Then take me to market Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love She never could give you enough Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love She never could give you enough Ladies for babies and goats for love He wants his lady to be a lady To care less, be hairless All he wants in fairness Is a baby, a little baby To care for, be there for But careful, she could turn out like Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love She never could give you enough Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love Ladies for babies and goats for love She never could give you enough Ladies for babies and goats for love
Buckfast Eating food too embarrassing to list I know why there's an aching in your wrist Now you're buckfast pissed Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed I can't wait till you are able To keep a job down Say I'm mentally unstable To reverse a row Reciting all the times you kick yourself Reciting all the times you kick yourself Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed Reciting all the times you kick yourself Take a swipe at the other in your bed Makes a change from the others in your head And the voices said Pretend to everyone you wish that you were dead Pretend to everyone you wish that you were dead I can't wait till you are sober Just to tell you how I can't wait to lorde it over To reverse a row Reciting all the times you kick yourself Reciting all the times you kick yourself Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed Reciting all the times you kick yourself Eating food too embarrassing to list I know why there's an aching in your wrist Now you're buckfast pissed Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed I can't wait till you are able To keep a job down Say I'm mentally unstable To reverse a row Reciting all the times you kick yourself Reciting all the times you kick yourself Reciting all the times you kick yourself you missed Reciting all the times you kick yourself
Dillydally Are you checking off lists Are you counting the time Am I the one you missed You are mine Are you taking the piss Are you wasting my time From the moment we kissed Were you lying I am aware of the passing of time I am aware of the passing of time Have you been here before Fed some other that line When you darkened my door I was fine There's a hole in the floor There's a fly in the wine And your story is flawed As is mine I am aware of the passing of time I am aware of the passing of time Stop your counting of years Stop the wracking your mind Stop your fuelling of fears You're divine See you checking off lists See you counting the time All the ones that you missed You will find I am aware of the passing of time I am aware of the passing of time
Trad Shave my legs Freeze my eggs Will you want me when I am old Take my hand Whilst in demand And I will do as I am told Take me to the ceremony Make me holy matrimony Take me to the ceremony Make me holy matrimony Bathe my legs Bake my eggs Play nice and do as you are told Shake my hand On all my demands And stay with me when I am old Take me to the ceremony Make me holy matrimony Take me to the ceremony Make me holy matrimony Take me to the ceremony Make me holy matrimony Take me to the ceremony Make me holy matrimony
Kitchen Sink Don't you worry what the neighbours think They're characters from kitchen sinks Forget about the curtain twitchers Gossiping boring bunch of bitches And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by I wasted time with paranoia Don't let an ugly thought destroy ya They'll pick a fight just for the sake of it But let it lay and they'll grow tired of it And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by All that I own is in my suitcase Collected new clothes for a new place But all they see is just a strange face Whose heritage they cannot trace And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by And I just let them pass me by
Kite The day I heard I was as high as a kite And when I came I was still high as a kite Sometimes I stay and there are times that I hide Lay me by you every hour of the night Sometimes I lie, but there are times I am right Sometimes I want to end it all with goodnight All that I want is you to fly like a kite All that I want is you to fly like a kite Ukrainian Wine I filled up my cup with Ukrainian wine And I threw up my guts But it's the sign of a good time We're spending our parents' money Pretty please daddy Pretty please mummy We're spending our parents' money Pretty please daddy Pretty please mummy Tell me to give up Whilst I finish your wine I sent out drunk emails Just to tell you I'm fine Saving up all our money Trying to please daddy Trying to please mummy Saving up all our money Trying to please daddy Trying to please mummy Ask me to grow up But keep pouring me wine I lost my cards and keys Lost the ground from the sky I fell and grazed my knees Watch me walk a straight line Counting up all our money So we can play daddy We can play mummy Counting up all our money So we can play daddy We can play mummy I gave up on luck When I lost track of time And you guys bought you homes Less than I'm renting mine Everything's in a hurry Trying to show daddy Trying to show mummy Everything's in a hurry Trying to show daddy Trying to show mummy Someone held me up Went from the floor to sublime The night caught in a rut Went from mundane to divine Everyone starts to worry But don't you tell daddy Don't you tell mummy Everyone starts to worry But don't you tell daddy Don't you tell mummy Pretty please daddy Pretty please mummy Pretty please daddy Pretty please mummy Pretty please daddy Pretty please mummy
Wasps Nest You are scared and I am angry Angry for you and for me What's a wedding day without you Without you stood next to me And I love him like no other And I want you to believe And I want you in the photos And I want you next to me There was once you were the adult And I once was the baby Then this shadow came upon us And the role was gave to me And I love you like no other And I want you to believe That this shadow put upon us Shines a light for you and me Shines a light for you and me Walk Running gauntlets Swerving perverts Put my waist size To the wayside Nasty surprise More prying eyes I don't want your love I have got enough I just want to walk I just want to walk Morning glories (?) Our blood stories (?) Nasty surprise More prying eyes I don't want your love I have got enough I just want to walk I just want to walk I just want to walk I just want to walk Running gauntlets Swerving perverts Put my waist size To the wayside I don't want your love I have got enough I just want to walk I just want to walk I just want to walk I just want to walk I don't want your love I have got enough I just want to walk I just want to walk I just want to walk I just want to walk Prayer Mat He's taken out his prayer mat And he searching for a cure Wishing he could take it back to when All was as before You are the pioneer Who had learnt to love abroad Who says a small town girl can't do The things she wasn't taught You the beginning of everything You the calm in a storm Let's try on dresses for nobody Our fantasies in our home You the beginning of everything You the calm in a storm Let's try on dresses for nobody Our fantasies in our home We batten down the hatches We drink on airport time Together write our epitaphs Whilst dizzy from our wine Could live another life of this I would choose you every time Settle for another day of this But we're running out of wine You the beginning of everything You the calm in a storm Let's try on dresses for nobody Our fantasies in our home You the beginning of everything You the calm in a storm Let's try on dresses for nobody Our fantasies in our home
FILTHY UNDERNEATH Even Light Even light Filthy underneath Fills the underground Floating your back teeth Tame the favourite child Overweight on praise Go and throw him to the wild Leave him there to graze Even light Filthy underneath Fills the underground Floating your back teeth Are your feelings hurt Is your ego bruised Am I touching on a nerve Easily amused Even light Filthy underneath Fills the underground Floating your back teeth
Topless Mother I want to see what's yours is mine What you don't hang out on your washing line I want to be inside your mind Your topless mother is hidden in mine I want to get inside your house I wanna have a proper nose about When you were born, you broke the mould Another lie to you your mother told Sinatra, viagra, iguana Sharia, Diana, samosa Varuca, tequila, banana Alaska, medusa, gorilla I told you all that I have heard And do you promise not to breathe a word Look at you now, edge of your seat I pay you money just to humour me You take a bow each time you leave The satisfaction that it bothers me I'll show you how if I may, please To sеrve you up some mutual therapy Sinatra, viagra, iguana Sharia, Diana, samosa Varuca, tequila, banana Alaska, medusa, gorilla Middle-wash that boy Middle-wash that boy And bring him to me Middle-wash that boy Middle-wash that boy And bring him to me Middle-wash that boy Middle-wash that boy And bring him to me Middle-wash that boy Middle-wash that boy Sinatra, viagra, iguana Sharia, Diana, samosa Varuca, tequila, banana Alaska, medusa, gorilla
Food For Fuel Learning at the knee of my mother Food for fashion, food for fuel Kneeling at the feet of my maker Granted compassion, branded the fool Turning to the side of the others Angelic assassin, angelic tune Yearning at the sight of the lovers Quick to unfasten, quick to use Oh, I am, as I was before Oh, why am I, as I was before Oh, I am Oh, I am Telling on one telling another Human nature petty feuf Come undone and put it together Imperfect creature, perfect cure Depending on one over the other From creation absolute Sticking to a trick not to suffer Quickly triumphant, quick to lose Oh, I am, as I was before Oh, why am I, as I was before Oh, I am Oh, I am Oh, I am, as I was before Oh, why am I, as I was before Oh, I am Oh, I am
You Drive, I shoot Tell me what you want And what's on your mind I may be ancient But to you a child Sat in the back Incoherent chat Doctors give you this Doctors give you that Sat in the back Incoherent chat Doctors give you this Doctors give you that My ego's so loud ANd mammy's so proud When I'm there you are faint When I blink you're a saint Sat in the back Incoherent chat Doctors give you this Doctors give you that Sat in the back Incoherent chat Doctors give you this Doctors give you that We lie to ourselves We all try to show That we're sorry, so so sorry I know, I know Sat in the back Incoherent chat Doctors give you this Doctors give you that Sat in the back Incoherent chat Doctors give you this Doctors give you that
Keeping Score He tells you he is nothing less Is as he was before "So confident when in that dress Always demanding more Such bitterness from bright red lips What are you scowling for" Say I'm obsessed with scoring points when it's you keeping score The world is on fire You are a lifeline There's nothing that's painless Look how I am trying The world is on fire Take one more good time Contagious and nameless Seeking the divine The world is on fire You are a lifeline They make a game of her undress Discarded on the floor They speak her name, make her confess Always demanding more Another day, another test What are you smiling for Say she's ungrateful and unblessed When it's you seeking cures The world is on fire You are a lifeline There's nothing that's painless Look how I am trying The world is on fire Take one more good time Contagious and nameless Seeking the divine The world is on fire You are a lifeline The world is on fire You are a lifeline There's nothing that's painless Look how I am trying The world is on fire Take one more good time Contagious and nameless Seeking the divine The world is on fire You are a lifeline He tells you he is nothing less Is as he was before "So confident when in that dress Always demanding more Such bitterness from bright red lips What are you scowling for" Say I'm obsessed with scoring points when it's you keeping score
Sad Lads Anonymous This was a dumb idea, even for you I'm not straight enough to be straight And I'm too damn scared to be wild I'm mix-paced People keep telling me how much better it is here than London You're over-excited, convincing yourself that you like it The sea's not the only thing here that's full of shite You think cold water will save you I roam around on a chequered board of vape shops and nail bars I came to observe and not to play I could never properly understand teh rules of the game anyway Or what's worse Dying before your time or living beyond it Sad lads anonymous Kids who broke promises I blamed my parents ALl of us in the madhouse did Subliminal, you keep it locked away So criminal, I couldn't have my way Subliminal, I don't know what to say So criminal I keep it in the day Subliminal, you keep it locked away So criminal, I couldn't have my way Subliminal, I don't know what to say So criminal I keep it in the day Knowing that nothing is a better option than me Betrothed and betrayed, divorced and behaved Cure it, cure me, poor little Geordie Sink a dagger right through me Paintings are just currency, Pokemon cards for the rich to swap Hanging in the bathroom of a penthouse suite In some shiny seven-star hotel in Dubai Installed by slaves Handmade, engraved A taxi driver with road rage Digging himself an early grave Don't do yourself in Cheers to another blinding show The band left hours ago, according to the work-experience kid That I'm currently telling all my deepest darkest secrets to In a toilet cubicle So damn typical I feel trapped in this stillness Trapped on this island Trapped in this dilapidated schizophrenic seaside town You keep it UKIP it, you cursed it I don't want to hear it Don't telle me your secrets I'm exhausted Subliminal, you keep it locked away So criminal, I couldn't have my way Subliminal, I don't know what to say So criminal I keep it in the day Subliminal, you keep it locked away So criminal, I couldn't have my way Subliminal, I don't know what to say So criminal I keep it in the day
Greatest Dancer Light up your house for the greatest dancer Happy for now watching shiny dancers Held in a trance Come and join hands with her You take your chance Competition winner Light up your house for the greatest dancer Say a prayer You're a better man than I Am out of luck Say you'll stay for a little while And I'll Lift my skirt up Light up your house for the greatest dancer Happy for now watching shiny dancers Held in a trance Come and join hands with her You take your chance Competition winner Light up your house for the greatest dancer What are you eating, where are you sleeping What are you eating, where are you sleeping Terrifying she is shimmying over I'm scared to look So sublime, she is towering over My eyes wide shut Light up your house for the greatest dancer Happy for now watching shiny dancers Held in a trance Come and join hands with her You take your chance Competition winner Light up your house for the greatest dancer
See my girl I can't see my girl Can't see photographs of me Or the cashier Or the doctor Or my lover before me I can't see my girl's Dimpled cheeks, Scandi beauty We stand with held hands No one's taking you from me But I see her dressed in her leopard print And I hear her singing out of tune I am holding the note for her You hold me as I See her dressed in her leopard print And I hear her singing out of tune I am holding the note for her You hold me as I Hold you I can't see my girl Behind the glass waiting for me Can abstract Be exact Gift a vivid memory I can't see my girl Will tender joy remember me Her gold band On my hand Fits my finger perfectly But I see her dressed in her leopard print And I hear her singing out of tune I am holding the note for her You hold me as I See her dressed in her leopard print And I hear her singing out of tune I am holding the note for her You hold me as I See her dressed in her leopard print And I hear her singing out of tune I am holding the note for her You hold me as I See her dressed in her leopard print And I hear her singing out of tune I am holding the note for her You hold me as I Hold you
Twenty Things He's got a fire in his belly I could never tell him I'm the one who's always getting the blame Now we have removed the bottle I'm teething and I'm tired Everything is just as it was, the same Everything is just as it was, the same A craving's quiet, but it's plenty I stop and count to twenty Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think The playground's silent and it's empty The locals soon forget me I don't have the skill for playing your game The priest sings in the hope and ruin The drunkard starts to boo him Propping up the gossip and his good name Propping up the gossip and his good name The shame is awesome but it's fleeting Gets seen to with a beating Half the clergy came to hear the man sing Half the clergy came to hear the man sing Half the clergy came to hear the man sing They're laying flowers by the bus stop Some poor old junkie's lucks up Took a man and woman on the same day His right leg shorter than the other The second eldest brother Goes to see his mother every Sunday Goes to see his mother every Sunday He wrote a song for Elvis Presley But Elvis never heard it Whistling an old tune as the bell rings Whistling an old tune as the bell rings Whistling an old tune as the bell rings He's got a fire in his belly I could never tell him I'm the one who's always getting the blame Now we have removed the bottle I'm teething and I'm tired Everything is just as it was, the same Everything is just as it was, the same A craving's quiet, but it's plenty I stop and count to twenty Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think Twenty of the worst things that I can think
Hyperrealism I can't get my head around it Just when I had thought I'd found it I can't get a way back Faces, ghosts, familiar places His redeeming saving graces I can't get a way back A hyper realised version of all the shit A romanticised version of all of it For strangers to see A pthetic ending to just submit Now a dramatised version of all of it For strangers to see You've loaned it out You have loaned it all out Seaside town folk in glass houses Hiding from the ones beside us I can't get a way back You're taking vows and second prizes Taking out all the surprises I can't get a way back You've loaned it out You have loaned it all out You've loaned it out You have loaned it all out I can't get a way back
French Exit Just a french exit A quiet little way out Nothing explicit Nina to drown the noise out Pizza-box lid When I couldn't find paper Wine was fancy Château Musar for my neighbour Just a french exit Just a french exit Blue polkadot Top and matching trousers Reapplied lipstick A clown who counts the downers Just a french exit Sliding off the dance floor But how close is it The now until the no more Just a french exit Just a french exit Just a french exit Just a french exit Non Albums tracks Bobby Heron (Dreary Town EP) And with the new day Oh where he set sail His mother's heart sank To hear fog horns wail But he knew the sea It was in his blood And men in his day They did what men should She closes her eyes And all she can see Is waves surrounding Her sweet Bobby She has a tear A man in the town Who sees with his heart Will track Bobby down Poor Bobby Heron, only twenty-one Sailed out to sea, never to return Poor Bobby Heron, now that he is found Flesh to the sea, but bone to the ground Her love, he has passed But her heart's at ease To know that her boy Can now rest in peace To brave lads who sail Out there on the sea Beware of its wrath It took my Bobby Poor Bobby Heron, only twenty-one Sailed out to sea, never to return Poor Bobby Heron, now that he is found Flesh to the sea, but bone to the ground
Cannit Leave (To Be A Young Man EP) I was a goddess, I was your queen Deserve anything that I could have been And I, I don't believe him But I cannot leave him I, I do not believe him But I, I just cannot leave him I wait while he takes I wait while he takes his time to decide I tried to cite dances To disguise my blues Look, he was a dancer But now his feet are bruised And I, I don't believe him But I cannot leave him I, I do not believe him But I, I just cannot leave him I only had the simple desire To be in love and be loved in return I only had this foolish desire To be in love and be loved in return I wait while he takes I wait while he takes And I wait while he takes his sweet time to decide And I, I don't believe him But I cannot leave him I, I do not believe him But I, I just cannot leave him
Cry Me A River (Dreary Town EP) You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head While you never shed a tear Remember, I remember all that you said Told me love was too plebeian Told me you were through with me And now you say you love me Well, just to prove you do Come on and cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head While you never shed a tear Remember, I remember all that you said Told me love was too plebeian And told me you were through with me And now you say you love me Well, just to prove you do Come on and cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you
Holes (Mercury Rev cover / Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson & Charles Hazlewood feat. Nadine Shah / Death Songbook LP) Time All the long red lines That take control Of all the smoke-like streams That flow into your dreams That big blue open sea That can't be crossed That can't be climbed Just born between Oh the two white lines Distant Gods and faded signs Of all those blinking lights You had to pick the one tonight Holes Dug by little moles Angry jealous spies Got telephones for eyes Come to you as friends And all those endless ends That can't be tied Oh they make me laugh And always make me cry Till they drop like flies And sink like polished stones Of all the stones I throw How does that old song go How does that old song go How does that old song go How does that old song go How does that old song go How does that old song go Bands Those funny little plans That never work quite right
Never Enough (Never Enough Roughs EP) He, he was everything Just like my favourite drink Never enough, never enough Go buy him a round And don't let him put his down Just make him stick around He was everything Just like my favourite drink Never enough, never enough He, he was everything Just like my favourite drink Never enough, never enough Enough is never enough Enough
Never Tell Me Mam I got what I wanted The moment came and went Do I wait for you to shout you love me Or do I leave, content? I could never tell my mother my pursuit for you My heartache would be heartache for her, too I could never tell my mother my pursuit for you My heartache would be heartache for her, too copy paste is killing the internet At least you'll have left me At least you'll have gone But how to forget you when repeating the lines on and on On and on On and on On and on And on... I could never tell my mother my pursuit for you My heartache would be heartache for her, too I could never tell my mother my pursuit for you My heartache would be heartache for her, too
Ville Morose
X Marks The Spot (Ghostpoet Featuring Nadine Shah) Obviously You made me see Can't take this life for nothing Let me be All alone I left my throne 'Cause if I don't try another way Then I'll never know copy paste is killing the internet So I don't care anymore But you seem lonely I don't care anymore But you do need me There's a drawer in a room in a house That's calling your name I don't care anymore But you seem lonely I don't care anymore Oh you do need me There's a drawer in a room in a house That's calling your name That's calling your name Used to think You were true But I was washed up, confused Grasping, gasping, no room for hope Nowadays Path seems clear But no I won't turn around and celebrate You always seem near So I don't care anymore But you seem lonely I don't care anymore Oh you do need me There's a drawer in a room in a house That's calling your name I don't care anymore But you seem lonely I don't care anymore Oh you do need me There's a drawer in a room in a house That's calling your name That's calling your name Calling your name Calling your name Calling your name I don't care anymore I don't care anymore There's a drawer in a room in a house That's calling your name That's calling your name