B i o g r a p h y
 (by Jason Ankeny& Diana Potts)

Ruby was the alias of singer Lesley Rankine, previously the frontwoman of Scottish noise-provocateurs Silverfish. After leaving the group in the wake of their 1993 LP Fuckin' Drivin' or What, Rankine relocated from London to Seattle to collaborate with producer Mark Walk, with whom she'd previously worked on material for the industrial collective Pigface. Dubbing the project Ruby — a name shared by both of their maternal grandmothers — Rankine and Walk created a sonic backdrop closer to electronica than the abrasive rock of the singer's past work, with the acclaimed LP Salt Peter appearing in 1995. The remix EP Stroking the Full Length followed a year later. Rankine returned to the outskirts of Scotland to make her follow up record, released in 2001. The album, Short Staffed At the Gene Pool saw Ruby on a new English label, Wichita Recordings and on Thirsty Ear in the US. The song "Grace" was mixed by several abstract producers including Warp Records artist Mira Calix. Later in 2001, Altered & Proud gathered more remixes from luminaries such as Max Tundra, Kid 606, Console and Dot Allison.




Salt Peter
- 1995-11-01 -



Flippin' tha bird
Salt water fish
Heidi
Tiny meat
Paraffin
Hoops
Pine
Swallow baby
The whole is equal to the sum of its parts
Bud
Carondelet


Short Staffed at the Gene Pool
- 2001-04-23 -

Beefheart
Queen of Denial
Lilypad
Waterside
Lamplight
Roses
Grace
Fly
Cargo
Sweet Is
Fuse Again


Waiting for Light
- 2014-06-03 -



Waiting for Light
Last Life
Fireweed
And 5 & 4
Spin
Pulling Teeth
Rain
Go Down Easy
Note to Self
Wetland
Barricades
Lush

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Salt Peter

Flippin' Tha Bird

Why can't I feel things that I'm supposed to
Why can't I steal
Why can't I see what I have to do
To make it real
I laugh when you die
I cry when it feels good
And I scream because I want to

Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here before

There are two things missing from my life
Love and money
If I could steal them maybe I'd be
Happy
Gimme bread I'll want no more
But give me cake 'n' I'll want cream
And if I scream
It's 'cos I want to

Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here before

If I could write my name in snow
Winter to spring
Would it mean that I know
Anything
With my hand on your head does it mean that I approve
Or do I scream
Gimme bread I'll want no more
But give me cake 'n' I'll want cream
And if I scream
It's 'cos I want to

Somethin' tells me I've been here before X6

Salt Water Fish

All I can see is what I've fried
And all the world in your black eye.

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

And fiery like a volcano
I wear it like a massive halo
This pretty speckled length of twine
That's wrapped around your neck is mine.
A ruby rose, stiffed and froze is what I give to you

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

If I could taste your salty head,
And pick the dead hair from your eyes,
Let your smell the sweet despise,
Those peaks and throughs, guts for a valley,
Are a dead sean in my back alley,
How tall and wide you have to get,
How big and dark and badly lit,
And if I said I did, would you believe me,
And I showed you gold, would you see through me
And if tomorrow didn't come,
Would you?

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head...

Heidi

You'd put me in the ground.
Your crime is always against me
Do you fear what I could be
I'm bigger than you'll ever be

You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground

I am what I must,
Would you bite me i'll I'm dust.
You're terrified
You're terrified of me

Question - Why would you kill me?
Answer - 'Cos I'd cut down your king tree
Question - Why do I frighten you ? Why do I frighten you ?
'Cos I'd cut down your king tree

You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground

I can speak so softly because I have so much power
Question
I can speak so softly because I have so much power
Question
I can speak so softly
Answer
Because I have so much power
I can speak so softly because I have so much power

Tiny Meat

Fit to burst I'm in love,
No, no , no you silly girl
Fist, a brick in my hand,
A hole, hole, hole, you silly man
I didn't mean to make this mess
This paper muscle in my chest
And stolen thrist won't be my end,
But then I was here first
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding
I didn't mean that last word,
No, no , no you silly man
I can't help myself I try,try, try and then I
Crack it split to see inside,
I run because I can't abide
This tiny meat in my hand and the pound, pound, pound, of your bleeding heart
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding heart
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding
I crack it split to see inside
I run because I can't abide
This tiny meat in my hand
And the pound, pound, pound, of your bleeding heart
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding
Hand - hole - heart - girl
Couln't find the right word to say, say, say, you silly girl
I drink a hole in my head it makes me think I have it all
I didn't mean to make this mess
This paper muscle in my chest
This pound of flesh will be my end but then it was mine first
Couldn't find the right words
Couldn't find the right words

Paraffin

Old man's ass
Fifty heads wide
Old man's ass
Could stretch a battle ship,
Side to side to side to side to side to side to side to side

Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up, fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Stretch my neck to look up to him
Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up- fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Fit for the kill

There's a flower thief in my back yard again,
I'll grin my teeth to make him stay,
Trap him in my flower bed and then
I'll feed him with my paraffin.
Feed him with my paraffin.
Stretch my neck to look up to him.

Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up, fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Stretch my neck to look up to him
Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up, fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Stretch my neck to look up to him.

Old man got me in the eye again
Stretch my neck to look up to him.
Stuck his bony finger in.
Stretch my neck to look up to him.
Turned me round and did it all again.
Stretch my neck to look up to him.
Now I smell like paraffin X8
Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Now I smell like paraffin X7 / Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Now I smell like paraffin X4

Hoops

You've never seen what I could do.
Like run a mile and jump hoops too
And ruin everything for you
Could make me smile if you want to

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

And everything you do
To make me happy but you could
Make me jump and spin Loops too
And crack a smile in front of you

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

You know I hate it when you cry
It makes me want to burn your eyes
With a poker every time
And chase my tail to make you smile.

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

Pine

I ... I picked this pine
Stuck in my side
I've made my head,
And there I'll hide my
Mouth a grin
My muscle taut
My mind is clear,
Devoid of thought

My... my mouth is red
The lies are real
And perfect as
The love I steal
You picked this pine,
Stuck in you arm
And then you just
Ran out of charm

I... I picked this pine,
Stuck in my side
I've made my head,
And there I'll hide my
Mouth a grin
My muscle taut
My mind is clear,
Devoid of thought
Now all the time
I hear you say
I wasn't meant
To be this way my
Noose is tied,
The slack is cut
I picked my pine
My stink is mine

I wasn't meant to be this way
My stink is mine.
I wasn't meant to be this way
My stink is mine.

Swallow Baby

"Martine is at the piano,a cigarette hanging from her lips"

The more I see, the more I do,
The more I spit, the more I chew,
The more you suck, the more I have to
Swallow baby.

And when I see the things you do,
The more I want the least of you,
The more I spit, the more you have to
Swallow baby.

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

And so you think that I'm a freak
Because I refuse to sneak
Around the back of your dull head is
Hollow baby.

And maybe you can see me lie
Out of your one good eye
Around the back of your dull head so
Hollow baby

Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.
Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.

And now I see the things you do
It makes me want the least from you,
How does it suck for you to have to
Swallow baby

So maybe you can see me lie,
Out of your one good eye
Around the back of your dull head so
Hollow baby.

Swallow baby X4

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.
Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.

The Whole Is Equal to the Sum of Its Parts

Fool, what is your name
Should I hang my head in shame
When you say your name is mine
When you say your name is mine
I could fill your shoes
If my mouth of useless words won't do
Would you say those words were mine X4
Leech in my belly suck on me daddy-oh

Would you say those words were mine
Oh the mess you've made
If one word equalled one hatchet blade
Would you say that blade was mine X4
Leech in my belly suck on me daddy-oh

Fool, how up is high
If a mountain dropped me out of the sky
Would you say its mess was mine X8
Leech in my belly suck on me daddy-oh

Bud

Start at my toes,
For this is where the evil grows
My legs are sharp, might split your skin
And spill the juice that feeds your grin.
Take to walking up my spine,
See my love drip down like spit wine
And then I'll take your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
I'll put your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
Take the slaughter to the lamb
Take the hung to the ham and back
Take the neck to the crack and pow
How does it feel,
Whatever you get you steal
And I'm bored here, rooted to the floor
And what I want you just can't buy anymore
So I'll collect your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
I'll put your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
I want some push to my shove,
But your hand is in my glove
And I'm mad, bad, ripped raw and bleeding
Swinging like a beef hook on the hips of hell,
And the stains on my boots say my life is going well
To snap your skinny neck in two
Would be the least that I could do
So I'll collect your jewels in my bag
And take 'em back to mama.
I'll put your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
Stop at my bones,
For here my evil made its home
For this is where the evil grows X8

Carondelet

I feel like burnin' this town
This face is bringin' me down
I feel like breakin' this town
This fear is burnin' me now
How can you live with this shit goin' on
I feel like burnin' this town
My fear is walkin' around

How can you live X3
Now, now

To be there is all I could do
Is that so wrong
Just one care is all I could find
Now it's gone
I'd open my heart just to see
What's inside
A mountain of raw that's too
Big to hide

How can you live X3
Now, now

When I say I love you, I know that I lie
But it feels so good to scream it out loud
At least I try
This fear, this fear is burnin' me now
is that all I can get now?
This fear, this fear is bringin' me down
I know it's not mine
This fear, this fear is breakin' me down
It's all wrong
This fear, this fear is bringin' me down
is that all I can get now?
My fear is walkin' around

How can you live X3
Now, now
To be there is all I could do
Is that so wrong
Now
Just one care is all I could find
Now it's gone
Now
I'd open my heart just to see what's inside
Now
A mountain of raw that's too big to hide
Now

Short Staffed at the Gene Pool

*** Thanx a lot to Joe for these lyrics ***

Beefheart

Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
What happens in here is none of your concern
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?

Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?

A million days of empty space and time that you can use
A million years of empty space and time that you can lose
What happens in here is none of your concern
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?

Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?

There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to


Queen of Denial

I will clean and cover my windows
'Cos I don't want to see where the wind blows
I'll love it, I'll covet another one's idol
Because I am the queen of denial

I'll love it, I'll love it
I'll love it, I'll love it

The ego is the master of psyche
And envy tastes sweeter than grey meat
I'll love it and learn to follow behind all
Because I am the king of denial

I'll love it, I'll love it
I'll love it, I'll love it

The back will snap from burdens of envy
And I'll forget the mould who set me
I'll love it, and shove it from proof to trial
Because I carry the weight of denial

I'll love it, I'll love it
I'll love it, I'll love it

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Lilypad

Who needs a ring, you're gonna swing for
Doing a nasty little thing for this daughter's
A dish you're gonna sing for
Sing for me, sing for me, sing for me

They say you have to learn to love once
Before the light is gonna come
And so, I know it's never gonna come for me
Come for me, come for me

The mind connection will be made
And you might think you're getting paid
But you're still on the lilypad, baby

And you might think this deal is done
But silk is worm until it's spun
You're still on the lilypad, yeah

Who needs a dog ya gotta dig for
Beg, or kiss around the dirt for
Show me ninety ways to get more
More for me
Sing for me, sing for me

The mind connection will be made
And you might think you're getting paid
But you're still on the lilypad, baby

And you might think this deal is done
But silk is worm until it's spun
You're still on the lilypad, yeah

The mind connection will be made
And you might think you're getting paid
But you're still on the lilypad, baby

And you might think this deal is done
But silk is worm until it's spun
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah

Waterside

Transparent wings flash
Saltwaters lash
From eyes in a brainstorm
Go blow yer own
Horn of plenty
But please come gently
To the waterside
To dip yer toe and sink your
Sink your skinny hide

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone.

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone
On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

And on the bank where my heart sank
In clay wet from a rainstorm
I dug my own hope and I sleep
Please come quietly
To the waterside
To dig yer hole and sink your
Sink your skinny hide

On the waterside
On the waterside

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone.

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone

Sink your skinny hide
Where I sleep alone
Sink your skinny hide

Sink your skinny hide
Where I sleep alone
Sink your skinny hide

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone
On the waterside

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone


Lamplight

The big dirty sky's gonna fall in on me
It's heavy from the ashes of my lamplight
And if it rains inside, does it wash it all clean
Away from the burden of sight

If I bear my fruit
And invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit
Would you tear it from my tree

I'm still running around in here
I'm still waiting to see
I'm still running around in here
I'm still looking for me

Now this big dirty cloud is gonna rain down on me
It's heavy from the red eye of sight
But I'm still running round inside me
Though I built a little castle for my lamplight

If I bear my fruit
And invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit
Would you tear it from my tree

I'm still running around in here
I'm still waiting to see
And I'm still running around in here
I'm still looking for me

Now my big, hollow sun is burnin' out of control
And love is rainin' down on my lamplight
If want is luxury and need is revenge
The need was burnin' holes in me last night

If I bear my fruit
And invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit
Would you tear it from my tree

I'm still running around in here
I'm still running around in here
I'm still running around in here
I'm still running around in here

Roses

Ooh, I've been diggin' round in my own dirt again
And I don't smell the roses
And the train is speeding, boiler stoked
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while

Grin - I won't be home for a while
Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while

Ooh, if I were to love another of my kind
Would you mind?
If I did now, would you mind
Now these words are burning holes in my face
These are dangerous days for the calm mind
And the train is speeding, boiler stokes
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while

Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while
Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while

From ear to ear
Toes to chin
North to South
And back again

From ear to ear
Toes to chin
North to South
And back again

Running from the savagely unkind

Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while
Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while

Grace

Baby comes one time and in his touch
I feel a grace that only he can bring
And with his kiss, I feel a grace
That only he can bring, only he can bring

Baby comes two times and with his touch
I feel warmth and peace that wholeness brings
And with his kiss, deliciousness
And peace that wholeness brings
That only he can bring

And it feels like butter, runnin' over me
Butter, and I'm won over, yeah
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, butter, that only he can bring

Baby comes three times and with his touch
The electrifying spark is he and me
And with his kiss, a quiet bliss
That only he can bring, only he can bring

And if I taste his grace, his gift
That he gives only to me
Then I can taste desire, delicious fire
That only he can bring, only he can bring

And it tastes like

Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, and I'm won over, yeah
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, butter, that only he can bring

In the quiet, warm, and fragrant dark
The electrifying spark is he and me
Like only we can be


Fly

As I fly through the eye unaware
That the man at the helm is more scared
Of losing his money than his mind or his hold on the sky

And the wings on his rings that he wears
Bend and bow to the man splitting hairs
Between the weight of his pennies and the birds in the sky
And what makes them fly

And the stone inside the seed is what feeds the rose
And the bud that grows from weed
Is more knowing than those
Who purge the fishless sea
From their sinking boat
'Cause the skin is all they see
For a glimpse of gold
For a glimpse of gold

Cargo

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm happy 'cause I smile
But beneath flies a bird with a neck for a noose and bricks for cargo

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm gonna fake this smile
But I'll turn it loose on stones and air with its guts for cargo
And its pockets full, and its pockets full

There's a whole full of old blind men pointing in one direction
With their pockets full
So blind, they're tripping over their own deception
With their pockets full

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm happy 'cause I smile
But beneath flies a bird with a neck for a noose and bricks for cargo

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm gonna fake this smile
But I'll turn it loose on stones and air with its guts for cargo
And its pockets full

Too, too blind, I wander in the wrong direction
With my pockets full

??? in one direction
With my pockets full

You think I'm blind, but I can see for miles
You think I'm happy - but I can take this smile
And turn it loose to live on stones and air for its own protection
With its pockets full

You think I'm blind
You think I'm blind

You think I'm blind

Sweet Is

Sweet is the mind that carries me.
Under its breath lies tragedy
And when the fruit of passion lingers
On choicely scented fingers
On wings of doubt fly jealousy
And fruit of love

Sweet is that time that waits for me
From evil grows insanity
Morbid as splendour faked
This diamond for my wake
Is why I wait here patiently
And fruit of love

The fruit of love
The food of love
The fruit of love
The food of love
Love, love, love

The fruit of love
The food of love
The fruit of love
The food of love

Swift are these wings that carry me
Under their breath fly jealousy
On wings of doubt they'll carry me
They'll carry me, they'll carry me

The fruit of love
The food of love
The fruit of love
The food of love


Fuse Again

Supposition worse than flu
Over my head
Hangs a weighted lung for two

Wings aloud and bound for nowhere else
But back where they belong
A third eye may be too strong
For when you're going

If you think you know the rules
Think again
If you think you know the rules
Think again

Because lightning won't strike twice
And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again

Perfect lesion is the crime on my mind
Hangs a weighted heart of mine
If I pulled these two apart to see
Just where I went wrong
A clear eye could see no wrong
In where I'm going

If you think you know the rules
Think again
If you think you know the rules
Think again

Because lightning won't strike twice
And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again

If you expect me to deliver
I will simply steal the horse
If you expect me to deliver

If you think you know the rules
Think again
If you think you know the rules
Think again

Because lightning won't strike twice
And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again

And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again...

 

Waiting for Light

Waiting For Light

Its hold is forgotten
All damage and wear is untold
It won't come round here again
I have fallen from a great height
And I'm lying in water
Waiting for light

This path, so dark and heavy
Don't think I'll walk this way again
It rains in me, it rains in me
I am without love
And it rains in me, here
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Lying in water, waiting for light
I'm lying in water m waiting for light

My heart is gutted, arms lie empty by my side
And darling, all love has died
And I'm lying in water
Lying in water, lying in water
Waiting for light
Waiting for light
Waiting for light
Waiting for light

Last Life

Last life I drank a hole in my head
Last life I got stoned
I flew in on the wings of could be
I never got home

Last life I got stoned
I never got home

I'm flying on the wings of could be
I wanna get home
I wanna be the things I should be
I wanna be good
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Always flying on the wings of could be
I'm wingin' it home
I wanna be good
I'm wingin' it home

I'm flying on the wings of could be
I'm wingin' it home
I'm wingin' it home

Fireweed

Light up - You are the hunter at my table
Bring your light, your allspark to me
And love, as much as you’re able
The first time you moved in me
I fell in love, never to recover

So don’t fear the weird, revel in it baby
Follow your own path, and revel in it baby

Fireweed, I love you more than light
Fireweed, I love you more than light
Fireweed, I love you more than light
Love you more than I can say
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
So go scare the dark, and chase it with a stick
Cos your storm will light the way around you
Your time is now, your time is now
And my love will rage inside you

The first time you moved in me
I fell in love, never to recover

So go scorch the earth, revel in it baby
Show us how it’s done, and revel in it baby
and don’t fear the weird, revel in it baby
Follow your own path, and revel in it baby

And 5 and 4

Five, five is your number
It’s where you’re waiting for me
Picked your place inside my heart
It’s not where I want to be

And five and four
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Four, four is the number
Four score and ten
A stage to play out our heart’s intent
The more we’re given, the more we spend

Running at the pace of your heartbeat
Always chasing rabbits and hares
I want to feel every breath that I take
I only want to stand and stare
No time to love, to love to love
No time to love, to love to love

And five and four

Five, five fingers keep counting
This clock, a rod for my back
All my minutes spent in a heartbeat
All my money for five minutes more
I want to feel every breath that I take
I only want to stand and stare

All my minutes spent in a heartbeat
All my money for 5 minutes more
No time to love, to love to love
No time to love, to love to love
To love

Spin

There's more to life than love, with its pull, drawing
The path is simple, clear and not worth following
Here, waiting for love to arrive, in its tall, dark, handsome frame
Still here, will it ever find me
Waiting for my prop to spin, spin, spin, spin

Oh hapless sea, too deep for dredging
Too young to die
Oh hapless sea, too wide for dredging
Pinball from shore to shore

Weight me with no expectations
Load me with no demands
Beach me with no limitations
Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
And I'll wrap my web around you
And never let go
I'll wrap myself around you
Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand

Hold out your hand
hold out your hand
Hold out your hand
And make me spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin,spin, spin, spin

Pulling Teeth

Hoolit fly, I want the world to see you
just out of reach up beyond my eye
I want the world to feel this

This push n pull, this weighted haul
This constant, dragging me up that hill
Must try harder, must live longer
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
This pushing skin, this pulling teeth
This unsafe harbour than that lies beneath
Just try harder, just try longer

Why can’t this be easy
The space is calling me
Why can’t this be easy
Escape is calling me

Must try harder, must live longer

Rain

Be still my fickly heart
Let me shed my skin
Have I torn we two apart
Made my mess again

Love is a bastard, a ten-headed beast
But it lets me shed my skin
But pity me my dear
I’m the one left drowning in my own rain
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Love’s savage industry
Will tear your sails apart
Like the two things I fear most
Love and failure
Will burn your belly and freeze your heart

Love is a monster, a ten-headed freak
But it lets me shed my skin
So pity me my dear
I’m the one left drowning in my own rain
In my own rain

Does it all boil down to this
A half-shook hand and stranger's kiss
Does it all boil down to this
A half-held hand and birthday kiss
Does it all boil down to this
Love was sent to make us drink
Does it all boil down to this
I’m the one left drowning in my own rain

Does it all boil down to this
love was sent to make us drink
And drink and drink and drink...

Go Down Easy

You curl around me
Like a fern in the spring
Lie down here,
Let me sing the things you bring

And we can go down easy
Oh my lover, we can go down easy
Oh my darling, we can go down easy
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Come up and see me
With your big brown eyes
Come around to my place
You know I'll sympathise

And we can go down easy.
Oh my lover, we can go down easy
Oh my darling, we can go down easy

I won't be fancy
But I will be free
You know I love you
You can really talk to me

And we can go down easy
Oh my darling, we can go down easy
Oh my lover, we can go down easy

Curl around me
Like a fern in the spring
Lie down here
Let me sing the things you bring
And we can go down easy
Oh my darling we can go down easy
Baby we can go down easy

Note To Self

My hearts still bleeding from the kicking you gave it, baby
My bones still shake from the weight of you guilt, love

My back still breaks from the burden of envy, baby
Nothing weighs so heavy, nothing kills like a knife, love
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Have a go, have a go
Come on have a go
If you think
That you're hard enough

My hearts still bleeding from the kicking you gave it, baby
My bones still shake from the weight of you guilt, love
With all I do you think you could be nicer, baby
I don't think you see me in your best light

Have a go, have a go
Come on have a go
If you think
That you're hard enough

Nothing kills like a knife

Wetland

My heart is wetland
Peat and water speak my name
Trespass given lightly burns forever
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
My heart makes me
Blood and breath, both, my name
Trespass given lightly burns forever

I am grown in wetland
Peat and water fill my veins
No breath taken lightly draws forever

Barricades

Deepest darkest love
I have need of your assistance
Deepest darkest love, envelop me
In your shoulders wide as barricades, barricades

Deepest darkest love
I have need of your attentions
Drown me in your ether, drift me off
In your arms round me like barricades, barricades

Deep narcotic slumber, anchor me
Sink my feet, in room to breathe
Hold my hand until I sleep
In your darkness deep as barricades
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Deepest darkest love
This life skins me from the inside
Skins me from the inside

Deepest darkest love
This life skins me from the inside
Skins me from the inside, out

Deepest darkest love
Keep me safe behind your barricades
Your barricades

Lush

Are you still here
Could you not find the door
Do you still wonder what you're sorry for
The goal post's moved, it's not where it was before

And if I was stone, you'd inscribe me
Impervious, saturate me
If I could see, you would guide
If I was lush, you'd imbibe me
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
The mood has darkened
The way no longer sure
My heart has left me and my guilt is pure
I hope you find what you are looking for

'Cause I love you when you're not around

But if I was stoked, you'd entice me
If I were true, you'd indict me
It's obvious you ignite me
If I was lush
And if I was known, you'd describe
If I was strong, you'd sustain me
If I could see, you would guide me
If I was lush, you'd imbibe me

I love you when you're not around

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