They are like a suitcase of songs he has taken with him, as he builds the new sound and identity of 'The Dead Sea Captain'. It offers a glimpse of his musical past and like a memory box contains little treasures that will always take him back to that place.
Holes In The Souls http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/holes-in-the-souls
Written about being poor but happy, and seeing and appreciating the beauty in the small things.
lyrics
I got holes in the soles of my shoes
I got those good-bye-girl blues
I've got a pocket that's full of your change
as I sing for my supper again
Should I get out of bed
I'll watch her sleep instead
and I'll crawl out of my mind
Should I follow the pack
and eat heart-attack
work 'till I'm sick to the bone
Is your money that good
are your hands full of blood
well, someone's gotta pay
in the blink of an eye
your life passes by
you didn't stop to see
a morning sunrise
when it catches her eyes
or feel a cool winter's breeze
and the beauty you miss
when it's money you kiss
it makes my world an ugly place
Well, I'll sing....
As they fight in their suits
for the land and the fruits
well there's none left for me
What can I do
when they build a brand-new
concrete factory
on the place where we'd go
to believe that our souls
were still allowed to be free
Well, I'll sing...
Well, it seems the race
has been won
and we're late
and the roads have been burned
by the well-fed
and the learned
I got holes in the soles of my shoes
I got those good-bye-girl blues
I've got a pocket that's full of your change
as I sing for my supper again
Should I get out of bed
or watch her sleep instead
and crawl out of my mind
I got those good-bye-girl blues
I've got a pocket that's full of your change
as I sing for my supper again
Should I get out of bed
I'll watch her sleep instead
and I'll crawl out of my mind
Should I follow the pack
and eat heart-attack
work 'till I'm sick to the bone
Is your money that good
are your hands full of blood
well, someone's gotta pay
in the blink of an eye
your life passes by
you didn't stop to see
a morning sunrise
when it catches her eyes
or feel a cool winter's breeze
and the beauty you miss
when it's money you kiss
it makes my world an ugly place
Well, I'll sing....
As they fight in their suits
for the land and the fruits
well there's none left for me
What can I do
when they build a brand-new
concrete factory
on the place where we'd go
to believe that our souls
were still allowed to be free
Well, I'll sing...
Well, it seems the race
has been won
and we're late
and the roads have been burned
by the well-fed
and the learned
I got holes in the soles of my shoes
I got those good-bye-girl blues
I've got a pocket that's full of your change
as I sing for my supper again
Should I get out of bed
or watch her sleep instead
and crawl out of my mind
Voices - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/voices-acoustic
This is the acoustic version of
Voices, written on the dole. It was recorded by Pete Skalley of my old
band White Trash ana Halfcast after we had took acid and went down
Thurstason.
lyrics
Dont look, dont look for me.
Cos it's hard, it's hard to be
when it all gets lost inside your head
you say you know you never forget
Dont change, dont change who you are
cos you lost, you found out who your not
and its all too much for me to take,
my mind says no, my body will break
Its not the voices in my head,
she moves through me and my sanity says
I need you now before they take me away
my mind was all for you to take
Why cry, why cry so much
when you need, when you need my touch
but it all gets lost inside your head
I say I know I'll never forget.
Dont forget to say bye when you go
cos I feel no more love and she's letting go
I ache for the days, when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
And I'd like to say why I even try
they look like they do, but then always pass by
I ache for the days when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
and it all gets lost
and she moves through me
but I, I can see
she did it all for me.
Cos it's hard, it's hard to be
when it all gets lost inside your head
you say you know you never forget
Dont change, dont change who you are
cos you lost, you found out who your not
and its all too much for me to take,
my mind says no, my body will break
Its not the voices in my head,
she moves through me and my sanity says
I need you now before they take me away
my mind was all for you to take
Why cry, why cry so much
when you need, when you need my touch
but it all gets lost inside your head
I say I know I'll never forget.
Dont forget to say bye when you go
cos I feel no more love and she's letting go
I ache for the days, when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
And I'd like to say why I even try
they look like they do, but then always pass by
I ache for the days when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
and it all gets lost
and she moves through me
but I, I can see
she did it all for me.
Come By Ours - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/come-by-ours
I wrote this as a bit of a take
on Kumbayour. I started playing the chords, and the opening lyric of
'There's another shit stain playing on my radio' came out. So I stuck
with it and developed the idea. It was when I had just moved into a
horrible flat in Kensington in Liverpool, and wasn't too happy!
The cheap quality of eggs with feathers still attached to them. The packs of tabacco with images of people suffering from throat cancer, wandering why they worship the cross when it was a torture instrument
The cheap quality of eggs with feathers still attached to them. The packs of tabacco with images of people suffering from throat cancer, wandering why they worship the cross when it was a torture instrument
lyrics
there's another shit stain
playing on my radio
and another girl I had to hurt to let go
Another junky at the end of my road
he moans and he mumbles
and he stumbles and he groans
Oh lord come by ours
There's another feather stuck to the egg that I'm about to eat
It was ripped out so fast
that it makes it snotty and weak
another image of death
on the pack of my cigarettes
and another reason
why I tend to help myself
Oh lord, wont you come by ours
There's another kid, who's got hatred in his words
he don't belong to his mother
just another loveless birth
and another miracle for sale on my T.V
god always seems to need
a little bit more money
Oh my lord come by ours
There's another cross on the spire of the church
what they used to kill jesus
and then murder in his words
Oh lord, come by ours
playing on my radio
and another girl I had to hurt to let go
Another junky at the end of my road
he moans and he mumbles
and he stumbles and he groans
Oh lord come by ours
There's another feather stuck to the egg that I'm about to eat
It was ripped out so fast
that it makes it snotty and weak
another image of death
on the pack of my cigarettes
and another reason
why I tend to help myself
Oh lord, wont you come by ours
There's another kid, who's got hatred in his words
he don't belong to his mother
just another loveless birth
and another miracle for sale on my T.V
god always seems to need
a little bit more money
Oh my lord come by ours
There's another cross on the spire of the church
what they used to kill jesus
and then murder in his words
Oh lord, come by ours
Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-spreading-chestnut-tree
I wrote this as a farewell to a
first love. The girl who had been a big part of my life and thoughts
for 5 years. We gave it one last go, and realised our lives were
heading different ways. I based it on the suicide romance tale in
Orwell. As I just think it is a sad and beautiful line and image.
Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree, I sold you and you sold me.
lyrics
under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me
I sat with my head in your hands and i said
made you a promise we'll do it again
and soon my love we will dance
soon my love we will dance
in a suicide romance
backwards and forwards and upwards we talk
but the words they are twisting and away i do fall
I sit with my head in my hands and I say
why does it always end up this way
goodbye my love
goodbye my love
(this isn't like me at all)
(this isn't like me at all)
we spoke in the rain
in cold seasons change
in the sight of spring
I remember everything
I awoke to taste
a dream that I erased
now I cant sleep
nothing tastes as sweet
in 4 walls of me
I fall silently
so I think i should go
I think you should know
I've been through your mind
in time I hope that you'll see
that memory of me
that makes you smile
and in that place we would go
where your flowers they grow
by your favourite tree
I'll pick one up for her
and give it to you
in someone new
Under the spreading chestnut tree
i sold you and you sold me
I sold you and you sold me
I sat with my head in your hands and i said
made you a promise we'll do it again
and soon my love we will dance
soon my love we will dance
in a suicide romance
backwards and forwards and upwards we talk
but the words they are twisting and away i do fall
I sit with my head in my hands and I say
why does it always end up this way
goodbye my love
goodbye my love
(this isn't like me at all)
(this isn't like me at all)
we spoke in the rain
in cold seasons change
in the sight of spring
I remember everything
I awoke to taste
a dream that I erased
now I cant sleep
nothing tastes as sweet
in 4 walls of me
I fall silently
so I think i should go
I think you should know
I've been through your mind
in time I hope that you'll see
that memory of me
that makes you smile
and in that place we would go
where your flowers they grow
by your favourite tree
I'll pick one up for her
and give it to you
in someone new
Under the spreading chestnut tree
i sold you and you sold me
I Gotta Know - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/i-gotta-know
The lyrics are from a Woody
Gurthrie song, and I wrote the music to fit my style. I think it is
such a powerful poem, and love the energy in it.
lyrics
Why do your war boats ride on my water
why do your death bombs fall from my sky
why do you burn my farm and my town down
sir I just gotta know
What makes your boats haul death to my people
blockbuster cannons and guns
why don't your ships bring some food and some clothing
Sir I just gotta know
Hungry lips are asking me
wherever I do roam
comrades and friends
are falling around me
and I sure gotta know
Why cant my hands get a good paying job
I can work I can plant I can sew
I built your big house where you hide from my people
but why do you crave to hide?
What good sir have you done I ask you
to deserve my money from my hands
Why does your law book chase me off my land
well sir, I just gotta know
Hungry lips are asking me
wherever I do roam
comrades and friends
are falling around me
and I sure gotta know
You lock me in jail
and you shut me in prison
your hospitals full
your crazy house jammed
what made that cop kill my trade union worker
You gotta talk plain cos I don't know
Hungry lips are asking me
wherever I do roam
comrades and friends
are falling around me
and I sure gotta know
why do your death bombs fall from my sky
why do you burn my farm and my town down
sir I just gotta know
What makes your boats haul death to my people
blockbuster cannons and guns
why don't your ships bring some food and some clothing
Sir I just gotta know
Hungry lips are asking me
wherever I do roam
comrades and friends
are falling around me
and I sure gotta know
Why cant my hands get a good paying job
I can work I can plant I can sew
I built your big house where you hide from my people
but why do you crave to hide?
What good sir have you done I ask you
to deserve my money from my hands
Why does your law book chase me off my land
well sir, I just gotta know
Hungry lips are asking me
wherever I do roam
comrades and friends
are falling around me
and I sure gotta know
You lock me in jail
and you shut me in prison
your hospitals full
your crazy house jammed
what made that cop kill my trade union worker
You gotta talk plain cos I don't know
Hungry lips are asking me
wherever I do roam
comrades and friends
are falling around me
and I sure gotta know
Old Pleasures - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/old-pleasures
This was a bit of a throw away
track that I took a liking to. It was written for a songwriting
excercise at university. I threw a couple of chords and lyrics together
and out this came. It's about my worries of the world, how I felt
freedoms were slipping through our fingers, and the future is becoming
scary. The boat is sinking, but the captain tells us it's fine.
lyrics
I know the stories
that shape over time
a memory in melody
a childrens rhyme
the talk of the town
has buried the clown
and all the kings men
are loose all around
fe fi fo fun
i smell the blood of
of the wars you begun
blessed be beautiful
hollowed and vain
sold by the systems
for profit net gain
the pleasures of old
these freedoms I'm told
float from our reach
if we forget what we hold
i know the ship
is sinking right now
but the captain has told us
it's fine anyhow
just stay on your knees
and wait for your turn
but the more that we stand
the more that we learn
that shape over time
a memory in melody
a childrens rhyme
the talk of the town
has buried the clown
and all the kings men
are loose all around
fe fi fo fun
i smell the blood of
of the wars you begun
blessed be beautiful
hollowed and vain
sold by the systems
for profit net gain
the pleasures of old
these freedoms I'm told
float from our reach
if we forget what we hold
i know the ship
is sinking right now
but the captain has told us
it's fine anyhow
just stay on your knees
and wait for your turn
but the more that we stand
the more that we learn
Daylight Savings - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/daylight-savings
I wrote this when the clocks went
forward at spring just before I turned 29. I wanted to write a song
and not use a minor chord. The lyrics are about watching the days fade,
and that feeling you get when you know you should have done more.
lyrics
So many things I could have done
so many races i could have won
so many songs i wish id have sung
spent my days playin catch up with the sun
so many wrongs i should have made right
i shouldnt run when i should fight
there were times when i should have cried
instead of hiding beneath my pride
see how it works you get nothing from this world
if your waiting for your life to happen
see how it hurts just observin the world
afraid to make things happen
so many stories i wish i could tell
so many promises i broke to myself
all the dreams i had when i was young
fading more the older i become
so many races i could have won
so many songs i wish id have sung
spent my days playin catch up with the sun
so many wrongs i should have made right
i shouldnt run when i should fight
there were times when i should have cried
instead of hiding beneath my pride
see how it works you get nothing from this world
if your waiting for your life to happen
see how it hurts just observin the world
afraid to make things happen
so many stories i wish i could tell
so many promises i broke to myself
all the dreams i had when i was young
fading more the older i become
Meet Me In The Middle - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/meet-me-in-the-middle
Written and recorded in a few
hours. It is a simple track and the lyrics are about still missing my
first love. Thinking that we can just meet in the middle of our
crossing roads.
lyrics
why am i keeping
your pictures on my wall
does it solve the feeling
of gotta gotta give some more
my mind was sleeping
in the memory of your warmth
and my soul is creeping
to follow you out the door
i thought that i could shake it
i thought that it would go
but instead your everywhere
and my heart wont let you go
is it wrong to feel you
in the arms of another girl
is it wrong if i see you
in the smile of another girl
so the story goes
wherever the wind blows
ill meet you in the middle
of the crossing of our roads
your pictures on my wall
does it solve the feeling
of gotta gotta give some more
my mind was sleeping
in the memory of your warmth
and my soul is creeping
to follow you out the door
i thought that i could shake it
i thought that it would go
but instead your everywhere
and my heart wont let you go
is it wrong to feel you
in the arms of another girl
is it wrong if i see you
in the smile of another girl
so the story goes
wherever the wind blows
ill meet you in the middle
of the crossing of our roads
I wrote this based a little bit
on religion and ordered society. How orders are followed in blind
faith. it was during my waking up stages and this is the band version
recorded with The Dawn Fanfare
lyrics
Put your clothes on it's not what it seems
wipe your smile with all your broken dreams
sit tight and tell me just what you meant
your tongue is talking but your not making sense
and so it's so sentimental to
confuse the virgin of her fruit
God's got an answer in a sympathetic smile
lost in the pages of a human denial
put it all together boy it's all in your head
the secrets that they sold you were the ones you never read
and so it seems what you know is never right
what makes you different when you scream and fight
cos they all stand up for you
go fetch the stick for you
and they trust noone but you
but I say God is inn us too
It's never over the wars have just begun
Jesus is living in an asylum
crucified with drugs
nomality
and colours fight on reality-v
But I wont stand up for you
go Fetch the stick for you
cos I trust noone like you
I say God is in us too
I'm not making no sense if the moment pretends
to be anything but you
in a blissful decline
we slowly entwine
and forget we ever knew
I'm not making no sense
get it all off my chest
but all's I seem to do
Resolve
wipe your smile with all your broken dreams
sit tight and tell me just what you meant
your tongue is talking but your not making sense
and so it's so sentimental to
confuse the virgin of her fruit
God's got an answer in a sympathetic smile
lost in the pages of a human denial
put it all together boy it's all in your head
the secrets that they sold you were the ones you never read
and so it seems what you know is never right
what makes you different when you scream and fight
cos they all stand up for you
go fetch the stick for you
and they trust noone but you
but I say God is inn us too
It's never over the wars have just begun
Jesus is living in an asylum
crucified with drugs
nomality
and colours fight on reality-v
But I wont stand up for you
go Fetch the stick for you
cos I trust noone like you
I say God is in us too
I'm not making no sense if the moment pretends
to be anything but you
in a blissful decline
we slowly entwine
and forget we ever knew
I'm not making no sense
get it all off my chest
but all's I seem to do
Resolve
End of The World - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-the-world
This was written about a change I
felt I was going through in understanding the world. I was in love
with a beautiful girl, and it was special, but yet I felt guilty of
feeling good and being in love when the world is ending, and I felt I
needed to do something about it.
lyrics
Though they seem a bit confused
As to what it is to lose
don't taste that good for you
But it;s not hard to make a change
when the sympathetic blame
is all that gets you through
But if the sex is nothing less than the best just get dressed
and throw it all away
And if you seem a bit suprised
when you look me in the eyes
and the moment gives you away
Its getting harder says the father
I'm in love with another girl shes just like you
See what you need is what you get
a girl that helps me to forget its the end of the world
And now the mother takes another sip and moves a little closer
and all's it takes is a touch
and though I'm never giving in
you know ill still never win
cos you always lose too much
so you talk a little longer
about how your feeling stronger
smile like you care
but all's you think about is wanting
something more than what you got
when I promised you the earth
Its getting harder says the father
Im in love with another girl shes just like you
See what you need is what you get
a girl that helps me to forget its the end of the world
God, I love thew way you are
Want to taste the way we were
Oh well she's got me on my knees
Oh please
sometimes words can be mistaken
when the path that you have taken
has lost you along the way
but in the innocence of knowing
which way the wind is blowing
it always leads me astray
See I can try to cover up
with a sentimental blush
the silence in my place
but in the bottom of my heart
Ive forgotten that it's hard to give the world away.
Its getting harder says the father
Im in love with another girl shes just like you
See what you need is what you get
a girl that helps me to forget its the end of the world
God, I love thew way you are
Want to taste the way we were
Oh well she's got me on my knees
Oh please
As to what it is to lose
don't taste that good for you
But it;s not hard to make a change
when the sympathetic blame
is all that gets you through
But if the sex is nothing less than the best just get dressed
and throw it all away
And if you seem a bit suprised
when you look me in the eyes
and the moment gives you away
Its getting harder says the father
I'm in love with another girl shes just like you
See what you need is what you get
a girl that helps me to forget its the end of the world
And now the mother takes another sip and moves a little closer
and all's it takes is a touch
and though I'm never giving in
you know ill still never win
cos you always lose too much
so you talk a little longer
about how your feeling stronger
smile like you care
but all's you think about is wanting
something more than what you got
when I promised you the earth
Its getting harder says the father
Im in love with another girl shes just like you
See what you need is what you get
a girl that helps me to forget its the end of the world
God, I love thew way you are
Want to taste the way we were
Oh well she's got me on my knees
Oh please
sometimes words can be mistaken
when the path that you have taken
has lost you along the way
but in the innocence of knowing
which way the wind is blowing
it always leads me astray
See I can try to cover up
with a sentimental blush
the silence in my place
but in the bottom of my heart
Ive forgotten that it's hard to give the world away.
Its getting harder says the father
Im in love with another girl shes just like you
See what you need is what you get
a girl that helps me to forget its the end of the world
God, I love thew way you are
Want to taste the way we were
Oh well she's got me on my knees
Oh please
Secret - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/secret
"This was written when I was
living in an empty 15 bedroom mansion on Penny Lane. It is about a girl
I was sleeping with who had a boyfriend. But we just felt completely
and physically drawn to eachother. We never had a mental connection,
just a physical one. A beautiful girl, good memories, good song."
lyrics
The Secret
she steals
From my eyes
The wanting The Needing
Speaks in Smiles
In sunlight, my thoughts might
Catch her waves
And when she lies with me
Her conscience sways
Maybe I'm afraid
She says with her hands close
Maybe I'll be late
And my reasons can't be told
Maybe I'm afraid of the secrets in your heart
Maybe Ill return back to where we start
The pale girl
remains still at my touch
Another before her
just wasn't enough
between her heart beats
her body's warm
the secret between us
set with the sun
she steals
From my eyes
The wanting The Needing
Speaks in Smiles
In sunlight, my thoughts might
Catch her waves
And when she lies with me
Her conscience sways
Maybe I'm afraid
She says with her hands close
Maybe I'll be late
And my reasons can't be told
Maybe I'm afraid of the secrets in your heart
Maybe Ill return back to where we start
The pale girl
remains still at my touch
Another before her
just wasn't enough
between her heart beats
her body's warm
the secret between us
set with the sun
This was a B side to the
Guttermask sessions with 'Dog'. Again, the lyrics are about the decay
of society and we satisfied our Ska tastes with the music. The alleyway
were we used to rehearse in Liverpool was always filled with dirty
underwear, rats and old men.
lyrics
Down in downtown deeply
in an alley there's a show
the policeman confiscates another nudder womans hole
starting to crawl creeping is the old man we all know
looking kinda tired with a story noone knows
down a little further we find pinkish underwear
A needle and a tissue and a lock of golden hair
a little biddy piece of her in all of you and me
taste it in the water in the air we breathe
It's another social casualty
This whole world is falling around me
The sky is grey so unnaturally
angry eyes are following me
concrete cages all around me
Looking just like insects in a march of unity
hooded little creatures scurry all around me
never had no love and they will show none in return
only breed another nother never ever learn
it's another social casualty
This whole world is falling around me
The sky is grey so unnaturally
angry eyes are following me
concrete cages all around me
walking through the cars pumping carbon in my face
past the factories exuding filthy fucking waste
another fucking bilboard with an angry army man
asking me to murder be the best I can
This whole world is falling around me
The sky is grey so unnaturally
angry eyes are following me
concrete cages all around me
in an alley there's a show
the policeman confiscates another nudder womans hole
starting to crawl creeping is the old man we all know
looking kinda tired with a story noone knows
down a little further we find pinkish underwear
A needle and a tissue and a lock of golden hair
a little biddy piece of her in all of you and me
taste it in the water in the air we breathe
It's another social casualty
This whole world is falling around me
The sky is grey so unnaturally
angry eyes are following me
concrete cages all around me
Looking just like insects in a march of unity
hooded little creatures scurry all around me
never had no love and they will show none in return
only breed another nother never ever learn
it's another social casualty
This whole world is falling around me
The sky is grey so unnaturally
angry eyes are following me
concrete cages all around me
walking through the cars pumping carbon in my face
past the factories exuding filthy fucking waste
another fucking bilboard with an angry army man
asking me to murder be the best I can
This whole world is falling around me
The sky is grey so unnaturally
angry eyes are following me
concrete cages all around me
A Heroes Theme - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/a-heroes-theme
I wrote this about soldiers in
the middle East always being called Heroes. For blindly fighting a war
that they know is not right. I felt a true Hero, is one that has seen
and knows what true freedom means.
lyrics
Watch out for the preacher
with Jesus in his bones
Reachin out for ya money
Cos god he needs his throne
As the soldier dreams
Sleeps through the screams
The hero has seen
Just what freedom means
Watch out for the police
Policies to force
Not nice for the dreamer
Escaping from the wars
With all ya force
Get up off the floor
No more shall war
Be forced upon the poor
The salt of the seas
Is forgotten histories
Shaped by the breeze
Of our own destinies
Get out of the city
She got no love for me
Her thousand eyes
Keeps a track of me
As the soldier dreams
Sleeps through the screams
The hero has seen
Just what freedom means
with Jesus in his bones
Reachin out for ya money
Cos god he needs his throne
As the soldier dreams
Sleeps through the screams
The hero has seen
Just what freedom means
Watch out for the police
Policies to force
Not nice for the dreamer
Escaping from the wars
With all ya force
Get up off the floor
No more shall war
Be forced upon the poor
The salt of the seas
Is forgotten histories
Shaped by the breeze
Of our own destinies
Get out of the city
She got no love for me
Her thousand eyes
Keeps a track of me
As the soldier dreams
Sleeps through the screams
The hero has seen
Just what freedom means
Be Minor - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/be-minor
I wrote this in my band White
Trash ana Halfcast. The lyrics are about a bit of the decay in society
that I would feel, I would tell people about my views at these drug
parties and noone would believe me.
lyrics
Momma told me someday
I would be a man
and they'll crucify me any way they can
so here's my story from a to b
I sold my soul for my sanity
Why do you cry when no-one hears
the morning leaves ya
but ya keep your fear
cos all those stories they used to tell
got lost in your mind
cos they knew too well
that I could talk all night
it tastes so sweet when thoughts entwine
and dignity eats away all your time
oh they say they know it all
don't question what your fighting for
I could talk all night but my momma told me not to lie
Well you move so soon when society blooms
they say why do you hide behind the truth
oh they say your getting old
no time to lose your self control
Its another mothers birth
an immaculate deception
of rejection of perception
getting kinda low
cos society blames it on a god they say
take hate so great in the love he made
Well you talk so clean for the king and queen
then spread your legs in a magazine
and you feel so pretty you feel so tame
now they got someone else to blame
I would be a man
and they'll crucify me any way they can
so here's my story from a to b
I sold my soul for my sanity
Why do you cry when no-one hears
the morning leaves ya
but ya keep your fear
cos all those stories they used to tell
got lost in your mind
cos they knew too well
that I could talk all night
it tastes so sweet when thoughts entwine
and dignity eats away all your time
oh they say they know it all
don't question what your fighting for
I could talk all night but my momma told me not to lie
Well you move so soon when society blooms
they say why do you hide behind the truth
oh they say your getting old
no time to lose your self control
Its another mothers birth
an immaculate deception
of rejection of perception
getting kinda low
cos society blames it on a god they say
take hate so great in the love he made
Well you talk so clean for the king and queen
then spread your legs in a magazine
and you feel so pretty you feel so tame
now they got someone else to blame
A Song To Save The World - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/a-song-to-save-the-world
This was written under the guise
of Guttermask which has 'Dog' from White Trash ana Halfcast on electric
guitar. I wrote this during my problems with the world.
lyrics
my head was in the gutter
of a terrible dream
i really think id better
get a belly full of steam
and get myself away from here
this aint my home
or all it appears
there are eyes in the sky
i see planes fly by
making clouds that cloud
my troubled mind
I see God in the face of Adolf Hitler
I see God in Martin Luther
I see God in the hearts that hate
and I see God in the minds of the great
for a dollar a day
brown childrean make
the clothes that you
just throw away
its a sale of sin
just dont ask why
ignorance is bliss
when we dont hear them cry
its simple economics
and you dont understand it at all
there are no nations anymore
just share holders
and boardrooms
profiting from wars
dividing the world
and feeding the flames
enslaving us all
with debt to our names
we'll write a song to save the world
(but it will never work)
of a terrible dream
i really think id better
get a belly full of steam
and get myself away from here
this aint my home
or all it appears
there are eyes in the sky
i see planes fly by
making clouds that cloud
my troubled mind
I see God in the face of Adolf Hitler
I see God in Martin Luther
I see God in the hearts that hate
and I see God in the minds of the great
for a dollar a day
brown childrean make
the clothes that you
just throw away
its a sale of sin
just dont ask why
ignorance is bliss
when we dont hear them cry
its simple economics
and you dont understand it at all
there are no nations anymore
just share holders
and boardrooms
profiting from wars
dividing the world
and feeding the flames
enslaving us all
with debt to our names
we'll write a song to save the world
(but it will never work)
Voices - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/voices
I wrote this when I was on the
dole, and I would wait for dole day to get some weed in and lock myself
away and record and listen to music. It was spring and I just started
playing this nice acoustic riff which became a favourite of people and
was the first sign of me developing into an acoustic player.
This version was recorded in the big 15 bedroom house I was looking after! I collapsed after recording this for 2 days.
This version was recorded in the big 15 bedroom house I was looking after! I collapsed after recording this for 2 days.
lyrics
Dont look, dont look for me.
Cos it's hard, it's hard to be
when it all gets lost inside your head
you say you know you never forget
Dont change, dont change who you are
cos you lost, you found out who your not
and its all too much for me to take,
my mind says no, my body will break
Its not the voices in my head,
she moves through me and my sanity says
I need you now before they take me away
my mind was all for you to take
Why cry, why cry so much
when you need, when you need my touch
but it all gets lost inside your head
I say I know I'll never forget.
Dont forget to say bye when you go
cos I feel no more love and she's letting go
I ache for the days, when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
And I'd like to say why I even try
they look like they do, but then always pass by
I ache for the days when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
and it all gets lost
and she moves through me
but I, I can see
she did it all for me.
Cos it's hard, it's hard to be
when it all gets lost inside your head
you say you know you never forget
Dont change, dont change who you are
cos you lost, you found out who your not
and its all too much for me to take,
my mind says no, my body will break
Its not the voices in my head,
she moves through me and my sanity says
I need you now before they take me away
my mind was all for you to take
Why cry, why cry so much
when you need, when you need my touch
but it all gets lost inside your head
I say I know I'll never forget.
Dont forget to say bye when you go
cos I feel no more love and she's letting go
I ache for the days, when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
And I'd like to say why I even try
they look like they do, but then always pass by
I ache for the days when she took me away
the woman you lose is the woman that stays
and it all gets lost
and she moves through me
but I, I can see
she did it all for me.
Gods Own Blame - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/gods-own-blame
Written with my friend Radio Ray
it is about religion a bit and is about the people who believe blindly.
Saved by the blame of God.
lyrics
Who knows, what your dreams arer about
Where God has fallen from his cloud
She cries in words so blind
To find the same empty minds
Your sins, wash away my love
cant get no grace with what feels good
Were safe when were in our grave
and saved by Gods own blame
Reasons to burn the witch
on bliss she talks in myth
secrets still seem to itch
cant get no answers from the rich
Where God has fallen from his cloud
She cries in words so blind
To find the same empty minds
Your sins, wash away my love
cant get no grace with what feels good
Were safe when were in our grave
and saved by Gods own blame
Reasons to burn the witch
on bliss she talks in myth
secrets still seem to itch
cant get no answers from the rich
Self Destruct - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/self-destruct
From the Guttermask E.P
Panopticon and another ska satisfaction track. With some Orwellian and
Wells lyrics. It is about a system that is built on slavery and greed
will self destruct.
lyrics
the pride of pigs
in the palace pens
dogs of war smart
uniformed men
sent to kill
for coloured ribbon
you know its gonna self destruct
the righteous king
of the old blood lines
spits his orders
to the marching lines
upon the throne
safely far behind
you know its gonna self destruct
pretty pictures
everywhere
product placement
in our stare
a clever dose
of mind warfare
soldier soldier
in the dirt
tell me why your conscience hurts
fighting for a brave new world
order order in the court
lock away the reasons for war
you know its for
the greater good
but i know
(its gonna self destruct
the television
will make you sick
programming minds
on what to think
soap for the washing
and fear is a fix
in the palace pens
dogs of war smart
uniformed men
sent to kill
for coloured ribbon
you know its gonna self destruct
the righteous king
of the old blood lines
spits his orders
to the marching lines
upon the throne
safely far behind
you know its gonna self destruct
pretty pictures
everywhere
product placement
in our stare
a clever dose
of mind warfare
soldier soldier
in the dirt
tell me why your conscience hurts
fighting for a brave new world
order order in the court
lock away the reasons for war
you know its for
the greater good
but i know
(its gonna self destruct
the television
will make you sick
programming minds
on what to think
soap for the washing
and fear is a fix
Make Up Your Bed - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/make-up-your-bed
Written as I was immersed in
Orwell and Hicks. I recorded an E.P called We are The Dead over a
couple of days, it was all just simple songs recorded on an old computer
and bad microphone. This was the last track about waking up and
dealing with the thoughts in your head.
lyrics
you say all that you see in your mind
its not that cold but i wont stand in line
open you eyes and make up your bed
live with the nonsense that pours out your head
gotta get by gotta get high on my own
gotta know
gotta know why gotta know why I'm alone
well take me or leave me but never say why
love me or leave me its OK to try
you found out what they wanted from you
just a moment a moment to lose
open your heart and do what you feel
live with your love and believe that its real
so you find what really makes you sane
with sunlight comes the chances to make change
open your eyes and make up your bed
live with the nonsense that pours out your head
its not that cold but i wont stand in line
open you eyes and make up your bed
live with the nonsense that pours out your head
gotta get by gotta get high on my own
gotta know
gotta know why gotta know why I'm alone
well take me or leave me but never say why
love me or leave me its OK to try
you found out what they wanted from you
just a moment a moment to lose
open your heart and do what you feel
live with your love and believe that its real
so you find what really makes you sane
with sunlight comes the chances to make change
open your eyes and make up your bed
live with the nonsense that pours out your head
Trespass - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/trespass
Bit of a throw away track this
one that I took a liking to. I wanted to try some crooning and tired it
with this track. The lyrics are inspired by the Lords Prayer a bit.
lyrics
When you return to find
the rest have lost their minds
and walk in insect lines
not what you left behind
forgive their trespass
Lead us to a land
where there are softer hands
that makes what god demands
in pyramidic sands
and build your world
between my nowhere stare
upon the cross he bares
he cremates my cares
my faith is in the air
believe your self
Dear God deliver me
from human industry
they breed so rapidly
not one born free
release your mind
the rest have lost their minds
and walk in insect lines
not what you left behind
forgive their trespass
Lead us to a land
where there are softer hands
that makes what god demands
in pyramidic sands
and build your world
between my nowhere stare
upon the cross he bares
he cremates my cares
my faith is in the air
believe your self
Dear God deliver me
from human industry
they breed so rapidly
not one born free
release your mind
Panopticon - http://thedeadseacaptain.bandcamp.com/track/panopticon
very proud of this track. I
recorded it over 3 days, and got so ill from recording it. It is full
of reverse messages about god and satan and the church and stuff. It
really did make me ill! From the Guttermask album Panopticon.
lyrics
silence sits upon my throne
making castles in my home
graves are for the wall that falls
for a common cure
and all i ever do
salt is soothing but were moving
from the ocean to the shore
with all the souls that swim inept
in cold fetal silhouettes
shine shadows on the secrets
of stupendous saints of sex
rolling wombs out for the lepers
setting free the mindless deathless
Who are you to be
now recite my disciple my sweet acolyte
we have the loss of exhaled delight
through sorrow the king
has taken my wings
the curtains glow in the light
its check mate so stay up late
pass the days with coloured grace
you are the god of your own little race
though the suppers at my door
the letterbox is sore
off the bone is quite alright for them
making castles in my home
graves are for the wall that falls
for a common cure
and all i ever do
salt is soothing but were moving
from the ocean to the shore
with all the souls that swim inept
in cold fetal silhouettes
shine shadows on the secrets
of stupendous saints of sex
rolling wombs out for the lepers
setting free the mindless deathless
Who are you to be
now recite my disciple my sweet acolyte
we have the loss of exhaled delight
through sorrow the king
has taken my wings
the curtains glow in the light
its check mate so stay up late
pass the days with coloured grace
you are the god of your own little race
though the suppers at my door
the letterbox is sore
off the bone is quite alright for them
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