LYRICS | The Bitter Mass

STAY

Light between the beats
Paints the silences that both of us heard
Still as the world turns
In the space that lay between our words

Staying up late
It's the darkness shows the moon
Staying awake
Until sunday afternoon
If you'd just stay
Everything's changing
If you'd just stay

Because we were young
We would sing out loud the words of old songs
When those songs were sung
Out from open windows in sing-a-longs

Staying up late
It's the darkness shows the moon
Staying awake
Until sunday afternoon
Stay
Everything's changing

Stay
Everything's changing
If you'd just stay
Everything's changing
If you'd just stay
Everything's changing
If you'd just stay

lyrics by Ian Farnes

EVERYTHING LIVES IN EVERYONE

You better sing along, don't spoil the show
Play along, act like you know
There's a broken lamp on the bedroom floor
And a devil mask that you once wore

You've got to learn from your past mistakes
You've got to fight to the death
For your redemption
And it's coming soon
It's coming soon
Yeah

So did you think to ask before you took
Was your coat hung on a strangers' hook
And there's a, a bleeding heart and an open grave
And a reason why you misbehave

It's such a thrill just to be alive
Treasure every moment
Without exception
It'll be alright
It'll be alright

Everything lives in everyone
All that thrives underneath the sun
Is dying

There's a smugness in the air today
And your other half is playing away
Your eyes are streaming like the pouring rain
All these old feelings are just not the same

You try to give more than you receive
But everything is a gift
Of your deception

There's a shadow on the moon tonight
And a car is speeding out of sight

Everything lives in everyone
All that thrives underneath the sun
Is dying

It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
It'll be alright (the earth is dying)
The earth is dying
The earth is dying

lyrics by Andy Clare

OUT OF REACH

She was autumn sunshine
She was summer rain
She was winters' dying light
And Aprils' born again
She was everything to me
She was where I longed to be

I listen to her crying
From behind a door
And all I want to say to her
Is "what you crying for?"
Like I don't know what this is
As if I don't know how it feels

I could hold her
And keep her close to me
But I can't feel her
Or taste her
Or breathe her in
'Cos all I cherish
I treat so carelessly
So now she's out of reach to me
She's out of reach to me

lyrics by Andy Clare & Ian Farnes

NEVER GETTING OUT OF THESE TOWNS

All the reasons why you shouldn't stay
You'll throw at me when I go
Winter dreams of summer days being high
Always end with feeling low

It's tough round here if you don't speak
In tongues the locals hear
It gets mean in ways you just can't know
Unless you've studied fear

If I can prove that you lied today
You can't trick me if I'm right
Those who don't know you get sucked right in
Start believing black is white

Uplit face glows by dashboard lights
Desperate kid makes a break
He doesn't realise he can never leave
His ticket out is just a fake

It's tough round here if you don't speak
In tongues the locals hear
It gets mean in ways you just can't know
Unless you studied fear

You roll the dice over and again
Fool yourself the odds are real
Deep inside your courage starts to fail
Setting up your hopes to steal

Never getting out of this town
And we are never getting out of this town
Whoa

We'll die in these towns

Never getting out of this town
And we are never getting out of this town

We'll die in these towns

lyrics by Dom Grace

INVISIBLE MEN

I spent years trying to prove myself
But I don't know who to
I spent my money trying to be somebody
To get noticed by you
But you were always blind to me
Just like everyone in this town
You know that I don't blame you Molly
'Cos I always let myself down

Invisible men
Gather dust in rooms
Invisible men
I just gotta be
On your horizon or on your radar
Invisible men
Just deadwood like me
Just deadwood like me

A road where mine's the only car
The street I'm going down
Down
A sky that's cleared of all its stars
Where my head wears the crown
And I know your a comet, Molly
Blazing through my pitch black night
And lonesome men will chase your tail
Never coming back into sight

Invisible men
Gather dust in rooms
Invisible men
I just gotta be
On your horizon or on your radar
Invisible men
Just deadwood like me

I spent years trying to prove myself
But I don't know who to
I spent my money trying to be somebody
To get noticed by you

Invisible men
Gather dust in rooms
Invisible men
I just gotta be
On your horizon or on your radar
Invisible men
Just deadwood like me

Invisible men
Gather dust in rooms
Invisible men
I just gotta be
On your horizon or on your radar
Invisible men

lyrics by Dom Grace

FEEL IT ALL AGAIN

I walk these streets that you call home
I am familiar but alone
I don't believe a word you said
You turned and left your dreams for dead
Now you're reaching out you're backing down
But I'm not your friend I'm not your clown
You tore it all down to the ground
And once it's lost it can't be found

So take your hands off me
I don't want to be near you
Just run away like you always do
So look away from me
I don't wanna be seen by you
Don't wanna hear it
Don't wanna feel it all again

lyrics by Andy Clare

ALL I WANT IS YOU

I've got memories and daydreams
I've got laughter in my head
I've got friends and all my family
Some are living some are dead

I've had sunshine I've had showers
I've read books and I've heard songs
I've felt love and all it's power
I've found places I belong
But that don't mean a thing

Oh when all I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you
It's you

There's a city in the distance
Full of promise and regret
There's a path of least resistance
Hasn't quite got me there yet
But I won't give up trying

Oh cos all I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you
It's you

Oh all I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you
It's you

You say you don't wanna hear those words
Anymore
You hit the brakes you found reverse
Now you're so far away
So far away

Oh all I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you
It's you

lyrics by Andy Clare

NO OTHER DREAM WILL DO

I know tonight
Feels like our last chance
Our last chance to save
Each other again
And I know that I
I'm not what I used to be
I'm a little drunk
And half insane
But I'll love you like
No one else can
And I'll raise you up
Like no other man
Wherever you are
I'll be there too
Got no life no hope
No dream but you

Let's fly into the wilds
There's a place we can go
Where they don't know or care
Not gonna judge us there
Let's start over new
Last chance for me and you
Let's start over new
No other dream will do
No other dream will do

And my heart keeps beating
Just out of time
Beats my expectations
Back into line
Your name is the last
Word on my lips
You set fire to
My fingertips

Let's fly into the wilds
There's a place we can go
Where they don't know or care
Not gonna judge us there
Let's start over new
Last chance for me and you
Let's start over new
No other dream will do
No other dream will do

And whatever they say
They say I'll do
I'll burn like the sun
All day for you

Let's fly into the wilds
There's a place we can go
Where they don't know or care
Not gonna judge us there
Let's start over new
Last chance for me and you
Let's start over new
No other dream will do
No other dream will do

Let's fly into the wilds
There's a place we can go
Where they don't know or care
Not gonna judge us there
Let's start over new
Last chance for me and you
So let's start over new
No other dream will do
No other dream will do

lyrics by Dom Grace

DAYGLO BLUE

He glimpsed a river through the trees
And saw a man rise off his knees
All of this
All of this
When he was ten
Saw sunset clouds had turned to rust
Got told the world's all out of trust
Joined the ranks
Joined the ranks
Of other men

This is now
This is you and me
Take a bow
Right on cue
Come in and see that
Everything that happened once
To you
Might as well be happening
Again to me

Chet Bakers' rainbow floated through
The other side bled dayglo blue
Time of
His life so
They said
So they said

This is now
This is you and me
Take a bow
Right on cue
Come in and see that
Everything that happened once
To you
Might as well be happening
Again to me

Can you live in the now
The pure white heat of the now
Or are you always somewhere else
Are you still dreaming
Can you live in the now
The pure white heat of the now
Or are you always somewhere else
Trying to be somebody else

This is now
This is you and me
Take a bow
Right on cue
Come in and see that
Everything that happened once
To you
Might as well be happening
Again to me

Lyrics by Dom Grace

DIDN'T WE START A FIRE?

In the aftermath of glory
In the haze of memory
We're just another untold story
Wondering what might have been
And I still can't seem to tear myself away

Didn't we start a fire
Didn't we set this world alight
We were like shooting stars
Blazing a trail across the night
When it burns so bright it never fades away

You to me are always golden
You to me were blinding lights
But you knew me at my most broken
Out of action, out of sight
And it's something I regret until today

Didn't we start a fire
Didn't we set this world alight
We were like shooting stars
Blazing a trail across the night
When you burn so bright you cannot fade away

And in your little house upon the hill
Where your music played
I let the rot set in and broke our will
I watched your starlight fade
And I'm so ashamed

Didn't we start a fire
Didn't we set this world alight
We were like shooting stars
Blazing a trail across the night
But it burns so bright it never fades away

Here in the aftermath of glory
There's a haze of memory

lyrics by Andy Clare

HAVE YOU LEARNED YOUR LESSON

Summer's gone
A decade passed through me just like a ghost
Your parasite made me a host
All my flocks have flown south
Look above
I wiped away God's tears
And mine
On the wing and chopping lines

And did you think that you could have it all
Did you think that you could make it work
Maybe you could be a ray of hope
In a world of darkness
Did you think that we could have it all
Did you think that we could make it better
And now have you learned your lesson
Have you learned your lesson

Sunlit dust
Floats in empty rooms that you breathed in
I am hollowed out and caving in
A dream might never come to pass
What you gave
Can't be measured or seen
But know
That I carry it with me still

And did you think that you could have it all
Did you think that you could make it work
Maybe you could be a ray of hope
In a world of darkness
Did you think that we could have it all
Did you think that we could make it better
And now have you learned your lesson

You can say anything you want
We can hear anything we choose
You take us on
We know what's coming
We know
We are all bound to lose

Summer's gone
A decade passed through me just like a ghost
A parasite made me your host
All my flocks have flown south

lyrics by Dom Grace & Andy Clare

THE TENEMENT ANGELS

Remember saints
Arm in arm with angels
Walking down these streets
And you told me
There's a shiny future
Falling at our feet
What a blessed time
When I thought about you
All my joyful days

Places where we used to meet
And all the stars that shine
The things that made you laugh
Those places where we used to meet
And all the stars that shine
The things that made you laugh
Say you were never mine

Now I can go out
When rain hides my tears
You say love ruined me
Tossed aside halo
I still wear these crippled wings
But that's not how it should be
You say you know
How it feels to be me
But listen fool you don't

Places where we used to meet
And all the stars that shine
The things that made you laugh
Those places where we used to meet
And all the stars that shine
The things that made you laugh
Say you were never mine

Tonight I'm hidden under the trees
I'm singing gimme shelter all you summer leaves
Rain hanging heavy like a scream
Tonight is the end of the dream

Those places where we used to meet
And all the stars that shine
The things that made you laugh
Those places where we used to meet
And all the stars that shine
The things that made you laugh
Say you were never mine

Remember saints
Arm in arm with angels
Walking down these streets

lyrics by Dom Grace

OPEN SPACES

What's wrong Amy Jane
Why you hanging round here again
You said you'd done with that
You finally turned your back
And the last six years of pain
Are beginning to take a strain
Your eyes are showing it
You're still not over it
And everybody knows
You're still one of us
Everybody knows
We won't let you go

Smile like you mean it
Fight to be free
Go if that's what's needed
But Amy come back to me

Now hold on Amy Jane
These mistakes are all just the same
As the time before
You should be learning more
And the promises that you made
Were from a character that you played
And then forgot about
And carried on without
And everybody knows
You're still one of us
Everybody knows
We won't let you go

Smile like you mean it
Fight to be free
Go if that's what's needed
But Amy come back to me

Everybody knows
You're still one of us
Everybody knows
We won't let you go

Smile like you mean it
Fight to be free
Just go if that's what's needed
But Amy come back to me
Amy come back to me

Across the open spaces
I look to see if you are there
In all these long familiar places
A memory held upon the air

As breath is held
While summer went
The not re read as I had dreamed
And when expelled
The truth will out
But will we know what this truth means

The world was meant to be your dance floor
Your music carried on the breeze
But life is not the one you hoped for
Don't let it bring you to your knees

You still sing out
Through all our days
But every voice must fade away
And when it's gone
Like youthful dreams
The sweetest memories always stay

As breath is held
While summer went
The not re read as I had dreamed
And when expelled
The truth will out
But will we know what this truth means

Warm breath plumes as smoke
From our window into night
And I follow it
Somewhere near the stars
Lost while you sleep
Sound as in your better dreams
Breathing in and out
And slow and long
Into the cold dark air
Watching lights that flicker
Glint
And twinkle
My thoughts flicker too
Between the stars and you
I'm lost in a future world
Lost in the space between our words
And lost in worlds before our world began
And lost in sand dunes speaking awkward spanishes
Between our awkward englishes
Even still
Your body holds more heat
More light
More fire
Than hydrogen
And helium
Too distant to be useful

Amy come back to me
Amy come back to me
Too distant to be useful

lyrics by Ian Farnes & Andy Clare