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The Romance In Sadness

by Idle Gene

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1.
Pugilist 04:02
I get nervous right before they call my name The adrenaline that runs through my veins Makes my hands shift and shake Will this be the night I make my name? All I hope is that I make them all proud And hear them all scream my name out loud I can taste the glitz and the glamour I hope I'm in the Gods' favour Round one and the bells go off We dance round each other like kids in the playground Neither one wants to fire their gun Because when we do there is only one way out Round two and it goes to you Rounds three and four have me on the floor But rounds five and six I've got some tricks to show you My wife and children are sat by the ringside I can almost hear them crying As he drives his fists into my face I'm on the ropes Held firmly in my place Round seven's when I knew I should have listened To everything that my wife had said Round Eight and I'm filled with hate And I swear that soon I will make him dead Rounds Nine and Ten I rally again I can see myself winning in the end But then comes eleven and the beating that I'm given Makes me wonder if I'll even make it out of this thing living... One last round Take me down One more Bout Knock Me Out
2.
Boy 03:54
He'll do it again And you'll be right back where you started from He'll do it again Incident counter set right back to one He'll do it again And he'll be sorry for a day or two He's that kind of man And he'll say that he just lost control But he'll do it again and again and again Because deep down he thinks he's done no wrong So he'll do it again and again and again And you'll be right back where you started from Don't waste your life Tied to this boy He'll never change I know he meant it when he said he was sorry Just like he meant it last time
3.
My battery's low It's getting dark I could sleep forever My movement slow But there's a spark Break down the walls Push further on I have no breath I cannot speak I am reduced to instinct There's nothing left of me Except a will that could move mountains Hold tightly to my coattails and I swear I'll see us through this I'll be your light, I'll be the sun when you need Photosynthesis. I'll give you life I'll keep you warm No human being could do more Through pain and hurt I'll always do My level best to help you Hold tightly to my coattails and I swear I'll see us through this I'll be your light, I'll be the sun when you need... Photosynthesis.
4.
You caught me taking that one photograph That everyone takes in Liverpool Because I'm such a basic bitch I got no silver spoon I'm not embarrassed by what I like I'm just a wool who knows when he sees a good pic Over the water, It's bedlam, And that's where I'm from So this is Class to me A Page in Bido Lito, Bold Street for vegan gyro A giant spider walking through Williamson Square A floating city of light A beacon of a good night There's nowhere else on this earth that could quite compare Now I know we got good things this side of the drink We got Bloom Future Yard Beaches for all eyes to see I could show you the red rocks where we all used to party But in time We'd always find that we'd all end up In the K3 Over the water, It's bedlam, And that's where I'm from So this is Class to me A Page in Bido Lito, Bold Street for vegan gyro A giant spider walking through Williamson Square A floating city of light A beacon of a good night There's nowhere else on this earth that could quite compare You caught me taking that one photograph That everyone takes in Liverpool, yeah.
5.
Virginia 02:40
The world was good in black and white Now the sun begins to fade The colour of your skin is grey Red hair's black in greyscale Your face lit up the silver screen And your smile could stop a heart Your eyes so full of character They cry and we fall apart Virginia Your name in lights no more Now broken up in bits on the sidewalk So excited for this new era Where the song becomes the thing The It Girl for millions Finds herself having to sing From rags to riches and back to rags They take their second choice The talk of all the meeting rooms You've the face but not the voice Virginia Your name in lights no more Now broken up in bits on the sidewalk Virginia From your lips to the ears of god "The more I see of men, the more I like Dogs"
6.
There's a man next door who swears he's a knight I can see him in the garden, armour shining bright He swings that sword round his fucking head And I swear that I can not believe what he just said He said "I am pain, I am darkness I'm not afraid so feel the sharpness Of my blade!" said the Knight in the garden There's a man in the garden who says he's a knight Every morning I get up and see him training to fight Some dragon, winged beastie, Monsters in their den Or maybe he'll bring the taste of cold steel to men And should the apocalypse come I'll stand behind him.
7.
I've tried to be on my own But there's something not quite right in my home The ghost of you lingers on In papers and empty spaces on my wall Where pictures of you used to be And mail with your name on still comes to me I'm still on the precipice Of making sense of this Life without you There's books of yours still on the shelf The walls that we painted, I've not changed myself Your cup is still on the rack Christmas decorations you bought in the back There's still so much evidence I'll never get used to this Life without you I never agreed to this What do I make of this Life without you Come on, snap out of it Let's make a go of this Life without you.
8.
Prizefighter 04:31
It seems you've trouble trying to make your fingers do what you want them to A simple thing you took for granted Back when you'd do what you do And now it's all gone to shit and you are stuck inside this room Until the end Old matches playing on the box In the corner of the room on a loop They think it'll make you happy to hear the glory days of your youth But even if the lights were on It would just break your heart in two You've no defence Oh, Prizefighter Step up and collect your prize All we can do is hope you're happy In your self inflicted state The scars outside have healed But all the ones inside carry more weight We'll change your percutaneous endoscopic gastrosomy And try not to cry Oh, Prizefighter Step up and collect your prize We can't see anything behind the eyes anymore You should have listened to us, That's what our warnings were for You don't remember the names of your children Your wife cries when you don't recognise them Did you ever really think that it was possible That you would get a second shot at the title You left your hopes and dreams and aspirations in the ring To break like one of your bones.
9.
Hey you I see your life and I want in Hey you I know it's troubled but I promise I can make you give Into This perpetual life of sin And you won't change a second and you won't regret a single thing There is something in the dark It knows you and It loves you And It wants to give you everything That you could want It's only purpose in this life is to make you happy We're coming out We know where you all go at night We want to see the sights We're coming out We wanna bathe in all the Neon light We want to take a bite There is something in the dark It knows you and It loves you And It wants to give you everything That you could want It's only purpose in this life is to make you happy And for this simple gift It only asks a single thing that you wont even miss Since you're not using it While you're indulging in the pleasures That It loves to give We're coming out We know where you all go at night We want to see the sights We're coming out We wanna bathe in all the Neon light We want to take a bite Hey you I see your life and I want in We're coming out We know where you all go at night We want to see the sights We're coming out We wanna bathe in all the Neon light We want to take a bite WE'RE COMING OUT
10.
Calenture 04:44
I've not seen land forever I've not seen you for years Current wash me back Hands blistered by the weather Eyes blind from saltwater tears Wind put me on track Ground around me I can hear you resound You will guide me From the lost to the found Ground around me I'll either walk or I'll drown I see it stretch the horizon Where I see you beckoning me Sunlight burn my eyes This will be the hill I die on I don't care if it's real Home is in my sights Ground around me Just one step and I'm down Sirens Sounding The songs of my home town Ground around me I have reached the profound You call to me In your arms I will drown.
11.
You don't know what you're doing You don't know where all of this goes now You don't know what you're saying The consequences will be so loud Some people back you but the most will fight you on it And there'll be riots in the cities and towns You're just a puppet figure You're only here to move money round To keep the ones and zeroes Registering millions to the old crowd The more you take the more the people will scream about it And soon there's riots in the cities and towns You don't know what you're doing You haven't thought of where this ends now Only a fool ignores the writing on the wall When it's scrawled ten miles high You and your mates will be the first against the wall You'll be a stain, next to the "I" In revolution, Baby. It's revolution, baby
12.
I can feel you in my circuitry Like white noise inside my head A way to pull me through this purgatory To bring me back from the edge And so I just don't understand Why you don't want me Game over Redo from start No par file can repair this broken heart Game over Though it's upsetting It must be restored to it's factory settings Game Over Redo from start I can feel you in these wires Information in my veins The sparks of a thousand fires I wish that you could feel the same Because no matter how I try 404-CANNOT BE FOUND Game over Redo from start No par file can repair this broken heart Game over Though it's upsetting It must be restored to it's factory settings Game Over Redo from start 0011001010100011
13.
Tonight we go away Tonight we've said all we can say Tonight we go our separate ways Tonight we end our days It breaks my heart but time will show us the way through I don't get to make decisions about what you do Or who you do them with Tonight we've both said our piece The resentment Underneath Tonight's the night that your ship leaves The tension relieved We both had to get out of each other's way Before we simply wasted each of our lives away We can't be happy if you're unhappy There's nothing romantic in staying There's more love in when you leave If one is unhappy then both of us are unhappy There's nothing romantic in staying There's more love in when you leave There's nothing romantic in staying There's romance in sadness...

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Here it is. My debut album. 13 tracks of the best music I can come up with.
The Album is loosely based around the idea that we often find the saddest things the most romantic. Rick letting the love of his life go in Casablanca, Jack letting Rose take the door while he freezes in the water, Adele's entire recording career.

This album and the idea behind it sprang from one song, which has now taken pride of place as the last track on the album.
Don't worry, it's not all Sadness though. I've put a few bangers on there too, There's a love song to Liverpool, a call for revolution and an extremely silly song about my friend's next door neighbour who does Live Action Role Play...

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released December 3, 2021

All songs written, produced and performed by Neil Larrisey.
Album art by Bethany Bradburn.

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