Spaceless
by Mildred Bleak
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Digital Album
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No chandeliers
02:38
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Would you light up the top of my stairs?
It’s all very empty and bare
And far as I know no-one goes there.
Would you light up the top of my stairs?
There may come a time soon when they come -
Hundreds of people instead of just one -
And someone might trip and then fall;
Don’t know how I would cope with it all.
So would you light up the top of my stairs? -
Something quite functional, no chandeliers.
Just want something to deal with my fear
Of being alone for the rest of my years.
Of being lonely for the rest of my years.
Of being alone for the rest of my years.
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Sun won't always shine
04:10
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You can't help yourself, blaming everybody else.
And so I'm here again, trying to find a happy ending.
High on Delusion Hill, you sit there quiet and still,
You hope the rains don't come
Because you left your coat at home. Again.
But I know that you know the sun won't always shine.
You're going to need that coat soon, when the sun don't shine.
So you can't help yourself, but I can't help you either, any more, any more.
The hardest thing I've done is watching winter come.
Saw the storm clouds rise, blocked my ears and closed my eyes.
But I know that you know the sun won't always shine
You're going to need that coat soon, when the sun don't shine.
Can you wake me up when it's all over
Can you wake me up when it's all done ...
And so I'm overwhelmed with all these things I've seen and found
Not sure what to say but I need these things to go away.
Can't do this any more the writing's on this crumbling wall.
Ten o'clock and my mind is reeling, lost all sense of time and feeling.
And so I'm running off scared of all the things I really care for.
I find it funny sometimes that you can't read the warning signs.
And you don't even want to ask why I'm leaving town tomorrow evening ...
(it's easier than picking up the pieces.
It's easier than picking up the pieces.
It's easier ...)
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Nice
03:10
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I found your soul today, I saw it in your eyes.
You were dreaming of somebody else who made you want to fly.
And you looked old today, your eyes looked tired and grey
As you answered all the usual questions in your usual way.
And yes I understand that everything is sour,
But it doesn't mean that I'm prepared to stand aside and stand apart.
And you can have your dreams and have your wishes too
But I cannot love you quite enough to simply let you go.
And all the words you spoke today, they suddenly seemed thin.
And your eyes were pale and watery as you stroked my crumpled skin.
And you softly said you'd always love someone as nice as me,
It was just that someone twice as nice had also made you feel that way.
And all the words you spoke today, they suddenly seemed thin.
And your eyes were pale and watery as you stroked my crumpled skin.
And you softly said you'd always love someone as nice as me.
It was just that someone twice as nice had also made you feel that way.
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Everything you said
03:44
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I’ve forgotten
Everything you said.
Tried hard to remember
But it’s gone right from my head.
You’ll be waking me soon to say
I’ve let you down again.
Thursday evening
I tied you to the bed
Woke up on Sunday
To find you nearly dead.
And you’ll be waking me soon to say
I’ve let you down again.
And if I could bring it all back again, then I would,
Mend the broken things I used to love.
I remember everything you did -
All locked in a casket, bulging at the lid.
And you’ll be waking me soon to say
I’ve let you down again today.
And as memories get colder
And as memories get colder
As memories get colder
I’m forgetting everything.
And if I could bring it all back again, then I would,
Mend the broken things I used to love,
Tie a knot in everything I own,
To try to stop it all from leaving home.
Everything you said
Everything you said.
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This love thing
03:43
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Could you wait a little longer, until I'm just a little stronger?
I'm black and blue and I just can't do with all this love thing.
It's not that I don't care, or that I just don't want you here -
I'm hoping it won't be long now till the grey clouds disappear.
The Paris lights have slowly faded and I knew we'd never make it.
Our finest hour, all sad and sour, that's just this love thing.
And so I'll laugh a little louder, because I've learned that it's just how to hide the pain, how to stop the rain caused by this love thing.
It's not that I don't care, or that I just don't want you here -
I'm hoping it won't be long now till the grey clouds disappear.
I'm hoping I see the sun soon and the clouds will disappear.
So can you wait a little longer till i'm just a little stronger?
Right now i'm through and I just can't do with all this love thing.
With all this love thing, with all this love thing and you.
With all this love thing, with all this love thing, with all this love thing.
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Can't
04:21
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Can't say I'm surprised, the story's in your eyes. Can't say I'm amazed, I've seen it coming for days and days and days. Cannot see the moon. It's shivering at the edge of some dank tomb. My heart thuds like a bell. The rhythm counts the steps that lead to Hell.
And now you tell me that we have to talk, can we meet somewhere for a quiet walk.
Can't begin to think. I'm tripping, slipping on this icy rink. My life all ripped and torn. Feel it fall around me like the debris in a storm. And someone stole my air, hidden it away somewhere far up there and I'm buried under leaves like snowflakes from the iciest trees. And I'm colder than I've ever been before. Feel older than I ever thought was possible.
So now you tell me that we have to talk, can we meet somewhere take a quiet walk.
Can't bear to hear your words, my fear calms the wind and it quiets the birds. But still I cannot hear - you're standing far too near. Cannot bear to go to the places where we used to go. I can't hear anyone, never felt so numb. I can't hear anyone, never felt so numb. I can't hear anyone, never felt so numb. I can't hear anyone, never felt so numb. I can't hear anyone, never felt so numb ... (Can't hear what you're saying.)
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I'm the only one
03:48
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Babe, I've seen you, how you've missed me,
Sometimes, when you're eyes are closed.
I gently shake you up to wake you,
See the tears fall soft and slowly.
Nothing new at all.
Surrounded by the same old wall.
I'm the only one who makes you happy,
I'm the only one who makes you sad.
And you can't live without me baby.
I'm the only one who makes you happy,
I'm the only one who makes you sad
But you can't live without me baby.
I can see you in the corner
Hiding your head in your hands.
And you're wishing way off in a galaxy that just can't be found.
You're searching changing skies as you try to find the stars, the sun, the moon, it all.
I'm the only one who makes you happy,
I'm the only one who makes you sad
And you can't live without me baby.
And it's cold tonight and we're not sleeping,
Both of us listening to the sound of dead hearts beating.
And I didn't see you again, just a shadow of the man you used to be.
I'm the only one who makes you happy,
I'm the only one who makes you sad
And you can't live without me baby.
I'm the only one who makes you happy,
I'm the only one who makes you sad
And you can't live without me baby.
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8. |
Star
04:51
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Sometimes I feel so small, like I am nothing at all, then you make me feel wonderful.
Se my world turn for you like a magnetic pull, like the tide follows the moon.
And if i'm ever a fool and I think I can do without you to see me through ...
I'd be so lost without you, I'd be so lost without you.
Sometimes on a cloudy day, when everything's cold and grey
Something's are so hard to face.
Can't find the words to say all that i need to say, everything's washed away by this raininess.
But you, you're the star of my sky,
You're the main reason why when I wake up I smile.
See the stars in my eyes, see the stars in my eyes.
And as i drift around in life's flimsy bubble, you help me safety back down, you help me stay out of trouble.
You know I'll never forget that I've owed you this debt since the day that we met.
It's true, every time I look up I am struck by my luck and brought to my knees by your love.
And you, you're the star of my sky, you're the main reason why when I wake up I sigh. when I wake up I sigh and see the stars in my eyes.
Like the tide follows the moon
Like the tide follows the moon
Like the tide follows the moon
Like the tide follows the moon
You're the star of my skies
You're the star of my skies
You're the star of my skies
You're the star of my show.
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Where you are
02:30
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Your skin's like moonlight.
So white and pale.
Soft lines of surrender
Stream across your face.
Now there is no hatred.
Now there is no pain.
Somewhere sun is shining,
Not where I am but where you are.
And when the fire takes the debris of your life
I know you'll be there watching me,
Standing by my side.
Not where I am but where you are I see you dancing in the stars,
I see your smile light up the sky, shooting stars go by.
Now at last you're really free, least that's what I'll believe,
I wish I really knew just how I'll cope without you.
Your breath now stolen, your blood so still,
But I can hear you singing, not where I am but where you are.
And I've drowned in flowers and sympathies.
But they mean nothing,
Not where I am but where you are.
And as I sit here and take your hand
This life's in tatters,
Not where you are but where I am.
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10. |
Run away
03:37
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You said come run away with me,
Said you'd take me away from the rain
You said that you would never leave, said I'd not be alone again.
And so it started and I knew it was too late
The reasons that you loved me would soon be ones you'd hate.
And then one day the floods arrived ...
Saw the light in your eyes go out.
And all the birds up in the skies fell away and drowned.
And so we build our castles as if they are meant to last
But there's always something waiting to tear them all apart.
The world's made up of stupid lies
The world's made of stupid lies.
You said it's time to leave now but as you turn to go
You tell me I'm the only one you've ever really loved.
And so you run away from me and I wrestle my heart from my sleeve.
Nothing left any more to believe.
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11. |
This time
03:30
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This time I mean it, I've made up my mind, I'm not coming back.
This sad lonely town is just getting me down and I'm leaving all that.
And this silence ain't golden, it's tireder and older than you and me both.
Gone are the clouds that have kept the heat down when the arguments came,
Gone are the trees and the gentlest breeze that muffled the shame.
This time I'm not coming back to it all.
So I tell you I'm leaving, you don't make it easy, with all of your pleading it gets so unclear.
The heat is just stifling, the heat is just stifling, when you are near.
This time my love there'll be no hope in my eyes when I see you tonight.
I've practised my part and I've darkened my heart to turn out the light.
And I'll no longer let you prise open my arms and let you back in.
So I tell you i'm leaving, you don't make it easy, with all of your pleading it gets so unclear.
I'm trying so hard to make up my mind but the heat is just stifling, the heat is just stifling, the heat is just stifling when you are near.
And this time I'm not coming back to it all.
This time I'm not coming back to it all.
This time I'm not coming back to it all.
This time I'm not coming back to it all.
But the way that you hold me makes me want to live here forever.
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12. |
When I go mad
05:43
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When I go mad ... when I go mad
Will you come to me, help me cling to sanity, stay with this ship as it is sinking?
Or will you turn away and sigh, a hundred reasons for the tear in your eye?
And when they come for me, will you fight? Stand up for all my rights?
Will you hold me near, rock with me in my chair?
Will you fasten all the shutters?
Or will you carry me outside and run away somewhere to hide?
And will I know when it starts, when it all begins? When the things I built my life around slip away like crystals of sand?
And what if no-one's there for me?
When I go mad ... when I go mad
Will you stay with me?
Will you stay with me?
Will you stay with me tonight?
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A jumble of indie-folk mumblings about life, love and loss. From the brightness of Star, to the darkness of No Chandeliers, to the desperation of When I Go Mad. More Leonard Cohen than Chas & Dave. Gentle listening for unsettled ears.
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released June 14, 2016
Recorded at Transmission Recording Studios - www.transmissionrecordingstudios.com. Played by Sue Marsh - singing, guitars, keyboards, ukulele, bass, accordion, melodica, harmonica; Ali Gavan (courtesy of Sparrow) - drums, percussion, guitars, keyboards, violin, and some notes only he could sing; Simon Parker (courtesy of Villareal) - bass, guitar, electric fan, mutterings; Mark Dudley - keyboards, melodica, glockenspiel; Luke Ellis - cello.
Recorded at Transmission Recording Studios - www.transmissionrecordingstudios.com. Played by Sue Marsh - singing, guitars, keyboards, ukulele, bass, accordion, melodica, harmonica; Ali Gavan (courtesy of Sparrow) - drums, percussion, guitars, keyboards, violin, and some notes only he could sing; Simon Parker (courtesy of Villareal) - bass, guitar, electric fan, mutterings; Mark Dudley - keyboards, melodica, glockenspiel; Luke Ellis - cello.
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