A song nearly 10 years old, partially written by my 15-year-old self. 
Riff guitar, rhythm guitar, keys, vocals and backing vocals by Bethany Munroe. Lead guitar by Scott Carty. Bass by Jordan Carty. Drums by Ryan Mounteney.
Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Bethany Munroe
Music and Lyrics by Bethany Munroe
©Bethany Munroe 2017

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Lyrics:
Thrown to the ground, so many times
I've made my own grave with the impact of my skin
I lie in the world while the earth takes my eyes
And I try and see a sky that will not let me in

My body's tired and heavy, I'm guessing it's time to run
My soul is sad and worthless, I'm guessing it's time to be someone
Our hands are weak and shaky, aching shaking to throw that punch
We've never been ready, ready or not here we-

Become, everything we need to be
Failure by failure 
Become, the domino above each fall
'Cause when you're free from it all that's who you are

Fighting for this a thousand setbacks ago
Back when I was so small my failures made up most of me 
The dirt knows my skin but it don't know me at all
'Cause how weak I was then has nothing to do with me

My body's tired and heavy, I'm guessing it's time to run
My soul is sad and worthless, I'm guessing it's time to be someone
Our hands are weak and shaky, aching shaking to throw that punch
We've never been ready, ready or not here we-

Become, everything we need to be
Failure by failure 
Become, the domino above each fall
'Cause when you're free from it all

Oh we all have that moment of I am free today
When that moment comes to us there'll be hell to pay

I owe this bit of earth to be what little I can be
So when she takes me in the end it's not just my body feeding seeds
If failure is a scar and I have more scars than skin
I count myself lucky not one found its way in

My heart is hard and heavy, banging like a drum
My soul is sad and worthless through the cracks is shining like the sun
Fists are clenching stronger, each second we wait to throw that punch
Can't wait any longer, ready or not here we-

Become, everything we need to be
Failure by failure 
Become, the domino above each fall
'Cause when you're free from it all

Oh we all have that moment of I am free today
When that moment comes to us there'll be hell to pay

Become

From the Debut EP: The Euphoria of Losing Everything
Released under WMTH Records
Music & Lyrics by Beth Munroe

Lyrics:
Aren't you lucky that I have such thick skin?
So when you crawl under and let yourself right in
If you curl up there, make it your space
Pull me around you like a duvet
Oh, I promise, I promise, I will keep you safe

Can't break me I've got no promise
Can't make me I'm not your lie
This armour pressed 
So hard into my chest
It's been in my skin all this time

I fall slow but I fall deep
Right past love into hate
This mask cuts so deep
Into my cheeks
It could well be my face

So aren't you lucky, that I have such thick skin?

Well there you go
This just goes to show
Under out own skin is where we're made to exist
And I can be fine without this
When you go, I know
That I can be something without you

Oh we reach with our hands, we speak with our fists
But the words won't come out
This smile cemented thick
Over my lips
Almost looks like my real mouth

I built myself up to deserve love
Now I'm not sure where I begin
And the act ends
I'm buried so deep
I've become a pile of things

So aren't you lucky, that I have such thick skin?

Well there you go
This just goes to show
Under out own skin is where we're made to exist
And I can be fine without this
When you go, I know
That I can be something

There's so much under my skin
But not what you need
I can tell your hearts broken
From the way you break me
When we mistreat love like this
We deserve to fall
Our lives are nothing without this
So just take it all
My god I'm crazy, 
and you're lucky I stay on this side of my skin

Well there you go
This just goes to show
Under out own skin is where we're made to exist
And I can be fine without this
When you go, 
When you go,
Darling I can be something without you

©Beth Munroe 2018

Skin

From the debut EP: The Euphoria of Losing Everything
Released under WMTH Records
Music and Lyrics by Beth Munroe

Lyrics:

I throw my pain
Into this, it won't go any other way
I'll see you again
But after this, it won't ever be the same

I wanna stay, and save you
I love you but this is not my home
I'm nowhere, but now I'm here
I don't wanna go

This time I don't 
Have anyone else to blame
One more time can't hurt 
To fall in love on my own again
Oh my love

You'll grow without me
But will I be alright without you,
I know, you'll be happy
I saved us the bravery of seeing this through

I wanna stay, and know you 
I need you, but this is not my home
I'm nowhere, but now I'm here
I don't wanna go

And I've had so much practice at saying goodbye
To the things that I've needed, to the loves in my life
How can it hurt so much after all this time
I should be better at saying goodbye

Don't cry, don't cry
I promised myself I wouldn't
But this time
It seems that we've run out of time

This time I dont
Have anyone else to blame
One more time can't hurt
To all in love on my own again
This time I dont
Have anywhere else to go
Time after time, I,
I miss you more than you know.
Oh my love, 
I don't want to go.

Brighton

From the debut EP: The Euphoria of Losing Everything
Released under WMTH Records
Music and Lyrics by Beth Munroe

Lyrics:

I could be the one driver
But I couldn't give you your drive
I could be the one, to drag it along
But not when it already died
I've never wanted anything more

No I don't mind losing my mind
Cause that's what it was put there for
But darling I would rather die
Than say what's the point anymore
Did I waste my last chance, on someone half out the door?

Pedal to the metal, foot to the floor,
Just to prove that it was you who always held me back before
Brakes out the window, doomed in my drive
I might have been a friend to you but you're no friend of mine

No I'm not the kind of soul
To say I told you so
You blew it so blow over cause I won't let go
And I'm not holding on
Just to prove you wrong
I'm smiling as I'm driving to the great wide open
And it's a beautiful drive

You wasted me, I wasted time
I was the bend before the break
You may well be stronger than me
But it's me that learned to take the weight
Has the point of my life become my biggest mistake?

Pedal to the metal, foot to the floor,
Just to prove that it was you who always held me back before
Brakes out the window, doomed in my drive
I might have been a friend to you but you're no friend of mine

No I'm not the kind of soul
To say I told you so
You blew it so blow over cause I won't let go
And I'm not holding on
Just to prove you wrong
I'm smiling as I'm driving to the great wide open
And it's a beautiful drive

I threw all of me into this cannon
To be left with nothing to aim at but the rubble 
And I threw all of me into this fire
To be left with nothing but ashes for my troubles

I know you watched me break down and cry as you drove away

Pedal to the metal, foot to the floor,
Just to prove that it was you who always held me back before
Brakes out the window, doomed in my drive
I might have been a friend to you but you're no friend of mine

No I'm not the kind of soul
To say I told you so
You blew it so blow over cause I won't let go
And I'm not holding on
Just to prove you wrong
I'm smiling as I'm driving to the great wide open
And it's a beautiful drive

Drive

From the debut EP: The Euphoria of Losing Everything
Released under WMTH Records
Music and Lyrics by Beth Munroe

Lyrics:

Slap myself on the wrist I’ll do better
Won’t burn out though it burns like hell
Sleep myself out of this coma
Loathe to leave the fight I know so well

I know you know I’m nothing
Don’t wanna know I’m zero without this
Drown myself out of this ocean
On fire for your lie but the truth is

I want you, I want you, I want you dead, I want you
(I don’t want to want you anymore)

Dancing through a burning city
Kissing as the tongues of flame destroy everything
The thing about being a masochist
I love it when it hurts like this

Love is our last religion
Almost loved the life into us again
Break out of being broken
It’s too easy for you to break me in

I want you, I want you, I want you dead, I want you
(I don’t want to want you anymore)

Dancing through a burning city
Kissing as the tongues of flame destroy everything
The thing about being a masochist
I love it when it hurts like this

Know I want you, don’t you want to?
Know I want you, don’t you want to?
Know I want you, don’t you want to?
Know I want you, don’t you want to?
Oh, oh,

Dancing through a burning city
Kissing as the tongues of flame destroy everything
The thing about being a masochist
I love it when it hurts like this

Living life's meaning we’re trying to outlive
Found faith in a feeling that has nothing to give
The thing about being a masochist

©Beth Munroe 2018

Masochist

Ribcage, from the EP 'i amok' by Beth Munroe 
Music, Lyrics, Instruments & Vocals by Beth Munroe
Production by Andrei-Răzvan Chețan & Beth Munroe
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Lyrics:
I have never been afraid of death
But there’s this hummingbird in my chest
Banging against my ribs with every breath
Til I can’t breathe

And I have never been afraid of love
As a right of passage, as a punishment
Waiting for something back to feel good enough
Unloved, unloving

The truth is, that I’m really scared 
If good things never last 
Then this is too good to bear
But

Oh, oh,
I can hear my ribcage
Growing to make space for you

I terrify myself with the thought of life
Obsessed with endings til the day I die
And I meet my thoughts on the finish line
Having missed everything

The truth is, that it’s all pretend
I don’t have that kind of strength 
To face that all things will end 
But

Oh, oh,
I can hear my ribcage
Growing to make space for you

© Beth Munroe 2019

Ribcage

Whiskey, from the EP 'i amok' by Beth Munroe 
Music, Lyrics, Instruments & Vocals by Beth Munroe
Production by Keri Solomon & Beth Munroe
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Lyrics:
I’ve got a stash of Whiskey, in case
Someone accidentally looks like you
Who I wish I was 
For someone I wish I never knew
I still write about you,
I don’t even like you
Giving you attention again
But then it’s always been about you

I don’t care, I don’t mind
I’ll just write a song about you that you won’t hear
But sometimes someone else has your eyes
And the floor disappears
Oh I just stare and I don’t mind

I swear I never wanted to be with you
You’re such a conceited friend
I caught you every time you fell
For me again
I wouldn’t mind but why’d you make my knees so weak 
I could barely stand
To lift you up and watch you walk away again

I know I said I loved you once or twice
But each time I was incredibly drunk
Even if I did that ship has sailed,
Failed smashed to bits and those bits have sunk
I still write about you, why?
I don’t even miss you, do I?
Giving you headspace again what an idiot am I

I don’t care, I don’t mind
I’ll just write a song about you that you won’t hear
But sometimes someone else has your eyes
And the floor disappears
Oh I just stare and I don’t mind

I swear I never wanted to be with you
You’re such a conceited friend
I caught you every time you fell
For me again
I wouldn’t mind but why’d you make my knees so weak 
I could barely stand
To lift you up and watch you walk away again

I swear I just got confused
Trying too hard to deserve you
Each time you came crawling back
For one more disappearing act
And I’ll drink til I don’t care my dear
I’m glad you don’t care enough to hear
Sometimes someone else has your eyes and the floor disappears

I swear I never loved you
You’re such a conceited friend
I caught you every time you fell
For me again
I wouldn’t mind but why’d you make my knees so weak 
I could barely stand
I lifted you up and watched you walk away again
And again
Well never again

© Beth Munroe 2019

Whiskey

Brave, from the EP 'i amok' by Beth Munroe 
Music, Lyrics, Instruments & Vocals by Beth Munroe
Production by Andrei-Răzvan Chețan & Beth Munroe
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Lyrics:
Atoms flow
Through our bodies
They become us, then leave us unchanged in our heads
Eyes flow
Life is cruelty
Behind eyes that watch you in a hospital bed

You’re not alone
Not for long
And I

Wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
Brave
I wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
The one to save you 
I wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
Brave
Oh

Time flows
Ever changing
Moments with you leave me and are not replaced

I know I’m not alone
But it won’t be long
And I 

Wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
Brave
I wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
The one to save you 
I wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
Brave
Oh

Hear me, she stays with me
If justice exists you won’t keep us away

Wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
Brave
I wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
The one to save you 
I wish I could, wish I could, wish I could be
Brave
Oh

© Beth Munroe 2019

Brave

A DIY artist, guitarist, vocalist and producer from the UK. Using soulful vocals and thoughtful lyrics alongside ambient fingerstyle guitar, merging blues, pop and ambient indie styles.

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