A song about loneliness and alienation, about feeling alone in a city full of people

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Watching the faded smiles
See these actors walking asleep
Like lifeboats stranded on the ocean
Floating alone

But down here in the dark
In this theatre of the cold and alone
No more hidden scars
Step out of the wings
Into the unknown

Look in my eyes
See how they shine bright
Watching our dreams take flight
As we sparkle and shine

Searching these darkened streets
For some trace of meaning
Lifeboats on the ocean
Tracing footsteps back home

But down here in the dark
In this theatre of the cold and alone
No more hidden scars
Step out of the wings
Into the unknown

Look in my eyes
See how they shine bright
Watching our dreams take flight
As we sparkle and shine

Lifeboats

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A little song about how desperate times seem to be with the news that The UK is now fully closing it's borders to refugees and asylum seekers.

A shameful chapter in our history.

I Want The Future Back
They said that when they come,
It'll be with marching drums,
But now you know you can't believe the news from anyone,
And my dad told me son,
They'll come for everyone
There's no one left to save the poorest and the last of us.

The baby boomers came,
Filled up with righteous claims,
Their parents died and fought the fascists just to save our souls,
But when their moment came,
They played a different game,
And fell into the trap of bankers and their dog whistles.

You know that I just can't believe,
The words you say to me,
I want the future back,
They've taken it from you and me.
I want the future back.

When we were boys and girls, 
We all watched Tomorrow's World,
Aren't we supposed to travel in an airtight tube  by now?
Where have you taken us?
Why have no faith in us?
We're asking you for answers but you won't tell us how.

A generation lost,
We've paid the greater cost,
Financial crashes crush the masses as the planet suffers drought,
And if we stay the same,
We'll be the ones to blame,
But blame the parents they're the ones who sold us out.

You know that I just can't believe,
The words you say to me,
I want the future back,
They've taken it from you and me,
I want the future back.

They blame the immigrants,
We know that's just a front,
And this is how we know they would treat the rest of us,
It's not 1933,
It feels the same to me,
Financial crises that they make and simply blame some other ones.

The drums are pounding now,
There's fascists in our towns,
Just hold on tight and hope we make it through the other side,
There's lessons we won't learn,
While there's a quid to earn,
The hard-won freedoms that we're losing for which our grandparents died.

You know that I just can't believe,
The words you say to me,
I want the future back,
They've taken it from you and me,
I want to understand,
But now they run the BBC,
I want the future back,
I want the future back.

I Want The Future Back

“Sarah” repaints serotonin as “the one that got away” in an upbeat pop funk love song devoted to that most coveted of neurotransmitters. Bowie meets Bruno Mars in Jack’s sultry yet speedy vocals on a head nodding bed of Nile Rodgers and Jamiroquai style grooves.

Sarah is the first single from an EP recorded with Gormie (Angie McMahon, Julia Jacklin) at Treehouse Studios, Victoria.

Reframing mental health as a lover that was taken for granted, the song recounts those substance-fuelled feel-good moments you had together, through a lens of nostalgia and a tinge of regret.

Sarah

Somewhere In My Heart - Aztec Camera Cover

Victim Of Circumstance v4.0

Over And Over v2.0

Pictures In A Broken Home v3.1

Tinsel on the railings

Save Our Souls

Cracks

A song about Hoo St Werburgh Middle School and my mate Ian Lomax RIP.

The Boys In Doctors Woods

My name is Anthony Martin, I'm a singer/songwriter from The Medway Towns.

I write songs to help me process some of the traumatic events I've experienced in my life.

Music. Is. My. Medicine.

I Want The Future Back

Anthony Martin Acoustic

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