The second album from Any Idle Clone, released on iTunes May 2011. Stories features a richer, more multi-instrumental sound, in evidence in "Everything's Flashing Zeros". However, listeners seeking familiar stripped-back folk meanderings from the debut album will find them in songs such as "Time Traveller" - an ode to a departed friend.

Stories

All That I Ask

Shrine (Light Up)

Time Traveller

Everything's Flashing Zeros

City Interchange

Lying to others is one of the lowest acts a human being can ever do!  The truth always comes out eventually, and when it does there is hell to pay!  I know that I have been guilty of this in the past, especially when I was younger.  I guess everyone goes through these phases of deception and trying to get away with whatever they can.  It always comes back to bite the culprit however, so there's really no point.  Trust is broken when people lie, and this can often lead to the irreparable damage of friendships and close bonds with family.  I'm a big fan of the Jim Carrey film "Liar Liar", which is about a compulsively deceitful lawyer who wakes up one morning and can only tell the truth.  The results are hilarious as he struggles to go about his everyday life, not to mention his job in various courts of law.  The song's title is taken from one of many things that a music friend of mine is teaching her kids at the moment.  These very words are actually stuck on her fridge, to serve as a timely reminder.

One may have noticed that I like to document my thought process when it comes to writing songs, and they can often start at one place and end up somewhere completely different.  I guess that's the beauty of these songwriting themes, as they really get you thinking outside the square.  I know that I have written about things that I would have never even considered, had it not been for I Heart Songwriting Club!


CHORUS
Always tell the truth
Think before you speak
Because if you don't
The outcome will be bleak

Things that you like doing
You can't have anymore
For how long is up to them
You'll just have to be bored


VERSE 1
A kid lied to his parents
About being where he was not
He had no screens for a month
But didn't lose the plot

He just played music all day
That helped him pass the time
He'd be an pro by now
While paying for his crime

But you must


CHORUS
Always tell the truth
Think before you speak
Because if you don't
The outcome will be bleak

Things that you like doing
You can't have anymore
For how long is up to them
You'll just have to be bored


VERSE 2
When I had no answers
I felt that I should lie
To satisfy the questioner
And be as nice as pie

It came back to bite me
I was always found out
Big trouble was ahead
And I had to go without

So you must


CHORUS
Always tell the truth
Think before you speak
Because if you don't
The outcome will be bleak

Things that you like doing
You can't have anymore
For how long is up to them
You'll just have to be bored


VERSE 3
Jim Carrey played a lawyer
Who always told untruths
He would lie his butt off
And come across as rude

He woke up one morning
And had to change his ways
It was so hard for him
But then amends were made

That's why you should


CHORUS
Always tell the truth
Think before you speak
Because if you don't
The outcome will be bleak

Things that you like doing
You can't have anymore
For how long is up to them
You'll just have to be bored

Always Tell The Truth

First conceived in early 2009, Any Idle Clone is a solo music project in which all material is written, performed and produced by a Manchester-based singer-songwriter. Tracks from the debut album, released in 2010, feature a strong acoustic influence, relying on piano and guitar accompaniments, stripped back vocals and an emphasis on story-telling lyrics.

Shrine (Light Up)

Any Idle Clone

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