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“Once Bitten, Twice Shy” is a song for anyone who has ever had their heart trampled all over. It’s about love, betrayal and hitching your ruined frock up over your knees and getting the Hell out of whatever nasty situation you are in. Now (revenge optional).

Recorded live at Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield, UK in 2014 on a warm but unsettled summer’s day “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” is probably the most soulful/blues-drenched track from Braver than Fiction’s live EP, King of Crows.

There are four tracks on the King of Crows EP but only three of them will be available for digital download. The title track, “King of Crows” will only be available on the physical CD at this time.

We hope that you enjoy this authentic portrayal of how Braver than Fiction actually sound and that you will be encouraged to venture out to one of our gigs and support the live scene! 

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Lyrics:

If you ever, ever change your mind
Oh then darling, you will not find
My heart is so easy, easy to fall
Under your spell
Oh, well, well, well, well, well, well, well

Once bitten, twice shy
Ah now c'mon and look me in the eye
And tell me you love me
Come on now, tell me you love me
And I will show you a lie
I will show you a lie
Because you...oh you are the cheatin’ kind

I'm not looking for the answer
I'm not wasting my time
I'm just waiting, waiting for your wings
To scratch the eyes out of the sky
Oh nothing is right
When nothing is wrong
So why do we fight
Just to get along?

Once bitten, twice shy
Ah now c'mon and look me in the eye
And tell me you love me
Come on now, tell me you love me
And I will show you a lie
I will show you a lie
Because you...oh you are the cheatin’ kind

You take a breath
Every time I exhale
Ah we're so out of synch
In a beautiful Hell
So come on and meet me at the crossroads
And I'll drive you round the bend
Cos you ain't never, no you ain’t never
No you ain’t never coming back here again

Once bitten, twice shy
Ah now c'mon and look me in the eye
And tell me you love me
Come on now, tell me you love me
And I will show you a lie
I will show you a lie
Because you...oh you are the cheatin’ kind

You, you don’t mean nothin’ to me
No, oh you don't even move me
And brother I know you been shakin’ me down
Ah but you don’t own me
Oh no, you don’t, oh you don’t control me
And I, oh I, I don’t want you around, no

Once bitten, twice shy
Ah now c'mon and look me in the eye
And tell me you love me
Come on now, tell me you love me
And I will show you a lie
I will show you a lie
Because you...oh you, you, you, you, you are the cheatin’ kind

Ah yeah, you are the cheatin’ kind
Yeah you’re the cheatin’ kind

You are the cheatin’ kind

Lyrics Copyright © Mel Lampro (2014)
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"Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
Copyright © Mel Lampro(2014).
Performed by Braver than Fiction
Braver than Fiction: www.braverthanfiction.com

Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Live)

Stronger

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OVERTHINKING. The double edged sword of a an introspective mind. 

The kind of mind that enables us to use creativity to forge a career in the arts, but also leaves us wide open to worry, procrastination and vulnerability where others just walk on by.

I'm joined by CK Goldiing, content creator and filmmaker who was challenged to walk from his home in Sheffield, to the city centre and hug 61 strangers in an effort to overcome his overthinking problem.

We get into the thick of that big, nasty word and find out what about his new project.

Get your your experiences of overthinking over on social @arrestallmimics now!

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Ep 118: OVERTHINKING!!! CK Goldiing joins me to talk one big old issue...

When you speak to me, I can taste your disease 
Don't touch me; my skin blisters as you squeeze 
I am branded by the pain that you feel 
Drinking it in; keeping it unreal 
Until I burst at the seams 
Choke on your dreams 

Don't let me loose in your light 
I'm gonna burn in your fire 
I cannot breathe for your lies 
Quit sticking pins in my eyes 
It's taking all of my might 
To stay this polite 
I'm suffocating 
In social expectation 
Nobody's lost, nobody's won 
'Cause I cannot control 
The creature I become 

I am screaming, but my mouth is sewn tight 
There's no leaving; I can't get no respite 
I'm bitten by ghosts, that no-one else sees 
Taking their turn, to taunt the devil in me 
I cannot run for the door 
My feet are nailed to the floor 

Don't let me loose in your light 
I'm gonna burn in your fire 
I cannot breathe for your lies 
Quit sticking pins in my eyes 
It's taking all of my might 
To stay this polite 
I'm suffocating 
In social expectation 
Nobody's lost, nobody's won 
'Cause I cannot control 
The creature I become 

No I cannot control 
The creature I become 
The creature I become 


Copyright © Mel Lampro

From 11, released June 14, 2019

I Don't Need My Empathy

Your words are cruel and hidden underneath 
Like teeny-tiny, pointy, candy teeth 
Tearing out your next confection 
From behind a smile that drips sweet deception 

I bet you live in a gingerbread house 
I bet your pet is a little, pink mouse 
I bet you feed it petit pieces of me 
On the days that you think that no one else can see 

Come on over and lie to me 
Bring me your sugar mouth 
I know that you don’t mean 
A single word that you spit out 

(Come on over and lie to me…) 

Eat my heart right out from my chest 
Swallow it whole with your sickly finesse 
Buy me another with gambling money 
'Cause I don’t care where it comes from, honey 

I bet you live in a gingerbread house 
I bet your pet is a little, pink mouse 
I bet you feed it petit pieces of me 
On the days that you think that no one else can see 

Come on over and lie to me 
Bring me your sugar mouth 
I know that you don’t mean 
A single word that you spit out 

(Come on over and lie to me…) 

Come on over and lie to me 
Bring me your sugar mouth 
I know that you don’t mean 
A single word that you spit out 

(Come on over and lie to me…) 

Copyright © Mel Lampro

From 11, released June 14, 2019

Sugar Mouth

Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 

Hell is a happy place 
Much deeper than your hand can trace 
And you're walkin' a runnin' race to Hallelujah. 
Burn everythin' you heard 
Blind all them mockin' birds 
Mute all the minors 
And take a bow. 

Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 

(Hell is a happy place) 

Life is a splintered stage 
Much wider than you can gauge 
And your soul is spreading like a plague behind you. 
If you're waiting for that chance 
If you're waiting on a second dance 
Oh then, slide over here, 
I can help you 

Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 

Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 

Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, 
Down, down, down, down 

Copyright © Mel Lampro (L&M), Martin Tune (MUS)

From 11, released June 14, 2019

Hell Is a Happy Place

So your friends say 
When you fall 
You fall like an angel 
Like a star from a fable 
So tell me why 
Isn’t this working? 
Are your wings tired of hurting 
Or do you want to fly? 
H-i-g-h; h-i-g-h. 

(Yeah-ah, yeah-ah...) 

You are my fatal flaw 
You're the tragedy that just gives more. 
Why won’t you fall for me? 
I’m stronger yeah, I'm stronger than I seem. 
I could hold you while you breathe 
And if your sky comes crashing in 
I could cover you, yeah 
Shield you like a second skin. 

Don't look down 
No you will not fall 
Oh I got you in my sights 
Pretty as the Northern Lights 
So tell me why 
Isn’t this working? 
Are your wings tired of hurting 
Or do you want to fly? 
H-i-g-h; h-i-g-h. 

(Yeah-ah, yeah-ah...) 

You are my fatal flaw 
You're the tragedy that just gives more. 
Why won’t you fall for me? 
I’m stronger yeah, I'm stronger than I seem. 
I could hold you while you breathe 
And if your sky comes crashing in 
I could cover you, yeah 
Shield you like a second skin. 

Four corners on my bed, 
Four angels around my head, 
One to watch and two to pray 
And one to take my soul. 

Copyright © Mel Lampro (L&M), Jason Bradley (MUS)

From 11, released June 14, 2019

Fall for Me

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