An original song recorded in a stairwell. About the bliss of travelling and the wonder of Japan.

Kyoto

Another neon filled night 
She's staring out from the bar 
And she smashes her glass on the empty dusty floor 
Cause she's got nobody left 
And I am lost in this town 
We can't wait to forget about the friends we lost in the crowd 

She hesitates for a moment or so 
It's been so long since she wasn't alone 
But now we're gone and we ain't looking back 
The night's our guide and the moon's our plaque oh 

She said she said take me out 
Come on just take me away from myself 
Oooh I want to feel alive 
Don't hold back grab the wheel and drive 
She said she said take me out 
Come on just take me away from myself 
Oooh I want to feel alive 
Like I did 
In 1995 

Now the boardwalk's on fire 
It's going up in flames 
She used to stare into the heat but now it all looks the same 
Since she's been frozen in time 
In a job where she can't smile 
Since her mother told her to do something that's worth while 

We want to bring back the better days 
When we were free and didn't feel like slaves 
So now we're gone and we ain't looking back 
The night's our guide and the moon's our plaque oh 

She said she said take me out 
Come on just take me away from myself 
Oooh I want to feel alive 
Don't hold back grab the wheel and drive 
She said she said take me out 
Come on just take me away from myself 
Oooh I want to feel alive 
Like I did 
In 1995 
In 1995 

Oh I swear I won't be gone 
When the sun comes up I won't leave you hanging on 
No I won't 
Cause when you're lost you just need a hand to hold 

She said she said take me out 
Come on just take me away from myself 
Oooh I want to feel alive 
Don't hold back grab the wheel and drive 
She said she said take me out 
Come on just take me away from myself 
Oooh I want to feel alive 
Like I did 
In 1995 
In 1995 
In 1995 
In 1995

1995

Come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Here we are at the rest of our lives 
The grass is greener on the other side 
Come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Here we are at the rest of our lives 
In California 
The sun always shines 

An empty room with empty chairs 
The morning's come we're unprepared 
For everything that we have always wanted 
A small town with smaller dreams 
Closed shops and nowhere streets 
Everything's a lie 
Everywhere's haunted 
Terrified we'll never get out 

The hope we carry burns like a flame 
American stories light our way 
Dream of ways we'll make it past the sky 

Come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Here we are at the rest of our lives 
The grass is greener on the other side 
Come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Here we are at the rest of our lives 
In California 
The sun always shines 

Cause we want to live forever 
And forever more 
Escape the stormy weather 
Cause we never have before 
While our folks at home are living with regrets 
We'll sail past the sunset 

We'll pack our bags and leave right now 
Find our way to the coast somehow 
The ghosts that haunt this town will never follow 
We'll never really have to go back 

Just sit back and wait for the show 
One look back and then let's go 
Time to turn up the radio 

So Come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Here we are at the rest of our lives 
The grass is greener on the other side 
Come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Here we are at the rest of our lives 
In California 
The sun always shines 
Shines 
Shines 

So come on stand tall put your hands up high 
Cause this is the start of the rest of our lives...

California Song

This is heartbreak 101 
Don't fly too close to the sun 
Cause if you let yourself get too high 
It'll hurt more to say goodbye 
I let myself go chasing dreams 
Couldn't let go made a scene 

I lit the fuse late the other day 
Cut a wire and thought I was safe 
Thought I could just close my eyes 
And everything would turn out fine 
The 14th day came around 
I was left breaking down 

As you walk away from my car 
I see you light up in the dark 

Oh 
I got two seconds now left to 
Go 
Cause my heart is about to 
Explode 
You were never the one 
You were my you were my 
Valentine timebomb 

So my flowers turned into ash 
As you struck another match 
Blue sky turned into grey 
I was frozen in place 
I could only watch as your fire 
Came in close and got higher 

As you wander up to the stars 
I wait for the pain to spark 

Oh 
I got two seconds now left to 
Go 
Cause my heart is about to 
Explode 
You were never the one 
You were my you were my 
Valentine timebomb 

Next February 
You won't find me anywhere 
I'm so unprepared 
My heart starts to flare 
And you're letting me know 
It's about to blow 

Oh 
I got two seconds now left to 
Go 
And my heart is about to 
Explode 
You were never the one 
You were my you were my 
You were my 

Oh 
I got two seconds now left to 
Go 
And my heart is about to 
Explode 
You were never the one 
You were my you were my 
Valentine time 
Oh you were my you were my 
Valentine timebomb

Valentine Timebomb

The lights came on in Santa Cruz 
I choked when I woke up next to you 
Yeah I got a lot to say 
And not a lot of time to say it in 
You said I should go after one night 
Head up the coast and leave you behind 
Yeah that's where my friends are going 
And they won't wait for me 

But when time stopped in the blue of your eyes 
I couldn't help but wonder why 
I always leave and I never stay 
Scared of going outta my way 
But now I got a chance so I think I should say oh 

I 
I'm better off out at sea 
I'm better off on my own 
But if you're gonna come with me 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 
I'm better off when I fall 
I hide myself behind a wall 
But now I can't let you go 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 

You said don't talk to me about love 
We had some drinks we had too much 
Yeah I swear I won't get lonely 
If you don't have space for me 
But I've been marooned like this before 
And I've found a way off the shore 
Yeah I've just sailed away 
Into a cloudy sunrise 

But when time stopped in the blue of your eyes 
I couldn't help but wonder why 
I always leave and I never stay 
But now I got a chance so I think I should say oh 

I 
I'm better off out at sea 
I'm better off on my own 
But if you're gonna come with me 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 
I'm better off when I fall 
I hide myself behind a wall 
But now I can't let you go 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 
Oh 
Oh 
(Oh) We're gonna need a bigger boat 
Oh 
Oh 
(Oh) We're gonna need a bigger boat 

I can't keep living my life 
As a shadow passing by 
Stop me fading into moonlight 

Yeah I 
I'm better off out at sea 
I'm better off on my own 
But if you're gonna come with me 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 
I'm better off when I fall 
I hide myself behind a wall 
But now I can't let you go 
We're gonna need 
Gonna need oh 

I 
I'm better off out at sea 
I'm better off on my own 
But if you're gonna come with me 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 
I'm better off when I fall 
I hide myself behind a wall 
But now I can't let you go 
We're gonna need a bigger boat 
Oh 
Oh 
(Oh) We're gonna need a bigger boat 
Oh 
Oh 
(Oh) We're gonna need a bigger boat 
We're gonna need a bigger boat

Bigger Boat

Sunday 
Never felt so slow 
When you're cruising through the air 
Over San Francisco 
I can't remember 
How we got here 
Up the bridges and hills 
Then we disappeared 

And I said hey 
Does it seem a little cloudy today? 
He said no 
It's kinda like that always 
Where I'm from 
You'll never hear your last goodbyes 
We're all out of time 

It's Sunday 
But where's the light? 
I'm pretty sure I lost something 
Close to me last night 
But all I know how to do 
Is breathe it in 
As my mind starts to freeze 
My thoughts are caving in 

And I said hey 
Does it seem a little cloudy today? 
He said no 
It's kinda like that always 
Where I'm from 
You'll never hear your last goodbyes 
We're all out of time 

Tell me something I don't know 
Give me heart and give me soul 
Cause I think I lost both 
On this uncertain road 
I didn't want to care no more 
I wanted to drown in this endless fog 
And never have to give in 
To everything 

Hey 
Does it seem a little cloudy today? 
I need something I can relate to 
Yeah I look pretty fine 
But I'm starting to break 
I can't keep living this way 

Sunday 
Never felt so slow 
When you're cruising through the air 
Over San Francisco

Sunday In San Francisco

I know I'm lost 
Lost at sea 
I know I'm far from who I need to be 
Because your waves 
Are crashing down on me 

I know that things 
Can't be the same 
And I keep clinging on to my old ways 
But all alone (oh oh) 
I start to miss your face 

You told me to let go of you 
It's not worth my time to see this through 
You make me crazy with the words you say 
I've got to escape 

Cause you dragged my heart across the floor 
Looking up always holding out for more 
And all my friends say just give up 
This is the last love stop 

There's so much hurt 
I can't forget 
I try to move and it keeps me in check 
It weighs me down (oh oh) 
Keeps me from the sunset 

Our final moments made my realise 
I let you matter too much in life 
I'm better off without your love 
I've got to rise above 

Cause you dragged my heart across the floor 
Looking up always holding out for more 
And all my friends say just give up 
This is the last love stop 
This is the last love stop 

You and I 
Were past our prime 
Long before I thought 
But that doesn't mean I'll give up easily 
I just can't leave this love stop 

Cause you dragged my heart across the floor 
Looking up always holding out for more 
And all my friends say just give up 
And you'll be better in no time at all 
Yeah all my friends say just give up 
This is the last 
This is the last 
This is the last love stop

Love Stop

I don't know how and I don't know why 
All the hope that we had ran dry 
All I know is I can't forget 
Devoted words that I left unsaid 
I wanna say I don't wish you well 
And write a song that gives you hell 
But you know I'm not that mean 
Even when I oughta be 

So is this all that we can be now? 
You're making it hard to breathe now 

She says hello with a hey hey hey 
She likes to read BuzzFeed all day 
She'll make you think it's all alright 
Before you know it she'll say goodbye 
She'll win you things on the claw machine 
Make you treat her like a queen 
But you'll only see her at night 
Oooh she's toxic moonlight 

You cut me off and changed your phone 
I sent a letter to your home 
But you'll never hear me out 
You say move on but I don't know how 
So I look through evidence 
All the pictures that we sent 
So I know it wasn't fake 
And your heart was there to break 

So is this all that we can be now? 
You're making it hard to breathe now 

She says hello with a hey hey hey 
She likes to read BuzzFeed all day 
She'll make you think it's all alright 
Before you know it she'll say goodbye 
She'll win you things on the claw machine 
Make you treat her like a queen 
But you'll only see her at night 
Oooh she's toxic moonlight 
Oooh she's toxic moonlight 

What can I do 
What can I say 
To get you back? 
I'm paralysed I lie awake 
Wondering what I did wrong 
Praying you're not really gone 

So is this all that we can be now? 
You're making it hard to breathe 

She says hello with a hey hey hey 
She likes to read BuzzFeed all day 
She'll make you think it's all alright 
Before you know it she'll say goodbye 
She'll win you things on the claw machine 
Make you treat her like a queen 
But you'll only see her at night 
Oooh she's toxic moonlight 
Oooh she's toxic moonlight 
Oooh she's toxic moonlight 

Oooh she's toxic moonlight 
You're toxic moonlight

Toxic Moonlight

Take a walk through snowy Selhurst with me 
Through the fog and dark we’ll find our dreams 
Talk about the people who mistake us 
Talk about the way we love to sing 
And talk about the things that we both know 
We said we’d never let each other go 
Tonight I’ll let the traffic guide us home 

Take a walk through snowy Selhurst with me 
Cause the bus broke down in a loveless street 
And all of the people started to fight 
But we float on by in no hurry 
And I kiss your lips just so you know 
Our hearts are never buried in the snow 
The screeching of the cars will guide us home 

Yeah yeah 
Yeah yeah 

Take a walk through snowy Selhurst with me 
God I swear I’ve never felt so free 
Even when your hand's not touching my hand 
We’re connected telepathically 
Forget about the future just for now 
Run to centre stage and take a bow 
This train is gonna take us home somehow 

And take a walk through snowy Selhurst with me 
If you were really here you’d paint a scene 
Though I’m all alone I feel this moment 
Though I’m all alone I feel you breathe 
We spend a lifetime dancing in the snow 
Through the darkness I can see you glow 
Until that aeroplane guides you home 

Yeah yeah 
Yeah yeah 

So here I lay in your gold shadow 
Feeling you so closely in my bones 
Waiting for that plane to guide you home 
Oh 
Waiting for that plane to guide you home 
Oh 
Waiting for that plane to guide you home

Snowy Selhurst

Singer/Songwriter from London. I write mainly Pop/Rock music both solo and collaboratively.

Ethan Saphra

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