The Blistering - Glorious Failure
Released - 23rd February 2024

Music by Glorious Failure
Recirded by Glorious Failure and Joshua Barron
Mixed & Mastered by Glorious Failure

The Blistering

DIE - Glorious Failure
Recorded by Glorious Failure & Joshua Barron
Mixed by Sam Allan & Joshua Barron
Mastered by Sam Allan

Music & Lyrics by Glorious Failure
Recorded by Joshua Barron & Sam Allan
Mixed & Mastered by Sam Allan

Can't help but dwell on how things used to be
Never realised it was so easy
But as quick as lightning to a tree
I am living partially deceased

And now I waste such priceless energy
Mourning all my inability
Fearing being a liability
And feeding my insecurity

I know you ask in disbelief
That part of me, why did you leave?
There's probably no answer to find
But keep this in mind

If you roam in the undertow
(When it's all taken away, it's all taken away)
Don't lose yourself in the overgrowth
(It's too easy to stay, it's too easy to stay)
And I just think that you should know
(If you feel a shake, yeah if you feel a shake)
What's currently you always makes the whole
(Yeah you'll bend but not break, yeah you'll bend but not break)

You'll bend but not break
You'll bend but not break

So incomplete
Missing a beat
God hit delete

This deficiency so indiscreet
Every day feels like another defeat
Can't help but feel so obsolete
The real me consigned to history

But please believe
But please believe
You're more than you seem, yeah

All your parts that stayed
Have still got a part to play

If you roam in the undertow
(When it's all taken away, it's all taken away)
Don't lose yourself in the overgrowth
(It's too easy to stay, it's too easy to stay)
And I just think that
And I just think that you should know
What's currently you
What's currently you always makes the whole
Makes the whole

So incomplete
Missing a beat
God hit delete

So incomplete
Missing a beat
God hit delete

Parts Sold Separately

"Sad Reacts Only" by Glorious Failure.
Released 24th July 2019
Recorded by Glorious Failure
Engineered by Blair Hutcheson
Mixed & Mastered by John Harcus Audio
Artwork by Corrie Craig

This song is about the world being terrible

lyrics

Did you say something?
Sorry I was in the sunshine of my mind
Where I live through rose tinted eyes
Too naïve to just let my dreams die

I’m having a staring contest with empty space
Daydreaming of the life’s where I grew far beyond this place

Sorry for my short attention span
I’m wearing the number 10 shirt again, or maybe I’m
Playing shows arena size
With other bands songs that I wrote in another life

The only thing vibrant in this world is my headspace
And in this place
I can float forever
Yeah I’ll float forever

And in this place
My own dreamscape
I’m real forever
I’m real forever

I’m having a staring contest with empty space
Daydreaming of the life’s where I exude a warm embrace

Reality
It’s not you it’s me
I’ve handled life quite flippantly

Reality
No one said you’d be easy
And I’m definitely very lazy

Reality
I probably should engage
But I’ll dream instead
It’s more convenient to pretend

I’m having a staring contest with empty space
Daydreaming of the life’s where I grew far beyond this place
I’d also consider VR but the headset hurts my face

Sad Reacts Only

Living The Dream

"Sad Reacts Only" by Glorious Failure.
Released 24th July 2019
Recorded by Glorious Failure
Engineered by Blair Hutcheson
Mixed & Mastered by John Harcus Audio
Artwork by Corrie Craig

This song is about the world being ok

lyrics

I think we’re on the verge of something biblical
(Set course for Andromeda)
We’re about to destroy the world
Or so you’d think
Because when we get bored
The drama spreads like an angry horde

Angry, living with crossed wires
We conspire to catch fire
And exaggerate the pain
So it justifies the blame

Why do you blame all the people you see on screen?
You know it’s not their fault you life’s a tragedy
You hate your job
And your kids hate you guts
You can walk but still use a crutch

Angry, living with crossed wires
We conspire to catch fire
For a reason to complain
Sad reacts only

If you’d stop the focus on spite
You’d see the world's quite alright
But you live to spread the strife
Don’t believe the hype

Angry, living with crossed wires
We conspire to catch fire
And beg to stay alight
To give the rage the extra might
But I see, the world is not so dire
When you step out from the mire
But no-ones listening
Happiness is not that interesting

Conspire To Catch Fire

"Sad Reacts Only" by Glorious Failure.
Released 24th July 2019
Recorded by Glorious Failure
Engineered by Blair Hutcheson
Mixed & Mastered by John Harcus Audio
Artwork by Corrie Craig

This song is about not being a dick about mental health problems

lyrics

I’ve got everything together and I’m as happy as can, apparently
Nothing ever gets me down except that everyone is sad except me
And for years I’ve been telling myself the same old lines
That I can’t help you because I haven’t felt your plight
But that’s not right

(All our fears)
I’d like to think I could talk you off a ledge
(Fall on deaf ears)
But I’d just freeze and justify your dread
Just because I don't feel like you
Is no excuse to ignore the truth
So if you decide to talk I won't just listen
I'll carry you through, too

When you feel your soul wavering
Your mind bouncing like on a trampoline
Talk and we’ll speak the language of remedy
It’ll take time but we’ll figure out the secret tongues

I am one of the lucky ones who has love in spades
But I’ve been saving it for when it’s too late

(I’ve) been shutting the door like you’re a Jehovah’s Witness
(I’ve) been treating sadness like it’s an inconvenience
(I’m) peeling myself from my ignorance and finding new bliss
(I’m) trying to make us feel alive

When you feel your soul wavering
Your mind bouncing like on a trampoline
Talk and we’ll speak the language of remedy
It’ll take time but we’ll figure out the secret tongues

Trampoline

"Sad Reacts Only" by Glorious Failure.
Released 24th July 2019
Recorded by Glorious Failure
Engineered by Blair Hutcheson
Mixed & Mastered by John Harcus Audio
Artwork by Corrie Craig

This song is about your band and how much it sucks

lyrics

(Check out my band!)
We’ve got a really sick announcement at 8
(Check out my band!)
Our new single has a guest spot from my mate
(Check out my band!)
We’ve got this new lighting rig, it’s really sweet
(Check out my band!)
We replaced all the vowels in our name with V’s

Come to our next gig
I can get you in cheap
We’re opening so get down early
We're on at half past 3

Why’s there only 6
People came to see
The event said 53
(Facebook lied to me)
Where’s our guarantee
The promoter can’t be seen
Guess we’re not eating
(No more meals this week)

The lifespan of a band is too short
But even then it’s long
Why do we always play to no-one
Just gotta keep it strong

People at the back, come forward, lets go!

(Networking)
Hey cool set dude, thanks you guys were sick too
(Networking)
Why’s there 6 bands when there’s a 10pm curfew?
(Networking)
They headlining band said they liked out set
Said they’d mention us to their label rep

The lifespan of a band is too short
But even then it’s long
We’re not here for fame, we just wanna play songs
What are we doing wrong?

Cool Set Dude

Cool Set, Dude

"Sad Reacts Only" by Glorious Failure.
Released 24th July 2019
Recorded by Glorious Failure
Engineered by Blair Hutcheson
Mixed & Mastered by John Harcus Audio
Artwork by Corrie Craig

This song is about being lazy and sad

lyrics

On one hand, get up and join the fray
On the other, sleep all though the day
What a wonderful day to stay inside
And admire the inside of my eyes
I’d get up and own my responsibility
But I can’t seem to move, I guess I blame gravity

And I know
It’s hard to change
So I’ll grow in the shade
And hope my petals bloom

I’d get up and go, gather my remaining energy
But it’s hard to roam when your roots are stuck firmly
Clock hands spin round
They’re the only thing that's moving in this room
And the time's always quarter to gloom

And I’ll reap
What I sow
Which is zero
But climbing (is a drain)
And falling (is nothing)
So I guess (I’m earthbound)
Always going down, down, down

And I know
Somethings got to change
Can’t grow in the shade
But I can’t elevate from this state, I’m doomed to stagnate

I’d get up and go, gather my remaining energy
But it’s hard to roam when your roots are stuck firmly
Clock hands spin round
They’re the only thing that's moving in this room
And the time's always quarter to gloom

Blending in with the background noises
They don't forget their voices
And yet I’m so remorseless
(I'm not feeling anything)
Is this all completely hopeless?
Surely every day can’t be like this?
Even with my eyes closed it’s tunnel vision of the abyss

But a day will come, and it will be
The day that lifts the clouds on my self-hating fantasy

I’ll show my might, crush my plight
Nothing will stand in my way
But all this excitement’s worn me out, maybe another day

Sa Reacts Only

Grow In The Shad

Grow In The Shade

"Sad Reacts Only" by Glorious Failure.
Released 24th July 2019
Recorded by Glorious Failure
Engineered by Blair Hutcheson
Mixed & Mastered by John Harcus Audio
Artwork by Corrie Craig

This song is about when you're in work and it's sunny as fuck outside so you want pints but can't

lyrics

(Wake!)
It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining; birds are singing, flowers springing
(Scorch!)
The heat bursts through the window
Temperatures are soaring
Through the high 40s
And my first thought is
Fucking kill me

(I’m off to work)
Bid cans with the lads adieu
(I’m out of luck)
Life is déjà vu
(I suck)
And the worst part is that I
I’m probably just like you

(I’m off to work)
Room with a view
(I’m out of luck)
Of clear skies that bring the blues
(I suck)
And the worst part is that I
I’m probably just like you

Scorch

Punishing pop punk from the West of Scotland