It’s no good pretending
Denying
He almost crushed your soul
With the weight of his wise wise words

Just go on believing
You’re happy
He didn’t cling to you
Like the smoke on his old clothes

Like a wind-up toy
Dead in bed and sick with the grief
All joy stolen by a ruthless thief

Just half a person fading thin air
Late in the night
Late at night when sleep suggested

She stays up through the darkness
With Angels
Waiting in her mind 

Like a wind-up toy
Dead in bed and sick with the grief
All joy stolen by a ruthless thief

Just half a person fading thin air
Late in the night
Late at night when sleep suggested

See the fire that is in her eyes
In her eyes
When the demons left her terrified
Terrified

Harsh words result
From lack of intent
What’s wrong with you tonight?

Just half a person fading thin air
Late in the night
Late at night when sleep suggested

Wind-up Toy

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Play-listed on BBC6 Music (“Carjacked Onesie” & “Brave Jamel”) & BBC Tees (>15 songs).

Most of my tracks are free to download. Please leave me any comment or criticism you want - these mean a lot to me as its the only way for me to improve.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and I wish you all the very best in your own music creation and listening. Please get in touch if you would like any track as a wav or mp3 backing track (without vocals etc).

With her unique lyrical style Jay explores themes of love and belonging in her music, writing each song as though it is a scene in a movie. 

Jay had her first radio play in 2018 when Bob Fischer played her on BBC Radio Tees. With repeated support from local radio, this spurred her to develop as an artist and challenge herself in her songwriting. She went on to have tracks played on BBC 6 Music. Called 'genre-defying' by Tom Robinson, Jay is a Sage Summer Studios alumni and an awardee of the Do It Differently Fund through Help Musicians (2021)

Wind-up Toy

Greg Atkinson