Have you ever thought about the last time?
The winding streams with tall trees and valleys
Yes I understand that you’re different
In how we mix and pay our rents

Where did these days ever go?
Where did they go?
And where did these aches come from?
You're so close and yet so far

Now all we have is this mere divide
That seems bigger than ever
I want to cross but I cant think of a way
Without it being too forced

Where did these days ever go?
Where did they go?
And where did these aches come from?
You're so close and yet so far

Those Days

Nip tuck, all lines corrupt for sure
The seeds are sown with the finest kind of wine
More fortune in due time

Nip tuck, the mind corrupt, lucked up 
The stage was took and the world is at its knees
Feelings after please

The pawns, for sure
Will force this to collapse
And fall into the sea
But that’s a story for another time

Hold on not done, what control
Indecision quickly falls deep to tragedy  
Tragically not free 

Night on a street with no name
Lying faces on the same little grave
And someone to blame

The pawns, for sure
Will force this to collapse
And fall into the sea
But that’s a story for another time
   
Nip tuck, history repeats itself
Repetition brings solid ideologies 
At least for these

Nip tuck, all lines corrupt for sure
The seeds are sown with the finest kind of wine
More fortune in due time

Nip Tuck

The doom bell rattled on this sultry day
It was so strange, and calming, and not quite right
I looked to the skies in a different way
I missed the sad, alarming, its almost strange
 
And in this neverland, you may reach
I hope your hole will mend, and be complete
And I’ll keep walking this forsaken road 
Until my own bell rings and I then erode 

I hope it’s not ruined by the any sleet     
And all the jokes, the hoax of all life’s deceit 
And all the merriment of this life weeps
All on it’s own, and cold and, feeling weak

I wish that you could come over here
I wish that this day was less weird

The doom bell rattled on this sultry day
It was so strange, and calming, and overly coy
I looked to the skies in a different way
I missed the sad, alarming, its almost strange

And in this neverland, you may reach
I hope your hole will mend, and be complete
And I’ll keep walking this forsaken road
Until my own bell rings and I then erode 

And on this somber note, might I just add
Your light was great, top rate, and just pretty rad
The world might just have gone a bit more grey
But then I know one day that I'll be OK

I wish that you could come over here
I wish that this day was less weird

Eulogy

Iron rat has a social rut
He seems to think he can chat shit and he won't get hit
Masquerades with his clumsy foot
Iron mind brings an iron curtain on his eyes

Lying girl has some social hurls
She sleeps soundly knowing the gospel is her word
And human flaws make no common sense
No honour she's a Madonna don't bother

Two thirds of a single man
And Two Thirds of one woman
Two Thirds of a man and woman, they don't quite make Two wholes

Rich schisms from vicious bitching
They form a pandemonium of boring moaning
Like nuclear fission they drive division
From all those who don't match their wishing

Sick children that seem vicious 
Automatic, dramatic and just autocratic
More faces than a single die
Her hips don't lie but her mouth does and that won't fly

Two thirds of a single man
And Two Thirds of one woman
Two Thirds of a man and woman, they don't quite make Two wholes

Fortune ain't with them, more torches 
Don't go near them or their fortress
She'll mess you up, she's a sorceress
He'll cut you up with his cutlass
Far more evil than a caucus
Their cold shoulders worse than torture
Befriending them is a blunder
You'll wonder where the smiles went

Two thirds of a single man
And Two Thirds of one woman
Two Thirds of a man and woman, they don't quite make Two wholes

Two Thirds (Demo)

Written and performed by Luke Halstead
Recorded by Oliver McKiernan
Mixed by Guy Matthews

All emancipation
All across this ocean shore
I screamed at nothing
And the world shook to its core

This brazen indecision had taken it too far
The overall conclusion: I've really lowered the bar
The ocean currents churning and I feel myself start to spin
This world just seemed so gruelling and I just couldn’t win

And it’s the same
You’ll never make a gain
Yeah it’s the same
You’re just plugging the drain

My new revelation
Has been stilted by my fear
With lack for elaboration
Its dooms anyone near

Mouth to mouth ain’t haunting
But mind to mind is harsh
I felt a calling
As opinions were too sparse

This brazen indecision had taken it too far
The overall conclusion: I've really lowered the bar
The ocean currents churning and I feel myself start to spin
This world just seemed so gruelling and I just couldn’t win

And it’s the same
You’ll never make a gain
Yeah it’s the same
You’re just plugging the drain

There is another station
With which I have to cross
Looking for resolution
Or a bering of this loss

This brazen indecision had taken it too far
The overall conclusion: I've really lowered the bar
The ocean currents churning and I feel myself start to spin
This world just seemed so gruelling and I just couldn’t win

And it’s the same
You’ll never make a gain
Yeah it’s the same
You’re just plugging the drain

Poseidon (Demo)

You waited on me, now I wait on you
Colours drained, and I'm tired
I had use, purpose it was warming, but when you called I was not responding
I can see it in your eyes our nights have changed, there's no want from you

I should've seen this, why can't I keep this?
I let a snake take the apple from my eye

You waited on me, now I wait on you
I'm always here, no less for you
Sorry I can't be a man for you, those many times I could've shot for you 
And now I'm here in my room wondering what to do. The ceilings blank

I should've seen this, why can't I keep this?
I let a snake take the apple from my eye

You waited on me
Why couldn't I?

You Waited on Me, Now I Wait on You (Live Demo)

Conversations with a theme
Another day, another dream
The world is not over for at least a week

Romeo aint got no game
His fat words all stay the same
He gives us nothing but the berries and the cream

There she goes to make a scene
Addicted to feeling free
And I'm addicted to the way she stares at me

All the courts are turning green
With reservations never seen
And the ball had never reached the other court

What I'd say to you
Is you got me feeling true
So just take the story now
'Cause nothing left to fear

Holy wars have common flaws
Rage agents with no cause 
But the man who reads your morning news

4 hells we'll never change
The chains will always stay
And still addicted to the berries and the cream

What I'd say to you
Is you got me feeling true
So just take the story now
'Cause nothing left to fear 

I saw that your world is fleeting
So I’d like to be safe in the vague
I saw in your eyes it was bleeding
And I saw it was never to change

Don't fade away 'cause I love you
And I hope that you feel the same way
I find it hard enough to just hold you
And my feelings on that will never change

Berries & Cream

Wiley eyes, forever in distrust
As everything nice, turns to dust
And shadows get longer, longer than the night
Our actions get darker, when the grip is too tight

Closer and closer
Coming closer to you
And closer to your home

Beatniks get broken, broken into groove
Nothing but tokens, tokens all to loose
Nothing but strangers, who are twisting the knife
Warned of the dangers, but not ones of this life

Closer and closer
Coming closer to you
And closer to your home

What is it darling? Did you wake up crying again?
What is it saying? Are the signs getting you down?
What are you thinking? Will you take a swing or bow?
Aren't you amazing? The way you bite right there and then?

Closer to your home

Closer and closer
Coming closer to you
And closer to your home

Closer to You (Demo)

Written, performed and mixed by Luke Halstead

My lover, my dear Francesca 
This love was meant forever
But you drowned in polyester
Yeah you drowned in polyester 

The calling, they said whatever
Not until we're gone forever
They'll drown in the polyester
They'll drown in the polyester

Disaster on the TV
Turn it off and then you'll be free
You'll still drown in polyester 
You'll still drown in polyester

Stop turning, they want you spinning
Dishonour and endless winning
Forlorn in the polyester 
Forlorn in the polyester

More polyester

Polyester (Demo)

Written, performed and mixed by Luke Halstead

Lavender eyelids, but a frozen face
Can’t win the race, can’t take the pace
Despite the eyes, they see the prize
Banish the rest to the deep at best
Life like song, and none do dwell
Best for worst and worst for best
A brand-new world; a handsome gest
Deep inside we take back time

I pray, “Yield a classic story,
With an opening hell and a foretold glory.
Where the chosen kings and their hands so cold
That they’ll crush us all with a move so bold.”

And as he walks up to the deer, he sees another storm roll in.
Jack knife out, he climbs right in and waits for it all to come.


Luke Halstead

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