"Transfixing and very beautiful" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales, 30/05/2016 

So I wanted to try something a little different for this one, I was really into The 1975 and Melanie Martinez at the time of writing/recording so I got a lot of influence from that. Also I was having a really bad period of not being able to get to sleep. I actually wrote a lot of the lyrics whilst in the shower one morning. 
I recorded this with James over Christmas which he helped me so much with, he's been super busy so he hasn't been able to mix it until now but I'm so happy with it. Thanks James.
Lyrics:
I feel a rumble as we struggle with the hard shoulder
My head is on the dash and i think we're rolling over 
To the other side of my bed, 
There's a headlight in my eyes, can't get you out of my head

Oh, that pillow saved my life in time for one more restless night
I hope she'll catch me every time.

Spring into action as we fall into airbags
Suspended in motion, moving thoughts of all we have
Alack of all emotions taken by my slow erosion 
Colliding with decisions which we have no control in

Oh, that pillow saved my life in time for one more restless night
I hope she'll catch me every time.

Sirens, oh my ears ring, I feel numb 'cause I'm not sleeping
Insomnia ain't a bitch, she's just a girl that i've been seeing
She says she has big dreams for us, I can't recall the meaning
Underneath my eyelids it brighter than the darkness I am seeking

Oh, that pillow saved my life in time for one more restless night
I think she'll catch me every time.   

She says the she looks after me and I've started believing
'Cause my not-so-conscious conscience constantly keeps my lungs breathing
But as I rest my head I notice we are dripping, bleeding   
Something tells me I was at the wheel and now I'm on the ceiling

Oh, that pillow saved my life in time for one more restless night
I know she'll catch me every time. 
Oh, that pillow saved my life in time for one more restless night

I guess that corner caught me by surprise.

Insomnia

Second track on the EP, major influence from Alice in Wonderland while writing this track.

Lyrics:
Looking pretty, feeling young
Searching for something to slip under her tongue
Keeping a tab on the scars that she’s got
She’s going on a journey; oh she’ll be seeing stars

After this, she should think nothing of
Falling down the stairs because she’s tripped enough
I think it’s kinda like, it’s like her kryptonite
And nothing quite compares to what she sees at night

Her world could be a wonderland
It’s as crazy as it seems but it’s all she has   

Spinning and swirling
Her mind is twisted and twirling
But nothing is real
So she keeps on moving
No matter how gone, 
Freedom is where she belongs
She put the key in the lock
And she opened the doors

Her world could be a wonderland
It’s as crazy as it seems but it’s all she has   
Her world could be a wonderland
It’s as crazy as it seems but it’s all she has 
It’s all she has

It would be nice for things to make sense, for a change

Her liquid lover
Spread across the sheets
Of a pull-apart bed
On which she feels safe   


Lucid Lucy

Final track on the EP, influenced by memories and stories from summers in an attempt to write something positive.

Lyrics:
Drive 
Drive along
Driving with my friend in his Audi a1
Around tight bends on country roads

Roll 
In the summer sun
Open windows until the smoke is gone
With spirits high, am I on your mind?

A bonfire and a fifteen crate
Pretty little snowflakes on my pallet
Chewing gum and eyes dilate
You and me falling off the planet

Smoke 
In their lungs
Pretty boys with clouds rolling off their 
Tongues

You
And I alone
Staring at your lips telling me that you’re glad you’ve come
But I was hoping for a little more
But I was hoping for a little more

A bonfire and a fifteen crate
Pretty little snowflakes on my pallet
Chewing gum and eyes dilate
You and me falling off the planet

A bonfire and a fifteen crate
Pretty little snowflakes on my pallet
Chewing gum and eyes dilate
You and me in a fucked up state

If the universe were to implode
You’d still have my hand to hold
And if it collapsed in your mind
In my arms you could hide


Wide Smiles

After 'Insomnia' was played by Adam Walton on BBC Wales, James decided to  update the mix which fitted well with the rest of the Characters EP. Massive thanks to him because I think this mix sounds fucking awesome.  

Characters EP

Insomnia - 2016 Version

FIND THE ANIMATED COVER AT: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzHbFy7sQU 

Artwork By Aislinn Mooney (insta @aislinnxx)
Production, Recording and Mixing by James Burton (insta @jamesburton313) at Hoffen Productions (https://www.facebook.com/hoffenproductions/ or insta @hoffen_productions) 
Composed by Mark Morrison

LINKS

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Twitter: @MarkMorrisonUk

LYRICS:
The sun sets over untracked landscapes
The night has come to end the day
The ego shifts towards decay
From where it hides behind my face
And all we know in this vast place
Is an electric planet of unknown turrain
And as our minds they start to fade
An electric planet comes out to play

Hold on tight we're sailing on
Just enough momentum to cease the dawn
Lay with me upon the lawn
And take a dip into the pond

Watch the sky multiply and fade
Share the bubble with those most astray
Take a walk on the other plane
And take a leap of faith a leap of faith

Too far to see beyond
The chill's just a warning of what's to come
I can see the colours after the fog 
I've never known such weather to strike me with awe

Hold on.

Hold On

Hold On (Sunsets Over Velodrome)

This songs been a long time coming. I was really wanting to make some heavier music and I'm really proud of how it came out. Massive thanks to James Burton and James Wrigley of Hoffen Productions for making it sound the way it does. They wrote all the lead guitar lines, the drums and the bass, along with all the mixing and production, would not be the same without them.

This was inspired by one of my favourite bands Arcane Roots, their melodic prog sound is just amazing.  There's definitely some BMTH influence in there too.

I hope you guys enjoy.

Lyrics:
I miss you
But it's a dull aching boredom I would not issue
To anyone, are you listening?
Over there the grass is glistening
And the flowers bloom is spades

And I am planted in the soil
Over years the roots have coiled
Up my legs and now they cover my face
But I still make out your shape 
And your lips, how they taste
As I long for you from across the way.

Are we really, are we really alone?
Would you tell me? Please tell me let me know.

And I want you
And I need you
You're a bible, I'm a Shepard of faith
But I'm here with no trace
And the aching it stays
As I scribble my guts onto the page.

We can share a mattress on the floor if you like
Spend our nights under an attic sky light.

And I still make out your shape 
And your lips how they taste
As I long for you
From across the way.

From Across The Way

Psychology student from Bucks

"Transfixing and very beautiful" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales, 30/05/2016 [Insomnia]

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