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Rather than spending ages getting songs into some sort of shape I have started experimenting with getting ideas recorded in demo form for comment. Not a new idea I know, but for me it's quite a big thing. I am perfectionist and I don't find it easy to 'let go' of something when it's not how I want it to be, but I think it's the only way. Hope you find something of interest. always up for collaborations if anyone thinks they can take a track to the next stage....

Demo Songs

Work In Progress

Old Stuff - must redo

Oldish song, sang it on FromeFM at the weekend, decided to do a quick'n'dirty lo-fi recording of it.

Boolean Rhapsody - Nigel Mines

Old song, never recorded, until now. Not brilliant, just quick and dirty, lo-fi. 


Dead and down the drain
Run my dreams washed down by rain
I pray for the sun
But the forecast stays the same…

Any fool can see
What a fool you made of me.
I reached for the sky
For a hand to rescue me
It's a waste of time

It’s already too late	
They’re all ready to take control
It’s all out of my hands
I’ll just sit here and wait
My fate

We all need a crutch
We all need someone to touch
And the hands that feed
Are the ones we need so much

My love don't speak its name
It just hangs its head in shame
And fair-weather friends
Write me postcards from the plane
They don't waste no time

It’s already too late
They’re all ready to take control
It’s all out of my hands
I’ll just sit here and wait
My fate

And it’s too late to help me now
Yes it’s too late, it’s too late
I’ll just sit here alone and wait
Cos it’s my fate, it’s my fate

Dead and down the drain
Run my dreams washed down by rain


Dead And Down The Drain **DEMO** - Nigel Mines

Hunting (on my knees) - Nigel Mines

Home To Me - Nigel Mines

This song is inspired by the Stop the Traffik charity, working to try to stop people trafficking and help the victims of this activity across the world.
http://www.stopthetraffik.org/default.aspx

Slow Blinking Light (Stopping Distance)

Is 75 feet enough?
Is 75 feet enough?
75 feet at 30 miles an hour
Is a thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet of train track
A thousand feet to impact
It’s coming through the tunnel and it’s not goanna stop

Enough is enough
If we don’t stop now, how we ever goanna stop?

Does anybody care?
Is anybody there?
They promised me the world then tied me to a chair

It’s 30 dollars and up
30 dollars and up
30 for a daughter
30 for a son
They're waiting in the car with the engine started up

Enough is enough
If we don’t stop now, how we ever goanna stop?

Enough is enough
Enough is enough
Enough is enough
When there’s nowhere to hide
And there’s nowhere to run
And that slow blinking light is my only sun

Is 75 feet enough?
Is 75 feet enough?
75 feet at 30 miles an hour
Is a thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet of train track
A thousand feet to impact
It’s coming through the tunnel and it’s not goanna stop


Stopping Distance (Slow Blinking Light) **DEMO**  - Nigel Mines

Angry Man

I tried to stay afloat
And steer my boat
Through rain and thunder
But now my ship is scuppered
Belly up
And going under

That’s why I’m sitting alone in a crowded room
That’s why I’ve waited so long but it came too soon
Another brick in the wall of his master plan
Another day in the life of an angry man

My engine seizes up
Propeller stuck
And losing power
All I can do is wait
Anticipate my final hour

That’s why I’m sitting alone in a crowded room
That’s why I’ve waited so long but it came too soon
Another brick in the wall of his master plan
Another day in the life of an angry man


Angry Man **Demo** - Nigel Mines

Crumble

Something died, something good
Deep inside understood
We couldn’t save it if we tried

Is it a sin, is it bad?
We didn't care for what we had
Too busy chasing what we couldn't have

And down in your soul
When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away.

Don't say a word, just be still
Don't make a mountain of this hill
Don't suck the sweet taste off this bitter pill

And down in your soul
When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away.

The colours in my mind all fade to black and white
You make my strings unwind to find my way back home
When all the words have flown
I don’t know where to start
My head says ‘Let it end’
My heart says ‘Start again’

When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away 
Down in your soul
When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away.


Crumble - Nigel Mines

Demo, just me and a guitar and some layered backing vocals.


I Need It So Much

What the eye don’t see the heart don’t dream about
What you do to me got me craving like a schoolboy fantasy and

I gotta have it, I gotta have it now
I gotta have it, I gotta have it now

You always wrap it up when I want to wear it home
About given up ‘cause you like to keep me waiting for so long and

I gotta have it, I gotta have it now
I gotta have it, I gotta have it now

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta have it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta have it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta have it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I need it so much
I need it so much
I need it so much
I need it so much


I Need It (So Much)

Wrote this after spending two weeks at my dad's bedside. We eventually switched off his life support machine. This is for dad.


Leave the Machine (Anxiety)

If I could rely on your help in my trial
Don’t leave me on my own please

It’s beeping, I’m sleeping. It keeps me from dreaming
Your secrets are safe with me

Don’t crowd me please
I find it hard to breath
With the weight of your anxiety


Don’t crowd me please
I find it hard to breath
With the weight of your anxiety

This iron lung which makes me breath
Keeps me under
A better place there has to be
But you’re too blind to see

Slow breathing, slow bleeding
No walls and no ceiling
I’m leaving, don’t keep me here

Don’t help me please
I’ll find it hard to leave…
…the machine…
…the machine…
…the machine…


Leave the Machine

To the bad people. You know who you are...


All That You Wanted

Was all that you wanted all that you got?
And all that you dreamed of, when you add it all up?
Was all I remember all you forgot?

And all that you left me: a blessing or curse?
I carry it with me for better or worse
Is my glass half empty or half full of nothing at all?

You took what you wanted when my back was turned
A lesson you taught me that I never learned
You filled me with hatred before I could turn

To see your face, I wish I could see your face
I wish I could see your face, I wish I could see your face
Hiding in the darkness, closing doors behind me
Coming out of nowhere, coming to remind me
Coming up behind me, coming deep inside me
Hoping that you’ll find me a place in your heart

I didn’t get what I wanted; I got what I earned
I’m so disappointed, my bridges all burned
I’m done with the hatred; now I can turn

To see your face, now I can see your face
Now I can see your face, now I can see your face 
Hiding in the darkness, closing doors behind you
Coming out of nowhere, coming to remind you
Coming up behind you, I’m so glad I’ve found you
Reaching deep inside you and tear out your heart

Was all that you wanted all that you got?
And all that you dreamed of when you add it all up?


All That You Wanted

Recorded a few years ago in very poor conditions. Really must redo....


Painkillergun

Their faces crowd around me
They’ve only come to stare
They try to understand me
They talk like I’m not really there

No time for indecision
No time for schemes and plans
It’s just a small incision
I know my life is in your hands

When will this pain ever go, now that you’re gone?
Why did this painkiller gun only make things worse?
The bullet lodged in my brain, the one with your name.
And when they open me up you’ll be there

Your promise sounded hollow
I saw it in your eyes
But I was bound to follow
And what I found was no surprise

You said that pain never comes if you believe
That with your painkiller gun I would be free to choose
But the bullet lodged in my brain, the one with your name.
And when they open me up you’ll be there

Like a hole in my head, like a dirty stain from the words that you said
I can scrape my brain ‘til the blood runs red but you’ll still remain
Like a hole in my head, in my head

You said that pain never comes if you believe
That with your painkiller gun I will be free at last
And when they open me up I will be free at last
And when they open me up I will be free at last


Painkiller Gun - Nigel Mines

Really old song - one of the first I ever wrote :)
 

You come to me when I sleep and touch me there
You dance across my grave of past regrets
Always aware that your footsteps
Are almost too much for me to bear

Our gazes meet across a room and then it flows
Saying words we dare not speak, forbidden love
That never shows its face above the parapet
I hide behind and hope that no-one knows

And it shows in the pain that I cannot hide
And it shows in a heart ripped open wide
Yes it shows in a lifetime of misery when you're not by my side
Yes it shows in a lifetime of misery when you're not by my side

How much time do I have to wait?
Until it takes away the pain
You tried to mend my broken heart
Before you ripped it all apart again

And it shows in the pain that I cannot hide
And it shows in a heart ripped open wide
Yes it shows in a lifetime of misery when you're not by my side
In a lifetime of misery when you're not by my side
In a lifetime of misery when you're not by my side
In a lifetime of misery when you're not by my side


It Shows - Nigel Mines

Another golden oldie, when darkness was but a black seed in my soul...
 
In Silence
 
I could not have shouted
Louder than the things I did
All you did was nothing
To ease my pain and suffering

In silence
Silence

Friends may try to comfort you
Some may break your heart in two
It’s a shame that you should bring
All this pain and suffering

In silence
Silence

And you tear down the walls
Just to find there are more
And the mines in my heart
They just tear me apart

Clouds roll by and hide the sun
Angels fly when darkness comes
At the end of everything
All my pain and suffering

In silence
Silence

And you tear down the walls
Just to find there are more
And the mines in my heart
They just tear me apart

No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, noooo….


In Silence (No No No No No) **Original**

OK, more from the archive, this was very much a work in progress, bit different to other stuff. Would love to reprise this. I think this was in my Kid A period???

Tannoy - Nigel Mines

Electricity Flows - Nigel Mines

Singer/Songwriter based near Bath, UK.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Looking for opportunities to play live, and collaborators/fellow musicians who want to join me on my journey&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you like what you hear then become a fan and tell the world!