Experimental

S.A.D. by Nigel Mines produced by Samuel Franklin Reynolds, Jr.

Collaboration with http://soundcloud.com/tambay on my old original track:
http://soundcloud.com/nigel-mines/in-silence-no-no-no-no-no/

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) - Tambay Collaboration

Crazy. I'm not crazy
About maybe, oh but lately
Things have been crazy, I'm in a daydream
I thought you'd hate me, turns out you saved me

And I was just thinking aloud
and I would not leave you to doubt
That I'm not bailing out

Think. I'm not thinking
Do something, (do something), just do something
To keep me from drowning, keep me from sinking
'Cos I'm in a tailspin, crashing and burning

And I was just thinking aloud
and I would not leave you to doubt
That I'm not bailing out

In, out, in, out, in, out, in, out

After all the years of waiting I decided
It was time that I need to decide if I am

In, out, in, out, in, out, in, out

Crazy (In:out) demo - 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

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

For the benefit of anyone who follows me but not the talented Literate Wolves, here is a copy of the recent collaboration between him and me. For the version uploaded by LW himself, with comments etc, see here:
http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves/love-song-for-a-dying-planet-green-blue-nigel-mines-pawed-at-by-literate-wolves
Based on an original song by me (also available for your listening pleasure on here under my name), the much improved version herewith features suitably dark and mysterious noises and voices provided by the LW. Please leave feedback and constructive criticism, as this is a work in progress and we would value any input for improvements

Love Song For A Dying Planet (Green & Blue) - with Literate Wolves

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

2nd collaboration with the talented Mr Wolf (http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves)

This is a copy of the original uploaded by the wolf which can be found (along with comments) here:
http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves/sail-on-by-nigel-mines-literate-wolves-bring-the-storm-1


Sail On (with Literate Wolves)

All hope for humanity rests on the success of this mission. Could this be his greatest ever adventure?
Or does he have his own agenda? Will he return a hero? Will he return at all?

Land On Mars

High on the top of a white stick, a rocket
Sitting on a bomb
Counting down, engines on
Hear the sound of cheering as I leave gravity far behind
Deep into space with a smile on my face
I'm feeling all the weight slowly lift
From my bones as a drift
Through emptiness and leave gravity far behind
And if I make it into space
I might not tire of this place
And if I land on Mars
I just might not come back
Here in the black with my life on my back
I'm feeling like it hangs from a thread
Cut the cords now I'm dead
I'm drifting out to see galaxies in my mind
And if I make it into space...
We’re breaking up
We’re breaking u..u..u..p……
This is all I dreamed of for all my life it seems
Fading into black only you can bring me back
And if I make it into space
I might not tire of this place
And if I land on Mars
I just might not come back


Land On Mars (If I make it into space) - Nigel Mines

Ok, it's ALL YOUR FAULT. You suggested I added more stuff so I did. I never claimed to be a multi-instrumentalist! Electric guitars are a bit old skool but best I could do under the circumstances (these being a lack of ability/skill).

Added bass and vocal harmonies.

Tell me if it's sh*t

**New version uploaded with harmonies on first chorus**


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