Fish Shoots Man - One of the Many Incredible Stories

Fish Shoots Man combine catchy melodies with a lush 80s-vibe guitar-based soundscape. Formed in The Lake District way back in 1982, Paul Byrne & Robin Bevan wrote and performed together in Cumbria and Oxford until 1987 - the year that Rose Paulin (now on backing vocals) was born! The strong Cure/Cocteau Twins/Prefab Sprout/Bauhaus influence is never very far away!

One of the many incredible stories

Pass The Time, Dear

Her Story (Director's Cut)

Massacre (Kyiv Chorus)

A Fear of Dreams

A Fear Of Dreams

Mother of Pearl

Reconciled

Knowing When To Smile

Pink

Just Looking

Throwback

Let Us Destroy

The Nameless Girl

Playground

Just Too Far

Why don't you talk to me
The way you used to: straight from your very heart?
Mother of pearl, it hurts to mention the absence of your touch
Mother of pearl, I'm too cold to question to whom you give your love

You're too cool for your own damn good
When did that happen?
And why wasn't I there?

Mother of pearl, I'm too scared to mention 
The fire that hides within my dimension

Why can't you hold me?
If only you could hold me
Why won't you hold me?

We all know what it takes to make a man of the child within
(Chorus: he must die)
The child in me must remain with me 'til the end of our days

Can you blame me?
Why do you blame me?
Please tell me why you blame me

No, no, mother
No, no, no
No, no, no

Does this mean I have failed you, oh my mother of pearl?
Why don't we know what happened to that funny little girl?
In this kind of song they always say, "whatever happened to our love?"
(Chorus: I think we know)
Is age a terminal illness, oh my mother of pearl?

Mother of Pearl (Child Within Mix)

Believe all the things I tell you
For this is how I feel
And here we are
And there you are

We just go too far

Holding on when it hurts to
And I know when it's wrong
But here we are
And you touch the stars

I could hold on forever
I could hold on forever

But nothing lasts that long
No, nothing lasts that long

Just Too Far (Touch The Sky Mix)

Just Looking (Pretend Mix)

And when the night comes
That's where you'll find me
(In the dark)
Though you laugh now
Wait a while
A sound from the darkness is all you will hear
(All you hear)
Let me find you
Let me draw near
(Draw near)

CHORUS:
And when the dawn takes me away
I am your dream
Just a dream
And when the dawn takes me away
You are my child
Let us destroy

And tomorrow you may curse the thought
(Curse the thought)
For, well you know,
Nobody cares
You let me find you
And in the dark
(In the dark)
We became one
Let us destroy

REPEAT CHORUS

Let us destroy

Let Us Destroy (Nosferatu Choir Mix)

The nameless girl is far away
I couldn't be with her today
Nor for another million years
She changed my life with her lies
And through the pain she gave
She taught me to trust no-one

I remember the warmth of summer
The patterns in the sky
I remember the sound of laughter 
As she looked into my eyes
For a moment too long
Look into my eyes
Let me write this song for you

Did you know that I loved you?
I held you in my heart
You know I never loved you
Because if you'd wanted me at all
I'd be with you tonight

I'd be with you tonight

The Nameless Girl (Patterns In The Sky Mix)

I took a walk in the mornin'
I took a walk - who was I foolin'?
I just couldn't believe that you'd be false to me
I just couldn't believe that you'd be lost to me

And all the time I'm thinkin'
And all the time I'm sinkin'

I hold some flowers - they're like a warnin'
But in my hands they look quite a-paulin!
My reconciliation fails
My reconciliation sails away from me

And all the time I'm thinkin'
And all the time I'm sinkin'
All the time I'm just talkin'

Now I look back as if I'm dreamin'
And I look on and I start believin'
My reconciliation failed
My reconciliation takes me away from you

And all the time I'm thinkin'
And all the time I'm sinkin'
All the time I'm just talkin'

Reconciled (Top Of The Morning Mix)

Fish Shoots Man - a school/uni band from Cumbria’s Lake District that created an edgy, guitar-led soundscape in the mid 1980s recording again in the 2020s. The Cure, Prefab Sprout, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins vibe is never far away!