George Hoffman - @georgehoffmanpiano (Piano)
Sophie Bernice  - @sbernicemusic (Vocals)

La Vie En Rose

Produced and arranged by Kyle May
Written and sung by Sophie Bernice

I am amused, 
feeling my fingertips walk 
your fingertips move through the glass, 
I’m spooked for hours by that. 

I paint me as braver 
like a real woman, a smooth operator 
to feel part of this ordeal 

I am a machine 
not a man 
I am not one to feel 
I am dead to the world and his dog 
I’m not sad, just indifferent 
am I glad? no 

creator oh creator.. 
let’s reunite if we’re good 
but I fear that my maker is gone 
cos I’m so far gone. 

Paint me a sailor, 
because I need some kind of human behaviour 
I’ve forgotten 
it’s rich flavour. 

I am a machine 
not a man 
I am not one to feel 
I am dead to the world and his dog 
I’m not sad, just indifferent 
am I glad? no 

Watching you from far behind my eyes 
I’ll come back to earth in time 
I’ll see you oh so soon 
oh to be near you 
really be there with you babe 
I’d be a fool, 
for you 

we are not machine 
we are men 
who forgot how to feel 
we’re not dead to the world nor his dog 
we’re just sad and indifferent 
is it forever? no

I Am A Machine

Lyrics:

I don't know which parts of me are real
And which parts are just a mirror to reflect what others feel
So I can be something they understand
That they want to see 
A simple sleight of hand
So that I may be
Someone they will run to

And is that something I should hang my head for?
I thought everybody did it
And there's something to be said for
Making people think I'm just like them
If that's what they need
Happy to pretend
So that they can bleed
And I'll be someone they will run to

Oh but you have thrown a spanner in the works
You're so full of pain
I'm trying to reflect you but it hurts
Now you're in my veins
And in no time
I'll look just like you
And that's when I'll find
You're exactly who you're running away from

And now I am completely made of glass
Nothing left of me
The parts that once were real are in the past
I am fragments of the ones I loved
More than I could ever matter
But I've realised far too late how quickly glass can shatter
But it doesn't really matter
How could it matter?
It's only me

Run (Demo)

I present to you another shockingly rough demo

Lyrics:
I'm sorry I made your hands shake
I'm sorry it made me smile
But you didn't leave me when I couldn't breathe
And that was a welcome surprise

I'm sorry the water's colder
After you've jumped in
I'm sorry that I never told you
How much it burns your skin

And I'll understand if you can't hold my hand
Cos you simply just don't have the time
But darling
You don't have to tell me twice

Good days and bad days and days when I'm lost
And I can be so unkind
I know you believe that I'm worth it all
But I feel I'm wasting your time

And maybe it's so that I don't have control
Over the storms in my head
But I could be trying so much harder
To get myself out of bed

My head doesn't spin and my chest doesn't twist
But some days I wish that it would
Cos these days I don't even hate myself
Enough to write anything good

And I'll understand if you don't stick around
Cos everyone goes their own way
But darling

I hope you decide to stay

Tell Me Twice (Demo)

little acts of kindness

Here We Are Again (Single)

Written by Ella Grace
Recorded at Ont' Sofa Studios
Produced and Mixed by Jason Odle
Additional Production by Scott Quinn
Copyright Ont' Sofa Records 2017

Here We Are Again

The first lemon Firebrigade Podcast featuring the best unsigned music from the North West of England.

Lemon Firebrigade Podcast "1

This song (a work in progress) was written by Piper Hayes and David Flack in a songwriting collaboration at Mulberry Street Cafe.  It was then recorded (as a work in progress) 5 days later with the Paradigm Shifters, David Flack on guitar,  Frances Locs on flute and Raphael Keelan on vocals.

I Am A Machine

Sophie Bernice

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