A Shark Attack at Christmas

Hey
Do you recall
When a shark attack at Christmas
Was the saddest thing you’d ever heard?
Now I have to ask
If a shark attack at Christmas
Would even make the papers?

We are lost and lonely
Stroke my hair
Wrap your arms around me.
We are tyrant cells
In our private hells 
So don’t ever let me go.

Hey 
Are you nostalgic for
That shark attack at Christmas
And people over business?

There’s a world around you
Look around
I’m surprised I found you.
Now it feels too late
Don’t succumb to hate
Never desecrate your love.

There’s a light that guides you
Don’t look now
But that same light blinds you.
Turn your gaze inside 
If only to hide
From the hurt the heart won’t see.

I wake up from dreaming
Wide wake as the world dies screaming.
If I’ve learned at all
It’s that ideas fall
But the love rolls on and on.

THE SCREAMING

A Shark Attack At Christmas

(trees refusing to touch)

Elephants in Michigan

He puts on his cap
He picks up his gun
He walks to his truck –
He never runs.
He’s been out of the service
Longer than he was in
He wears a rebel flag
Over his chins.

And it’s a beautiful morning in America
And his gun could stop an elephant
But there aren’t that many in Michigan.

Some soft metal t-shirt
She’s been wearing for years
She can’t see her ankles
Unless they’re up round her ears.
She’s got two grown up babies
She named after her dogs
“Make this State great again”
On her bed socks. 

And it’s a beautiful evening in America
And the sunset’s the colour of her anger.

If it feels so right
Ain’t it got to be true
That The Man has got his sights on you?
They’re the admirable kind
Who wouldn’t want to be them?
‘cos they’ll die happy
When the future ends.

And it’s a beautiful twilight in America
And this rat could take a redneck down
But there aren’t that many left.

Elephants in Michigan

(ar15)

Copenhagen

Look how far we’ve travelled
And yet we’re still right here
Holding hands in Copenhagen
Amongst all I hold dear
And if I’m feeling disappointed
Like I’ve needles in my blood
It’s ‘cos here I am in Copenhagen
When I’d rather be in love.
In love.

And I’m still a party of one
After all
After all this travel.
And I’m still an army of one
After all
After all these battles. 

I don’t know where we’re going
I don’t know where we are
Departures and arrivals
Freedom within bars.  
And I’d rather be in love
Than taking the road we’re taking
And I’d rather be in love
Than crying here in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen

(vesterbro)

Cascade

Man-made Cascade
Bullet train to Yokohama
This great outbreak
Midnight steamer bound for Lima
LA by plane
Ocean Boulevard via hire car
Cruise ship to Waikiki
Interstate to D.C.

I don’t like where we are
I don’t like where we’re going
This thing’s spreading us thin
And I don’t like what it’s showing
Sure, there’s shiny new tech
Where’s the primeval yearning
To protect and to serve?
To keep us safe?

Do we really have to know
Every detail of your learning?
Isn’t it enough to know
That the tide is set for turning?
We can see it in your smile
You don’t really know a thing
But in this moment
You’re alive.

Downplayed cascade
Molehills made of many mountains
Dismay. Disgrace
Basilisk by the drinking fountain
Belgrade. Adelaide 
Odyssey round your kitchen floor
Timeshare in Acapulco
Doomsday hide in Sausolito. 

Do we really have to see
Every detail of your failing?
Isn’t it enough to know
That your faith’s disintegrating?
We can hear it in your lies
You don’t really know a thing
But in this moment
We’re alive.

Homemade Cascade
Orleans to Marathon
No brakes outbreak
Santa Cruz to Yucatan 
This great mistake
Islamabad to Chittagong
Death waiting at the station
Love dies in Copenhagen.




And its random 
Where the hammer falls
Which country has
The biggest balls
And we 
Throw compassion under the bus
Please god make it them 
And not us

And it’s hard to breathe
Yeah it’s hard to breathe
yeah
And we start to scream
And we start to scream
Yeah

Cascade

(data that glows in the dark)

Tokyo Zero

Ichika threaded her way back through the workday crowds
To her home in the Tokyo Prefecture 
She was tired, and bored, and angry with the world
And the memory of Ryuchi on her pillow.
Another year wasted thinking that this would be the year
Things made sense at last.
And when she thought about it more, 
She happened upon something 
No-one had ever thought before.

(Scream) 

Promises, promises
All Hina heard was promises
And yet nothing ever changed
And nothing ever got arranged
And she stood upon her balcony
Looking out over a city of broken oaths
And thwarted dreams.
She would have stayed there half the night
The lights of Shinjuku firing her frustration
Until Ichika’s gaze washed over her
And everything that was wrong with her
Turned into a scream.

Tokyo Zero

We would be greatly honoured if you would give our new single, “In the Sun,” a spin on your station, next time you're in the mood for some quintessentially English alt/rock. It’s commercially available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Soundcloud, and YouTube.

Our debut album: “The Wind on Mars” (featuring upcoming singles: “Bowie’s Gonna Rewrite Heaven,” and “King of Love”) will be released in October 2021. 

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King of Love
 
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King of Love - Single

In The Sun

The Rumour Field is a loose association of friends choosing to make music together. Featured on this latest collection are Tommy Martin on drums, and John Newington on lead guitar. 'The Screaming' is a fictional response to our experiences of the 2020 pandemic. Additional sound effects from: Zapsplat, Freesound and Soundsnap. Very special guest screamer: Yvette Fielding.