Medicine

Lying With My Darkest Thoughts

'Two Blind Eyes' tells the story of how every teenager, student and young person in Europe feels today. Lost, confused and with no hope for the future. 

Two Blind Eyes

A blast from the old punk past! 'No Place To Go' is quick, powerful and fast from the word go. There's no rest for the wicked! 

No Place To Go

Originally written by Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Stephen Mann, Ragnar Þórhallsson and performed by 'Of Monsters & Men'. Released 2011 by Universal Music Group and produced by Of Monsters & Men and Aron Arnarsson

Dirty Paws (Of Monsters & Men)

Written, recorded and performed by Ciaran Boyle. 



Nothing's Going To Happen Here

Written, recorded and performed by Ciaran Boyle

Barbed Wire Welcome

Written, recorded and performed by Ciaran Boyle.

You Could Never Be Yourself

Music and lyrics written by Ciaran Boyle, May 2016. Performed by The Raphael Cartoons. Recorded May 2016 in a bedroom in Glasgow & Edinburgh. 
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Drop me right here in the ocean and I’ll tell you how it feels to drown
Set this bed on fire and burn our bridges down
Living in retrospect is my brand new fixation
Cut these ties that hold me down with one clean amputation

I’ve been dancing through each night in the shadow of your feet
You leave me with a final kiss that tastes so bittersweet
I’m the architect of my own adversity
I’m the one responsible for all this uncertainty 

And all these lies I have kept from you
And this disguise has made me look like a fool 

But when you catch me looking at you,
Do you know you’re on my mind? 
When I see you with that smile, 
Am I wrong to think it is a sign? 

I’m not scared of the monsters living under my bed 
I’m scared of the monsters living in my head 
My eyes are useless since my mind is blind 
But God only knows why I chose to leave it all behind 

And I have a habit of misunderstanding love 
I always panic but it’s not you that I don’t trust 

And when you catch me looking at you, 
Do you know you’re on my mind?
And when I see you with that smile, 
Am I wrong to think it is a sign 
And that moment when I held your hands in mine,
Was it all an accident or some unforced design? 

I'm the architect of my own adversity
I’m the one responsible for all this uncertainty

Architect

Music & lyrics written by Ciaran Boyle. Performed by The Raphael Cartoons. Recorded in May 2016 in a bedroom in Glasgow & Edinburgh.
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There’s no point holding your breath for me because you know
I’ll just make the same mistakes that I made last time 
You will never teach this old bitter fool new tricks 
You will never learn Mr. Truth’s a fraud 

Welcome to my own little piece of paradise 
The scratches on the wall show how little I have grown
I could play my cards and bare my bones or,
Paint a smile to fool the world and see how long I can grin 

Peel my skin, throw it away 
There’s no truth in what you believe 

Catch a glimpse of the lights that I will never understand
Revealing all the whispers that are invisible to me
Fighting back against this will only pull near
Guilt and love confused in the midst of this dead air

Peel my skin, throw it away 
There’s no truth in what you believe 

You used to have a hold over me 
Those strings were pulling out my mind 
I used to be so blind 

Peel my skin, throw it away
There’s no truth in what you believe 


A Little Piece Of Paradise

One man band. Player of ambient melodies. 

Contact: theraphaelcartoons@hotmail.com