Walks On Water -

Track 2 of Four Nights of Insomnia E.P.

Written and performed by This Boy 
Recorded and mixed by Adi Winman

Walks On Water ///4.2

Lie With You written and recorded by This Boy

Lie With You

Bring You Down - This Boy

Released 01.08.12

Track 1 of E.P. One

Dedicated to Patrick Gearns - written about his friends and family.



Written and Performed by This Boy

Recorded by Adi Winman, Diego Colombo, Dom Liu & This Boy

Mixed by Adam Pain



Lyrics:
I am a monster that you’ll recognise,
You may not see me but you will despise.
All that I work for and all that I do,
Falling like dominoes and hung by your noose.

All that I am to you is the end of your reign,
All that I bring you is misery and pain.
You are the peasants that let me in,
And I am the evil that murders your kings.

Tears fall and joy floats,
So I’ll sink and you’ll soar.

I can’t bring you down, 
Bring you down today.
Cause your head is high, 
Higher than the rain.

I am the bullet that’s inside the gun,
You pull the trigger but I cause the harm.
Pain is a precious gift that’s not put to waste,
Used by the many to treasure their days.
And X marks the spot where I’m destined to fall,
That little red dot on Kennedy’s brain.

Tears fall and joy floats,
So I’ll sink and you’ll soar.

I can’t bring you down, 
Bring you down today.
Cause your head is high, 
Higher than the rain.

I am the one that you’re looking for to avenge your brothers and your sisters,
Picture me as a gun or as the flood that changed the world that we know.
Some may say there’s no need for me but time is cherished because I breathe,
You won’t learn to love or sail the seas, exploration wouldn’t be unveiled. 

I can’t bring you down, 
Bring you down today.
Cause your head is high, 
Higher than the rain.

Bring You Down

Written & Performed by This Boy 
Recorded by Adi Winman & Dom Liu 
Mixed & Mastered by Dom Liu

LYRICS:

Blessed with a gift and a curse, 
And watch the walls seem to close in. 
Swallow the world, 
And get smothered by the ocean. 
Wake up to words, 
That seem to drown out the motion. 
Just in the blink of an eye. 

There’s two side to my coin and it’s just a flip away. 
Feathers they float but not when they are soaked in hate. 

And I’ll keep running running running, 
Through the fire fire fire, 
Through the warmth warmth warmth warmth, 
‘Til I’ve lost it all, ‘til I’ve lost it all in my head, 
In my head, in my head. 

If life were a tightrope, 
I’d be hanging on by nothing but my teeth. 
So I’ll wear a blindfold, 
And maybe just maybe it’ll set me free. 
If fear was lifes’ lampshade, 
Then the light isn’t as bright as it used to be. 
Just in the blink of an eye. 

There’s two side to my coin and it’s just a flip away. 
Feathers they float but not when they are soaked in hate. 

And I’ll keep running running running, 
Through the fire fire fire, 
Through the warmth warmth warmth warmth, 
‘Til I’ve lost it all, ‘til I’ve lost it all in my head, 
In my head, in my head. 

How could it stay, 
How could it go, 

And I’ll keep running running running, 
Through the fire fire fire, 
Through the warmth warmth warmth warmth, 
‘Til I’ve lost it all, ‘til I’ve lost it all in my head, 
In my head, in my head.

Blessed With A Gift And A Curse

Written & Performed by This Boy 
Recorded by Adi Winman & Dom Liu 
Mixed & Mastered by Dom Liu

LYRICS:

There was a kink in the chain we call, 
The hierarchy of a petting zoo, 
With neutered wolves with no desire to feed. 

But there was a fox who knew this wasn’t his home, 
A cunning fox who’d learnt to burry his bones. 
And with his bones he’d build a ladder to be free. 

Hope is, hope is, hope is, hope is, 
The mind of the insane. 

And this is a lonely place, 
So many broken bones and so many games. 

And in this pen the fox he had no friends, 
Apart from one that lady dog that meant, 
No harm but she crushed his dreams. 

She clipped his claws so he could dig no more, 
And broke his bones so he could build no more, 
That ladder which was his stairway to be free. 

Hope is, hope is, hope is, hope is, 
The mind of the insane. 

And this is a lonely place, 
So many broken bones and so many games. 

Everywhere I turn there are burning trees, 
Once they were pretty little evergreens, 
Like your eyes and all that we stood for, 
All that's left is the roots and what we were. 

And the fox well he blends into the flames, 
So he needs someone to rescue him. 
All he wants is some hope he will escape, 
All that takes is the letter that she promised him. 
And the fox well he's learnt to beat the flames, 
What he'll do is just become one of them. 

But he waits and he learns that there is one more escape, 
Yes he waits and he learns that their is one more escape. 

It's in the eyes of the other wolves they tell the truth they tell the truth, 
So I don't need no letter from you they told the truth and now I'm gone to you.

The Fox Who Buried The Bone

Track 2 of 'Three Brass Monkeys' 

Charmer (Speak No Evil)

He led with his smile and danced with his tongue, 
He wore velcro shoes and covered them up, 
With a fast car and a black suit and his black book was turning yellow. 
He had quicksand in the palm of his hands. 

His name spelt your mistake, 
And you were added to the black book. 
Try and sift your way, 
Through this shredded city. 

The past knows, 
But he is nowhere near that place 
He lies, 
Swamped in the fake truth of today, 
The past knows, 
That he is lying through his teeth. 

The con man had a mark on his head, 
And his conscience it became less and less. 
He was the prince of and he dealt with the seven deadly sins. 
He led the innocent down bottomless pits. 

His name spelt your mistake, 
And you were added to the black book. 
Try and sift your way, 
Through this shredded city. 

The past knows, 
But he is nowhere near that place 
He lies, 
Swamped in the fake truth of today, 
The past knows, 
That he is lying through his teeth. 

The charmer walked with a vicious mind, 
And he broke down homes with a wrecking ball between his legs. 
He told your world he'd be there for a while, 
But now he's done he is more than on is way. 

The past knows, 
But he is nowhere near that place 
He lies, 
Swamped in the fake truth of today, 
The past knows, 
That he is lying through his teeth.


from Three Brass Monkeys, released 1 October 2012 

Written & Performed by This Boy 

Recorded by Adi Winman & Dom Liu 

Mixed & Mastered by Dom Liu

Charmer

Track 1 of 'Three Brass Monkeys' 

White Knuckles (Hear No Evil)

White knuckles as my hands collide, 
Clasping at the stem of a dandilion, 
I wished for poisin but what I got was a catalyst to fuel my life. 

Hope returned from the perfect storm, 
They made it through the night but they still got burned, 
That maiden voyage lost as sea so lets sit and watch the tables turn. 

There’s no time for this in today’s world, 

No I won’t listen to a word you say, 
They throw stones in puddles I’ve struggled to sail. 
So I won’t listen to a word you say, 
‘Til you follow what your influence says. 

We’re just scared to loose a life that’s not, 
Placed itself in our path as we fall, 
Lets release the leach and hunt the woods for more, 

Hold your breath and as you run out of air, 
We both know the kiss that you want to replace it with, 
Don’t clip your wings if you’re already free as a bird. 

There’s no time for this in today’s world, 

No I won’t listen to a word you say, 
They throw stones in puddles I’ve struggled to sail. 
So I won’t listen to a word you say, 
‘Til you follow what your influence says. 

Dreams they don’t fly, 

No I won’t listen to a word you say, 
They throw stones in puddles I’ve struggled to sail. 
So I won’t listen to a word you say, 
‘Til you follow what your influence says.


from Three Brass Monkeys, track released 1 October 2012 

Written & Performed by This Boy 

Recorded by Adi Winman & Dom Liu 

Mixed & Mastered by Dom Liu

White Knuckles

Track 3 of 'Three Brass Monkeys' 

See No Evil

Mirror mirror on the wall, 
Who is the greatest of them all. 

The girl possesed a smile that faded, 
Cause the mirror and her spoke for a while, 
To wipe the slate clean. 

With time she said the skys they clouded, 
With a speckle of hope the mast stood tall, 
And she sailed the seas. 

That was the moment she lost it all, 
That was the moment she lost it all, 

Mirror mirror on the wall, 
Who is the greatest of them all. 
Mirror mirror on the wall, 
Who is the greatest of them all. 

My eyes they see a perfect picture, 
But a scarecrow that holds a murder of crows, 
Well it will never believe. 

This cloud has no silver lining, 
Cause a year has gone on and all I have done, 
Is set her free. 

That was the moment I lost it all, 
That was the moment I lost it all, 

Mirror mirror on the wall, 
Who is the greatest of them all. 
Mirror mirror on the wall, 
Who is the greatest of them all. 

She is the greatest of them all.


Written & Performed by This Boy 
Recorded by Adi Winman & Dom Liu 
Mixed & Mastered by Dom Liu

Mirror Mirror

15 Chapters - fifteen pieces of us. The chapters will be released
in combinations of 1, 2, 3, 4 and finally 5. Combined the 5 releases
will consist of 15 songs.

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