What the Rivers Say

call me
call me he said
but the silence says
romance is dead

i loved you
you idiot she said
how many years did it take 
to get that into your head?

all the good days
and the bad
all the moments
that we wished we'd neverr had

sometimes, he said,
i'm so happy i could cry
but most of the time
i'm wondering why

we're falling
falling through our time
and remembering 
is how we hold the line

all the good days
and the bad
all the moments
that we wished we'd never had

all the triumphs 
and the hurt
all the ups and downs
what was it worth?

Bandcamp

The Triumphs and the Hurt

Write it down
Then read the words and weep
Turn the page
Taste the air
And find peace

We've come too far
We're not going to turn back now
So take my hand
And we'll walk together 
To the golden sand

We've Come Too Far to Turn Back Now

Life's pretty simple if you think it through
I'll live as me and you live as you
You gotta live for the moment not for the past
You gotta lean forwards if you want your dreams to last
You gotta dream big but you gotta live small
You've gotta pick your battles you can't win them all
You've gotta find your way but never ask for help
And you've gotta be yourself don't be anybody  else

I wanna stay hidden make myself into a ball
Don't wanna be seen gonna make myself small
Close my eyes so nobody can see me
On days like this I don't really wanna be me
Always looking back in the things that I've done 
And always obsessing on the things that went wrong
Please don't ask me if I'm ok
one step forward gotta get through the day

If the hidden you met the hidden me
would the chemistry and polarity
of that you and me
generate electricity?


Hidden You/Hidden Me

Last Orders

The World That We Create

Standing on the riverbank
Feeling the sun bringing warmth to my face
I screwed my thoughts up into a ball
I threw them in and watched them sink without a trace

Feel myself becoming small
Amongst the wonder of it all
Feel myself becoming small
And this is what the river said

It's alright
It's OK
The things you've done, you can't change them anyway
It's alright
It's OK

At the cairn at the top of the tor
Rising sun lights the moon in the west
Looking up and wondering why
I don't believe in God but I still feel blessed

Feel myself becoming small
Amongst the wonder of it all
Feel myself becoming small
And this is what the mountain said

It's alright
It's OK
If you don't love yourself, I'm gonna love you anyway
It's alright
It's OK

It's alright
It's OK
The things you've done, you can't change them anyway
It's alright
It's OK

And all the things you've done
You can't change them anyway
If you don't love yourself
I'm gonna love you anyway
x4

remember that day
when we walked for miles and we lost our way
the weak sunshine and the cool English breeze
remember that day
when we sat by the water watching the children play
remember that sound?
the laughter of your daughter

these moments in time are works of art
can you hold them in your heart?

remember the day
sitting together by the harbour
I think you told us then but we didn't hear
it wasn't clear
the sun was bright and the afternoon was glowing
was there ever any way of knowing?

these moments in time are works of art
can you hold them in your heart?

Next week – track 2 - WHTYHTM

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Works of Art

Works of Art - demo



She’s always looking up
She feels the weight on her
She can barely breathe
She can’t even leave
Her mind is filling up
With plans she can’t control
She can barely see
She can’t ever just be

So take my hand across the sea
What happens to you happens to me

He’s always moving on
He needs to let it be
It’s staying all inside
He’s saying everything is fine
He doesn’t want to talk
He doesn’t want to think
He can barely breathe
He can’t even leave

So take my hand across the sea
What happens to you happens to me
So take my hand, it’s all we can do
What happens to me happens to you

WHTYHTM

WHTYHTM Demo

Two of Me (or Maybe Three)


Cryptic phone call
Point on a map
Driving backroads
Four in the back
The country speeding by
Tunes on, volume high

MDMA and H2O
THC and we're ready to go
I can hear it through the trees
The beat's calling on the breeze

Can you see it?
On the horizon?
Can you feel the warmth rising?
Does your mind
Explode with light?
Yeah this moment feels so right

Eyesight glitching
Red gold and green
Smiling faces
I’ve never seen
My heartbeat pounds in time
I can feel yours next to mine

dawn is coming
we're near the end
friends for life
I'll never seen again
god, I miss it now it's gone
but the feelings still so strong 

Can you see it?
On the horizon?
Can you feel the warmth rising?
Does your mind
Explode with light?
Yeah this moment feels so right



95 (featuring Bunker One)

How did the world get so small?
Seeing so much I can barely see at all
So much sound all I hear is squall
How did the world get so small?

How did the lines get so blurred?
between what I said and what you heard 
The many meanings of every word 
How did the lines get so blurred?

Here comes the horizon
It's getting nearer each and every day
Here comes the horizon
It's getting nearer
It's filling up my eyeline
It takes my breath away

When did my brain get so slow?
Endless repeats from moments years ago
Pointless facts I don’t need to know
When did my brain get so slow?

So have we gone beyond repair?
Angry people with angry teeth bared
They're kind of laughing but they're also kind of scared
Have we gone beyond repair?

Here comes the horizon
It's getting nearer each and every day
Here comes the horizon
It's getting nearer
It's filling up my eyeline
It takes my breath away

Here Comes The Horizon

shoots of spring alive and green
river flows city sounds recede
sun is rising over huddled homes
eyes closed I'm on my own

oil skies
oil skies
sometimes we dream of a different life
but i'd always come back to these oil skies

wind and rain pound my face
all around me the sense of space
step by step the long way home
close my eyes and breathe; i'm on my own

oil skies
oil skies
sometimes we dream of a different life
but i'd always come back to these oil skies

Oil Skies

the mid summer sun
lying in the grass
we'll never know
how long this will last

will there be more?
i'm not sure
but
you're all i need

take a look around
at what we've got
I know its not a little
maybe its a lot

will there be more?
i'm not sure
but
you're all i need

the family's moved on
got their own lives to lead
these walls feel empty
without mouths to feed

will there be more?
i'm not sure
but
you're all i need

the machines on the ward
echo in our ears
holding each other
couting back the years

will there be more?
i'm not so sure
but
you're all i need

All I Need

This is my original sketch of 'All I Need'. I find I always love these first versions of songs - it's the essence of the track, raw and pared right back. In this case the final track stayed pretty close to the initial sketch, but I still really like this version.

All I Need (initial sketch)

Beautiful morning
With nothing to do
And the most beautiful thing is 
I can do it with you

Ocean sunset
Such a beautiful view
But the most beautiful thing is
I get to see it with you

Run from the chaos
Meander into space
Empty days are our sacred place

Run from the chaos 
Meander into space 
Empty days are our sacred place

Beautiful morning
In so many ways
Let’s fill up our lives with empty days

Beautiful sunset
In so many ways
Let’s fill up our lives with empty days

Empty Days

For anyone who's ever lost a friend x

It's last orders but it's cold outside
Let's take our time before they turn out the lights
Finish that story that you'd started to tell
You know the one that starts off funny, and ends up well

We're just atoms, you and me
We're each our own galaxy
And its beautiful
Because atoms are free

Looking back we thought that we could run and run and run
So I look up to you to say 'look how far we've come'
But you're not there, I'm on my own
It's last orders and everyone's gone home

We're just atoms, you and me
We're each our own galaxy
And its beautiful
Because atoms are free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3sPowchT9s

Lyrics: 
Passing long hours
Trying to work out what I want to say
What's my meaning, what's my angle?
What's in my way?
And it doesn't come easy

But when it comes
It fills me up
It knocks me over
Cos I can finally see
What's in front of me
With real clarity

Letting time go by
Hoping that you see things 
The same ways as me
Because we each percieve the world
A little differently
But it doesn't come easy

But when it comes 
It fill us up
It knocks us over
Cos we can finally see
See each other
With real clarity

Clarity

Life's pretty simple if you think it through
I'll live as me and you live as you
You gotta live for the moment not for the past
You gotta lean forwards if you want your dreams to last
You gotta dream big but you gotta live small
You've gotta pick your battles you can't win them all
You've gotta find your way but never ask for help
And you've gotta be yourself don't be anybody  else

I wanna stay hidden make myself into a ball
Don't wanna be seen gonna make myself small
Close my eyes so nobody can see me
On days like this I don't really wanna be me
Always looking back in the things that I've done 
And always obsessing on the things that went wrong
Please don't ask me if I'm ok
One step forward gotta get through the day

If the hidden you met the hidden me
would the chemistry and polarity
of that you and me
generate electricity?

Shoegaze, indie, post rock and electronica from Manchester, UK
tomleonard_uk@protonmail.com

Tom Leonard

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