Radio Evolved 17 May 2020

SHUT UP SHOP

Was This Written

Oh, stop staring at he sun
It's blinding everyone
Turn towards the shade
And you might see what's going on
Adjust your focal lens
Engage your common sense
When you find reality
Be sure to share it with your friends

It's us not them

You're not the one to blame
They've played a blinding game
But now they've overplayed their hand
There's desperation in their pace
Let them know you know
Find your stolen voice
Don't ever let them think they
Have the power to take away your choice

It's us not them

It's us not them

Don't forget this my friend

It's us not them

Don't forget this my friend

It's us not them

Don't ever forget this my friend

Us Not Them

I start out so many days
Just like I'm ready for winding down
I shout out in fits of rage
Just as I'm chilling out
I got loose change falling out my pocket
I feel strange tonight
I can't walk straight, I've lost my balance
Now I'm taking flight

And I'm upside down
I'm the wrong way around
I'm upside down again

I've got throbbing veins
Tryna keep up with the rush of blood to my head
I've got muscle strains
Every morning as I wake up in bed

'Cause I'm upside down
I'm the wrong way around
I'm upside down again

'Cause I'm upside down
I'm the wrong way around
I'm upside down again

Upside Down

I'm done fighting
I'm done hiding
I'm done tryna find a way to evolve

I'm done screaming
I'm done shouting
I'm done with all this clowning around with my soul

I need a break from all of this
This constant ever growing mess
The piles of lies, their thin disguise
That fail to open sleeping eyes
I've banged my head against the wall
For longer than feels comfortable
So I drink until I lose my mind
Shut up shop, just for tonight

I'm done thinking
I'm done sinking
I'm done winking at my kindred friends

I'm done frowning
I'm done drowning
I'm dumbfounded, how the fuck does this end?

Will it ever end?

I need a break from all of this
This constant ever growing mess
The piles of lies, their thin disguise
That fail to open sleeping eyes
I've banged my head against the wall
For longer than feels comfortable
So I drink until I lose my mind
Shut up shop, just for tonight

Just for tonight

Just for tonight

Once your eyes are open wide
There's no escape nowhere to hide
No going back, no matter how you try
There was no red, there was no blue
Destiny planned this for you
It's always been , think back, you know it's true

I'm done fighting
I'm done hiding
I'm done tryna find a way to evolve

I'm done screaming
I'm done shouting
I'm done with all this clowning around with my soul

But I just can't let it go

Shut Up Shop

Acetic Summers

Final track from the first ever album with a full band.

The whole album was recorded at rehearsals with just a couple of ZOOM microphones. I then over dubbed vocals in my home studio.

Expertly mastered by The Turtle Project with thanks!

LYRICS
Well it was fun while it lasted
But now I feel like I`ve been blasted
Into outer space
Looking down on the human race

You know i feel jaded
My life infiltrated
By monotony and apathy
A constant, incessant insanity!

Disconnected again 
Looking at fake fame
Reality TV show me
How this will make us evolve please!

You know i feel jaded
My life infiltrated
By monotony and apathy
A constant, incessant insanity!

Well it was fun while it lasted
But now I feel like I`ve been blasted
Into outer space
Looking down on the human race

You know i feel jaded
My life infiltrated
By monotony and apathy
A constant, incessant insanity!

Wheres The Sanity

from the EP "Blocking Out The Silence"
https://theturtleproject1.bandcamp.com/album/blocking-out-the-silence

Lyrics -

She loves autumn leaves, how they fall from the trees
Dandelion seeds, how they blow on the breeze
She loves ponds, lakes, rivers and streams
Cold winter mist blowing in from the sea
She loves sparrows and robins when they visit the garden
Tulips and lilies, white roses and lavender
The fragrance and beauty go straight to the heart of her
That’s why I love her but best of all

She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah

She loves butterflies and bumble bees, cute floppy eared bunnies
Long Sunday walks under a canopy of trees
She loves the smiles on the faces of the people that she meets
And that’s why I love her but best of all

She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah

She love peaceful music, the sounds of the ocean
Details in nature provoke her emotions like
Dewdrops on a blade of grass, clouds in the sky
Framed by a rainbow, but best of all
She loves my hand in her hand, cuddles in my arms
Wearing my jumpers, the beat of my heart
She has to beat me at everything, now don’t get me started, ha
That’s why I love her but best of all

She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah
She loves me, yeah

She Loves

Brand new collab with the great musical talent of @nakedverse

Hope

A track I made for fam and friends to cheer them up and get them through self isolation with a smile on their face.  Also disco is good exercise!  It has been played on BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Introducing Merseyside and is  dedicated to our wonderful NHS who are under enormous pressure to keep us safe.  We love you, we support you, we appreciate you!  Thank you xxx

Lyrics
Isolation boogie, boogie with me
Isolation boogie, get down with me
Lockdown, I'm watching G.O.T.
And it's a ghost town
But it's packed in the parks
And it's a crime
To be outside, it's crazy times
They say we'll be OK
As long as we stay 2 metres away
Cos it's a crime
But I still need to get all my supplies
It's crazy times!
911 or do I have a cold?
Toilet paper rarer than gold
Trump's been elected
And Boris been infected
But we don' let it trouble our brains
Because away goes trouble down the drain...

Isolation boogie etc...  da da da!

Isolation Boogie

The first release from my upcoming new album , hope you enjoy :)

Could I be wasting my time
Trying to focus on the things that don’t really matter
Could I be losing my mind
Tryna make sense of it all

Well I just wanna be
That person inside of me
The one that used to beam
The one that used to dream

Could I be out of this game
Tryna hold on to something that’s already gone
Could I be out of my tree
Tryna make sense of it all

Well I just wanna be
That person inside of me
The one that used to beam
The one that used to dream
Yeah, I just wanna be
That person inside of me
The one that used to beam
The one that used to dream

Well, I can honestly tell you I feel like a loser
And I can honestly say I know nothing at all
It may be time for me to throw in the towel and hang my boots up
But what the hell do I know?
Nothing at all

Could I be stuck in a rut
Playing reruns of a movie that I'm sick of seeing
I could be shooting the breeze
Tryna make sense of it all

Well I just wanna be
That person inside of me
The one that used to beam
The one that used to dream
Yeah, I just wanna be
That person inside of me
The one that used to beam
The one that used to dream

Tryna Make Sense

Cheer Up

Another track from my new album , hope you enjoy :)

There's a small and misty dark room
In the corner of my mind
Sometimes this is where my rationality will hide
From the demons that I’ve always feared to fight

There's a hard and heavy weight
That hovers just above my chest
Sometimes it will clamp its self down tighter than my vest
Whenever darkness puts me to the test

But fear is nothing but a bump in the road
You either let it stop you or you
Plough right through and learn to let it go
Once you face then you’ll wonder why you feared it all along

There's an ever-knowing wise man
Still learning from his books
Sometimes he will raise his eyes, to give a certain look
When he disapproves of certain roads I've took

But mistakes are nothing but a bump in the road
You either let them stop you or you
Plough right through and learn to let them go
Once you’ve learned from them, you’ll wonder why you made them all along

Cause you can do anything you put your mind to
As long as you believe it then it’s true
And there are no dreams that are impossible to reach
Once you’ve opened up your heart and let them in

There's a little childlike quiver
That’s been hiding in my throat
Sometimes it will ponce just as I'm reaching for that note
That one that I can never seem to hold

But limits are nothing but a bump in the road
You either let them stop you or you
Or you plough right through and learn to let them go
Once you break them down, you’ll wonder why you set them all along

Remember you are strong

Bump In The Road

Another track from my new album

I`ve got a blank page, I can`t seem to fill it
I`ve got a blank page, I can`t seem to fill it
I`ve got a blank page, I can`t seem to fill it, no
I can`t seem to fill it

Blank Page

The opening track from my new album, 
I wrote this song when my very close and wonderful friend informed me he had been told by doctors there was nothing else they could do for him in his fight with cancer, I intended on playing it for him at some point but it never seemed the right time , but I'm sure he has been listening from other realms. 
I wanted it to sound as if it was an old ancient vinyl , as if somebody could discover it in years to come, with the thought of it explaining the tone of the album , if ya get me :P

Lost For Words

From my new album " Was This Written?"

Here in my creative space
As gold and diamonds turn to waste
I think I need to see your face
To free my mind again

Keep me warm as I scrape this pen
Help me shake off this hesitance
I'm struggling to find the strength
Since we lost our friend

I've been afraid to open up
Admit to myself how it’s messed me up
It's bound and tied this open book
The words no longer flow

So take my hand, be my guide
I don’t know why I chose to hide
I can’t even begin to try
To find the answers alone

I can’t stand to be alone tonight
To be alone tonight
To be alone tonight
I need to hold you tight
My heart can’t stand to be alone tonight
To be alone tonight
To be alone

Alone

"The Turtle Project" started out as exactly that, a project, a songwriting project that was born from years of being a musician in many bands, doing countless gigs, naturally gathering experience and inspiration until, one day, I stumbled upon the fact that I could actually put those experiences and many others into words. The composing aspect grew from that into what it is today ...
My way of life .

Bump In The Road

the turtle project