So round and round we go
Lets wait for summer snow
The August that we dreamed about has let the North wind blow.

Melancholy Days

I always hold on some more
Lies keep me walking out the door
A connection 
In reflection
Abandoned with no direction

I should know

This Machine Builds Fascists is about how I feel capitalism has led to a sense of global insecurity which has resulted in a surge of right wing populist thought which verges on fascism.

We made a machine, made a machine
A marvellous modern machine
It roars and it screams, roars and it screams
Gobbling oil and spitting out steam
What does it do? What does it do?
Tell us all, what does it do?
It strikes a spark that lights a fuse

All you gathered in this place
Lift your gaze towards the light
All you gathered in this place
Lift your gaze towards the light
And we need never live in darkness
While our engines make their mark upon the night


The smoke and the sigh, the screech and the sound
The grind of the gears spinning round
The gnashing of teeth, the rumbling ground
The echoes resound and resound
Rattling nerves, rattling bone
A treacherous shaking of stone
To bring down everything you’ve known

All you gathered in this place
Raise your hands to feel the heat
All you gathered in this place
Raise your hands to feel the heat
And you can dream about the feeling
While you’re shivering and reeling in the street


We made a machine, made a machine
A marvellous modern machine
It roars and it screams, roars and it screams
Gobbling oil and spitting out steam
What does it do? What does it do?
Tell us all, what does it do?
It strikes a spark that lights a fuse

This Machine Builds Fascists

We tried so hard
But still did not go far
Somehow you changed
But did I stay the same?
Now we are just a memory
Never to say our names

Looking Back

For You My Friend. Former Breaking Benjamin/Plan 9 band member.

For You My Friend

Ride On

sall about the price we had to pay
sall about the words we never say
sall about the tears we never shed
sall about the fears inside our head

All About

Wonderboy

Where Leaders Dive For Pearls

The Futures Looking Bright

Stranded in the Bay

Greetings from silly Suffolk and thanks for dropping by and having a listen. It is of course a work in progress. More albums and singles on Spotify.

Melancholy Days

Richard Thurston

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