This may be an unlikely title for a catchy singalong, but “Is not everything morbid?” could be Joe's biggest song yet!

After a couple of years where nobody can pretend everything is going great, maybe this is the time to embrace the darker side of things. His new song does this, but also celebrates what we can achieve, nonetheless. 

The song takes its inspiration from American early twentieth century writer Djuna Barnes, who led a very unconventional life and when she was accused of her writing being too dark replied: “Is not everything morbid?” Joe's message here is that no matter how dark and bleak things are, we can confront them and create something new. We can push back against those things in our lives that are unfair and oppressive, but only if we recognise them.

Is Not Everything Morbid?

Ghost In This House

The first in a planned series of extensions to my 2025 album OCHRE, recorded August and September 2025 in Birmingham. These brief, self-contained sketches are intended to sit alongside the original album, and to echo its themes and moods.

One (Ochre extras)

The second of a planned series of extensions to my 2025 album OCHRE, recorded August and September 2025 in Birmingham. These brief, self-contained sketches are intended to sit alongside the original album, and to echo its themes and moods.

Two (Ochre extras)

She’s a wildfire in a summer dress
A broken heel in a midnight mess
She’s a call at 2AM
Saying “I need you” once again
She’s a flat tire on a desert road
A lost key, a heavy load
She’s lightning in a quiet town
And I’m the fool who won’t back down
I don’t need a warning sign
I just need her hand in mine
Whatever hits, whatever falls
I’m the one who takes the call
Emergency, I’m on the line
Whatever she wants I'll take the time
Crash or fire, flood or fight
I’m the one who shows up right
Emergency, no second guess
I’m the calm inside the mess
She’s the storm I choose to chase
Every time, to any place
She’s a heartbreak in a crowded room
A lost voice in a Taylor tune
She’s a secret that won’t stay hid
A truth I’d die to keep amid
She’s a fall from grace, a rise too fast
A love that never learned to last
But I’m the one who won’t let go
Even when the sirens blow
I don’t need a warning sign
I just need her hand in mine
Whatever hits, whatever falls
I’m the one who takes the call
Emergency, I’m on the line
Whatever she wants I'll take the time
Crash or fire, flood or fight
I’m the one who shows up right
Emergency, no second guess
I’m the calm inside the mess
She’s the storm I choose to chase
Every time, to any place
She don’t need a hero’s name
Just someone who stays through pain
She don’t need a perfect plan
Just a heart that understands
So when the world starts breaking down
And she’s too lost to make a sound
I’ll be the voice, I’ll be the light
I’ll be the one who makes it right
Emergency, I’m on the line
Whatever she wants I'll take the time
Crash or fire, flood or fight
I’m the one who shows up right
Emergency, no second guess
I’m the calm inside the mess
She’s the storm I choose to chase
Every time, to any place
Emergency, I’m on the line
Whatever she wants I'll take the time
Emergency (Emergency) Emergency
She’s the storm I choose to chase
Every time, to any place
Emergency (Emergency)... Emergency

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Emergency

The third of a planned series of extensions to my 2025 album OCHRE, recorded August and September 2025 in Birmingham. These brief, self-contained sketches are intended to sit alongside the original album, and to echo its themes and moods.

Three (Ochre extras)

The fourth of a planned series of extensions to my 2025 album OCHRE, recorded August and September 2025 in Birmingham. These brief, self-contained sketches are intended to sit alongside the original album, and to echo its themes and moods.

Four (Ochre extras)

The fifth of a planned series of extensions to my 2025 album OCHRE, recorded August and September 2025 in Birmingham. These brief, self-contained sketches are intended to sit alongside the original album, and to echo its themes and moods.

Five (Ochre extras)

The sixth of a planned series of extensions to my 2025 album OCHRE, recorded August and September 2025 in Birmingham. These brief, self-contained sketches are intended to sit alongside the original album, and to echo its themes and moods.

Six (Ochre extras)

Down Town Train

1)	I’m sittin’ here by the railway station
	Looking at the trains go by
	And I never thought that the people go by train – no
	And I hoped that I would lead you to the rainbow

Ref: But my time has come to leave this train
	Time goes by and you will die on this train

2)	You can hear my train go by 
	But I leave your sides by my side
	You can shape my head into the size
        You will need to fit my heart into your disguise

Ref: But all the world you see is on my side
	When you hear that roaring train go by

3)	Watch__________ the train go by
	You can sit by my side and watch that train go by
	If you want to bleed out here by my side
	You can even talk, follow on my shoes or hide
	
Ref: But even when you go home you’re all alone
	Because my train has come to heal you by the phone
	

Music and lyrics by Tom Kron
All rights reserved by T.O.M. © 2000

Is Not Everything Morbid?

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