Still (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2022)

I ask you a question / but I get no response / it's what I expected / but not what my heart wants

Why so still? / why are you so immovably still? / stood alone on yonder hill /
the daylight shines down / all the worlds coming out / the joy and the magic that life is about / you take it all in / and you don't see a thing

I start approaching / I hold out my hand / I'm losing conviction / for all I had planned

Why so still? / why are you so immovably still? / stood alone on yonder hill / I made up my mind / or at least thought I had / tell me here's my decision is it good is it bad? / you take it all in / and you don't say a thing

And just beyond my reach / something intangible / if you could only be understandable / over 1000 years / you've seen the world go by / the laughter and the tears / do you feel alive / or do you stand in total darkness?

Why so still? / why are you so immovably still? / stood alone on yonder hill / I scream and I shout / I'm so angry about / all the things I attempted and how they turned out / you take it all in / and you don't hear a thing

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals & Guitar
Peter O’Sullivan: Keys

04 Still

Borderline Psychopath (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2022)

Saw them standing on the rooftops laughing down upon the world / you know I could testify I saw the flames as Hades fist unfurled / crushing everything you love they hide in safety from your ire / think of those happy days and watch dismayed as they're all set on fire /

Borderline psychopath in a number of ways / in a number of ways he's got his head screwed up / little smile curling out like the twist of a knife / as he's twisting your life around his finger / borderline psychopaths are all ruling the world / they’ll keep getting their way till the end of our days / but what can we do we're all borderline mute /

We’re all borderline mute / oh we’re borderline mute / we’re all borderline mute /

Brew a storm inside a teacup with those licenses to kill / you know we could stand for hours and toil and cower as all the bad blood spills / there’s a jackal at your window and he whispers in your ear / calling you glorious victorious till fury hides the fear /

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals, Guitar & Keys
Louis Wild: Bass
Dylan Walsh: Drums
Eimear McCarthy: Keys
Peter O’Sullivan: Keys
Matthew McCarthy: Lead Guitar

05 Borderline Psychopath

In a Bad Mood (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2022)

I feel my light go down / as all the words come tumbling at me / you know you're just in time to catch me in a bad mood / and all the claims roll in / in a hazy kinda turmoil / you know that nothing makes my blood boil like the truth /

Two bit half wit bull shit / works like a charm/ I don't know in the thick of it / how to stay calm / been burned but of course I don't mind / because it really doesn't matter when you're fighting all of the time /

And all my things fly by / causing airborne pandemonium/ you know the perfect way to throw them in a bad mood / the sorry tale come out / in a minced and brief synopsis / oh tell me please lord how to stop this wave of truth /

Two bit half wit bull shit / works like a charm/ I don't know in the thick of it / how to stay calm / been burned but of course I don't mind / because it really doesn't matter when the faults all mine

And I am a soaring cloud / casting a shadow on you / as I spill myself / not knowing what else to do / you stay rooted there / fragile and soaked to the bone / and it's so unfair /

I feel my light burn out / two bit half wit dumb shit /

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals, Guitar & Keys
Saoirse Lynch: Vocals
Louis Wild: Bass
Dylan Walsh: Drums
Eimear McCarthy: Keys
Peter O’Sullivan: Keys
Matthew McCarthy: Lead Guitar

06 In A Bad Mood

I Won’t Say a Word (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2013)

So you wanted to see me / let it out you may as well / so you wanted to see me / it’s bad news I can tell /

So I won’t say a word say a word say a word / no I won’t say a word say a word say a word / no I won’t say a word say a word say a word / just listen to yourself /

So you want me to hear you / hear you out and hear you well / so you want me to hear you / well I can’t hear nothing else

What could I say now anyway / if you’ve made your mind up I’m just buying time / look at me what do you see / if I hold my tongue in silence indefinitely

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals & Guitar
Louis Wild: Bass
Ben Duffy: Drums
Eimear McCarthy: Keys
Saoirse Lynch: Backing Vocals

07 I Won't Say A Word

You’ve Got Something (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2022)

You've got something and you don't know that you've got it / the world is in your pocket but you're bored oh you're bored / you've got something and you only wanna knock it / until you haven't got it any more any more /

And I'm told we should give them everything they wanted / 'cause nothing really matters any more /
told we should give them everything they wanted / it can’t go back to how it was before /

You've got something and you say that it's worth nothing / you're bringing your own suffering for what oh for what? / you've got a lot of things if you could only stop and think / don't say there's nothing left for you to keep on living for /

But give it a chance to ignite / you know that you can't fall in line / put up the ghost of a fight /

I'm told we should forgive them /

You’ve got something won’t you just hold on /

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals, Guitar & Keys
Louis Wild: Bass
Ben Duffy: Drums

08 You've Got Something

Both My Hands Behind My Back (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2022)

Come and gather round me chatter / tell of the world all its glories and trials / all directions / bold intentions / come to my island and stay for a while /

Sing of a world away / imaginary idols and games that they play / if it's the last song that I ever hear / let it be vibrant and clear /

Seems so exciting / new and inviting / but alas beyond my grasp / standing in reach of the garden of Eden / with both my hands behind my back /

Life beneath me waves to greet me / I look out my window and watch it go by / bright and pretty / mores the pity / I stand like a phoenix pretending to die /

Sing of a world away / climb ever higher now don't be afraid / if it's the last song that I’ll ever sing / gather round let us begin /

Seems so exciting new and inviting / so at last I won't hold back / reach out and touch it / I can't but I must with / both my hands behind my back /

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals, Piano & Guitar
Louis Wild: Bass
Peter Burke: Drums

10 Both My Hands Behind My Back

Lilac (Lyrics & Music by Louis Wild © 2013)

This is the end take a bow / are you happy I hope you’re happy now / this is the end of it all / is it just me or have we been here before /

Lilac so innocent of the effect you can have /

and if you were hoping that I could be tricked into / putting all my time and effort into a lost cause / then let your wish be granted / you know if you demand it / I’ll be all yours for whatever you need /

and once in a while I need a lift / and all you do is smile /

Featuring:
Louis Wild: Vocals & Bass
Perry Wild: Guitar & Backing Vocals
Ben Duffy: Drums
Peter O’Sullivan: Keys

11 Lilac

Runaway Train (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2013)

Get on with it you’re wasting my time / don’t wanna put myself on the line / shovel the coal in the engines are starved / gotta keep rolling can’t stay where we are /

As we grind along the same old routine / trying to build up a good head of steam / there’s no way out no matter how fast you run / is it safe to keep the passengers on /

I’m a runaway train / and I’m tied to the tracks / and perpetual motion is grinding me down into scrap /

Let’s stop a minute and catch our breath / is my tunnel vision causing you stress? / there’s a light at the end now that’s keeping me sane / whether it’s blue sky or an oncoming train / WHOO WHOO!

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals & Guitar
Louis Wild: Bass
Dylan Walsh: Drums
Eimear McCarthy: Keys
Matthew McCarthy: Lead Guitar

12 Runaway Train

A Message in the Rubble (Lyrics & Music by Perry Wild © 2022)

I found it buried underneath the stone / gone from living memory / where all the streets are overgrown and every house is empty / and though I’m walking on the same old ground you stood upon / when you were around / there’s nothing left of you except this book I found /

And it was written in the shaking hand of someone in a hurry / in places hard to understand / the letters scratch and scurry / and though you can’t contain a soul within the pages of something so thin / I felt as though I knew you well when I read this:

Stay with me / darling won’t you stay with me / I’m falling like the heron as he dives / the waters wild / swirling in the rising tide / I can barely pull away in time /

I stood a while and watched the foxes stalk discreetly through the rubble / I felt as though I'd stepped through time / a witness to your struggle / and though it’s only written on the page / a silent plea / asleep for an age / I hear your voice / it sings to me and gently says:

Stay with me / darling won’t you stay with me / I’m falling like the salmon as he tires / a waterfall / pushing with uncaring force / hits me as I pray for strength to rise /

Featuring:
Perry Wild: Vocals, Guitar & Piano
Peter O’Sullivan: Keys & Foley

09 A Message In The Rubble

Steel Yourself (Lyrics & Music by Louis Wild © 2022)

I know I need her / but the truth is I don’t believe her / when she says that its real / I’m waiting for the big reveal /
I step outside the air is still / there are autumn daffodils / it should seem strange to me / but I can’t see it just can’t see /

1000 birds are roosting on our rooftop / but I go on like nothing’s wrong /

‘cause I can’t stop to see the change / I’m a robot and I’m feeling strange

I try to hide it / but the truth is that I’ve been blinded / by the day to day / everything’s so far away /
I’ve tried going backwards / but in truth I’m scared of the fractures / so I’ve set a frontier / that I won’t cross I won’t go near /

1000 birds are roosting on our rooftop / but I go on like nothing’s wrong /

‘cause I can’t stop to see the change / I’m a robot and I’m feeling strange

I keep myself in the shade / try to build a barricade / but every wall I set is a false one /
so I neglect the leading route / and reject the attributes / that make me feel like I’m unreal /
not a robot / not a robot / not a robot

Featuring:
Louis Wild: Vocals & Bass
Perry Wild: Keys, Guitar, Percussion & Backing Vocals
Dylan Walsh: Drums

03 Steel Yourself

W!LD is a rock band from Cork Ireland fronted by brothers Louis & Perry Wild.

Since formation in 2010, W!LD have spent their time gigging all over the country, and writing more songs then they will ever need. In 2013 they launched the Song Century Project, a compilation featuring demo recordings of 100 original songs! (www.songcenturyproject.com)

After a successful crowd funding campaign, W!LD entered the recording studio to begin work on their debut album Down the Rabbit Hole. The album was released on the 1st of October 2016.

All three members have backgrounds in the theater and so consequently their live shows are uniquely explosive and engaging. From wearing clothes peg suits to re-enacting the siege of Troy, anything goes as long as it's entertaining and/or against health and safety regulations. No shoes will be stared at!

W!LD write music with a focus on melody and song craft, but they are no strangers to experimentation. Their work is characterized by its attention grabbing dynamics and eyebrow raising left turns.

W!LD are currently working on their second studio album, due for release in 2022.   

Contact: Perry Wild
Email: Perrywild@live.ie
Phone: 085 156 4020

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