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Hiatus
03:29
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don't know how to put it
but i'm slipping into a hiatus
my brain is full and it is turning to slush
best look away now
i'm holding a hand just above the waterline
i'm highly unlikely to get any smarter, suits me just fine
don't know how to put it
but i'm slipping into a hiatus
i've said all i can say and i can't say more
what can i say now?
i'm holding a hand above the sand, don't be sad
i'm highly unlikely to get any smarter, suits me just fine
clouds move slow, they help me understand
how my life is badly out of hand
mirror still, i somehow understood
don't you know that you're looking like a fool
don't know how to put it
but i'm slipping into a hiatus
i think they love us though maybe i'm wrong
maybe they hate us...
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College
03:49
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tried to invent that i could reach out and touch your hand
didn't seem that important, didn't seem that urgent
i said naughty words and really hurt your feelings
couldn't be that important, nor that urgent
wake me up
dehydrated
from a college dream
that I've been having recently
skipping class again like every good girl should
everything is cancelled, the world has stood still for now
i blanked the art teacher and the head of the faculty
just couldn't be bothered to make conversation with either of them
wake me up
dehydrated
from a college dream
that I've been having recently
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Quarantine
04:11
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i stay in the gaff
it's where i belong
there's no tomorrow
and the days are too long
the brain is clean
i think it's on the mend
i'd like to change
though i cannot pretend
living through paranoia
by what we hear in the news
and we can't see our families
because the world is confused
but the brain is clean
i think it's on the mend
i'd like to change
though i cannot pretend
they're locking down everywhere
so there's no need to shout
i've washed my hands so many times
that i have lost count
still the brain is clean
i think it's on the mend
i'd like to change
though i cannot pretend
everything that i want to do
is everything that you want to do too
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Highrise
04:50
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i want to live in a highrise
so i can get drunk with you every night
i want to live in a highrise
to feel the wind in my hair
so i applied for a highrise
but the waiting list is unbelievable
so many people want a highrise
jump out the windowsill
the taste of blood on my tongue
not getting anything done
the smell of salt from the sea
distance between you and me
i got offered a highrise
my housing association is really good
there's a gate at the highrise
which gives great peace of mind
there's a field by the highrise
it's the perfect place to buy some drugs
so many people at the highrise
but i don't pay any mind
the taste of blood on my tongue
not getting anything done
the smell of salt from the sea
distance between you and me
how can you change your mind
when everybody else is waiting in line?
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Never Know
03:43
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strange how you entered the stage in my life
exit to the left and the right
still i remember the day that you went
all my energy wasted and spent
you'll never know, never know
oh you'll never know, the love that i had for you
you'll never know, never know
oh you'll never know, how i cared for you too
days since i offered to share how i felt
since i made a big show of myself
still i remember the day that you went
all my toys that i carefully lent
...but never got back
you'll never know, never know
oh you'll never know, the love that i had for you
you'll never know, never know
oh you'll never know, how i cared for you too
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man ray, what would you say?
i've been wikipedia-ing you all day
pure filth on a roll of film
you can't get away with anything nowadays
we live in very boring times
and yet we always wonder why
i can't look you in the eye
man ray, what would you make
of the new technology we crave?
would you send it away on a long holiday
there's so much variety in change
we live in very boring times
and yet we always wonder why
i can't look you in the eye
man ray, what would you say
if the entire world turned out to be gay?
would you give me a kiss, could you live through this?
i've been thinking out loud today
we live in very boring times
and yet we always wonder why
i can't look you in the eye
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7. |
Another Radio Jingle
00:30
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Collaboration
03:47
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collaboration fell through today
i'm picking up the pieces in an interesting way
hang up the phone like you were never there
life is a cruel sport when nobody cares
writing by the light
pining for your smile
collaboration on videotape
cos they don't want to be near you in any way
the words are long the intentions strong
i never thought that i could be so wrong
late winter night
we live in strange times
collaboration fell through today
it's a great opportunity to clean any slates
you've stayed away one too many times
i can't think of any words that rhyme
i'm so thankful that you came good
you're wearing dried blood
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Super Spreader
03:03
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not changing a thing
i don't listen to the government
won't keep my distance when i walk on by
touch my face, touch my eyes
it doesn't matter what the weathers like
you've got to stay, got to stay inside
it doesn't matter what tomorrow brings
you've got to drop, drop, drop, stop everything
so save yourself while the numbers are low
it's only glorified flu, you know
i see people when i fucking like
think you need to go and get a life
it doesn't matter what the weathers like
you've got to stay, got to stay inside
it doesn't matter what tomorrow brings
you've got to drop, drop, drop, stop everything
i don't believe in society
i really dig herd immunity
i won't cry when the boomers die
it's my right to go outside
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Letter Of Apology
03:27
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closer than you
i can see through
this feeling so true
to me
letter of apology
for you and from me
your cards been declined
you drank too much wine
now the room is alive
it's spinning out of time
letter of apology
for you and from me
(i don't need your apology
I don't need anything
i don't want your apology
i've had enough of everything)
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got a viral infection
out of fear of rejection
thought about it just the other night
don't really care if i'm wrong or if i'm right
i love you
you know i really, really love you
but sometimes there's an itch in my mind
this kind of life is so hard to find
keep away for a while
in a way i am so vile, it's my style
soak me with a sponge
i've got a fever running
thought about it just the other day
don't really care if i'm wrong in any way
i love him
he knows i really, really DIG him
but sometimes there's an itch in my brain
this kind of life just sends me insane
keep away for a while
in a way i am so vile, it's my style
so i got on the train in a terrible state
didn't know the date or if i was early or late
but the song in my head repeats over again
and over again and over again
then i saved the best verse right until the end
it was more a case of learning to forgive a friend
for the awful words that i chose to write
but i promised to never tell a single lie
keep away for a while
in a way i am so vile, it's my style
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Showhome
05:15
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had to close the curtains because the neighbors kept looking in
they seem nice enough but i cannot stand the sight of them
we're living in a new house it doesn't have any history
nothing has died expect a little piece of me
we don't have the guts to live alone
we're just after a place we can call our own
and i don't have the guts to live alone
i can't believe we agreed to live in a showhome
get our mail before anyone else get to paint the garden fence
i'm using self-service tills in this social self-defense
had to move the bed because the neighbors kept gegging in
they seem nice enough but i cannot stand the sight of them
we don't have the guts to live alone
we're just after a place we can call our own
and i don't have the guts to live alone
i can't believe we agreed to live in a showhome
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Claire Welles Liverpool, UK
One of Liverpool’s finest underground provocateurs. Fiercely singular in her approach to music yet with a musical nous you
simply can’t teach.
A long history of recording music, Claire has straddled almost every musical styling yet imbues her music with a rich melodic tendency which makes her experimental pop ease into your being over time. If you let it.
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