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Othello

by Claire Welles

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1.
Jealousy 03:32
chopping and changing all the time especially when i've had some wine but chopping and changing is good it's far better than reading a book jealousy is haunting me clearly, there's a lot of work to do in my world jealousy is destroying me clearly, there's a lot of work to do in the world each morning i wake around 10 completely in the nude, oh well i stay in bed til at least 2 cos there's nothing else to do jealousy is haunting me clearly, there's a lot of work to do in my world jealousy is destroying me clearly, there's a lot of work to do in the world i remember when you left your hands were by your face and your face turned on it's side the side in which i stayed jealousy is haunting me clearly, there's a lot of work to do in my world jealousy is destroying me clearly, there's a lot of work to do in the world
2.
Othello Pt.1 04:40
need to aim a bit higher couldn't aim any lower i write all these songs to make me feel better it mostly works i write about football and i write about snooker too do what the hell i like it's nothing to do with you you talk about craft whilst keeping a straight face i write all these songs to make me feel better it hardly ever works cos the kids ain't got no brains and the oldies have thrown in the towel i've resorted to plastic surgery at the eleventh hour... every now and then i think of ending it all my nature is vile and my spirit's small all i wanted to do is walk beyond the blue of the Irish Sea it's true...how could i hate you? late night thoughts when i ought to be sleeping get away...keep away i am grateful to you and so happy for you too it's been a couple of decades now Othello... we need to protect the public and we need to feel wanted we need an awful lot of things to keep us preoccupied for the rest of the day because life is very short whilst going on forever you don't seriously expect to show your face around town after this do you?! every now and then i think of ending it all my nature is vile and my spirit's small all i wanted to do is walk beyond the blue of the Irish Sea it's true...how could i hate you?
3.
i saw you on the internet today typing out words that you wouldn't really say you're fooling round the policy it's clear to all that you're out of your tree split the family in two split the family in two again... i've seen you in town dressed up to kill but the words on the street that you have time to fill spending so much time on your screw-top wine just another young pretender, but that is just fine split the family in two split the family in two again... yeah yeah...yeah yeah...! you won't talk to me cos your head is screwed up in a few more years you will just give up you've shown me a side i will never understand i'm throwing you away as i throw up both my hands split the family in two split the family in two again... so you're gonna have to look after yourself now your brother's in on the act aswell and your sister and your mother have been through hell don't say i didn't warn you.
4.
New Ice Age 03:01
it's been a year since you left this place it hurts so bad much more than razorblades i dream of you almost every night frozen in time is this the new ice age? the new ice age low demand i remember you on the sand you held my hand, failing to understand i dream of you even though it causes pain frozen in time is this the new ice age? the new ice age close the door, don't want this anymore unlock the door, so hard to ignore now i dream of you almost every day frozen in time is this the new ice age? the new ice age stack the grief up high, try not to cry once more, spring summer fall
5.
it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead hours of fun replaced by moments of regret it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead used to have fun now i'm just bored to death and it's like that because i don't have an opinion on anything anymore and it's like that because i don't have desire to contact anyone it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead a couple of flowers in my hand instead it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead don't play me no sounds i'd rather go to bed and it's like that because i don't read the news at all anymore and it's like that because i don't have desire to contact anyone it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead hours of fun replaced by moments of regret it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead oh my god i'm watching sky sports instead it's like i'm dead, it's like i'm dead smash the dishes upon my head...
6.
The Twenties 03:55
it happened years ago when i was out of my mind i never tried to explain why i was unkind living in the twenties and life’s no fun at all raised to feel nothing no opinions of our own it happened years ago just before you were born i fell into a lake that was covered in spawn living in the twenties and life’s no fun at all raised to feel nothing no opinions of our own now i am old and grey my life is slipping away don't want to follow my dreams because my dreams are all gay living in the twenties and life’s no fun at all raised to feel nothing no opinions of our own
7.
Polyester 04:27
Will never go to America don't like what I saw once on a computer running around, heading to town pulling a frown to protect themselves running away, just to hide from the officework of yesterday I'll never go to a pizza bar in the middle of a place called Utah it's full of lonely people, broken people abject people I don't like what I saw once at the cinema I wore polyester the other day was quite the norm in the olden days you could say now I'm left with the sense that I'm fading away it's judgement day... I wore polyester the other night the level of attraction gave us both a fright so we cut through some shops just to get away in this urban decay well...I'll never drink a cup of tea in a sweet little place called Tennesse fooling around, heading to town pulling a gun to protect ourselves running away, just to hide from the pain of yesterday I wore polyester the other day was quite the norm in the olden days you could say now I'm left with the sense that I'm fading away it's judgement day... I wore polyester the other night the level of attraction gave us both a fright so we cut through some shops just to get away in this urban decay He still thinks it's 1993 and he lives in my head absolutely rent free at the second time of asking I know it's time for my bed the American dream is to steal absolutely everything so you'd better lock all your doors and carefully hide the key, give it to me I wore polyester the other day was quite the norm in the olden days you could say now I'm left with the sense that I'm fading away it's judgement day... I wore polyester the other night the level of attraction gave us both a fright so we cut through some shops just to get away in this urban decay
8.
at war with the under 35s what an unusual time to be alive did my generation fail in a way? so bloated and oh so decayed at war with the under 35s too late to change, to change, to change your mind society has taken away the ball your manners were the last thing to fall stomach turning my nose is hurting my eyes they are burning i need a rest today the world is turning i have stopped caring better tell my pals to keep well away at war with the under 35s so much to hate and so much more to despise our differences are far too extreme now you're politicizing everything at war with the under 35s the future is yours i have begun to realize as society takes a piss against the wall your manners were the first thing to fall stomach turning my nose is hurting my eyes they are burning i need a rest today the world is turning i have stopped caring now i don't need to tell anyone to stay away CANCEL EVERYTHING i've changed my mind i think youre great it's just the idiot alcohol rearing its ugly head yet again i've changed my point of view learned to understand you too at war with the under 35s don't understand the need for a compromise i haven't cancelled anyone today it's worse than spitting you could say... la la la la la la la... stomach turning my nose is hurting my eyes they are burning i need a rest today the world is turning i have stopped caring better tell my pals to keep well away the world is turning i have stopped caring x4
9.
Snooker 05:50
the snooker's on the telly the papers are all over the floor someone's fly-tipped a settee cos they don't want it no more my friend's hearts are all breaking seemingly at the same time cos we're no longer cooped up no reason to stay and try the neighbour's keep on complaining about the quality of their lives they've had the bizzies out this week at least a couple of times the kids have got nothing to do except duff up the estate cos if you can't fix a problem then you can't affect any change i've got to go nowhere to stay i'm half my age in a different way nowhere to go down we go i'm half my age in a different way despite everything around us we're happy with our lives though i sometimes fear for the future the day when one of us dies the snooker's on the telly...
10.
F A D E 03:44
as far as days go i am not so sure others pass right through the door a bridge too far just across the room something so common cannot be improved summer's gone and it's not been replaced colours drain and the flowers, they fade i watch the walls as they turn around regret the day that i think i had tomorrow comes in a similar vein wash my face and do it again summer's gone and it's not been replaced colours drain and the flowers, they fade so cover me with a ground sheet another year in a dressing gown rust within the concrete these are things that can bring you down summer's gone and it's not been replaced colours drain and the flowers, they fade
11.
Othello Pt.2 01:57
Make your move and I'll make my move Getting in the groove of this situation I play the game even though it drives me insane What's your name? Glad I met you in this queue... What can you do if you never leave your room Just like 2002 all over again Who are you? Have you ever done it true? Have you ever done it true? So many questions...such ammunition... Othello Flip the tape and start again.

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released April 1, 2022

Written & Produced by Claire Welles
Recorded February - September 2021
Mixed by Stephen Cole in February 2022

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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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