> That rings bells in my head.
> Why should that be?
> Is there a tune missing that I can't hear?
> If I heard the music, I'd know the song.
> Sorry for the disjointed writing but I haven't slept all night, well it is
> in fact day here now. 6.10 am.
He is the musical moiety of the band 'Arab Strap'. Middleton released a brillant solo album a couple of years ago titled "5:14 FLUOXYTINE SEAGULL ALCOHOL JOHN NICOTINE."
More lyrics...
SPEED ON THE M9
I'm so lonely, I'm gonna get caught by the police for company.
And I try to pick up the phone but when it's me nobody's home.
Look at my face, check my eyes; they're getting dark with all these lies.
I'm running out of time, I'm gonna speed on the M9.
I'm so lonely, I'm gonna crash my car into company.
I need to go to the hospital, I can't look after myself at all.
Forget to eat, forget to drink. I'm not lazy, I just don't think.
I'm running out of time, I'm gonna speed on the M9.
I'm so lonely, I'm gonna get into a fight for the company.
You hit me then I'll know that I'm here, no one seems to remember I'm here.
No one cares, and in the end, it's times like these you realise your friends.
I'm running out of time, I'm gonna speed on the M9.
I'm so lonely, I'm gonna go out with a slut who'll hold me.
I need to feel like I'm red hot, I don't care what she's got.
I want to touch, I need to be held, not for long just 'til I rebuild my shell.
I'm running out of time, I'm gonna speed on the M9.
THE KING OF BRING
I'm halfway between useless and potential.
I'm all the way travelled from hope.
There's no one leading me down this road.
All the wrong turns have been my own.
Did you know that I'm telepathetic?
When I walk in the room, I know.
All eyes turn towards me, everyone wants me to go.
I'm only happy when I'm sad and my good times are all bad.
And my best years have all left me along with you.
When I'm up, I'm still down, and my smile is my frown.
I'm a clown, I'm still falling away from you.
My hallway is fraught with dangers, it's peopled by memories and ghosts.
An apparition sits on my laundry, laughing and eating my toast.
I don't lock the door at night anymore, I've no one to keep safe.
Pancakes gone, kissing gone, along with the smile on my face.
I'm only happy when I'm sad and my good times are all bad.
And my best years have all left me along with you.
When I'm up, I'm still down, and my smile is my frown.
I'm a clown, I'm still falling away from you.
I regret all my regrets.
I forget I forget.
I forget all my regrets.
I regret all I forget.
I'm just like a bad actor falling, falling in love with you.
You know I'd do anything for you, what do you want me to do?
I've burnt all my bridges and I'm stranded, I'm joking on my own.
I'm wider than the Atlantic, the distance between us grows.
I'm only happy when I'm sad and my good times are all bad.
And my best years have all left me along with you.
When I'm up, I'm still down, and my smile is my frown.
I'm a clown, I'm still falling away from you.
DEVIL AND THE ANGEL
Last night when I was sleeping a devil came to me.
She said "Malcolm... Malcolm... your soul belongs to me.
And you'll never amount to anything, you'll never achieve anything, You'll never be good at anything... and your songs are shite."
This morning I woke up sweating coz i knew that she was right.
I'm dishonest and dirty, I just don't have a life.
And I'll never amount to anything, I'll never achieve anything, I'll never be good at anything... and my songs are shite.
Last night when I was sleeping an angel came to me.
She said "Malcky... Malcky... salvation lies with me.
Because you can amount to something, you can achieve anything, You can be good at something... and your songs are alright"
This morning I woke up shaking coz I knew I had to choose a path.
It's the devil or the angel, there's only one way for me.
Coz I'll never amount to anything, I'll never achieve anything, I'll never be good at anything and I'll never amount to anything.
I'll never achieve anything, I'll never be good at anything... And my songs are pish.