On In Four of us will suffer mental health problems at some time in out lives

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yes we are all the same in the end

yes we are all the same in the end

yes we are all the same

 

I hold back from joining into this

it breaks my back

and I want you

it’s not that important to you

it’s important to me

 

let me out, let me take in the air

let me out, let me take in the air

let me out, let me take…

yes we are all the same in the end

yes we are all the same in the end

yes we are all the same

 

night falls down on you

turn around, it will swallow you

 

the story I’ve heard

it fades in front of me

and we all stay the same

we’re unchanged

 

yes we are all the same in the end

they story I’ve heard it fades

 

Something In My Way

 

Thank god for winter rain,

Clearing out the poison in my mouth,

This city, stuck to me

it summarises all my worries

 

Collapsing under my own weight

The line on which my movement takes

I fall down, I sink deeper,

Drinking fast so I’ll get there quicker

 

No where’s perfect, chose this place with care

Always something in my way

Mourning over stupid things I’d change

Always something in my way

 

I can’t remember things

The walk I took, the colour of your door

I feel sick, I feel worried

I always get there in a hurry

 

I’m scared of what you’ll think

If I showed you how I really am

I get drunk, I get erratic

But always seem to end up static

 

No where’s perfect, chose this place with care

Always something in my way

Mourning over stupid things I’d change

Always something in my way

 

Economy Class

You come and go with a grace I can’t define

Heavy in my mind

It’s a grace I can’t define

 

Your face has stayed engraved inside my eyes

You’re thick inside my blood

And heavy in my mind

It’s a grace I can’t define

 

So go and lose or find your way

And we can share another day

So go and lose or find your way

And we can share another day

 

We can share another day

 

Trinity

She spoke with great conviction,

And said, “when you die your soul will leave you from your feet”

How could she seem so certain?

When life from day to day already has me beat

She made me wish I was pious

She made me wish I was holy

I realised what I couldn’t say

I was envious of the light inside her

 

She told me about her father

Who said when he goes he’d like her tie up his affairs

Her brothers aren’t talking

They fought bitterly over who would get the larger share

Shares no patients for such matters

What concerns her are their souls

I realised what I couldn’t say

I was envious of the light inside her

 

her parents called her trinity

she was born they became three

Sermonising with her eyes

She looked up and made them wise

I’ll never waste another day

Through indolence and passing phase

I can deal with past and change

Cos I know that I’ve seen the light inside her

 

How cruel to lose a another

I wonder if her wisdom ever lets her cry

Digging deep for courage

Destined to be the one that’s left to wonder why

She reclined and showed me pictures

Canada looks nice in spring

I realised what I couldn’t say

I was envious of the light inside her

envious of the light inside her

 

Her parents called her trinity

she was born they became three

Sermonising with her eyes

She looked up and made them wise

I’ll never waste another day

Through indolence and passing phase

I can deal with past and change

Cos  I know that I’ve seen the light inside her

 

I’ve seen the light inside her

Seahorse Perfect

stand at ease beside me

I'm tense until you're close

stretching tight

I'm wondering what for

sweet and wrong intention

comes falling from your mouth

I drink it up, dark and easy

 

how can I imagine all that's gone before?

my hear is geared to wonder

how did she end up sorry?

 

staring into nothing

you ask to much of me

worried face buried in your hands

shake your head in knowledge

we'll hesitate then act

settle down or burn ourselves a bridge

 

how can I imagine all that's gone before?

my hear is geared to wonder

how did she end up sorry?

 

make me the silent one

 

To Tell You The Truth

 

I've been holding out

I've been up and down

trying to talk about things

you have both never seen

lay down scattered around in pieces

stillness over the air

that's filling up on you

 

payment can never justify

what you've started now

then it takes your life right from you

and you've got no one else to blame

but with selfless hope

I'll see you rise out of this mess again

 

fall down put me over and take it

losing always a game

but failure has it's own

I can help all I can

I can help

All I cannot do is offer you the truth

 

And it's all in a book

it's called motivation

and then we'll all have a look inside and see

what's been pulling me down

long, long way down

long, long way down

long, long way down

 

Sink Down

we climb to a secret place

standing with arms folded high

on you face a scornful smile

is burning through my chest

 

I'm sorry I disturbed your calm

but you forgot your right from wrong

and I warm to you

yes I warm to you

 

reformed by the strangest light

cutting through the drunken crowd

past the volatile and loud

who speak but make no sense

 

I look at friends with a sinking heart

I fear we've all grown apart

but I warm to you

yes I warm to you

 

wake up you dreamer

don't speak to soon

every cold word adds fuel to the fire

 

you forgot your right from wrong

 

wake up you dreamer

don't speak too soon

every cold word adds fuel to the fire

 

Written Apology

 

When I was thinking of you

And how to talk to the dead

With your eyes always closed

they're still alive in your head

 

I never thought I'd believe it

I never thought about you

with the eyes of an angel

All you see is the truth

 

And I’m not lying,

I’m just smiling,

And all I want to say,

Is that I thank you,

but  its a precious feeling,

you can take or leave it,

And all I want to say,

Is that I found you

 

I didn’t mean to abandon

everything that I’ve done

I gave it up for a reason

I’d like to follow the sun

I don’t think that’s wrong or right,

and I'll accept what I've done

And I’ll make no excuses

Cause I’m the selfish one

 

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crazy friend with smiling eyes

hold me close don't let me die

sparkles like a diamond shines

opens up what's wrong inside

 

if you've got a minute I'll take you for a ride

 

I'm concerned you must believe

sweetness gratefully received

crazy girl with x-ray eyes

watch them cut me down to size

 

if you've got a minute I'll take you for a ride

if you've got a minute I'll take you for a ride

 

crazy friend with smiling eyes

keep me safe and passified

 

if you've got a minute I'll take you for a ride

 

Same Day, Different Number

 

Come home, pick the phone up,

Quick your shoes out on the floor

Tired eyes looking through me

Answer machine left screeching in the hall

 

Your face looks tired and smiling

Can’t you let it fall

So full of new frustration

So you will cry, or not say much at all

 

It’s cruel to be compared to what’s in the past

It’s cruel to be compared to what’s in the past

 

Same day, different number

Train fills up like time and time before

Had luck, you get the weirdo one

Says that he hasn’t noticed you before

 

Your so sure of your difference

that  it can’t be ignored

You come to a hard conclusion

You weren’t born so that you could be bored

 

It’s cruel to be compared to what’s in the past

It’s cruel to be compared to what’s in the past