A Lighthouse Keeper's Diary

by Paul Liddell

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1.	Travelling Song 04:45	lyrics	buy track
TRAVELLING SONG Where am I going? Where am I from? Why am I singing a travelling song? ‘cause change brings no fear as I’m moving along My friend will not take me where I don’t belong ‘cause I want to know what you’re thinking of I want to know just how you explain I don’t know if I’m right, but I know I’m not wrong ‘cause fate is my friend and this is it’s song This is my road/I won’t let it go I will follow you wherever you may roam Through daylight and starlight I’ll never let you go Co-incidence is fake when you’re a magic dreamer Predicting the future as soon as you wake ‘cause fate is my friend and I’m a believer That fiction is future and fact is a fake ‘cause I want to know what you’re thinking of I want to know just how you explain I don’t know if I’m right, I don’t care if I’m wrong Fate is my friend. This is its song. This is my road/I won’t let it go I will follow you wherever you may roam Through daylight and starlight I’ll never let you go
2.	A Quiet Kind Of Madness 04:34	lyrics	buy track
A QUIET KIND OF MADNESS You’re not punch drunk, just a bottle of wine You’re not burned out or bored, you’re just passing the time I’m not losing you, it’s just the fear in my mind And there’s nothing there to tell me that I’m wrong And sometimes when you sleep, I’m lying awake I know that you are flesh and bone, sidekick of fate And we are not a question, of love and hate Because of you I know just what I am And I think we’re part of someone else’s plan ***CHORUS* Addicted to the bittersweet of sadness Impurity and badness A quiet kind of madness Addressed my dreams like envelopes Addicted to the shame The pleasure and the pain It’s my detriment and gain But I do not fear the rain * You’re not so old, there’s no grey in your hair And you’re rolling back the years with your TV stare There’s nothing I can do to show you how I care But I’d run and run forever and a day And when quiet comes, you won’t know that I’m there *CHORUS*** But I do not fear the rain, I’ll turn and face the shame But I do not fear the rain, I’ll turn and face the shame
3.	Runaway 04:44	lyrics	buy track
RUNAWAY I never said I wanted to be free I only said I wanted to be me Oh, runaway. Since you've gone away I don’t believe you I never said I wanted you to give yourself away I only said I wanted you to live Oh, runaway. Since you've gone away I don’t believe you I never said I wanted to be free I only said I wanted to be me But when everyone is bought and sold Will I be the one left all alone Oh, runaway. Since you've gone away I don’t believe you
4.	Angels With Wings 06:09	lyrics	buy track
ANGELS WITH WINGS I won’t forget just what you did for me when I needed you And I hope you know I’ll always be there for you Always look over your shoulders before you jump ‘cause I’ll be standing right beside you to help you up So let’s jump Your red horizons will burn black Don’t hide those angels with wings behind closed eyes Don’t hide those angels with wings Just help them down And when you think you’re going off the rails Just keep on pushing on and on and see what you get And when you move on up please don’t look back ‘cause I’ll be standing on the right side of those tracks Your red horizons will burn black Don’t hide those angels with wings behind closed eyes Don’t hide those angels with wings Just help them down
5.	Suburbia 04:22	lyrics	buy track
SUBURBIA A perforated sunset rolling on forever where the rooftops meet the sticks A passing conversation is lost in the reflection of this And all across the slant roof seas of suburbia No-one hears you shout Noise from the unsettled is drowned out by boiling kettles And no-one hears a sound You’re just a lonely heart aching, just another glass breaking Are you scared of getting older? Are you scared of being left all alone? Your family visit once a week, treat you like a freak, and you wish they’d leave you alone But in the world that you once knew, there was no neglect But then your daddy sold you to the mill it’s cause and effect You’re just an old hand shaking, just another glass breaking Collapsing in the post office and lying on the ground The silence seems to suffocate Will someone call the ambulance Just a lonely heart aching, just another glass breaking Just an old hand shaking, just another glass breaking Just a rich kid faking, just another glass breaking Just a lonely heart aching, just another glass breaking
6.	Jail Song 02:15	lyrics	buy track
JAIL SONG Nothing better than a fool with a conscience Trying to make it 2 – 2 bodies on the street In a chase with police get arrested For tipping up tables in the strip joint hang your head And feel the shame getting caught is a fool’s game You’re just not equipped for legit so run away It’s all biographical it ain’t no parody, Turned into the story of a jailhouse tragedy It all started at the age of 12 when your dad had a gun Took you shooting in the summer and you learned to kill some birds The dumbest kid in all of school, when the bully came around you just knocked him down instead Very soon it became a fascination - armies in the schoolyard saying “bang, bang, bang, you’re dead!” It’s all biographical, ain’t no parody, turned into the story of a jailhouse tragedy
7.	A Mile Away 03:22	lyrics	buy track
A MILE AWAY A mile away the world has changed forever I’ve gone and left it all behind No supermarket trolley sleeping in the river bed No early morning cigarette rushing to your head ‘cause shadows fell across my path and I was bound to see Those white faces shining through the treetops twinkling on your face I won’t forget the place I’ll never ever be again A mile away. A world away The aerials above the water tower can’t be seen When you’re sitting in the sand watching bonfires burning out ‘cause shadows fell across my path I quickly learned to see That all the ugliness in all our lives is tarnishing our souls I won’t forget the place I’ll never ever be again A mile away. A world away
8.	Hi - Rise 04:29	lyrics	buy track
HI RISE I’m tired of reaching out and touching wood Assassinations of my friends just aren’t enough Still I never thought of giving up ‘cause every time I hear your sound my hair stands up I won’t let you turn me into something that I am not Or I don’t want to be The eyes in the hi – rise are twinkling at me And the rain made the road glow grey The eyes in the hi – rise are twinkling at me And the world looks different today I’m tired of reaching out and touching wood When I’m scared the road might walk a little rough And I wish that I could make my own luck ‘cause I’m not hard enough to walk it by myself And I’m not hard enough to wait on the shelf And wonder what could be The eyes in the hi – rise are twinkling at me And the rain made the road glow grey The eyes in the hi – rise are twinkling at me And the world looks different today I’m flying high up above those tiny houses I cast my memory back to where the river started from And I hate to burst your bubble but I know what you are thinking Every word you say is stolen from somewhere else And your prison is a token of arrogance That you don’t owe me The eyes in the hi – rise are twinkling at me And the rain made the road glow grey The eyes in the hi – rise are twinkling at me And the world looks different today Because the world looks beautiful today
9.	House On A Hill 03:46	lyrics	buy track
HOUSE ON A HILL Light on, light off People passing by my window dressed in warm and white I used to watch you dress beside the window Now all I see is moonlight reflected on the pane I live in a house upon a hill with all my friends and lovers Headlights and streetlights interrupt the twilight I used to watch you ironing your long black hair Now all I see is one light And the road that takes you there I live in a house upon a hill with all my friends and lovers
10.	A Lighthouse Keeper's Diary 03:25	lyrics	buy track
A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DIARY I’m living in the pages of a lighthouse keeper’s diary I’m a light in the darkness but my shadow’s all you see I see for miles and ages what no-one else can see I’m living in the pages of a lighthouse keeper’s diary I’m living in the pages of a lighthouse keeper’s diary I’m a sound in the deep for those who want to hear My vigil is for no-one and no-one is for me I’m living in the pages of a lighthouse keeper’s diary I’m the crack in your window that lets the rain come in I’m the love you let go ‘cause you were scared when your time came When you turn and run away, I’m the one that calls your name I’m living in the pages of a lighthouse keeper’s diary I’m a light in the dark that nobody can see I’m the sound in your heart that no-one wants to hear I’m living in the pages of a lighthouse keeper’s diary I’m living in the pages
11.	Untouched By Time Or Progress 03:59	lyrics	buy track
UNTOUCHED BY TIME OR PROGRESS The place I’m in is not black or white. It’s grey While the world turns by we all remain the same Untouched by time or progress There’s no space to occupy in this city Where everyone is hard and old The citizens are clouds of smoke I see cold hands and fingers clutching at shadows I see sunken eyes in faces of people that have no place here There’s no space to occupy in this city Where everyone is hard and old This place is just so cold Time here is standing still I wanna break it all down and start it again Time here is standing still I wanna take this picture and colour it in Regardless of the distance we have come We still do it like our fathers would have done Change is irrelevant There were men with dirty faces who never saw the sun Now our skin is so much cleaner but the changes come so slow ‘round here There’s no space to occupy in this city For those people who will not do what they’re told This place is just so cold Time here is standing still I wanna break it all down and start it again Time here is standing still I wanna take this picture and colour it in I wanna break it all down and start it again I wanna take this place and colour it in I wanna go right back to where it begins I wanna take this place and colour it in Time here is standing still I wanna break it all down and start it again Time here is standing still I wanna take this picture and colour it in
12.	The Wooden Heart 02:53	lyrics	buy track
THE WOODEN HEART Do you feel like a stranger in your own skin? When you knock no-one answers - there’s nobody in There’s a lifetime of yearning and filling the hole There are too many bodies and not enough soul The wooden heart beats so still Can’t swell in love or burn in pride Just hates ‘til sun and moon collide The wooden heart speaks only ill The wooden heart beats so still It’s quick to burn in anger’s flame When the fire burns out only ashes remain Let it burn to a cinder in unstoppable rage ‘til the blackened old rock can’t remember the flames And the burning of hatred becomes the stinging of shame The wooden heart beats so still Can’t swell in love or burn in pride Just hates ‘til sun and moon collide The wooden heart speaks only ill The wooden heart beats so still

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Released 2004. CD version features a multimedia element with video and extra tracks.

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released April 1, 2004

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Paul Liddell Sunderland, UK

Paul's modern take on the 'one man band' using live loops, guitar percussion, harmonies and effects has seen him support artists such as Turin Brakes, Jon Gomm and Billy Bragg. A diverse and challenging writer with a unique voice, his live performances range from whispering intensity to a white knuckle, edge of your seat, ear splittingly glorious racket. ... more

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