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| JUNE 2000 |
| ALL MY MATES (LAUGHTON) Hanging round looking for some fun I look from my window at the glorious sun Stuck inside nobody around I reckon they�re not here they�ve gone to town All my mates I�m all alone sat in my room by the phone All my mates are getting tans desperate I turn to the cans All my mates I�m just a loner fancying that girl maybe I should phone her A few drinks later I get the guts pick up the phone all I get is buts Get another drink start feeling sick put down the phone that does the trick All my mates I�m all alone sat in my room by the phone All my mates are getting tans desperate I turn to the cans All my mates I�m just a loner fancying that girl maybe I should phone her I give in I�m in despair why only me not very fair Should I start again somewhere new then it would stop me feeling blue All my mates I�m all alone sat in my room by the phone All my mates are getting tans desperate I turn to the cans All my mates I�m just a loner fancying that girl maybe I should phone her Simon�s first contribution to the group, and I can only imagine it was written from his own experience. I was there when he wrote it actually, we were in his room at his house, and it seemed to be a very sporadic writing process. Write two lines, play a Playstation game, write another two lines, check email�it seemed to take a very long time to write this song. Still, worth it if only for the fact that it�s Simon�s first crack at writing a song. |
| ROOM FOR ME (MUSCUTT) Going out without me I don�t know why told me they weren�t doing anything such a lie And when I saw them laughing without me That�s when I went back home to mum and dad but when I arrived they said to me There�s no room for me not even at home now anymore They say I should get out more and maybe even leave No room for me the time has come for me To get things done and dusted got to get a move on they�ve had enough of me And so I moved out to a flat in time but soon things started going wrong And from the letterbox the bills dropped down and now I wonder how to pay them all There�s no room for me not even at home now anymore They say I should get out more and maybe even leave No room for me the time has come for me To get things done and dusted got to get a move on they�ve had enough of me A lot of the earlier songs seemed to be about hypothetical situations, like this one, which is about a young person being faced with moving out. I guess all young people face this at some time or another, I did when I moved out to go to university, anyway. When I finish I know there�ll be a place at my family home for me until I sort something more permanent out, at least. The person in this song has parents that are very impatient, obviously. |
| THE WORLD AND HIS DOG HATES ME (MUSCUTT) Why do you all hate me it�s not as if I try on purpose to make you dislike me so why do you all hate me It�s not as if I can do anything about it and when you see me in town it�s like you don�t want me around You cross over as I pass why does everybody hate me I�ve done all I can to be loved Why does everyone abhor me it�s beginning to get to me I know you talk about me behind my back making words When I�m not around and you groan in resignation when I walk through the door Maybe I should turn and walk the other way would anyone miss me would anyone care And when you see me in town it�s like you don�t want me around You cross over as I pass why does everybody hate me I�ve done all I can to be loved Why does everyone abhor me it�s beginning to get to me Oh no � this has to be my least favourite song that I�ve ever written! Everything about it is terrible, it�s such a bad example of a classic teen angst tune � the lyrics sound whining, the overall tone of the song is one of a paranoid, sad, lonely bastard pissing away life�it�s crap. Even the title is awful! Please, ignore this one and read on�unless you�ve just read it, in which case have a good chortle and move on. |
| THE PAINTED MAN (MUSCUTT) Sometimes I wonder why I come here sometimes I wonder why I see you It doesn�t do anything for me or anything for you I don�t know why I come here but I do And I think we lost touch someday it had to happen It just happened sooner than later for us I don�t know why I bothered but I do Wasting all those feelings I thought were love on you I think the songs I�ve written have got longer as time has gone on, this one is from June 2000, and is like, five lines long � whereas songs from November 2001 (more than a year later) are over twice as long! Longer than that in some cases. This was originally an instrumental, but then I came up with some lyrics that fit the tune, and this song was born. |
| FIRE BAD, TREE PRETTY (MUSCUTT) (JUNE 2000) Looks so bad on the surface someone said but deeper down it�s not so bad If only you would take the time to uncover you might find more than you�re looking for The fire is raging but nothing can harm us the city is burning but we�re as cold as ice It�s an indication of your discretion someone said when you take a look at the ashes But if only you would pull off the covers you just might find what you�re looking for The world is going down and it�s taking us with it the town is burning we see it consuming Feel it coming covered uncovered you said but when you�re unclothed it�s always so cold And if you could discover me then you might uncover me You might find something more I can almost see you falling Can you feel the walls coming in I hear you say I wait forever to hear you speak I make out the outlines of buildings so far away they�re falling faster than envy you say Now I feel you sliding away into the cold now it�s near it�s here I can feel the cold It�s a feeling of your regret someone said when you look at the ashes But when you pulled off the covers unveiled the layers I think you found what you were looking for The title for this song came from an episode of �Buffy The Vampire Slayer� � I can�t remember who said it, maybe a �Buffy� obsessive can help me out? The song is about exploring someone�s personality. |
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