James Two

Some things you can't rule, in this gentle rain, no need for winter fuel, scrubbed by desire, I hear myself say, it's only by fire, wait for the good news, buckle down the highway, untroubled by the Blues, like birds on a wire, it’s hard to ascertain, who's the biggest liar, she boils me in a stew, adds salt to the taste, love’s a bitter fruit, she doesn't ask why, I dance without shame, lost in the sky, who needs a fool, to turn the earth grey, you'll find what you lose, when spring comes again

James

We drink together for company, God knows if you’re right, we’ll always need sympathy, what's with these few, who stay out of sight, only come awake at noon, they leave us no peace. fear grips their sight, worry guides their being, our dreams sharp as new, marching up to sunlight, we won’t truck with fools, you say look how easy, it is to sail the sky, nothing stands our scrutiny, we're so happy and cool, in the morning fire, everything we say and do, you can taste the sea, don’t say way up high, you’re as scared as me, ask who turns the tide?

Kieron Three

Parade all the while, when you’re on the way, walk the lonely miles, in your bones, you’re not meant to stay, alone, you leave the good times, for your holy grail, you don’t have a dime, can you atone, when it's blowing a gale, you’re that far gone, flip a coin to the sky, think of hoisting sail, your shirt is just fine, drink wine from a Jeroboam, covet some desolate mail, throw stones at your ghosts, what is it to cry, when love’s like a snail, you're not going to lie, it’s no worse than jail.

Kieron Two

What you can't find, makes you think again, don’t buy more wine, go home, there's too much pain, stick to your own, you hear these whines, standing in the rain, everything's fine, drenched to the bone, I’ve been no angel, soft swish of my tones, why try to disguise, each day’s claim, a roll of the dice, I don't trust I' phones, they perish the mind, love’s overblown, it just takes a while, to catch a fast train, dance with the time, face no-one's blame

Kieron

Gone is the time, I stare straight at you, you’re a real dime, you don’t make it easy, what you’ve been through, to see it in me, cashmere’s fine, to stamp out the blues, but not in July, you don’t do breezy, why disguise the truth, the way you speak, hard times besides, you use as a tool, to sharpen my mind, shake the car keys, am I your mule, each day’s no Odyssey, I’m just in line, to catch more sad tunes, no more sweet wine, not from you.

Diane Three

You can swear and blow, it's never too late, if you want to come home, no need to face ruin, or worry about an escape, you're no one's fool, a rolling stone, at some broken gate, luck is when it rolls, but you better come soon, drunk on the waves, I’ll forget about you, so close to the zone, you'll sink in the glue, when you’re alone, never mind the looks, you'll always need loans, to swing on my hook, you're too cool to roam, nothing else to gain, no knife to your throat, better stay safe.

Diane Two

I’m never a girl, that curses and blasts, my mind in a whirl, a face set like stone, when I’m brassed, it's best you count now, don't look scared, turn away trapped, I won’t rattle my pearls, see your ghost, strung to collapse, those lies are your own, your head starts to twirl, your teeth in a glass, say prayers downstairs, cry on the doorpost, drink tea aghast, ask what I need most, I’ll turn the flame down, cook with gas, my flags unfurled, you can relax.

Diane

A cracked dirty spoon, offers no insight, or makes you look cool, here in this game, a race for your life, do you hold the reins, don’t be a mule, spinning cooked over lies, stop what you’re doing, your eyes see the pain, brain reels like a firefly, let them go their way, what makes it so futile, you cry inside, some really need you, when others ask why, if you're going insane, show them what's right, act goody two shoes, you’ll be fine, who needs to be cruel, you’ve got the sunlight

Jess Three

Why dream of empathy, sitting on a wall, too drunk to speak, enough to raise the stakes, risk being torn, the useless dates we make, I wait for the seasons, with my crown of thorns, giving up on reason, kids run about the place, being cast forlorn, I have to act brave, don’t look at me please, like you’ve been taught, dreaming in the sea, a hand that shakes, askance at my only call, understand I conjugate, this is not really me, jellied to the core, a flower of deep tranquillity, needing more.

Jess Two

He will dance around you, scream for another loan, say everything’s bad juju, sunlight, water, he’s up high, like some waving comb, God knows who makes it right, I walk the avenue, my daisy head is blown, he paints me lemon blue, throws craps to the night, will break any curfew, forget about the fights, when I cry for truth, know I’m not alone, can't be bothered to argue, what's worse is the silence, all that's gone to ruin, my once partner’s niceness, he’ll receive his dues, reveal his broken bones, what is there that's new, he’s never coming home.

Jess

Da's back in the pen, my stomach turns to rope, Ma stands there bereft, if you really want class, consider that joke, when you turn grass, be the first to offer, smoke with their loans, you the first son, if you can’t be assed, then leave them alone, don’t poison their glass, even pretend, their hurt is gone, with all your mess, the ugly crap, sung down their phone, don’t say they’re last, when needing your help, give them some scope, if they are like lepers, live on your own

Kevin Three

Are you aware, if you're so great, no one really cares, I’m looking for a home, a web across my face, you're too far gone, who needs to share, the spin of this plate, just find me one here, it’s no fun alone, when your voice fades, you’ve drunk the lot, in chains on a chair, talk of great escapes, your voice shot, a hymn to who’s won, when shutters raise, a time that feels old, what if you care, to pull at my traces, don't you understand, it’s too late.

Kevin Two

Put me on the train, I can hardly speak, drunk in the rain, forget sunlit avenues, the roof that leaks, a straining crew, Liverpool or Marseilles, anywhere that speaks, not somewhere fake, I’ll see you soon, before my hair is grey, in your lavender room, don’t mark the day, when my crazy deeds, come out to play, besides you flowers bloom, love turns at ninety degrees, you sing all my tunes, nothing to say, who would believe, my legs are forsaken, smelling the sea.

Kevin

Please don't moan, stifle your screams, come rolling home, a knife to my throat, I know where you’ve been, does that keep you going, I just need a stone, to throw in the sea, searching for love, don’t dance with my ghosts, happy as a queen, toasting the lost, when you love alone, is that what you mean, to hurt the most, in your glass groans, you once used to tease, my quilted soul, don’t come here to atone, for your busted schemes, I’ve no more to loan, clean out of dreams.

Sam Three

What’s your crime a vision that runs, easy with the wine, don’t get bitter, what passes for love, won’t tolerate this, forget broken lives, that sing in your blood, they’re all other tithes, that you sip, with swollen gums, need to change grip, entwine, silence or scrub, others that climb, no more lifts, hands that you scrub, illusory hits, hear the clock chime, another drop of rum, remember the time, pull-on oven gloves.

Sam Two

Dance in poor men's shoes, sing songs on the wire, always pay your dues, if no one 'phones, don’t burst a tyre, you know where to go, each little bit of you, faced with their ire, says here is the truth, life isn't a stone, you leave in the fire, no one gets by alone, it's your choice of ruin, sings louder than a choir, love’s just a shoo-in, know in your bones, when others conspire, there'll always be home, to bring you the news, tell who's for hire, give life some truth, you're not a liar.

Sam

A flower at your side, just a little token, held with great pride, ribbons in your hair, stuff that you know, won’t go nuclear, stupid to ask why, you've been chosen, your turn to fly, deny all the hurt, memories not golden, outside of your lair, a wounded heart's cry, shrunken or coaxed, will never deny, all that you share, warm in your soaking, pale sunlight flares, sing favourite lines, know that love's spoken, a cloud sails the sky, you are unbroken.

Fion Three

A line on her face, says she’ll carry on, won’t turn away, a horizon once bright, she navigates alone, feels that it's right, maybe take a train, like a lover who's gone, it came once this way, the picture's not kind, she could cry but won't, no place to make tight, she’ll work it this way, never understand, life on the pave, within the city’s light, hardly a sound, under a wet sky, who would bet anyway, tied to the stones, there’s nothing to gain, by going home.

Fion Two

Memories of your face, so eager so sweet, the state of your grace, you recoil at my thunder, my very conceit, a man fixed by number, they called me too late, eager to squeeze, the life where you lay, a path uncluttered, my insides heave, my storm-tossed lover, you went out one day, while I was asleep, my dreams fall away, it’s a conundrum, wreaths, stones, grave, who splits who asunder, I hear you say, Just walk and smile easy, just break away, now you’re released.

Fion

Brilliant bones sculpture your frame, spring’s in full flow, you want to be free, it’s always the same, how to stay happy, dance on the blow, sail full-on to fame, others will follow, taste salt by the sea, fools leave the game, not what you believe, to number each crumb, or circle each day, only say that it’s done, stones and glass pieces, drunken oblates, sing like the priests, as if they don’t know, how to take share blame, fly away like the crows, into the rain.

Kenny Three

Hails all who come by, laughs and hums and frisks, says you’ve got to try, he stays cheerful at home, occasionally bangs the lids, always on the go, his life starts to fry, crying for what he’s missed, some waste all their lives, others walk the stones, searching for a kiss, like he's done before, forget the better times, all the truths that list, bars, rain, days of tides, dreams he can’t postpone, sometimes turn to piss, a path you can’t go down, whoever owns the night, or the wind hushed mist, makes you wonder why, days are ruled by kids?

Kenny Two

You live life by drops, no poem or big sea, the blue light can mop, your words only grate, on lousy needs, there lies your fame, latticed with coughs, just a wheeze, no one knows whose top, is this some child’s game, around your greed, you always find a way, to show who’s boss, everyone squeezed, like a kitchen cloth, golden moments can't delay, your fight with release, the need to get away, give it all to love, you wouldn't need, to care a jot, but you won’t see

Kenny

In darkness and grain blue, snow sends a sign, release this stupid fool, it’s not me gone cold, when you break the light, others that you've known, I should cry for you tears just ask me why, what you have to lose, nothing left to hold, at your sudden news, it makes me feel old, your eyes in constant flight, care is not an issue, when you run from life, it’s always what we sow, can never light the fuse, no one loves alone, I would die for you, bells ring out the night, they ring of life anew, somewhere on the ice.

Dany Four

The sum of weary waves, puts love on hold for fear, others close the gate, at the time you celebrate, let the poor come near, broken laws relate, for those consumed and crazed, sometimes you make clear, be gentle today, why scream or hesitate, you need to hear, these castaways, when bells ring out oblate, don't worry what is dear, better this than fate, time is just a knave, it measures dust not years, don't judge the late, each evening castigate, all your foolish tears, smother them with praise, whatever you can bear.

Dany Three

My lips twist like knives, I am not forgiving, eyes scan the river wide, what else is new, the wind bites when skipping, to our secret venues, my mother says stay wise, make sure you kid him, many a long night, our love is never smooth, I’m tobacco blonde and with it, maybe it's true, maybe she's right, skinned alive and swimming, sunlight, water, sky, he’ll walk down my avenue, laughter's for the giving, eyes bright blue, nail him with my smile, his fame locked into winning, I dance in the tide, is this our new beginning?

Dany Two

You laugh at silly fate, when you’re wearing red, find that life is great, this is what you do, always stay ahead, smile like a fool, know the latest rate, even from your bed, always come too late, give money to schools, even with your cred, who knows what’s true, Oh you carry weight, but nothing you can’t shed, if it’s to your taste, when you sing the Blues, no one calls the Feds, to arrange a rescue, cold white hate, has no place in your head, paint your nails, you’re far from dead

Danitza

We snatch at desperate news, set a passage clear, nothing else will do, carry heartache home, it might cost us dear, we drag it all alone, nothing left to rue, a course of different years, no one thought we knew, if this makes you groan, think what else you fear, no matter what the tone, there’ll be other rules, to bring our vision near, golden domes unused, take another loan, put perfume on our ears, on such paths we're torn, slake our need for fuel, say prayers instead of tears, no need to be cruel, we ride the bitter jeers.

Anna Three

Haven't you heard, I'm shaping to leave, are you scared, shoals of tuna dart away, can't you see, they’re frightened of the Marlin, I can’t share the hurt, my songs of the sea, don’t really belong here, say I’m too late, as if I need, to make you feel great, you tut when I slur, know the might have been, as if you care, won't need to pray, for some kind of ease, nights I’m off the rails, is it my unwashed hair, I need to bleach, will hope get us there, or other beliefs?

Anna Two

Keep an ear for trains, your body turns to stone, let us show the way, forget what's on your mind, this’s about your soul, you're not the lonely kind, crying makes you slay, a song all your own, hands across your face, don't take fright, or fall like a dope, for any stray you find, rub against the grain, stay out there alone, don't worry about the freight, tunes make them smile, when they’re far from home, stems the fear inside, this railroad’s always late, all our life’s on show, nothing has to change, sing it from below.

Anna

When you want to phone, drag an ash can far, love is just a joke, trails are all we use, searching near and far, life flames around us, Saints reveal their bones, then leave the door ajar, can't do passion alone, we don't need a feud, at some crowded bar, to know what to do, don't drink and foam, your head spinning la la, we have no home, we’ll head for the blue, wave at the stars, seek another view, ours is a part-time start, safe within the zone, other stuff departs, catch us when we're gone

Stevie Four

We share jokes and put, hopes on those who disappear, geese rise among the just, no one owns a crown, to be ushered in here, or puts the others down, those of us fussed, we'll always hold dear, what's been lost, in our Ocean town, everything is clear, you know who’s sound, someone to trust, she walks like the deer, with no trace of musk, everyone she knows, brushes away fear, she’s never on her own, we drink the failing years, each night is a must, to bathe in happy tears, laugh before the dusk.