Ceri

Clouds furl around the sky, death brings no easy due, even when we die, who cares what’s at stake, it always turns for you, burning coal in the grate, something deep inside, sets ablaze no ordinary cue, even when you deny, the barriers we make, not to look like fools, tides see us swept away, however hard we try, love is not immune, explore it one more time, lying if we castigate, something inside the blue, you can never walk away, when we’ve had a few.

Britney

Can't get around the news, that you’ve slipped away, dollars tell the truth, you stepped off the Metro, finished up your day, left us on the stones, I haven't got a clue, what in heaven's name, we’re going to do, everything the kids call home, doesn’t seem the same, dogs are well rid of you, I sing hopeless tunes, trapped within their gaze, everything turns blue, you just went for broke, as if it was some game, who will pay the loans, If I’m a bitter fruit, I’ll set it on your plate, now that we’re going, to cross an Ocean again.

Abi

She has some spark, her lovely face lights, early as the lark, she hankers for love, most of her nights, doesn’t worry what's above, in a supermarket car park, they ask her why, she hangs around the bars, says we all need a crust, black suits her fine, she doesn’t drink doubles, never walks far, to gossip is no crime, each step another war, works without gloves, remembers her lines, Okay, when it's good, but never needs a chart, to know what's right, she’ll give it some thought, maybe next time.

Zac

Since you've gone away, I don't know what to do, but each night pray, laugh at the hurricane zones, see your face in whirlpools, where you now call home, ashamed of the days when hurt surrounds you, wondering if there’s anyway, you’d give me a loan, even when I blew, gardens need to grow, my hair is turning grey, they say I’m a pheromone, always floating on the make, don’t want to be alone, denying what is true, forget the rolling stone, your eyes are like jade, I’ll bust any curfew, to search for our remains, on sunny afternoons.

Willie

I stand by her grave, where praise be, I hope to be saved, tarred eyes like thunder, wine dark as the sea, love makes me shudder, it’s clear from the Nave, crooked in the lee, she has nothing left, here and there a cluster, Poplar trees, wave without lustre, my voice starts to break, it's late for the season, geese are well away, her face was a wonder, happy laughing sweet, that I tore asunder, it now opens for me.

Veronica

You burn the tar, explode in constant feuds, speed ups in your car, trips with the radio on, drinking Coke and juju’s, you never treat alone, always play the part, spill out your excuses, right from the start, it takes a heart of stone, to ignore what you’re doing, all the wind that's blowing, hands that go too far, smear lipstick, stuff I use, no way am I your tart, splutter down the ‘phone, act like a distant cousin, don’t need your fandango, summer’s sweet perfume, it's you falling apart, dancing to your lousy tunes I smoke a Lucky Star.

Ulyana

Is it peace or fame, that takes you higher, or keeps away the rage, shuffling out the gloom, chanting to the wind, who will fly to you, many come this way, they pester you for hire, ask and ask again, tell them what to do, their faces dire, bones forever blue, an offering to the highway, a burnt-out tyre, this is all you give, is any kindness due, replacing warm desire, what is left of virtue, if you play with fire?