Gabby

Don't say get a grip, when someone fails below, let another moment slip, I need strength to pray, sooth my chromes, my quest to keep awake, stowaways have surly lips, betrayed by wretched homes, others simply quip, tired jokes and life dismayed, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, they make my eyes dip, consumption in their bones, pays to take another nip, who knows how I'll sleep, try to act grown, ask faith take a leap, wonder who'll end this trip, will the wind moan, nail me to a coffin ship, hunger in our soul.

Felicia

Is this the place, to ask the reason why, love's gone lame, hazed by loss and flow, I beat out my time, have nowhere else to go, soaked by gin and fame, desolate in my cry, I'd do it all again, what I need to know, you don't beseech the sky, ask for a one-time show, will youjump the rail, scale a mountainside, to see me happy again, my lips no longer glow, surrounded by your lies, leave me in a furrow, no easy way to fake, what hurts deep inside, spin me on my grave, eyes open wide.

Elodie

Do you think I'm beat, perhaps with a common air, you can rescue everything, if love’s the game, heaven’s a place to share, with my good name, try my depths of need, relinquish taking care, it's not easy being me, getting here’s insane, never short of treasure, astride the shipping lanes, I know how to keep, a wooden face on stairs, bars are my sole conceit, everyone I tame, can usually find me there, even without chains, will anyone see, the gaps between my shirt, eyes lit like kerosene, my breath elsewhere?

Davina

Is this how you imitiate, your inventive best, when you twist and shake, open every door, to level your fences, wake up sore, fuelled by what you make, time like all the rest, doesn't hesitate, fools sing for applause, faith brings a test, two and two is more, each nights cool probate, scatters your innocence, costs you to conflate, the worthless poor, who ask for your presence, like dust on the floor, in your search for gain, is each task tended, don’t send them away, you'll need friends.

Cherie

Is water in your blood, in this house of whispers, does it do any good, places you might claim, don't need a chorus, blossom along the freeway, Oh you're misunderstood, not for you my bonus, be prepared for trouble, hire another brain, tunnel what time insists, laughter follows pain, maybe you need a tug, sail away without a ship, when your dreams are dust, search for love again, tread the middle distance, never bow to shame. balance on the tidal flood, ride above the fuss, go beyond the crumbs, plenty is in all of us.

Bianca

You'll pay a heavy score, my face is savage blue, love is swollen raw, without a sense of ease, am always in your Queue, you never do say please, don't outline some shore, sitting in the gloom, a footfall for your cause, often when we meet, no one hears good news, someone sometimes screams, I knock on lonely doors, turn my life askew, sweating furious pause, why shout and swear at me, spitting out your spume, only a fool would heed, as you rage and roar, you'll never be my glue, I have other mores, am already over you.

Ainsley

Forget these clowns, who come to woo you, so many without a plan, as loud as your woes, ships blow their hooters, songs sing of home, not what's in your gown, that makes them swoon, it goes beyond your tan, you don't need a throne, in bars where they're shoeless, you'd rather be gone, nothing’s ever by chance, your eyes are reduced, everything comes to pass, barefoot you raise a glass, shameless eyes on view, face your countenance, strange these ocean towns, these faded boozers, no sign of your crown, only faces and losers.