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I've Tried Saying No to the Slugs

by Invocal

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1.
Lonely Ownio 03:45
Burn the roof, the rafters I'll do my ever after Wreck the memory no Requiem for me, no. Here they come, the horsemen Here they come, the hangmen Demon's grow in the spaces That we create by waiting. Use your words for justice Use a pen to message Speak with telephonic devices Your telephonic devices! Use your words for justice Use a pen to message Speak with telephonic devices... Or why not send a text? or, like, email? or myspace or facebook or something? or just come round? But I don't want to seem desperate. Although I am. No I'm not - that was a joke. Anyway, where was I? Something about... the Four Horsemen of the Apolcolypse...? Uhhhm Oh yeh... If you don't soon use some means of comminucation The world will end, all death and tragic devastation Call...me or text. You never use your telelphone I'm on my lonely ownio You never come on MSN I'm standing in your garden! If you don't soon indulge my innocent fixation The sky will fall, the earth implode, anhialation. Call...me or text. Sometimes I fear you're letting go Like when you said you were hetero What did she mean I boggle? In my night vision goggles. If you...
2.
Well have you seen the storm? It's headed here for sure Well gosh it looks as if we'll have to stay the whole damn night When this confusing war's Not distant any more I'll meet you here And we will have ourselves some wine We'll drink to peace and love And other hippy stuff Sing all we know By Mama Cass And Kisty MacColl We'll drink to these 4 walls The roof and big strong door We'll drink to one another And to absent friends It's alright For tonight We knew the score (that the world's evolving truly cruelly) We told them all (Blah blah blah blah) But no-one heard (cos we smell a bit of pachuli) What about that storm? (what about that Pinot Noir?) It's alright For tonight Through the light box Through the mail box A monsters invavding my home (and my own problems become misuscule) it's a nightmare global heartbreak - I need to have everyone close Lets drink some wine, some wine and whi-eee-i-eeeing but forget about the things that aren't really that important Tut and sigh, and cry-eeee-i-eee-i but remember to hold every person you have thoughts for.
3.
The bed is cold and all the coins I stole weigh me down And make it hard to keep afloat Concise I'm not, my memory's shot - that's the trouble, I forgot to mention I'm not your whore. I'm not yours. Devil come, so all the walls turn red, and I am pinned inside this world and drowning in my bed Clever girl Looks like I've won Ding dong! Let's put this twisted night behind us Try to get along Chicken run, run, run You can't stay where you are They bred you so your wings are useless for a reason, girl And I don't want your blood down my pinafore Cos once it's splattered Then you've had it and there's Only seven hours 'til I cower Stuck in Red's Room. She's a button nose You're a number not a name No-one knows she goes No-one knows she knows the game Where The Gotten go Where The Gotten go to get Get The Gotten gone Get The Gotten Gone to bed You've forgotten though Get to bed and there it's red And you're The Gotten now You're The Gotten, run from Red Red runs round the room Down the walls and on the bed Red runs into you Down your eyeballs, up your legs You're The Gotten now You're the chicken, you're The Gone, it won't be long It's time to run, run, run Button run, run, run I'm not repairable They push your head until it's under or they make you kill And you don't want my blood round your head at all I'm the patterns Lines of Saturn And I fell through Red's room. I'm not your... I'm a succubus You're a number not a name No-one knows 'bout us No-one knows we knows the game Where The Gotten go Where The Gotten go to get Get The Gotten gone Get The Gotten, gone to bed You've forgotten though Get to bed and there it's Red And you're The Gotten now You're The Gotten, same as Red Red's all fallen through And you're waiting now to land Red runs out of you Down the creases in your hands You're The Gotten now You're the chicken You're The Gone I can't hold on It's time to run.
4.
Graffiti 05:14
Amongst all of the scrawl On the toilet wall The words are written; "I've tried saying no to the drugs But they just won't listen" Also Kaz is a slag And apparently shags For Bacardi Breezers So we're sharing our feelings With underhand dealings And sleaze - oh jesus I've got a heart full of love But what does it matter? 'Cos when it touches yours They both just shatter Got a pen in my hand And there's ink pouring over my fingers And I seem to mess up Every person I touch And do 'things' with, as do you So I'm leaving the loos And I'm trying to move To a song I'm loathing She says "You don't dance Badly for a straight man" so I Make a mental note To change my clothing Fay thinks it's funny To superglue money To floors and ceilings And watch the idiot's prayers As they try to get what isn't theirs And she laughs and I don't 'Cos I know the feeling I've got a heart full of love It's frequently broken 'Cos when it touches yours They both burst open And I'm trying to look cool But the snot bubbles don't really do it But at least I'm not Clare she's got Legoman hair, she's a.... I've got a heart full of love And you've got some peanuts A high risk of torture And anaphylaxis between us And you're making me swoon But it might be the fumes from your marker Our eyes meet and bam, Self restraint we have lost it A spell binding kiss mildly spoiled When I was sick Great deflate The hedonism's starting To stagnate And while I'm sitting here I contemplate If I have got time to manicure? I read all the walls They are poignant with poetic merit But if Rachel's so cool Then in Heaven's name Why can't she spell it?
5.
Oh let's get down - we're gonna go under And I've wondered How this climate came to be It's a long and tedious story, And you bore me When you compare me to things you've seen. Have you seen the TV? That nature documentary On nasty bigits, fragile freaks and those who just can't read. They round 'em up unfairly And lock 'em in the telly Then watch them all unravel, Fall to bits and pieces Or EXPLODE. "I'm great, get me, I'm a bitch and I like girls - stop the bus, take a picture..." I'm not like anyone I've seen In a single magazine Who should I be? Crrrrass is the word - too little, overtold It's the new world Rolling fights and tits and tears. And then as the boundaries loosen E X E C U T I O N ... ...and a band new dance - da-da da-da da-DAH! You be bad and I'll be goody I'll be sweep and you be sooty I'll be a novelty tory You be a revolting bore and I'll distort myself and you Define myself through what I screw And all the hate intoxicates us But! we'll be in all the papers. So alone But so well known Someone take me home. Come out from the stocks and crawl back in your box And enlighten us dumb congregation I've got no style And no feminine whiles And you've got no imagination I like beliefs And peculiar teeth And I'd rather be fat Than be Gillian McKeith And though I am human Thus often improper If I had a wife I don't think I would swap her And though I am stupid And sometimes I stammer I don't seem as if I've been hit with a hammer But I've got no elegence I've got no fashion sense Got NOTHING! ...but I've got a new dance - da-da da-da da-DAH! I think tonight we might be in a puppet show You're very cute, I wish you could do more than squeak, though. Can't help but notice you forgot to wear some pants, there - Don't like to make a fuss, a song and dance, da-da da-da da-da Have you seen the TV? That nature documentary On nasty bigits, fragile freaks and those who just can't read. They round 'em up unfairly And lock 'em in the telly Then watch them all unravel, Fall to bits and pieces Or explode... (INS) Oh just someone take me home.
6.
Magic tricks 04:26
I watch your mouth As you look down You are enchanting, aren't you And I'm a cloud Of unclear sound And absorbed vagueness Till you go. They put me in the welcome centre And I can't choose when people enter My head is full of magic tricks and Other errors that I'm loathed to fix because I have thoughts - Below, above - You a lover Me in love - How odd, how odd. From the highs And through the floors You be my head I'll be yours Let's go, let's go... (INS) I watch your hands And understand That life's not simple for you you And you won't know How far I'd go To make things bearable, Sharable. I heard it all this afternoon on radio 4 The characters were us, and the protaganist was either/or A cold, sardonic play about the issue of repression The battle of the brain against the evils of confession - oh my God. I have thoughts - Below, above - You a lover Me in love - How odd, how odd. From the highs And through the flaws You be my head I'll be yours Let's go, let's go... (INS) I've had thoughts below, above and I've been down, my simple sadness I'm all out of wasting time and all my love - Let's go.
7.
I should hear a battle in my head I think my Rationale is sleeping or it's dead I've no control today Perspiration isn't a good choice of bed wear Much as I ignore the little voice it's in there anyway Asking me annoying questions Is this thing worth risking? La la la I'm not listening Rational forward thinking' Only getting in my way... I can't remember driving in to work today Is this a normal thing? Or should I be concerned? Who chose my clothes today? I slowly see the perils of the nightclub When I realise The kids are playing Fight Club And my colleagues say Am I ok? 'cos OFSTED are on their way (shit!) Rejoice, rejoice, I've found my cashcard Tell the world I've found my rightful path I much prefer my manner And my posture Since I started my relationship with Vodka - We're so loving! (Done and done it's strangely calming, quite cathartic, hardly harming) And while I'm not averse to some destruction I occasionally wait on some instruction But the voice in my head Is quite possibly dead It says nothing. RAH!
8.
I tell you I cut here To get away from me, The cause a Disorder Disordered mentally. Rosie:I tell you I fight me With blades and other things The cause a Disorder And you say back to me... Rachel: Oooooh CHRRIISST! I only came her for a quiet pint, And now I'm feeling so LOW I may as well just go HOME Or STAB myself in face - she's so depressing! SHHHHH! Sarah:My friend, she's got this problem, Her world just closes in on her from time to time And other times she's fine But when it hits her, all she sees is darkness, she gets so LOOOW Sometimes I see it coming It starts with morbid thoughts and oh! she can't relax Anxiety attacks I wish that there was something I could say to make it GO Ohhh RaHave you tried saying... Cheer up, frowny face! You've got such a pretty smile But you've been sulking for a while You're bringing down the place. I don't really think it's that simp- Two words; Lighten. Up. I can understand you cried When your bereavement councillor died, But you've been sad enough. I've never known you to be this insensitive! Sarah:My friend, she's got this problem, Her world just closes in on her from time to time And other times she's fine But when it hits her, all she sees is darkness, she gets so LOOOW I also had a friend once (well done!) She lost her job, her man and oh! she was a mess Suicidally depressed I had to tell her that she had to pull her socks up So now, she's fine! Depression IS actually a serious ILLNESS - "Oh it is NOT!" Anyway I think you'll find that When you're in need of sound advice and empathy You can always count on me There's nothing life can throw at you that can't be healed by these Uplifting words...(5-6-7-8) Cheer up, frowny face! You've got such a pretty smile But you've been sulking for a while You're bringing down the place. Two words; Lighten. Up. I can understand you cried When your bereavement councillor died, But you've been sad enough. Ro:I'm hyperventilating My head might burst if I don't run away from here Or fill myself with beer Tomorrow I'll shiver under a duvet in a pool of self loathing Sometimes I see it coming It starts with morbid thoughts and oh! I can't relax Anxiety attacks I wish that there was something I could do to stop it coming Cos I can't control my breathing All I think about is leaving And my head is near exploding And my sanity's eroding Every minute I can feel it And I think that I can heal it With a blade I'll fix it fast Or with a broken shard of glass And I can't stand the way I do this It just makes things more confusing But I can't control the shakes and all the terrible mistakes - I can't cope. (CHORUS) Well. I hope I don't KILL myself tonight. Ra: If YOU've been effected by any of the issues raised in tonights broadcast of "Cheer Up Frowny Face" or, you would like my top tips on any other issues, Such as what to do if someones having an asthma attack Or has just been diagnosed with termi- "Shut UP Rachel."
9.
I see myself in a healthy kind of way I can balance serotonin with an 8 pack and a blade There's a gun at my Dad's house that I think I can mend And a tingling in my fingers which just won't go away I'm gonna find myself a lover And treat her really well I'm gonna take her to the river And give her .....silly things Having fun are we? Having none. I read my book it tought me everything I know You know I wrote that book it taught me everything I know: Always keep your feeling in your fists, And always check for breathing when you've gone too far again. My my, my mother told me not to worry My my, my other half concerns the neighbours My my, stick and stones will break my bones and My my, words'll never hurt when I'm out cold. I read my book... My my, my dress was new on just this morning My my, my balance isn't what it could be My my, sticks and stones will break my bones and My my, my life will never hurt when I'm out cold Keep to well lit streets and don't repeat what you have seen of me Try to understand - this wasn't planned - this wasn't planned I see myself... I feel nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. My my, my other half is sleeping soundly My my, survial guide was missing pages My my I never knew not to cook with nightshade Oh my! accidents will happen all the time.
10.
Ow 04:03
And so the evening goes - Just as I turn to go home You find some brandy and some gin ... uh-oh. I'm in another home You're in another country And we can't see the state we're in - oh no. Ah-ah-OW you said You've climbed right in my head It's getting light and we are so inebriated Uh-uh-oh my lord. We've both been here before So I am damned and you are too, we can't create a Mood without a song And what a song You chose for me How careless and how wrong And how in love We seem to be. (INS) I lose a lot of things My card, my health, my house keys My appropriateness again. I meet up with my friends Oh girls you gotta help me Please shut me up and shut me in - but then, Ah-ah-OW you said You've climbed right in my head It's getting light and we are so inebriated Uh-uh-oh my lord. We've both been here before So I am damned and you are too. So what goes? I don't know, I am unable and undone. I'm just slow - I spose so, I think I'll go. (INS) Ah-ah-OW you said You've climbed right in my head It's getting light and we are so inebriated Uh-uh-oh my lord. We've both been here before So I am damned and you are too.
11.
Got my heart in my mouth as I look at the stairs I wonder if I should go up , 'cos you're there And I'm desperate to say - it's not up to you to decide When I know, when I don't, what I can and can't handle You're failing, I'm falling - what in the world is going on? It's been weird for a while and nothing adds up Your stories are vague and edgeless You're in pain and you're pleading with me to shut up I wish I would shut up too, I annoy me My clawing and full blown paranoi-ing Indulge me, oh spoil me - and tell me what is going on. I'm aware I've a bad imagination (Got my heart in my mouth) And it wouldn't be the first time (As I look at the stairs) I've believed my own creation (I wonder if I) There's a big black cloud that hangs above our bed (Can go up) It was in the middle of the night ('Cos you're there) And I thought you might be dead (And I'm desperate to say) No stalling, no stories, Tall tales or Jackanories You're failing I'm falling What in the world is going on? I can deal with most things But when you censor information I just fill in the gaps with my deprived imagination Oh my heart is in my mouth and I'm lamely wishing hard For an easy explanation As I'm walking up the stairs And I'm opening the door, and I'm looking at your face And it looks like you know that I know that you're so Spoiling us Got my heart in my mouth as I tell you how much I love you Now it's your turn to talk And I can handle anything So long as it's everything
12.
All sides are wanting answers - today's the day I speak I'm almost overpowering my mighty cowardly streak But wait... oh no. I've fallen into a hole Therefore lost all control Thus can not be held responsible for anything The fire service are here A man is yelling at me "You must inform us where you are Or how can we be there to help you out?" I like the slugs and insects (This hole is home) We've all become good friends (Drip, drip, damp down here, we like to chuckle and to scuttle) And they don't judge my feelings (If you fall down, drip drip, damp down here) Not like the ones up there (Don't be scared we're all your friends) I've fallen into a hole Therefore lost all control Thus can not be held responsible for anything (Tick tock, take stock, drip drop, time to stop) A crowd have gathered to see I wonder why that should be It's not like I'm important - just ignore me, I'm exhausted Please don't shout. If you think I'm in trouble now You should have seen me just an hour ago They swarm, these painful choices - close my eyes and fall.... I've fallen into a hole Therefore lost all control Thus can not be deemed of rational mind At this current time If your enquiry's really urgent Leave a message with the earthworms If they pass it on, I will respond, if I re-emerge.

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The greatly anticipated "jaw-droppingly powerful" second album. Twelve delicious compositions from the much-adored acoustic quartet. The band blend cracked themes with inventive, restless acoustical loveliness, including guitar, cello, clarinet and well-drilled harmonies.

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released January 1, 2009

Music & lyrics by R. Swayne

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