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1. |
Can't Relate Much
02:41
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Instrumental
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2. |
Enough
03:40
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I've tried for so long
To write the words of a song
So many lines that I’ve started
It all sounds wrong
All these thoughts that I’m thinking
They only live in my head
Every time that I sing them
They turn to bullshit instead
Even now that I’m singing
I can’t say your name
'Cos the fear of rejection
Has taken hold of my brain
So tell me
What in the world do I have to do
To tell you the way I feel about you
Not a declaration of undying love
I just want to tell you that I care
I care
I care
I care
It’s not a simple situation
You don’t need me to tell you
Understand my hesitation
I’m too afraid to say it but
I need you now
I need you now
I need you now
I need you now
I need you now
I need you now
So what in the world do I have to do
To tell you the way I feel about you
It’s not a declaration of undying love
I just want to tell you that I care enough
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3. |
When I Was
04:14
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Just a lonely boy
An ordinary boy
Neglected like a toy
That doesn’t work
Nothing seems to fit
Crazy to admit
Feels like a photofit
That doesn’t match
An angry mob exists
They held him in their fists
Their twisted law persist-
-ed everywhere
Such a bitter pill
A hostage to their will
But I won’t be their shill
Ever again
But he don’t bother me
It’s something I can’t see
I left him long ago
Looking for something, I don’t know
Way back when I was him
I won’t go back again
For now the die is cast
Made sure my spell is built to last
So he can’t hurt me now
He can’t hurt me
Or desert me
He can’t hurt me any more
Cos I left him such a very long time ago
When you think the end is nigh
Out comes a butterfly
Emerging to the light
Of a new day
Now she has no fear
Now her head is clear
And now for the first time
She can breathe
But he don’t bother me
It’s something I can’t see
I left him long ago
Looking for something, I don’t know
Way back when I was him
I won’t go back again
For now the die is cast
Made sure my spell is built to last
So he can’t hurt me now
He can’t hurt me
Or desert me
He can’t hurt me any more
Cos I left him such a very long time ago
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4. |
Younger
04:03
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In the end awaken me
Clear my eyes and make me see
The things that have surrounded me
Always, always
I’m sorry for the things I’ve done
When the red mist blocks the sun
I don’t want to hurt anyone
Always, always
I haven’t forgotten
The wars that we fought in
Just give it some thought and
I know (that)
I still remember when the world was younger
Now after all this time I found my hunger
When we’re alone you say to me
Something very silently
Communicate inaudibly
Always, always
Their faces always fill my heart
I struggle when we are apart
Creation of a work of art
Always, always
I haven’t forgotten
The wars that we fought in
Just give it some thought and
I know (that)
I still remember when the world was younger
Now after all this time I found my hunger
I’ll make it very clear
I’ll say it when you’re near
I’ll make it very clear
Lean in close and hear my whisper
I still remember when the world was younger
Now after all this time I found my hunger
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5. |
I Wonder
03:24
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I’m stuck at home again
Waiting for something exciting to happen
And all this to come to an end
And I wonder what you’re doing tonight
Is that wrong?
Well that’s all right
I’m on my own again
Trying to figure out whatever happened
To all those plans I used to have
And I wonder could I share them with you
And you can share yours
With me too
When this ends
And finally we can be who we’re supposed to be
Here I am again
Covering my face and keeping my distance and
Looking at you through a screen
And I wonder
When you’ll come to my place
And we can share
That first embrace
When this ends
And finally we can be who we’re supposed to be
We’ll go out for a drink and celebrate
When this is done we need to compensate
For all the time
We stayed inside
Liaisons that
We were denied
The ordinary
Joys we missed
The kisses that
We didn’t kiss
Here I go again
Scrolling through photos and reading old updates like
Life carried on as before
And I wonder will it still be the same
When we finally
Meet again
When this ends
And finally we can be who we’re supposed to be
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6. |
The Signs
05:06
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She looks at me but I don’t know
She smiles at me but I don’t know
She walks to me but I don’t know
She speaks me but I don’t know
She sits with me but I don’t know
She talks with me but I don’t know
She drinks with me but I don’t know
She laughs with me but I don’t know
Cos everything we do or say
So many things so many ways
It all adds up to something more
You know the drill, you know the score
So why can’t I read the signs
It happens all the time
But I cannot see them
And why do I feel so blind
Everyone sees the signs
But I cannot read them
I have a care and I don’t know
I think of her and I don’t know
I’ve things to say but I don’t know
I’d like to stay but I don’t know
Cos everything I need to say
Gets stuck somewhere along the way
I take my time, I drag my feet,
My data set is incomplete
So why can’t I read the signs
It happens all the time
But I cannot see them
And why do I feel so blind
Everyone sees the signs
But I cannot read them
Uncertainty is everywhere
Heisenberg and Schrodinger
Would understand the way I feel
Open the box and make it real
So why can’t I read the signs
It happens all the time
But I cannot see them
And why do I feel so blind
Everyone sees the signs
But I cannot read them
So why can’t I read the signs
It happens all the time
But I cannot see them
And why do I feel so blind
Everyone sees the signs
But I cannot read them
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7. |
My Alcohol
04:46
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Friday night
Going out
When we finish work
We’ll hit the town
Take a bus
Take a train
Take a taxi
Home again
Every time that I see you (you spin my world around)
Can’t say what I’m going to do (you spin my world around
Well now finally I see
You’re like alcohol to me
My focus goes I think it shows
You make me lose control
Make me lose control
Make me lose control
Saturday morning
Roll out of bed
These thoughts are all that
Fill my head
I’m much too sober
I'm much too old
I need to chill out
I won’t be told
Every time that I see you (you spin my world around)
Can’t say what I’m going to do (you spin my world around
Well now finally I see
You’re like alcohol to me
My focus goes I think it shows
You make me lose control
Make me lose control
Make me lose control
I’m in remission
I’m feeling fine
Could I recover
Once and for all time
I can do this
I can survive
Then I see you
And I feel alive
Every time that I see you (you spin my world around)
Can’t say what I’m going to do (you spin my world around
Well now finally I see
You’re like alcohol to me
My focus goes I think it shows
You make me lose control
Make me lose control
Make me lose control
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8. |
Turn Your Head
05:12
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I dismiss you with a flick of my hand
And you walk away and I don’t understand
What did I do wrong
This time?
I offend you with a glance of my eye
And you let me know and I want to cry
What did I do wrong
This time?
I annoy with the way that I breathe
And you tut at me and you want me to leave
What did I do wrong
This time?
It’s seems that everything I do or say
Makes you hate me in another way
What did I do wrong
This time?
Just turn your head
Seems I’m changing into somebody else
You’re afraid of being left on the shelf
What do you expect
From me?
I’ve got these feelings that I can’t explain
I’m not a liar and I’m not insane
What do you expect
From me?
Just turn your head
You never miss what you never had
If I want to find it is that so bad?
What more is there
To say?
If you love somebody set them free
I’ll free you if you free me
What more is there
To say?
Just turn your head
Look at everything we’ve done
It’s like staring at the sun
How can we hope to revive
These things that never were alive
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9. |
Happy Song
04:32
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Sometimes it feels like my head is stuck in a car
It drives around and round and round
Sometimes it feels like my head is a cinema
The movies play around and round
I don’t always feel like I am the one in control
The world just spins around and round
I just sit back and watch the pictures I’ve seen before
They cycle round and round and round
But I can play a happy song
Pretend that nothing’s going wrong
But I can play a happy song
That makes me feel like dancing
Sometimes I feel like I am living inside a ball
Gets kicked and bounces up and down
Rebounds and ricochets and never comes to a stop
It sends emotions up and down
Just when I think that I have got this under control
I concentrate and keep it down
I’m just a character in somebody else’s joke
The punchline never comes around
But I can play a happy song
Pretend that nothing’s going wrong
But I can play a happy song
That makes me feel like dancing
I want to walk in the sunshine
I want to feel its rays beat down on me
I want to be free
I want to choose my direction
I want to be the one behind the wheel
A woman of steel
Sometimes it feels like someone else is singing my song
And I just stand and play along
I’m just a passenger without a ticket or fare
Hide while the journey rolls along
And sometimes all I want is to burn everything down
Now tell me would that be so wrong
But probably I’ll find the script that’s written for me
And I will always play along
And I will sing a happy song
Pretend that nothing’s going wrong
I will sing a happy song
That makes me feel like dancing
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10. |
Little Sister
05:45
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Little sister
I’ve got something to tell you
And it’s going to make you happy
It’s going to make you sad
Little sister
I don’t know how to say it
But it’s going to drive you crazy
If I keep it from you now
Little sister
You know I want to see you
I always want to see you
Well maybe not right now
Little sister
You do know that I love you
But he always came before you
You must know that by now
You know
I know
Betrayal leaves a bad taste
It lingers on my tongue
You know
I know
That things could be so different
If he was here right now
Little brother
We swapped you for another
And you’re never coming back here
We’ll not see you again
Little brother
Don’t know if I’ll recover
From the last time that I saw you
Before you went away
You know
I know
Betrayal leaves a bad taste
It lingers on my tongue
You know
I know
That things could be so different
If he was here right now
Little brother (x3)
Little sister (x3)
Little sister
Please don’t feel so bad
It’s just that everybody changes
You’re not alone in that
Little sister
You’re not the only one
Who feels the changing of the seasons
And the passage of the years
You know
I know
Betrayal leaves a bad taste
It lingers on my tongue
You know
I know
That things could be so different
If he was here right now
Little sister
I’ve got something to tell you
And it’s going to make you happy
It’s going to make you sad
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11. |
Unwritten
03:13
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Excuse me if I’m looking down
Excuse me if I lack attention
Excuse me if I’m miles away
There’s something that I need to mention
All the bad things fall away when
I pick up my guitar and play it
The dark clouds clear and I can see when
I feel the music running through me
I’m proud of who I came to be
I’m proud how I came to get here
I’m proud of what I overcame
On my way to feeling better
And all the bad things fall away when
I pick up my guitar and play it
The dark clouds clear and I can see when
I feel the music running through me
Battle lines are seldom drawn
Explicitly in clear divisions
Know which side of the line you’re on
Even when the line is out of vision
Pushing on my little screen
Wasting time and passing minutes
Until the hours have disappeared
And left a day with nothing in it
And all the bad things fall away when
I pick up my guitar and play it
The dark clouds clear and I can see when
I feel the music running through me
Sometimes love feels out of reach
Two times shy ‘cos I’ve been bitten
I won’t let it pass me by
The future is as yet unwritten
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Kirsty Mulholland Belfast, UK
Guitar player, songwriter, old enough to know better, also old enough not to care.
Purveyor of classic rock sounds and vocal harmony with an indie sensibility. And a little bit of guitar playing.
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