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MISFITS
Song Lyrics

Nine Track Album & Seven Digital Bonus Tracks

Released 11th March 2025

1. Believe (Extract)
2. Do You Remember
3. Sweet Cousin Kane
4. Ivory Tower
5. Only Wanted You To Stay
6. No Tears Left To Fall (Guitar)
7. Sweet Desdemona
8. You Don’t Really Need Me
9. Ave Maria

SEVEN BONUS DIGITAL HOME RECORDINGS

10. Take Me Dancing (Vocal & Piano)
11. Believe (Vocal & Piano)
12. Heartland (Vocal, Guitar & Piano)
13. Lament (Vocal & Piano)
14. Take Care (Vocal, Guitar & Piano)
15. Mamma (Vocal & Piano)
16. Home (Piano, Strings & Choir)

1. BELIEVE

Believe
All that you feel
Don’t be persuaded
By some safe deal
Because you know
And the truth will follow you
And the doubts will plague you too
Underneath those clear blue eyes

2. DO YOU REMEMBER

I want to show you how I feel
I want you to know just what I see
I may be patient with you now
But I’m losing heart, babe, soon you’ll be losing out

Do you remember all the things you failed to see?
Can you recall the way you changed so easily?
Do you remember?
Nobody wants to see
Can you recall?

‘Cos I’m tired of hearing about you now
And I’m tired of listening out loud
‘Cos you only want when you can learn
So you’d better baby be leaving

Do you remember all the things you failed to see?
Can you recall?
Do you remember?
Can you recall?
Do you remember?
Can you recall?

‘Cos I want to show you how I feel
And I want you to know just what I see

3. SWEET COUSIN KANE

Hi there Davey, how is sweet cousin Kane?
Is he still making and keeping you sane?
Sweet cousin Kane
Do your days still revolve and your nights never end?
Sharper than ever but then that’s the trend.
And it’s all down to sweet cousin Kane
If the FT’s low and the dollar is high
And you need someone to help you get by
Here’s calling sweet cousin Kane
‘Cos you reach out and at the touch of a hand
He’s gonna be there, he’s gonna understand
Sweet cousin Kane
Is he still making and keeping you sane?

You know you’re getting smaller as this house is getting taller
The towering trees bring you down on your knees
The sun is rising and it’s spinning around leaving you for dead
The phone’s been ringing off the wall
It’s ringing in your head

Say hi there Davey, this is sweet cousin Kane
Do you need some help to get going again?

You’re still the fool you’re trying to keep it all cool
He’s winning on points, he doesn’t play to the rules
Oh not sweet cousin Kane
You try to wind down to keep it on hold
You’re trying to hold it together to keep it in control
But you’re calling, you’re calling sweet cousin Kane
How does it feel Davey?
How does it feel?
You’re going insane
And it’s all down to, it’s all down to sweet cousin cocaine
How’s it feel Davey you’re going insane?
Say thanks to sweet cousin Kane
Sweet cousin Kane
Oh you’re going, oh you’re going insane.
Say thanks to sweet cousin Kane

4. IVORY TOWER

Can you imagine an ivory tower which would shelter you from the rain
Imagine an ivory tower which could protect you from the pain
You could build an ivory tower where you could find out what it all means
Live in your ivory tower surrounded by broken dreams

You see, I didn’t want to hold you close
But I didn’t want to let you go
I didn’t want you to hold me too close
‘Cos I didn’t want you to let me go

You see it’s real quiet up here, even though the city’s just below
It is real quiet up here, I just hear voices as the people are walking to and ‘fro
And I can see the bars, the crowded cafes, some bright city lights
But who said you’ve got to be alone to feel the loneliness

‘Cos you see, I didn’t want to hold you close
But I didn’t want to let you go
Safer alone. I didn’t want you to hold me too close
‘Cos I didn’t want you to let me go
You see I felt safe because I knew this place

And I imagined an ivory tower which would shelter you from the rain.
Imagine an ivory tower which could protect you from the pain.
You could build an ivory tower where you could find out what it all means.
And die in your ivory tower, surrounded, just surrounded by broken dreams

5. ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY

How does it feel?
How do you know?
When you’re lost in a world full of strangers
You’re wondering why
Hoping too hard
Lost in a world that’s full of strangers

But I only….I only
Only wanted you to stay
To smile and to laugh
I wanted to hear you say that
‘That I need to have you here with me today’
Don’t you remember how you said you’d never walk away
And now you’re sorry
Well that really doesn’t mean much anyway

I’ve heard it in song and I’ve seen it in words
Of how it feels to be lonely
It’s darker at night and it’s getting colder by day
And life is a shadow surrounding me

But then I only
Only wanted you to stay
To smile and to laugh
I wanted to hear you say
‘That I need to have you here with me today’
Don’t you remember how you said you’d never walk away
And now you’re sorry
Well that really doesn’t mean much anyway

How does it feel when the dark surrounds you?
How does it feel when the light confounds you?
And how does it feel when there isn’t anyone to cling to?
How does it feel?

I only wanted you to stay
To smile, to laugh
I wanted to hear you say
‘That I need to have you here with me today’
Don’t you remember how you said you’d never walk away?
And now you’re sorry
Well that really doesn’t mean much anyway
I’m so lonely
Wasn’t even thinking all about you
Lost in a world and it’s full of strangers
Said you’re wondering why
You’re hoping just a little too hard
Because I only wanted you to stay
To smile and to laugh
I wanted to hear you say
‘That I need to have you here with me today’
Don’t you remember how you said you’d never walk away?
And now you’re sorry
Well that really doesn’t mean much anyway

6. NO TEARS LEFT TO FALL

I’ve seen laughter
And I’ve seen pain
Like a desert
Crying out for rain
And I’ve had visions
Dreams of fantasy
Waiting for someone, to be something
To be everything to me

There are no tears left to fall
There’s no one else to call
There are no tears left to fall
There’s nothing here at all

See what you’ve created
See what you’ve made
Drown yourselves in glory
While we drown ourselves in shame
Take me into the darkness
Take me into the night
Hide me in the shadows
Hide me from the lights

‘Cos I’m afraid
There are no tears left to fall
There’s no one else to call
There are no tears left to fall
There’s nothing here at all

I’ve seen laughter
I’ve seen pain
Like a desert
Crying out for rain
And I’ve had visions
Dreams of fantasy
Waiting for someone, to be something
To be everything to me

There are no tears left to fall
There’s no one else to call
There are no tears left to fall
There’s nothing here at all

7. SWEET DESDEMONA

Sweet Desdemona with only courage in your hand
Prepare to face this evil threat that drifts from a far off and a foreign land
Prepare to beg, to plead your innocence before your lover’s eyes
Oh can’t you hear him calling

Sweet Iago he was playing his tricks on me
He made me so blind, blind I just couldn’t see it
I didn’t want to believe it but I let it get a hold on me
And now she’s lying in my arms tonight

Oh soft to speak, oh don’t say a word that isn’t true
I loved thee not too wisely, but just a little too well, it’s true
And I can hear her voice
Hear the sounds
As she begged, as she pleaded, believe me now
Won’t you forgive me as I fall?

‘Cos sweet Iago he was playing his tricks on me
And he made me so blind I couldn’t see it
I didn’t want to believe it but I let it get a hold on me
And now she’s lying in my arms tonight
Sweet Desdemona
Sweet Desdemona

8. YOU DON’T REALLY NEED ME

Do you really think that I cry with you just because I fake a tear?
It took a while for me to realise the reason why I’m here
Sometimes I think I’m clever
Other times I think that I’m a fool
‘Cos friendship equals sharing and you’ve broken, you’ve broken every rule

You don’t really need me
You just think that you do
‘Cos I’m the way you always turn
And I’m always there for you

But oh, didn’t you say that you could die last night
You’d never felt so much pain
So who was it who held your hand
And pulled you through once again
If I didn’t know better
I’d fall for all your tragedies
But tomorrow is a different day
You create and destroy them with such ease

You don’t really need me
You just think that you do
‘Cos I’m the way you always turn
I’m always there for you

So come on up
Come on up and take a piece of me
You’ve almost bled me dry
Come on up.
Come on up and take another piece of me
I have an endless supply

You don’t really need me
You just think that you do
‘Cos I’m the way you always turn
And I’m always there for you
You don’t really need me
You just think that you do
I’m the way that you always turn
I’m always there for you

9. AVE MARIA

Ave Maria
Have mercy on my soul
Ave Maria
Have mercy on our souls
In my dreams
In my nights
You appear
In my hope
In my despair
I feel you near
In faith
I feel no fear
In faith
You lead me here.
Ave Maria
Have mercy on my soul
Ave Maria
Have mercy on our souls
In my dreams
In my nights
You appear
In my hope
In my despair
I feel you near
In faith
I feel no fear
In faith
You lead me here
Ave Maria

BONUS HOME RECORDINGS
10. TAKE ME DANCING

Take me dancing
Where I can see your face without feeling pain
Where I can live because you breathe again
Where you can hear and you can see
And I can hold, feel you next to me
I sleep to dream
You’ll take me dancing

Secret whispers
As they try to understand, to find reasons why
I should live and you should die
Maybe it’s some cruel game and the gods want us to play
Or maybe there is no point, no truth, no hope to light the way
So I just sleep to dream
You’ll take me dancing
You’ll take me dancing

11. BELIEVE

Believe all that you feel
Don’t be persuaded by some safe deal
Because you know
And the truth will follow you
And the doubts will plague you too
Underneath those clear blue eyes

Because I dream of more than I can ever be
Of more than you may care to see
But I am reaching for it now
And these fears, they light a path of loneliness
It’s way beyond some sweet caress
It’s way beyond you now
It’s way beyond you now

Because I believe
As surely as I know

Wondering why
Sometimes I wish that I could feel the same
Just to settle down and play the game
I’m searching for a dream that may never be real
But alone, I feel it’s clear somehow
I really feel it’s getting closer now
And more than ever I want it to be
Because I need for it to be
Because I believe
As surely as I know
What’s underneath these clear blue eyes

Alternate version that came before last sentence above
That I can’t, did you think I could let it all go
I’m hearing what you’re saying now
And I’m trying to explain
That I can’t, that I won’t let it slip away

Because I believe
As surely as I know
What’s underneath these clear blue eyes

12. HEARTLAND

Rivers roll, rivers rise.
Rivers roll into the sea.
I can hear my Heartland calling.
Across the Irish Sea

There are nights when I am sleeping.
Only dreams within my head.
And the face that I remember.
Is the face I can’t forget.
And in my dream I was trembling.
And my heart felt like a stone.
As I waved away my childhood.
I prayed I was not alone

Rivers roll, rivers rise.
Rivers roll into the sea.
I can hear my Heartland calling.
Across the Irish Sea

And I prayed to be faithful.
I prayed I would strong.
And I believed that I was righteous.
Hoped I was not wrong.
But as I stand beneath these mountains.
And as I look across the plain.
I can hear my Heartland calling.
Whispering my name

Mmmmmmmm

And when evening conquers daylight (Note – this lyric changed for the finished track)
And my heart lies like a stone
I will lay beneath the green land
My heart, my home
And when my destiny comes calling
And there is silence in my breast
I will lay beneath the green land
And my soul will be at rest

Rivers roll, rivers rise
Rivers roll into the sea
I will return to my Heartland
Across the Irish Sea

For when my destiny comes calling
And there is silence in my breast
I will lay beneath the green land
And my soul will be at rest

Rivers roll, rivers rise
Rivers roll into the sea
I will return to my Heartland
Far across the Irish Sea

13. LAMENT

Vocal and Piano.

14. TAKE CARE

I wonder can you see the flowers in the rain?
In bloom the colours rise, like lights in darkness flame
In cruel injustice, hope is not to be disguised
Hold your heart in faith and dream of even times

But take care of the hopes you believe in
All through the night
And take care who you choose to believe in
All through the night
Through your life

When sorrow breeds your pain as it feeds your despair
And you fail to see the light that’s shining everywhere
And sometimes you wonder if you wander in vain
Just to find that the sun will rise, and fall, and rise again

But take care of the hopes you believe in
All through the night
And take care of the truths you believe in
All through the night
Through your life

I wake from silent dreams to see you standing here
You are my light, my strength, the courage to guide my fear
In cruel injustice, if hope is not to be denied
Hold your heart in faith and dream of even times

But take care of the hopes you believe in
All through the night
And take care of the truths you believe in
All through the night
And take care who you choose to believe in
All through the night
Through your life

15. MAMMA

Mamma’s comin’ down to see me
Down on the morning train
Mamma’s comin’ down to see me
She’s comin’ to see me again

‘Cos it makes no difference if it’s night or day
Oh no, she comes my way
She helps me through
There’s nobody like you
Oh, Mamma
She’s comin’ down to see me
Down on the morning train

‘Cos she’s always there when I call
She’ll come to help me when I fall
There’s nobody like you
Nobody loves me like you do
Oh, Mamma
She’s comin’ down to see me
Down on the morning train

16. HOME

Piano with strings and choir.

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