Skindive
\nBleeding
\nSkindive
\nClean up my my mind, my soul
\nMy flesh and blood and face it all
\nSkindive<\/p>\n
Standing still around me
\nRun the source of my distractions
\nBlackened room, the pictures flashing silver in my head
\nNeed to believe this is the best way
\nSmile and the thoughts just flow away
\nShiver to the beat, I’d love to leave but I was taken
\nDisappoint me, tell me this is great and I wont care
\nI wont care
\nI wont care<\/p>\n
Skindive
\nBleeding
\nSkindive
\nClean up my my mind, my soul
\nMy flesh and blood and face it all
\nSkindive<\/p>\n
The sky is falling
\nAnd I am taken
\nEyes wide open
\nFlesh is bleeding
\nThe sky is falling
\nAnd I am taken
\nEyes wide open
\nFlesh is bleeding
\nAnd I saw life move real slow
\nLovers arms let me go
\nAnd there stands Christ, flesh and blood
\nSet me right, let me go
\nLet me go
\nLet me go
\nLet me go
\nLet me go[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Swallow”]Close my eyes tight
\nHurt with this light
\nYour devious mind come shining through to me
\nShining clear me
\nHead for home as the daylight grows
\nCrashing to the floor as a bitter sound rings clear
\nYour tragic song i hear
\nHappy thoughts and empty minds can’t justify my reasons<\/p>\n
No joy for me, till the day I can hold my head up
\nKing in my head, hung in shame
\nSwallow me<\/p>\n
Head for home as the daylight grows
\nCrashing to the floor as a bitter sound rings clear
\nYour tragic song i hear<\/p>\n
No joy for me, till the day I can hold my head up
\nKing in my head, hung in shame
\nSwallow me[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Tranquillizer”]Wow\u2026really
\nMy calm, my drug
\nMy justice, my saviour
\nMy killer, my mirror
\nConfessor and lover
\nMy killer, truths and lies
\nMy mirror, desensitise me
\nConfessor, shaping minds
\nAnd lover, educate me<\/p>\n
Solid state pacifier
\nBeaming in.
\nTranquillise me
\nSuper cool by direction
\nKeep in line, your intention
\nSmoother than straight oppression
\nShaping minds by direction
\nTV’s soon mother, teacher
\nFull control pushing<\/p>\n
My calm, truths and lies
\nMy drug, desensitise me
\nMy justice, shaping minds
\nMy saviour, educate me
\nMy calm, truths and lies
\nMy drug, desensitise me
\nMy justice, shaping minds
\nMy saviour, educate me
\nFill me up with drugs enough
\nTo see behind the lies.
\nWash me out to clean my doubts
\nAway from off my mind.
\nMy calm, my drug
\nMy justice, my saviour
\nMy killer, solid state pacifier
\nMy mirror, beaming in tranquillise me
\nConfessor, super cool by direction
\nAnd lover, keep in line, your intention
\nMy calm, truths and lies
\nMy drug, desensitise me
\nMy justice, shaping minds
\nMy saviour, educate me
\nMy killer, truths and lies
\nMy mirror, desensitise me
\nConfessor, shaping minds
\nAnd lover, educate me<\/p>\n
Solid state pacifier
\nBeaming in tranquillise me
\nSuper cool by direction
\nKeep in line, you’re intention.
\nSolid state pacifier
\nBeaming in tranquillise me
\nSuper cool by direction
\nKeep in line, you’re intention.<\/p>\n
All necessities provided
\nAll boredom amused
\nAll anxieties tranquillised[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Salt Peter”]Cut my teeth again
\nOn the milk of friends
\nKindness always seems
\nTo let me down<\/p>\n
Raise the stakes again
\nCloser to the end
\nBut I couldn’t wait
\nTo dive in deeper<\/p>\n
I’m in the way of pleasure, soon
\nI could have everything, I’m sure
\nStone cold and bleeding
\nI’m rubbing the salt in
\nSalt Peter comes<\/p>\n
Swallowed in easy pieces
\nStone cold, but still keeps beating
\nBaptised in blood that’s flowing
\nBlack scented seeds that I have sown<\/p>\n
Salt Peter comes
\nRaise the stakes again
\nCloser to the end<\/p>\n
Swallowed in easy pieces[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Love Me Still”]Dead cells
\nCold tea
\nOne sound
\nAnd zero sleep
\nI made my choices
\nSo now you know how far I\u2019ll go<\/p>\n
Can you love me still
\nCan you hold it back a little while
\nIf you say I\u2019m wrong, then I\u2019m wrong
\nIt\u2019s up to you, I know
\nBut love me.
\nLove me
\nLove me
\nLove me<\/p>\n
Dead cells
\nCold tea
\nOne sound
\nAnd zero sleep
\nI made my choices
\nSo now you know how far I\u2019ll go<\/p>\n
Can you love me still
\nCan you hold it back a little while
\nIf you say I\u2019m wrong, then I\u2019m wrong
\nIt\u2019s up to you,
\nCan you love me still
\nCan you hold it back a little while
\nIf you say I\u2019m wrong, then I\u2019m wrong
\nIt\u2019s up to you
\nCan you love me still
\nCan you love me still
\nCan you love me still[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Space Age Lullaby”]In taller rooms
\nTelevision sits pretty in this gloom
\nCold cathode shines
\nHazy through some blue neon light<\/p>\n
It’s late
\nSleep tight
\nThink of me till I fall my love
\nAs my hunger rests
\nTill the daylight comes
\nAnd it starts all over
\nOut in the cold
\nSpace age lullaby
\nOn my mind[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”No More Good Guys”]I died today
\nBut I’m still breathing
\nBleeding
\nFor now, I\u2019m broken
\nYou left me here
\nCapsized and sinking
\nThinking, right now
\nThere’s no more good guys<\/p>\n
You left me standing here
\nAlone and colder
\nI hope that some day soon
\nThe pain inside will stop<\/p>\n
You died today
\nBut you’re still breathing
\nIn my mind, that is
\nThere’s no more good guys<\/p>\n
You left me standing here
\nAlone and colder
\nI hope that some day soon
\nThe pain inside will stop<\/p>\n
I hoped you’d see me
\nI hoped you’d understand
\nOr crucify me for my failings
\nMy cruel ambition, hardly justified
\nAnd the pain inside will… stop[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Zero Now”]So with deception tucked away
\nAnd consciousness has all but gone now
\nBillions from the masses
\nFrom the man who took us in
\nNow the ice king\u2019s melting
\nBut the world\u2019s still turning round on his strings
\nAnd he benefits still from machines that we need to live<\/p>\n
Zero now
\nWe\u2019re breaking down so it\u2019s
\nSpeaking through me
\nAnd I\u2019ll connect you<\/p>\n
Just as fashion\u2019s wearing thin
\nMiddle income pockets safe from bleeding
\nTo the beasts in Brooklyn
\nBorn of Lambs on capital hill
\nScared that we\u2019ll reach the speed of change
\nScared that we\u2019ll reach the speed of change
\nZero zero\u2019s cruising, but the world\u2019s still in on the prospect
\nAs governments reject the thought that they held the control<\/p>\n
Zero now
\nWe\u2019re breaking down so it\u2019s
\nSpeaking through me
\nAnd I\u2019ll connect you
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain
\nSo they\u2019ll hold you down
\nAnd I\u2019ll connect you<\/p>\n
Zero now
\nWe\u2019re breaking down so it\u2019s
\nZero now
\nWe\u2019re breaking down so it\u2019s
\nSpeaking through me
\nAnd I\u2019ll connect you
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain
\nSo they\u2019ll hold you down
\nAnd I\u2019ll connect you
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain, so
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain, so
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain, so
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain, so
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain, so
\nNo more pain
\nToo few that gain, so
\nI\u2019ll connect you[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Confession”]My friend called today
\nHe said “way too long”
\nSince i talked to you
\nWhat did i do wrong?<\/p>\n
Truth is i’m afraid
\nOf all that he might say
\nAnd all the wrong i’ve done
\nTaking every day<\/p>\n
Let me down
\nDidn’t care
\nI’m hung out to dry
\nMy confession<\/p>\n
My friend called today
\nHe said “way too long”
\nSince i talked to you
\nWhat did i do wrong?<\/p>\n
Truth is i’m afraid
\nOf all that he might say
\nAnd all the wrong i’ve done
\nTaking every day<\/p>\n
Let me down
\nDidn’t care
\nI’m hung out to dry
\nAnd now you’re here
\nI abandon fear
\nAll i need is someone to hear
\nMy confession[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”In For The Kill”]Up he comes for the thrill
\nMan locks in for the kill
\nBreathing fixed for the time
\nImage burns in and is sealed in my mind
\nCan I move from my call
\nCautious looks say it all
\nCold control to impress
\nFate takes control of my move fro the rest
\nOne more blink of an eye<\/p>\n
And I\u2019m in for the kill
\nMy conscious kicks in
\nAnd crumbles in my hands
\nAll feelings weaken
\nAnd just in time to quench compassion
\nSee, I am breathing
\nSeething
\nBreathing<\/p>\n
Cooler things I have done
\nLet myself down again
\nInsecurity swells
\nJealous as anger expands in my head
\nCold control moves aside<\/p>\n
And I\u2019m in for the kill
\nMy conscious kicks in
\nAnd crumbles in my hands
\nAll feelings weaken
\nAnd just in time to quench compassion
\nAnd go for the kill
\nMy conscious kicks in
\nAnd crumbles in my hands
\nAll feelings weaken
\nAnd just in time to quench compassion
\nAnd go for the kill
\nMy conscious kicks in
\nAnd crumbles in my hands
\nAll feelings weaken
\nAnd just in time to quench compassion<\/p>\n
Image burns and the view gets sealed inside
\nCautious looks say it all straight to my eyes
\nJealous moves make it all just move aside
\nKeep me safe or kill my mind[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Sweetness”]My precious little lover
\nPushing down on me
\nMy perfect little liar
\nTrying hard to see
\nHow the pain is sweetest
\nPin me to the wall
\nThe current threw the wire
\nIt’s bound to make me fall<\/p>\n
(Bound to make me)<\/p>\n
Turn the dial up higher
\nAs the telephone rings on
\nMy flesh like its on fire
\nListen up to long
\nJoin me hinny quickly
\nFor some electric fun
\nTurn it gently clockwise
\nSweetness I know!
\nI’m in control!<\/p>\n
(Chorus)
\nSo hold your mind
\nInstead of mine
\nOut to lose
\nI’m losing time
\nFull control
\nSoul impressed
\nYou took my time with someone elts<\/p>\n
My innocent assassin
\nWeir threw the rings
\nCurrent flowing threw me
\nAll the joy it brings
\nMy perfect little liar
\nTrying hard to please
\nMy precious little lover
\nMy sweetness<\/p>\n
Sweetness I know
\nMy energy goes
\nAs strong as it goes
\nI’m in control<\/p>\n
(Chorus x3)
\nThat’s how I showed you the way (x8)[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle h4=”Circle”]Circle, my carousel
\nGuilt trip, hard sell
\nStretching out in front of me
\nAll the things that I could have been<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s hard to believe
\nHave I grace to concede
\nAnd it\u2019s hard to believe
\nHave I grace to concede<\/p>\n
Round once more, my carousel
\nGiving me my heart to sell
\nLaying there before me
\nAll the things that I should have been[\/vc_toggle][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Credits” font_size=”32″ min_font_size=”18″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”700″][vc_column_text]Skindive: Danielle Harrison, Gerry Owens, Alan Lee, Ger Farrell<\/p>\n
Production:
\nSongs 3, 4, 6, 11: Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonnald, Gerry Owens,
\nSongs 1, 2, 10: Alan Branch, Gerry Owens
\nSongs 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13: Gerry Owens
\nSong 9 Re-constructed by: Joe Galdo<\/p>\n
All words and music by Gerry Owens
\nOrchestral work arranged and conducted by Nick Ingman<\/p>\n
Recorded at:
\nWindmill Lane Recording Studio, Dublin, Ireland
\nEngineered by Alan Branch
\nAssistant Engineer: Alvin Sweeney
\nThanks to Catherine, Cameron, Emma Jane and Dave
\nOrchestral Recording:
\nOrchestral Players: \u2018The Irish Film Orchestra\u2019
\nRecording Engineer: Brian Masterson<\/p>\n
Additional Recording:
\nSun Studios, Dublin, Ireland
\nEngineered by Pat Dunne<\/p>\n
Konk Studios, London, England
\nEngineered by Alan Branch
\nAssistant Engineer: Albert Pinheiro
\nThanks also to Ryan Tully.<\/p>\n
Matrix Studios, London, England
\nEngineer: Toby Bush
\nThanks also to Nick Taylor<\/p>\n
Mixed at:
\nThe Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada
\nMixed By: Dave\u201dRave\u201d Ogilvie
\nAssistant Engineer: Paul Forgues
\nAdditional Engineering: Zac Blackstone
\nThanks also to Chris and Tara<\/p>\n
Mastered by Tom Baker
\nat Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, USA.<\/p>\n
Additional Editing \/ Programming: Alan Branch and Phill Western
\nAdditional talking on \u2018Tranquillizer\u2019 by Keith LeBlank
\nAdditional Trumpet on \u2018Love Me Still\u2019 by Mark Adams
\n\u2019Treated\u2019 music box on \u2018No More Good Guys\u2019 Kindly lent by Christian<\/p>\n
Art Direction: Tony Wright
\nDesign by Emmet O\u2019Connell
\nPhotograph (Front Cover) by Kelly + Meyers<\/p>\n
A&R: Eric Silver
\nA&R coordinator: Harry Nixon<\/p>\n
Publishing: Sony ATV Music Publishing 2019
\nCopyright: Black Bag Music 2019
\nOriginally released in 2001 by \u2018Palm Pictures LLC\u2019, New York, USA<\/p>\n
Manager and Co-conspirator: Dermot Geoghegan<\/p>\n
Sincere thanks to the following: (in alphabetical order) Chris Blackwell, Adrian Boot, Alan Branch, Karl Breen, Kim Buie, Rebecca Curran, Dan Connelly, Paul Delany, Mick Davis& Dee at Ears, Jackie Dixon, Bob Donnelly, Faisel Durrani, Tuvie Ejah, Emma, Jim Farrell, Holly Ferguson, Gerry Forde at Roland \/ Sennheisser, Paul Forgues, Diane Fortier, Groovin\u2019 Joe Galdo, Kevin Gates, Dermot Geoghegan (without whom, non of this would have been possible), Dr. John Greally and NIM, Celia Hirschman, Nick Ingman, Kelly + Meyers, OJ Kilkenny, Jennie Korshak, Paul Langton, Jerry Leibowitz, Lilly, John McDonnald, Skip McDonnal and Carl Moynihan, Damien Murphy, Frank Murray, Suzette Newman, Harry Nixon, Emmet O\u2019Connell, Anita O\u2019Donnell, Dave \u201cRave\u201d Ogilvie, Aoife, Etain, Fionan and Ronan O\u2019Leary, Angela and Anthony Owens, John Owens, Catherine Rutter, Ruairi Scanaill, Michael Seltzer, Adrian Sherwood, Eric Silver, Brian Sutnick, Alvin Sweeney, John Vickers, Caitriona Walshe (and the Irish Film Orchestra), David Walton at Waltons Music, Phill Western, Tony Wright, Tassia Wyatt, all at Palm Pictures for their kindness and patience, and all others, who contributed during the making of this recording.. Danielle wishes to thank: Endless love and thanks to Darlene Sovran, Diane Jones, Eleni Mandell, Alicia Griffith, Chris Joyner, Scottie Stevens, Satchel, Mario Calire, The Tennesen Family, Cindy Rosenberg, Michael Crispin, David Field, Sonja Byrne, Turn, beautiful Liva O\u2019Loughlin (always follow your dreams)my brother Mikey, my sisters Kuiama and Michelle, Dad and Dena, Daddy Pat Barrett, my wonderful and gorgeous mother Diane Barrett, my families and friends, and everyone who has encouraged and supported me along the way, especially my sweetheart Oliver Cole – Thank you for everything. I love you. Alan wishes to thank: Stephen, Teresa, Mark Rodney, Richard and Tara, Riona Sauce, Mark Ryall, Andrew McDonnald, Christian, Jago Byrne, Wav and Anne, Louise Warren. Ger wishes to thank Mum and Dad, Maura, Viennie, Seamus, Ray and Collette, Ollie, Ann and Bill, Colm, Fintan, and Eric. Special thanks to Sandra Hennessy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n
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