Autmn is fading but I, I just don’t mind This winter king’s rising he’;s king, king of this tundra This winter king’s rising form deep, deep summer slumber And the winter king dances with fresh faced jack frost Soon comes his kingdom when sumer, when summer is lost He’ll find a young spring queen with long, long golden hair Together long winter nights they’ll share These night’s getting longer, it’s turning, its turning to winter The winter kings out and about and around just to find her Once more it falls to the winter born king To find him a queen for the oncoming spring His last queen she died of a cold, cold frozen heart That was the time when his sadness, his sadness did start All summer he’s wallowed in his own self pity Awoken to find that snow, it covers his city He’s sat in his thrown room through the long months til autumn Until the good looks of this new princess caught him Winter king returning to his old hometown Beautiful fresh faced young spring queen hand in hand She’ll guide him through spring and summer will follow No more will he feel so hollow, so hollow with sorrow And the winter king dances with fresh faced jack frost Soon comes his kingdom when sumer, when summer is lost

I used to bite the pain, take the blame, but that's not me anymore You know at first it really hurt when you walked out the door But I came back in, with thicker skin, I'd forgotten how to feel Now you’re back, and here I am, about to cut a deal I feel conflicted a little twisted, am I the villain of the piece I'm afflicted, by this sickness, suck my breath through broken teeth It shouldn’t be hard to believe that I'm not so nice again Do it now or do it later, it's the same thing in the end I've become older, I've become wiser but I'm still a fool The way it feels is still a thrill like it was at school I have been there, I have done that I'm still a fool for you So just take me and and don't break please don't be too cruel You've taken a good man Dealt him a bad hand He's forming a new plan Making his last stand

This tune was composed by Spencer the Rover As valiant a man as ever left home And he had been much reduced Which caused great confusion And that was the reason he started to roam In Yorkshire near Rotherham, he had been on the ramble Weary of traveling, he sat down to rest By the foot of yon' mountain Lays a clear flowing fountain With bread and cold water he himself did refresh With the night fast approaching, to the woods he resorted With woodbine and ivy his bed for to make But he dreamt about sighing Lamenting and crying Go home to your family and rambling forsake 'Twas the fifth day of November, I've reason to remember When first he arrived home to his family and friends And they did stand so astounded Surprised and dumbfounded To see such a stranger once more in their sight And his children come around him with their prittle prattling stories With their prittle prattling stories to drive care away And he's as happy as those As have thousands of riches Contented he'll remain and not ramble away This tune was composed by Spencer the Rover As valiant a man as ever left home And he had been much reduced And caused great confusion And that was the reason he started to roam

And if I don't find anyone I don't mind Promised myself I'll keep being kind I can pour myself into my guitar I can pour myself into my own mind Judge myself on my compassion Hold open doors and be old fashioned Find a cure for someone else's pain Soak it all up then do it again Disappear in a crowded room Think out loud and speak too soon Talking to strangers I meet on the train Drink all alone no need to explain I can write letters and make phone calls Open doors and break down walls I can find time for my family and friends As for myself I'll make do and mend I've been singing myself to sleep every night I laugh but I'm losing this fight I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, cant help but smile Revel in this lonely high Revel in this lonely high Revel in this, revel in this Revel in this, revel in this Lonley high I can do what I want, go where I please Change all my plans with the greatest of ease Travel alone and get home late Follow my heart and move to the states And when I need to get away I will drive all night and sleep all day Listen to country with the volume full See the sea and feel the pull Headed down to the Devon coast Stay in a house that's full of ghosts Leave the car and walk for a while Open my gait and swallow the miles Walk til I lose the power of speech Carry on down til I reach the beach Watch the people in the wind and the rain Soak it up then do it again I've been singing myself to sleep every night I laugh but I'm losing this fight I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, cant help but smile Revel in this lonely high Revel in this lonely high Revel in this, revel in this Revel in this, revel in this Lonley high I'm a different person each time I wake I am still a thing that is taking shape Try to be a better man Make a difference wherever you can A thinking machine with a human heart A citizen of the world at large And English man of a different kind A European with an open mind I've been singing myself to sleep every night I laugh but I'm losing this fight I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, cant help but smile Revel in this lonely high Revel in this lonely high Revel in this, revel in this Revel in this, revel in this Lonely high

Out late but I'm back early It’s a dark night keep those fires burning for me Strange way of life but I'm getting by You bring me down low and then you take me high Ive been burning this candle at both ends Burning this candle at both ends, both ends Ive been burning, I've been burning I've been burning this candle at both ends, both ends Coming home in the dead of night Well you break things down and then you make them right You wind me up, then you let me out Well you whisper down low And then you make me shout Ive been burning this candle at both ends Burning this candle at both ends, both ends Ive been burning, I've been burning I've been burning this candle at both ends, both ends I'm asleep but I'm still on my feet I'm at rest but I still feel the pain There's blood dripping from these sheets And I'm burning this candle again I'm asleep but I'm still on my feet I'm at rest but I still feel the pain There's blood dripping from these sheets And I'm burning this candle again Well my nightmares they come in threes And I can't quite get, just what I need Well I have bad dreams and I lose some sleep I realise, that I cant keep from Ive been burning this candle at both ends Burning this candle at both ends, both ends Ive been burning, I've been burning I've been burning this candle at both ends, both ends Ive been burning this candle at both ends Burning this candle at both ends, both ends Ive been burning, I've been burning I've been burning this candle at both ends, both ends

Autumn, here I am again I’m different now, to how I was back then But in autumn, I still remember when Once, you were my only friend Winter, it’s still my favourite time When it gets colder, and there are longer nights But this year, to my surprise It’s autumn, that makes me warm inside I cant say what I want, can't say what I mean I've been changing colour, losing all my leaves By winter they'll have buried me down deep When autumn's done I'll sleep my final sleep Wind is howling, pulling down the trees * I am walking, back through rustling leaves Storm is rising, coming down on me But it's okay, that’s how it's meant to be Seasons changing and I’m changing too Time is passing I no longer think of you I think of other those only passing through All the lovers I never really knew And I can’t change it can’t explain it I’m just a different kind of man It’s all around me now I’ve found it I think now I understand I’ve been suppressing my expression Not f.**eeling much at all I’ve been inside it just surviving I had come up against the wall Autumn, here I am again I’m different now, to how I was back then Storm is rising, coming down on me But it's okay, that’s how it's meant to be

I don’t rhyme all the time I don’t spit bars or speak fast If this was a schoolyard, I’d be picked last or skipped past My FLOW is an underground river, Silent conceal, but it always delivers I am present in my actions, in my social interactions There is a light in my eyes I am alive I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here I am alive Fighting dragons in dungeons, beneath the streets of East London When my blood gets pumping, I like to mix it with something So I sharpen my mind, on these beats and these lines I get so drunk I’m blind, there is a place and a time But I am still present in my actions, in my social interactions There is a light in my eyes I am alive I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here I am alive I live my life fast, but I slow down for the good parts Making words into patterns, isn’t always what matters You will always find, a little space on the quiet side To refine and CONFIDE, the contents of your mind And sometimes the words that hurt do the healing Pain is power, brother, show me your feelings. I am present in my actions, in my social interactions There is a light in my eyes I am alive I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here In the flesh and the blood, I am here I am alive

Across my skull there are ridges like the words you said You didn’t mean for me to feel bad but Im filled with dread Uneven I can feel them trace them all across my head I sip my wine and lick my lips then think of something else instead Take the dog out in the twilight with my hands in my coat pockets Wrap my fingers round the problem it’s still here where I forgot it Am I as complex as I seem or am I open to suggestion As the light fades out to grey seems to mess with depth perception It's me, it's me I hear, I see, it's me It's me, it's me I hear, I see, it's me Voices raised in anger a high rising inflection Of a question to the room this positive connection At the dog end of the year, the liminal vacation Do they hear me do they see me or is this only conversation The candle on the table makes a mirror of the window If you move a little closer you can still see the outside though Run my fingers through my hair and try to workout why I'm so low Through the window the front garden I see somebody I know It's me, it's me I hear, I see, it's me Through the mirror of the window I can see somebody I know Through the mirror of the window I can see somebody I know It's me, it's me I hear, I see, it's me