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Lavalamp

by Steve Stroud

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1.
Basecamp 05:47
When the villagers discover your secrets When the mob screams "turn off his light" Hand me downs bound, mouth full of dirt You've got to summon up a daemon or fight At Basecamp I've been basing At Basecamp I've been basing Love always gives you the answers Then it pulls you apart at the seams At Basecamp I've been basing At Basecamp I've been basing A Time Lord gives you a movie Then they take you down, they take you down, they take you down into the ground. *instrumental* Don't reject anyone for any diseases You should be kinder to that thief in the night Every scene that flashed through your brain Is older than the mountains and time Don't let them take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, ooooooooooo. At Basecamp. BASECAMP When the villagers discover your secrets When the priest comes to turn out your light Exit or ecstasy, put roots in the ground, Don't let them take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, they'll take you down, ooooooooooo (Or Just drift away on a beautiful breeze) What do you say When your angels won't fly? Maybe they're just the same Can a fear be alive? Our hearts only beating For a love that has diedddddddddddddddd At Basecamp. Everyone I loved Every dream I crushed It probably didn't happen anyway. BASECAMP
2.
Just a Boy 04:38
From story time to horror climbs, you keep pushing me aside You need to see what I can’t show you and only judge what I don’t owe you now, seven wrongs can’t make a right, but understand I have to fight You’re not just a fool that we can see through, you’re a fool that I don’t need so... If there isn’t any writing on my wall then there isn’t any writing on my wall I am just a boy, & I have games to play And you’ll only know, if you let me grow But I’m not just a boy, so don’t stand in my way And I’ll show you all, if you let me fall I’m not all alone when I’m fast asleep until my dreams switch like a TV Your lying eyes don't make me happy, I'm not picking up what you can't carry And most of what you teach is madness. Who wants to live in fear and sadness? I'm not scraping for your kings and queens or dying for your young machines so... If there isn’t any writing on my wall Then there isn’t any writing on my wall I am just a boy, & I have games to play And you’ll only know, if you let me grow But I’m not just a boy, so don’t stand in my way And I’ll show you all, if you let me fall 'Kazoo' Inside your business suit and tie is still a child barely alive You don’t have to let them go & I am just a boy, & I have games to play And you’ll only know, if you let me grow But I’m not just a boy, so don’t stand in my way And I’ll show you all, if you let me fall I am just a boy, and I have games to play And I’ll only know, if you let me grow I am just a boy, so let me find my way And I’ll show you all, please don’t let me fall
3.
Lavalamp 06:27
You're gonna be my inspiration To sea-slide into dark Ride into the aqua radiation Wave to the lemon shark Try to ignite our blood from dancing Let the beasts of dogma bark Escaping from the equity converters Just to free our aching hearts Because I don't wish to rule this earth until her magic walls have burst You're gonna be my inspiration To sea-slide into dark The lava flows like a crustacean We can drown to cool our hearts The love's a narcotic sensation Like a tranquilliser dart We could create an island nation Where the sunshine never starts Our currency could be seashells or the skulls of right wing drug cartels You're gonna be my inspiration *guitar solo* You're gonna be my inspiration Lets sea-slide into dark Your lava flows like the crustaceans Lets sea-slide into dark You're gonna be my inspiration Lets sea-slide into dark Your lava flows like the crustaceans Lets sea-slide into dark My lavalamp, my lavalamp, my lavalamp, my lavalamp. False memories so I don't have to be me False memories, feel surreal. Be a fighter or a guitarman. Be a DUDE or a one night stand. False memories like the breeze on your cheek False memories feel so real I feel the pain of an invented heartache I feel resentment for that hand I can't shake And I turn it on like wax in a jar Heat it up and we'll travel far away False memories seeming so real False memories of a heart I could steal I fly through the air I land on my feet False memories feel so real I scale your defences, feeling so high I decimate the soldiers of all the wrong tribes I push back the pain I pull at the colours I ride through the night, I'm fearing no other False memories seem so real If you're travelling in time, you're travelling through fear A decade in flame No tears in your eyes A road hardly travelled The death of a lie False memories seeming so real You don't feel the solider When you die selfishly My lavalamp... *Guitar solo*
4.
Mynah Babies 05:05
I was delicate and shy, blonde and five feet five And I was full of joy… Standing on the edge of an after life And I was innocent… Waiting for her to come back to life. Then your dog headed karma takes the rocky road When time sells silver inner space buys gold Unlimited pain, but such beautiful features So quick to my limit, but I couldn’t reach hers I took a ride through all the richest stations Out of my depth with any communications It's just a game, let's love every second, trapped in our box Our souls astounded by joy – and that’s all And when the fear in my brain overpowers my heart, I stand tall. *Must have been a Mynah baby Petrified in isolation Must have been a Mynah baby Petrified in isolation Growing wings and jailing tales Corrosive to his gilded cage Such a delicate, shy child Echoing her afterlife As innocent as broken wings And ugly as the choir that sings Must have been a Mynah baby* I was ten years old when I fell out of her light And I was just a boy… Shattered on the ground, but I felt alive What an idiot… I broke a bone and apologised Then your dog headed karma takes the rocky road When time sells silver inner space buys gold The inner Cantina sold a sweet cafe Designer lies melting like a sorbet Trachea smokers taking Rorshach tests Invisible DJ's taking no ones requests She said "The beat gets stronger as your colour gets weaker" She dragged me outside, safe, away from the speakers I took a ride through all the richest stations Out of my depth with any communication Adjust the game and love every second, trapped in her box Our souls astounded by joy and that’s all And when the fear in my brain overpowers my heart, I stand tall Just stand tall Just stand tall
5.
Your words burnt in my atmosphere, I’m growing old and getting out of here but I’m still someone I can’t waste my time on myths and lies, I'm bullshit proof, so take some advice, you’re not the chosen one Maybe scientists can’t take your pain, if you’re waiting for the golden flame of the Holy one You don't even want to see the light, electiciy or candlelight Cause you’re lying, trying, crying , dying (When you started feeling lonely) Time to slay the minor mistake (Every mystery turned holy ) Strip away minor decay (A paper dragon chief devotee) Overplay the key of K It’s my mistake, love can’t wait, no destination through that gate A life rejecting logics fumes, don’t let their mistakes be exhumed, it's only just begun And if you can’t afford to be that weak, just burn that money in the street, don’t think it can’t be done No nothing matters if I’m wrong, & no punishment awaits me if I’m a phoney one & if after your saintly demise when you’re just another wasted life There’s no crying, lying, trying or dying (When you started feeling lonely) Time to slay the minor mistake (Every mystery turned holy ) Slide away minor decay (A paper dragon chief devotee) Overplay the key of K Make no mistake, it’s love and hate, our power, beauty incarnate I….we’re the lonely ones I….I’m a lonely one I….we’re the lonely ones ohhh I…. I…. I…. I…. yeah I’m crying, trying, dying, lying (When you started feeling lonely) Time to slay the minor mistake (Every mystery turned holy ) Strip away minor decay (A paper dragon chief devotee) Overplay the key of K It’s my mistake, love can’t wait, no destination through that gate (When you started feeling lonely) (Every mystery turned holy ) (A paper dragon chief devotee) Make no mistake, it’s love and hate, our power, beauty incarnate
6.
Sweet Marita was right, though an electronic device kept trying to tell her she was wrong But she’s running out of atmosphere while prehistoric churches sing insanity's song The rich can’t capture her heart, so they try to anchor her down with fear and loathing And her TV’s not right. Because her heavens on the inside. I’m not enough, if my hearts in the basement and I’m not enough if my soul needs replacing and you’re not enough if you need all those faces and she’s not enough for her angelic haters Singing “You’re one of us” if your sanity’s taken, But she knows she’s enough and she knows they’re mistaken If we've had enough , crash your waves on their station…because you’re more than enough if your heart can be taken I’m getting ready for this Soul Line, I’m getting ready for your moonlight Sweet Marita had a hard time with ice cream women on the red wine, Coly Dagger plays a cloud nine, Gets all his information online No major projects in their pipeline, show the screaming right a red light. Get ready for your Soul line. She’s been dreaming for days, she high on reverb and delays, she keeps her apartment cold Well there’s a map on the wall with coloured pins and hieroglyphics drawn in a childish scrawl The highstreet smells like the sea, a five coffee shake hand clutches on her car keys She leaves at midnight, those small lies taste better in the starlight I’m not enough, if my hearts in the basement and I’m not enough if my soul needs replacing and You’re not enough if you need all those faces and she’s not enough for her angelic haters Singing “You’re one of us” if your sanity’s taken, But she knows she’s enough and she knows they’re mistaken If we've had enough , crash your waves on their station…because you’re more than enough if your heart can be taken I’m getting ready for this Soul Line, I’m getting ready for your moonlight Tweet peter has a hard time with ice cream women on the red wine, Coly Dagger plays a cloud nine, Gets all his information online No major projects in their pipeline, show the screaming right a red light I’m getting ready for the mainline , No plugging straight into the Divine Astral messages at midnight, cellos rising through the headlights Dead music plays at head height , corporations marching left,right All the people on the train line, laying on the tracks one last time Get ready for your Soul line.
7.
Stage Fright 04:00
In the middle of town there’s a basement bar where you can watch me fall apart. I trade in my scene, never bow to the queen, then star in the worst Bruce Lee Movie. I give it all if my day demands pain, but I can’t shake the joy you bring but just don’t ask me to recreate your favourite scene... ‘Cause then.. you might see me Yeah, you might see me. We’re going dancing yeah we’re going great, but I can’t fake my ideal weight Folks, here’s a song by a singer who just wants to say please…."Freak out" (Harvey) (I just can’t take it away) On the edge of your town there’s a beer shack where you can see hear my breaking heart Just trade in your taste, mind your head as you enter and take your seat to play a part. I give it all if my day demands pain, but I can’t shake the joy you bring but just don’t ask me to recreate your favourite scene... ‘Cause then.. you might see me Yeah, you might see me. We’re going dancing yeah we’re going great, but I can’t fake my ideal weight Folks, here’s a song by a singer who just wants to say please…."Freak out" (Harvey) (I just can’t take it away)
8.
Yes, I want to give you so much Joy, yes, I want to give you so much joy But I cannot listen to these stories anymore So the body life gave you, the scientists claimed was wrong Well I want to be your source But anymore and we’ll disappear escape through these scars and we’ll soar Yes, I want to give you so much Joy, yes, I want to give you so much joy But I cannot listen to these stories anymore Burning, burning face to face Don’t trade any fire for the human race Yes, I want to give you so much Joy, yes, I want to give you so much joy But I cannot listen to these stories anymore

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Steve Stroud returns with his third solo album. He wrote, performed, produced and mastered Lavalamp at Big Cloud Productions in Liverpool as a follow up to 2014's 'Hot Pink Flamingos'.

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released February 7, 2017

All songs written by Steve Stroud ©2016 ©2017
All vocals and instruments - Steve Stroud
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Steve Stroud
Recorded and Produced at Big Cloud Productions in Liverpool
www.bigcloudproductions.com

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Steve Stroud Liverpool, UK

Steve Stroud is a Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist from Liverpool, England.

He has released four solo albums, 'What If We Had No Moon? (2009), 'Hot Pink Flamingos' (2014) 'Lavalamp' (2016) and 'Sketches from the Bunker' (2021).

He runs an audio production studio 'Big Cloud Productions' in Liverpool.

Steve lives in Liverpool with Sarah, his audio equipment and his beautiful son Harvey.
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