I place a dust sheet over chairs Where we would sit, hold each other tenderly No need to dwell on it No need to dwell here for long It feels like time has moved Where we spilt wine and paint all on carpet tessellations Conversations empty…

This will be about grief This will be about love This will be about missing you Will be about love This will be 'bout you being gone I've sung this before This will be 'bout me moving on I've clung tight to this before I don't need release…

There is no artistry The way that I am crafted Views from the Seventies My preference still to sound this way That formant dirtiness Is beauty, not of Frankenstein Branded as a charlatan Has anybody seen me? Branded [I choose to be…

Here's a mickle It maybe comes a mackle, aye Feel the pull Of diasporatic tendencies Take the train From Mile End via Livingstone Wheest yourself As yae dug is facing deport Oh Georgie Weir Come and see the beard on me Oh Georgie…

There was a time when We'd be scuttling, running hard Cops on tail And grins on faces There was a time when We'd be aching Bleeding slow All worth the time incarcerated They said we wouldn't go far Looks like they got it right then…

Yeah, we are the commoners We work the land because you tell us so Yeah, we are the commoners We work the land because you tell us so Yeah, we are the commoners We work the land because you tell us so Yeah, we are the commoners We work…

There is no artistry The way that I am crafted Views from the Seventies My preference still to sound this way That formant dirtiness Is beauty, not of Frankenstein Branded as a charlatan Has anybody seen me? Branded [I choose to be…

*Liner Notes* Was thinking of flexing the vocal synths -- rather than trying to disguise them -- but they just grated -- even more than usual! So went for a subtler, um, heavy breathing motif. Maybe I'll get bolder with the vocal gymnastics going…

Dec 2023 REM *Lyrics* Ask me, don't tell me I'm biding my time for now Since you took your leave It's vital then, vital now Since we departed Close up my door And block out all the "sorry for your loss, dear" Go now Are we…

Nov 2023 REM https://www.rpmchallenge.com/remchallenge Let's see Are we friends now? As I look in from the outside Fall out Trying to believe If what they say is real And so anxious You're cut adrift I understand You feel that…