#anyway i'm excited :) i haven't been to a rave since 2018. and it had been a few years since the last one i went to before that one too

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picked out what kandi (+ other bracelets) i wanna wear to the rave i'm going to on friday and took some quick shitty pictures with flash because the lighting in my room sucks

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Apologies in advance for how long this ask is going to be, but since you're not active online very often there's quite a lot i'd love to ask (ramble) about.

Last month i found a recording of your performance at knackerfest 2018, and i just wanted to start by saying how much i absolutely adore  'White Brick Self-Doubt' , and two other songs that aren't named within the recording, (the ones that go :

/How d'you know it's not lies? 

He has so many faces, 

And he's bright

When you talk there's a light

But why don't you stop me? 

What are you drawn to? 

Yeaaaah

You're the one who's right

It's just i haven't lost heart yet

Not even half of it

I guess you worked all of that out

I just guessed that i'm not 

I'm not needed

No

How old are you anyway?

You seem a little childish

There's a lot more to me 

Cause it's not a song

No 

It's not for you

That i carry this on

You want a fictonal lover, 

A host for your mind games/

And :

/Who's gonna save me?

Are you going to save me?

I knew you'd be late

But my god, you've been ages

He hates when i'm leaving

It hurts when i'm home

And i don't think i can go back on my own. 

So don't go

Cause i know you're going.

Don't come home

Because i know where you've been

Come home to me 

I'm lonely , i'm bitter and i'm h** ny

Come to me

Come to me

Why. Won't. You. Come. For. Me

Who's gonna save me?

Are you going to save me?/

[I did transcribe the whole songs but i hope these segments are enough to recognise 'em, I'd love to know the working titles for 'em :) ] They're constantly stuck in my head and hearing that you've got so much in the works is honestly making my day!  You've really got a way with creating these beautifully raw, yet deceptively simple looking lyrics. )

[In particular: 'And i believe the world is caving in and will take me with it' , from 'Time',  'that the little education i had was pure elation and the only ones that die are those who smoke' from 'Right to Die', 'Nothing like a soul that's pure. To colour in until it's yours My little cry, my little yawn My little boy, my little hunt', from 'Port in a Storm', and, oh who am i kidding?

Lets just say that if they'd presented your lyrics as our Higher English set texts then i'd be a scholar by now. They're just so?!?!? ]

If you ever feel comfortable i'd love to hear about your song-writing process on here! Or just even insights about what themes you hope to convey with them :).

I've been raving about your stuff to anyone who'd listen for the last 2 or so years i think? And saw in another ask you were thinking of doing an American tour, so i wanted to ask if you'd consider ever playing a gig or two in good old Scotland (as it's a bit less of a trip)  when you're branching out with your gigs :) ?

Just uh, you're very cool, and thank you for answering my ask about the Home-backing-vocals-poem, and i am very much excited to hear more of your work whenever you publish more of it! 

If you ever decide to sell physical cd's i'd really really love to buy em, 

Beannachd leibh! 💕💕💜

hey :D 

so much content :D love it, thank you.

I’ll post up the two songs - northampton

                                           blood and water

A few gigs in scotland sounds great, do you know of any local places I could play?

In terms of songwriting, normally the thought process is “i fancy playing a song, ugh these ones are all boring, fine.. if i wanted to play a song, what kind of song would i sing..” then I write out some words and plinkplonk on the piano until its done. The words just seem to come out, but the piano is a pain in the arse. I’m not naturally a “practice” type of person, so the backing music is always a second thought... having a poem published in an anthology was always the dream..

take care x