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CITY SOUNDSCAPES
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MUSICIANS
D. Cullen - Vocals (1-10), Electric Guitar (1-10), Acoustic Guitar (5-6/9-10), Drums (2-3/5-7/9),
Bass (1-3/5-7), Synths (1-9), Piano (8/10), Electric Piano (3), Synth Bass (4 & 8),
Cello (5 & 10), Drum Programming (4 & 8), Glockenspiel (1), Percussion (3 & 5)
Sinead McConville - Backing Vocals (3/6/8/10), Synths (7)
Elaine Cullen - Drums (1 & 8)
Niamh Keane - Violins (5 & 8), Backing Vocals (10)
Scott Maher - Backing Vocals (4-5/10)
Mikey Deasy - backing vocals (3 & 10)
Eve Cullen - backing vocals (3 & 10)
Gustaf Ljunggren - Hammond Organ (3 & 6), Electric Piano (8)
Paul Jarvis - Synths (4)
Paul Flood - Bass (9)
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WRITTEN BY
D. Cullen (1/3-5/9-10)
D. Cullen & Sinead McConville (2)
D. Cullen & Tony McGuinness (6)
D. Cullen & Mark Guilfoyle (7)
D. Cullen & Ben Hewerdine (8)
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TECHNICAL
Produced by D. Cullen
Add. Production by Paul Jarvis (4)
Add. Engineering by Conor McLoughlin (6) & Oisin Murray (1-5/7-10)
Mixing by Chris Pepper (1-5/9), Conor McLoughlin (6/10) & Kev Brew (7 & 8)
Mastered by James Darkin
Photography by Sinead McConville
Design by D. Cullen & Alan Nolan​
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1.THERE WILL COME A TIME
There will come a time, there will come a place
All these words are friends along the way
We will both achieve, what we will achieve
In the end we slow until we see
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Like a leaf in the wind, I will follow again
All the things I have said, in my own little head
Like a flame in the fire, I will fall in desire
I will find that there will come a time
There will come a time, when we cannot find out
Where these thoughts come back to live as one
What will be will be, if we learn to heed
Everything we said we would become
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Like a leaf in the wind, I will follow again
All the things I have said, in my own little head
Like a flame in the fire, I will fall in desire
I will find that there will come a time
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Like a leaf in the wind, I will follow again
All the things I have said, in my own little head
Like a flame in the fire, I will fall in desire
I will find that there will come a time
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2.WHERE DID YOU GO?
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You've been on my mind, am I wasting time?
I know when you're not yourself
I'm in so much pain, don't you feel the same?
What's the use in shutting us out
Where did you go? Where did you go? Where did you go?
Tell me you know, tell me you know, tell me you know
Help me to see, what you can see, don't tell me to leave
And tell me where did you go? Where did you go?
Are you just afraid, cannot stand the shame?
Why'd I feel I let you down?
And you've got so much love, if you'd open up
Let your guard fall to the ground
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Where did you go? Where did you go? Where did you go?
Tell me you know, tell me you know, tell me you know
Help me to see, what you can see, don't tell me to leave
And tell me where did you go? Where did you go?
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I'm not fighting, no, I'm not fighting, no, I'm not fighting with you
I'm done hiding, no, I'm done hiding, no, I'm done hiding from you
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Where did you go? Where did you go? Where did you go?
Tell me you know, tell me you know, tell me you know
Help me to see, what you can see, don't tell me to leave
And tell me where did you go? Where did you go?
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3.YOU WERE NOT MY FRIEND
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I was a lonely soul 'cause you were not my friend
Would you be so kind to come and tell me why
You're acting like a child, I see it in your eyes
Well I know that I was never too inclined
To play your tricks no mind and on that hill you died
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I was a lonely soul 'cause you were not my friend
I should have looked out for myself now and again
I get so lost inside my hardened, weary head
I was a lonely boy 'cause you were not my friend
Well I wasn't cool, but my god look at you
You're putting on a show, you know you're just a fool
Didn't I do well to break the bully's spell
I will always be a tale you can tell
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I was a lonely soul 'cause you were not my friend
I should have looked out for myself now and again
I get so lost inside my hardened, weary head
I was a lonely boy 'cause you were not my friend
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Hey, even the rain can't stand the raincloud
And hey, I may be strange, but you take the cake man
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I was a lonely soul 'cause you were not my friend
I should have looked out for myself now and again
I get so lost inside my hardened, weary head
I was a lonely boy 'cause you were not my friend
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4.YOUNG MEN
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Young men, Friday night
Scream "the boys are out tonight!"
Screaming "boys they will be boys"
Makes no sense to me
Young men, out all night
Get a drink and pick a fight
There's always someone not to like
You just wait and see
They hurt, can't trust, they feel so much
Can't love, just judge, never found that touch
The anger, pain, will melt away, only leading to frustrated young men,
crying 'bout anything
Young men, idealists
All caps on the internet
Maybe they're all running scared?
That's why we believe that
Young men are a bore
and they're so easy to ignore
Maybe that's why they adore
shouting to the world
They hurt, can't trust, they feel so much
Can't love, just judge, never found that touch
The anger, pain, will melt away, only leading to frustrated young men,
hurting 'bout everything
No one sees behind their eyes, so they make it hard to sympathise
They act the part, they scream and shout, they play the thugs that we talk about
And no one knows what they're aiming for, though they want the same as anyone
They just don't fit so they play pretend, that's all you'll get from young men, young men
Young men, home in bed
No one left to impress
All alone yet again
and no one wants to see
That they hurt, can't trust, they feel so much
Can't love, just judge, never found that touch
The anger, pain, will melt away, only leading to frustrated young men,
crying 'bout everything
Oh young men,
hurting 'bout anything
Oh young men,
dying for nothing
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5.FAILURE TO LAUNCH
Failure to launch, in the depths of my mind
And I can't find a reason to make more of this life
Failure to launch, even when I have tried
To get out of this city, to make more of this life
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And is there nothing more than this?
Is there nothing more than this?
Is there nothing more than this?
Is there nothing more than this, this, this?
Failure to launch, in the front of the car
And I'm driving, I'm driving, I'm driving away, but I don't get too far
And I failed to plan, 'cause I was planning to fail
And I'm scared out my brain, that I missed the day my ship set sail
Is there nothing more than this?
Is there nothing more than this?
Is there nothing more than this?
Is there nothing more than this, this, this?
Some day I'll try to make it alright, but all I can do is numb it tonight
I said I'd be fine, but I can't move from my failure to launch, my failure to launch
All of my friends that I've left behind, I'm sorry for all the hurt you could find
I don't stay awake, I'm just dreaming of my failure to launch, my failure to launch
My failure to launch, my failure to launch
Failure to launch, can you help me get through
I don't want to stop without living the plot, that I know I can do
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Some day I'll try to make it alright, but all I can do is numb it tonight
I said I'd be fine, but I can't move from my failure to launch, my failure to launch
All of my friends that I've left behind, I'm sorry for all the hurt you could find
I don't stay awake, I'm just dreaming of my failure to launch, my failure to launch
My failure to launch, my failure to launch
My failure to launch, my failure to launch
My failure to launch, my failure to launch
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6.REST OF THEM
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Leave me here upon your shelf, use me 'til there's nothing left to say, to say
Show another perfect glance, perfect view or perfect dance today, today
Open hearts but closing minds, shifting sands and raising tides
Nothing ever happens in my world
People come and people go, some come far and some just slow
But nothing ever happens in my world
Every day is just the same, one more thing and one more game to play, to play
Take a breath, don't take a chance, endless love but no romance, a shame, what a shame
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Open hearts but closing minds, shifting sands and raising tides
Nothing ever happens in my world
People come and people go, some come far and some just slow
But nothing ever happens in my world
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Thought I was the best of them, now I'm just the rest of them
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7.DIFFUSE REFLECTION
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I found love, I found pain, I caught you dancing round my brain
Like the colourful waves, on an ocean of hate
Take it all, 'cause I'm to blame, I thought I heard you call my name
Through the whispering haze, it was just a daze
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So now I'm chasing pretty skies, to where the ocean meets the tide
To forget your eyes, but the beauty just makes me cry
I found love, I found joy, thinking on the better times
When you showed me your face, in your beautiful way
But I was hurt, and I felt used, when you came back into view
With the mask you saved, for when you were afraid
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So now I'm chasing pretty skies, to where the ocean meets the tide
To forget your eyes, but the beauty just makes me cry
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It shook me, I couldn't move, I feel like you're haunting me
It shook me, I couldn't breath, I feel like, well you're haunting me
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So now I'm chasing pretty skies, to where the ocean meets the tide
To forget your eyes, but the beauty just makes me cry
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8.CITY SOUNDSCAPES
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City Soundscapes, but there's nothing more to see but a heatwave on TV
I was looking for an inspiration cloud, but I'll have to go without
All this waiting
I heard the signals from the past, but signals never last, I really should have asked
I got the message from above, I should have chosen love, instead I chose a city soundscape
City Soundscapes, what a way to spoil a view, burn another fossil fuel
I regret it, but I'll never change a thing, even when the birds don't sing
I've stopped dreaming
I couldn't heed the warning signs, I couldn't lose my pride, I've never been inclined
The whole thing is coming to collapse, a thought I'll never grasp, I've comfort in my city soundscape
Rock N Roll and all that jazz, was lost on me and all my friends
We never had the patience for, the things that couldn't earn us more
While others tried change the world, with poetry and songs of love
We set our sights on carnal laws, money spent and lustful gods
But culture came and culture went, and my kind took your messages
We packaged them the way you liked, and fed you til the earth ran dry
I'm the evil you adore, 'cause good is such a fucking bore
And as this whole world burns away, you'll pray for your city soundscapes​
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9.ANYWAY
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Your eyes cut through all the distance, when there's this much space between us
There are hours we could connect in, I let those hours slip away
And it grows in me like a cancer, now I can't give a straight answer
I crave the feeling more than I should say, all the darkness, all the shame
Oh I'm down, so I hide, my body's so damn tired
And I'm sick, but I'm trying
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I've been used and I've been discarded, I've been hurt more times than I've counted
This is everything that I wanted, but I'm terrified to say
That I have demons, I have a history, and I'm a stranger to my own body
The more I give the more it reminds me, that I can't help but take the blame
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Well I'm scared of my thoughts, I don't know what I've done
Let me go, if you have to
Get away, if you must, I don't know who to trust
But I might have to learn to
There are days I can forgive him, in your warmth I find it easier
But there's a piece of me that is stolen, can you love me anyway
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10.JANE
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Jane wore her hair in a plaid ponytail, drank soda from a stream
Jane wore blue to define her mood, and looked just like a dream
Jane walked out as the sun went down, to a river near her street
Jane just died on the waterside, from a low she couldn't beat
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Now I wait for her to call
And I know she loved you all
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I walked home as the moon hung low, offering myself
I talked aloud to the god in the crowd, said "go hurt someone else"
Jane's red hair and her comforting stare rattled through my brain
But Jane got mad when you'd lend your hand, said she couldn't take the pain
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Now I wait for her to call
And I know she loved you all
Ohhhhhh
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Now I wait for her to call
And I know she loved you all
Now I wait for her to call
And I know she loved you all
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Jane wore her hair in a plaid ponytail, drank soda from a stream
Jane never knew how much she could do, how much she could have been
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