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1986

by Ian Wilson

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1.
I don't want to fight anymore Heart is dripping into frozen lungs Stretch skin so I see through Transfuse my blood, cleanse my veins Feed me new thoughts and memories Bleach so I don't remain the same And if I should die in my sleep You'd never know how much of you I keep Locked in my heart Locked in my soul I don't want to feel anymore Make a pill to redress the score Razor emotions raw Pretty coloured bruises align Each shade represents a sign Meanings no longer my to find
2.
With smiles you like to settle down And that's where I can turn it around We got to you Let me help you lose your grip On that stale relationship We got to you The final payout for dirty tricks It all goes back to you Like tears in the rain We wash away We rebuild our self with new skin And then we can begin Taste what you did not plan for Hate yourself then beg for more We got to you There's no need to think it through You've shown yourself what you can do We got to you
3.
Stare at death, hold your breath Lifeless, we're moments lost in time Hearts that ache, minds that wake Leave flesh that's weakened from within Memories fail to please I wish that I was someone else Fix your mind, lead the blind Humour illusion so it lasts We love, we learn But still we yearn To be the ones we were before Free to roam, eat alone Consume fuel, I will add the fire Stare at death, hold your breath Lifeless, we're moment lost in time No regrets, time forgets Just something we're supposed to say Choose your fate, procreate Each mortal coil is cleansed with death Peeling my heart Tear me apart Skin me alive and bleed me dry Cremate my mind Burn all you find Scatter what's left I'll never die
4.
She looks into the young girl's eyes But failing to recognize She meets her granddaughter For the third time in half an hour Her son stands strong and beams with pride No witness of what's inside He tells her he has a wife 'You loved her in another life' Don't want the rain to wash away She ends the story with a start The family heart falls apart a fraction An infant soul but next time it might grow old No comfort in familiar face Life buried without a trace They leave her like earth leaves sun She calls out to see her son
5.
I've been walking the same streets For countless days and weeks now Never stopping to think of a plan To change my way around You've tapping the same beat For countless days and weeks now Always wanting to act on the plan But you don't know how Lets turn the inside out We'll burn the streets With fire in our lungs Tonight we'll see we're meant to be It's you my dear I've been running away from The path I should have stayed on I've been wanting to say all the words You want to hear now You've been hiding away from The life you want to lean on You've been taking each day at a time It's not too late now I will never stop the wait You're the one for me I promise you this one 'Cause it's always been
6.
I hold desire as something new 'Cause you're mine to refuse Time to diffuse I can't reside in a thought of you I get by on my own I can move on Our friends are scared to speak of you today But they shouldn't be 'cause I can say I'm facing my fears I've shaken the tears I think I'm finally getting over you Your grip has lessened around my heart You took time to release my beliefs I've learnt my lesson, now I can start To apply what I see Try to deceive
7.
It's the same on this day each year I bring it all back Water attacks my lungs I invite you to leave your trademark Ice that you hide Queasy inside but numb I'm undecided if you Hate me more than I hate what we are Or is this just another favour Like the ones you did that broke my heart? I'll never get settled with you still in my life I'm a victim of empathy I retrace a line hoping to find a you But I'm chasing the faintest shadow You don't exist I can't dismiss the truth You live in photographs That I keep but will never view again You don't see that although you left me I can never leave my thoughts of you Last night you told me how you still feel But then I woke up It wasn't real
8.
Hello My wandering thoughts return This letter with nothing written for you We talk with eyes that start to burn You're waiting patiently to learn That it's over You know it's over No, I can't explain what the summer changed No, there ain't no way But it's something real and it made me feel Like there ain't no way We sat crossed legged on your bed We chose to smile and laugh instead Oh, it's over We know it's over No, I can't explain what the summer changed No, there ain't no way But it's something real and it made me feel blue
9.
I've shed the skin I felt good in Your full moon absence Has proved sense wrong Sky is turning black before day ends Fly before your heart defends My eyes have melted down to stick in my throat My stomach has replaced my brain Switch sides so easy I wish I could Each heartbreak is mended with cement Leaving a little less each time I just want to be whole again
10.
I take comfort in another man's life In another man's home In another man's wife Are you unsure who I might be? I stand corrected by your smile You broke another with such style But you're not you and I'm not me My job is to exaggerate And bend truth beyond breaking point Sweet smiles disguise suggestive eyes Secrets made for you to disjoint With no reflection we transform With no connection we conform Can I see you? Do you see me? A nameless face, a conscious dream This vivid figment so extreme You took over then ceased to be Is this how it ends? Control I suspend Unlikely lips maturely kiss Inject the thrill I crave and miss But just enough to start the flow The closeness I will never know
11.
Overruling signs have put my mind of course It seems I'm learning I put all my trust in you Our river has run dry Luck is running out Yeah yeah yeah Punch-drunk yearning confidence in spite of months of Worthless shielding weaker personalities Our roof is burning down Servants take the crown This conversation doesn't need You, proof or segregation Never mind youth's proof Play the waiting game But all I'm waiting for Will change those rules that I have never understood This poison's pain won't last Look towards your past
12.
I sit here waiting for you An image I kept when I left that day I've seen nothing but it feels like you are here I've got your picture but I'm not nearer this year I wait and I wonder I sit here waiting for you An image I kept when I left that day We weren't as close but I miss you more than The people I've been with The friends that I've needed for years Thought things over Crashed and burned My thoughts were due to distance You'd never feel the same as My unproved mind, which had me think you were mine I'd still come through in an instant Our bond has not been shaken Although I would prefer this to stay inside It was a momentary lapse in my concentration On your return that's easy to realize But still I remain wary My panicked explanation Has not nor will ever be in direct site You never knew So all is innocent Let time pass by I will forget the moment Ever happened, carry on Run along into the open Living life, side by side In the dark, uninformed, unbroken Now we live on strong for the rest of our days If we don't look back

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'1986' pulls together the best of what I've written and produced over an 8 year period. The 12 tracks have been revisited/re-recorded/remastered to form an album that sums me up as an artist.

These songs are what I'm all about - they're the songs I want you to hear.

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Email: ianwilsonmusic@gmail.com

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released April 10, 2015

All Music & Lyrics by I Wilson
(Except Track 2: Music by M Crossley & I Wilson, Lyrics by I Wilson. Track 8: Music by S Duckett & I Wilson, Lyrics by I Wilson)

Ian Wilson: Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Synthesis

Zoe King: Violin on 'Heart & Soul'
Lucy Worthington: Violin on 'The Empathy Box'
Matt Crossley: Bass & Backing Vocals on 'Not You Not Me'
Michael Levy: Drums on 'Not You Not Me' & 'Smells Like Burning'
Simon Duckett: Guitar on 'Not You Not Me' & 'Smells Like Burning'

Produced & Mixed by Ian Wilson
(Except Tracks 10 & 11: Mixed by Simon Duckett)

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Mastered by Stephen Carter
Mastered and Remastered by Ian Wilson

Art Design & Photography by Ian Wilson

© 2015 Ian Wilson

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