Vicious Sky EP

Released : January 1996

 

Personnel

Peter Nuttall - Music/Lyrics/Vocals
Douglas Hunter - Lyrics
Ian Forbes - Lyrics
Nicola Dunn - Lyrics

There were only three new songs on the EP so it was padded out with some covers and some re-recordings.  ‘I can hear you’, ‘No Room at the Inn’ (which was our first and only attempt at a Christmas Song) and ‘So This Pain’ were the only new tracks but we’d given ‘Alive’ a rehash with a new chorus and dug ‘Sentiment’ up out of the outtakes from the Citadel EP the previous year.  ‘So this Pain’ has been one of those songs that hangs around without really being allowed into the party.  We keep thinking about re-doing it but get distracted by other, better stuff instead.  One day maybe.

- Peter

Track Listing

1. I Can Hear You – Nuttall
2. Remind me to Smile – Numan
3. No Room at the Inn – Hunter/Nuttall
4. Voices – Numan/Sharpe
5. So This Pain – Forbes/Nuttall
6. Alive (‘96) – Nuttall
7. Give Back Life – Nuttall

Bonus Tracks

1. Sentiment – Forbes/Nuttall
2. Before the Fall – Forbes/Nuttall
3. Demons and Angels – Hunter/Nuttall
4. I Won’t be Here – Nuttall
5. Final Breath – Dunn/Nuttall

Lyrics

You came from nowhere, foolishly I let you in

I got to know you well, was this my only sin?

 

Living for a world with no more lies

Answers without questions

Love can’t live here though it tries

I can’t learn from this fatal lesson

 

I’m sold on sentiment that didn’t exist

Release the memory from long time past

Held hands but never kissed

I knew then my love would last

 

Why should I want you anymore? Fortune’s tired and must die

I love the fear of immunities arms, where I lay down and cry

 

Things change without a word, no clues through lonely days

I thought you loved me though the thought decays

 

A light borne in desperation, a light so soon went out

Unloved or wanted by you, caused my mind to shout

 

Found I loved another, I realised the pain could go

Found love like no other, all my love you’ll never know

 

Before you opened your door

I’d never loved so true

I thought I could enter

But you slammed the door behind you

 

Lyrics – Forbes

Music – Nuttall

Jan 1996

I wonder, can you spare some goodwill?

What happened to peace on this earth?

It don’t matter what’s in your heart

Only how much it’s worth

 

I though hard times brought people together

Made it easier to show some heart

All it takes is a little warmth

And the courage to make a start

 

Chorus

When a child is born, into this world

No stars come out to shine

No angels, singing praises

None of that this time

 

If this child today was mine

I’d fight hell to keep it alright

I couldn’t leave a child of mine alone

To face a cold world in darkest night

Tell me there’s a star in the sky

Burning tonight through all the sin

Believing, I’d look to heaven

But there’s still no room at the inn

 

We’re told to look after ourselves

We never know where to begin

But when we need a little help ourselves

There’s no room at the inn

 

Lyrics – Hunter 9:50pm 24 Dec 1993

Music – Nuttall 6:27pm 28 Dec 1995

You are the drug but these dreams aren't real

I need you though you're torturing me

Reality turns now I have to choose

And I'm so scared of these games I lose

 

Offered my hand rejected pain

Given everything once again

Poured your drink you threw it in my face

I didn't have to think my mind out of place

 

Chorus

So this pain.... so long

'I should have waited'

I looked into her eyes and I knew just what she needed

Love, I never knew so I told the world

I could see it in her eyes

That's what she needed

 

You took it all and you made me leave

You told me lies the way that I could believe

It’s how I feel but you won't feel the same

You remind me and I can't forget your name

 

Well I had to leave but I won’t try

There's still one lie to believe but I won't cry

But then you blew my mind though I never knew

With love unkind I know that this is true

 

Lyrics – Forbes/Nuttall

Music – Nuttall

14/1/96

You’re who you want to be

What about me?

Can’t tell why it happened to me

Too blind to see

 

This time I’m sure

It’s real, how I feel

And now I’m here

To help you through, I love you

 

Don’t keep yourself alive for me

That’s the key

Move on, live again

Start a new, I love you

 

Feeling alive doesn’t mean you are

I’m all alone Just like before

Feeling I shouldn’t go too far

End with love and hope for more

 

I could see the only dream that

Wouldn’t go away

Living for the only time we

Never want to stay

In the past

Dreams that last

Make my dreams fade away

From me.

 

Lyrics/Music – Nuttall

16/01/96

Take your time, think about it

I’m not saying I’ll be unkind

It’s been hard to keep on trying

But maybe you’ve changed your mind

 

You walked in, time stood still

But it’s time that I’ve never lived through

I wish you were here again

But I’ve lived so far without you

 

Chorus

If I listen then I can hear you

If I listen I can hear them laughing

If I look then I can see you

If I wanted you I’d ask for forgiveness

 

If I could be here for a million years

A million nightmares, a million tears

I hate my past but I love you now

And mutual feeling would hurt my fears

 

Love, I don’t know why

Love, I need to cry

Love, Should never die

Love? Who knows why?

 

Lyrics/Music – Nuttall

22/01/96