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Colours

by The May Dolls

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1.
Colours 04:13
when I was younger I painted the perfect picture seeing life through a tinted lens all the colours seemed to look the same is everything how you pictured it? are you happy? life's true colours are more vivid stay with me 'til the end it's been four years since we made those promises seasons have come and gone the flowers bloom then wither in the cold is everything how you pictured it? are you happy? life's true colours are more vivid stay with me 'til the end when we are older and years have passed us by memories like colours fade and change but I'll look at you and I'll still feel the same is everything how you pictured it? are you happy? life's true colours are more vivid stay with me 'til the end
2.
I'll Try 03:16
calling you last number feeling like a wreck waiting for the answer that I will never get one day I won’t need you and one day I’ll forget one day I’ll be sorry that we ever met but I’ll try and I’ll try and I’ll try again I’m sorry to be leaving that I wasted my precious time there is nothing left here so I’m taking what is mine but I’ll try and I’ll try and I’ll try again why did I ever love you? the way you treated me you made me feel worthless and now I’m breaking free but I’ll try and I’ll try and I’ll try again
3.
sometimes I wake up in the night and I watch you draw each breath and I wonder where you are and what is going through your head in the silence and the still I see your mind begin to twist and turn beneath the waves of silent happenings there is a tie between your heart and mine but I can’t read your secret thoughts your secret thoughts when you look into my eyes I wonder what you see do you think about the feelings racing deep inside me there is a tie between your heart and mine but I can’t read your secret thoughts your secret thoughts
4.
you and I we have to try to keep it together when we're falling apart at the seams I know I lie I make you cry but I can do better I know this life isn't a dream so don't push your luck you know that I mean it this time don't screw up or you'll be the one who is crying late in the night after the fight when we've laid down our arms and the battle is done for today If I could I fly I'd say goodbye and leave on the breeze but you are the reason I stay so don't push your luck you know that I mean it this time don't screw up or you'll be the one who is crying
5.
if I went back to the start would I take the same path? so many choices to make I have made so many mistakes and as the fire it burns my soul the water comes and it soothes it all and please don't let me go I'll cross the river alone take me with you I turn my back on it all I wash my hands of it all if you went back to the day they took your life away if you see what you have now would it have turned things around? and as the fire it burns my soul the water comes and it soothes it all and please don't let me go I'll cross the river alone take me with you I turn my back on it all I wash my hands of it all if we went back to the past where our story starts faced with choices anew would I find myself close to you? and as the fire it burns my soul the water comes and it soothes it all and please don't let me go I'll cross the river alone take me with you I turn my back on it all I wash my hands of it all
6.
you look at me in the evening gloom the words are left in their hollow cocoon we draw up plans and count up the days the years roll by and still we are waiting for that ship to come and carry the weight of this home take us to another place but everything fades I look at you when the sun meets the sky holding you in the light of my eyes we box our dreams and we stack them up high taking our time to get it just right will that ship come? and carry the weight of this home take us to another place but everything fades everything fades in the passing of time we won’t let anything pass us by hold on to me tightly and we can we can survive why don’t we climb up high to the hills at dawn watch the morning rise let that ship pass us by it’s gone in the blink of an eye let’s stay for a while in this place where nothing fades
7.
Echoes 02:44
my voice rings loud and clear before I stop I see a tear standing in the dark waiting for a sign that you are near my voice echoes around and you don’t make a sound I wish that I could cut my tongue out but I have so much to say silence fills the room now you are gone it will swallow me standing on my own I have nothing left to say at all my voice echoes around and you don’t make a sound I wish that I could cut my tongue out but I have so much to say
8.
memories changing they all disappear into dust can I believe all the things that you said in the past? trying to cling to anything still untouched were you cold to the core? turning your back on us all or were you just a puppet on a string? weaving his poison he wormed his way into your lives destroying your love and deceiving you with his lies how many times did we tell you to cast him aside? were you cold to the core? turning your back on us all or were you just a puppet on a string? you were down on your knees begging my father please take me away from here thinking back to when our grandmother died when you drove to our house in the morning and cried was it your grief or your guilt that scarred you inside? were you cold to the core? turning your back on us all or were you just a puppet on a string?
9.
All Over 04:18
I’ll come to your rescue cause that’s what I’m for it won’t be heroic like it was before I’ll help you escape them if you do what I say I can protect you 'cause I know the way the more that you love the harder it is to lose someone you think it's all over but it’s just begun I wasn’t running away I was finding a home I wasn’t breaking your heart I was mending my bones I promised you time but it’s not mine to make we wanted forever but that’s not our fate the more that you love the harder it is to lose someone you think it's all over but it’s just begun I can’t forget you and I see your face and I can’t forgive you for leaving in haste
10.
Alone Again 03:13
I am alone again I am alone again when will you come back home to me? my mind is wandering my mind is wandering through all the places you might be and I am talking to myself I am talking to myself to remind me that I'm still here inside I am undone again I am undone again in the emptiness you left me my heart is numb again my heart is numb again broken by the lies you told me and I am talking to myself I am talking to myself to break the silence of this desperate loneliness
11.
we work so hard we work so late but the work is never done trying so hard just to stand up straight with a heavy load on your back let’s make some time for us before the moment’s passed too many voices in the back of your mind let’s leave them behind just for one night days pass by and turn into years but there is never the time for our dreams or for our fears time is running out just for one night we’ll push the boat out just for one night we’ll disappear we’ll be a dot on the horizon until the stars all disappear Just for one night we work so hard we work so late but the work is never done
12.
The Gift 02:45
I'd sleep on the cold ground and I would stick around just to hear anything you say I'd stand in the big crowd as long as I’m allowed just to see the look upon your face the stars are aligned now and everybody shouts we can finally share a warm embrace play me an old song that makes me still belong too soon I’ll have to tear myself away but when you sing and our hearts begin to glow and all our weary lives disappear your breath in the cool night steaming in the light now the queen of all that you survey you take your last bow the show is over now it's time for us to make our lonely way but when you sing and our hearts begin to glow and all our weary lives disappear I feel the cold now and everything slows down and all your songs they seem to melt away

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released November 10, 2012

The May Dolls are Rebecca Roberts (guitar and vocals) and Tyler Massey (guitar and vocals). Recorded by Dave Draper. Produced by Dave Draper and The May Dolls in August, 2012. All songs written by The May Dolls and Tara Heath (where noted). Photography by Jacqui Elliot-Williams. themaydolls.com

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The May Dolls are a truly international combination: Becca Roberts (UK) and Tyler Massey (US) blend their musical backgrounds, their voices and their guitar playing in an enthralling way, creating a style that's simultaneously traditional and contemporary. ... more

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