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Lightspeed

by gingerjamesfair

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four fifths your friend, one fifth your enemy 02:04
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Four fifths your friend And one fifth your enemy I'm the thorn in your side Four fifths your friend And one fifth your enemy I wear my smile like a knife Four fifths your friend And one fifth your enemy I'm the unsure in your mind Four fifths your friend And one fifth your enemy The little bit you can't decide
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Treptower Park 01:44
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You and I took the Ring to Treptower Park Went to see the monuments and Soviet Art The ground was all frozen from the snow that had fallen I watched you whilst walking and felt warm around you We tried to keep kissing but your nose was so cold I remember saying how I liked how the old people were walking Together not talking If this is a love then I think I might like it You and me are happy in Berlin Let's see where we'll be next year And whilst we were walking round the Pergamon I couldn't stop thinking of the cloud I'm on I love to be near you I smile with I see you I want to be with you in Berlin together The cold was so bitter and the wind was so bad The currywurst sausage and the gluhwein we had Was a perfect moment A subtle romance In the snowy imbiss of an S-Bahn station You and me are happy in Berlin Let's see where we'll be next year
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Best Intentions Gone Wrong 02:52
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Temporary glitches Best intentions gone wrong So many misses I can't count them all I ask for forgiveness I try to redeem my soul I'm not sure it's worth it When trouble seems more fun Oh, what I have become? Life is meaningless if I can't have fun I try to find balance Everything's fine in moderation This is my downfall I can't stop a good thing I'm best when I'm evil I'm happiest when I do wrong I'd be scared of redemption But only when I'm old Oh, what I have become? Life is meaningless if I can't have fun
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Can We Share Out The Blame? 03:13
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Open up the door Please open up the door I've been stood here for forty five minutes Wondering what this buzzer's for I'll press it once more Please forget what I said Can you forget what I said? I've a mouth that causes plenty of trouble And speaks without consent I never gave consent I know I've made mistakes I've made plenty of mistakes But the list you've made has one or two That were caused by me but because of you So can we share out the blame? Stop throwing the furniture. Will you please stop throwing the furniture? I've a friend who would buy that coffee table But you've scratched the leg And it won't polish out Can we stay friends? I'd like to stay friends? I appreciate you may not need friends like me But I think we should stay friends It won't feel like the end I know I've made mistakes I've made plenty of mistakes But the list you've made has one or two That were caused by me but because of you So can we share out the blame?
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Newark To New York 02:09
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I land on time A transatlantic flight I am only late When someone's waiting at the gate But not this time I take the train Fifteen dollars to Penn A Manhattan view from across the bay The city is alive My heart is racing in time I want to share this with someone If there is someone I could find But not this time
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eBay Addiction 01:52
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Daddy's got an eBay addiction But he denies it all the time He sneaks off at the end of meals and takes a quick peek online And in the post the following morning A parcel will arrive A tiny box postmarked Southampton With a toy train inside It's the only website that he ever visits And he loves what he can find He thinks email sucks and blogging is stupid But an online auction is fine Mummy's got an eBay addiction too Buys all kinds of things but hasn't got the room A dial up modem and a slow connection Won't put Mum off soon I fear for eBay when my Mum gets broadband As the site will be deluged She doesn't need it She doesn't want it But a bargain can't be refused But if she's happy when she finds those bargains Then who am I to accuse?
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Small Things 03:10
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Yesterday I wrote you a letter Didn't think you respond I thought I knew you better But this morning I got your response Just seeing your writing Made me feel better Somewhere in this city You're keeping it together Which is more than I can say for myself I got caught up in the small things Forgot about the big things that I had to do Maybe I got caught up in the small things Forgot about the big things that I had to do I take from the speed you replied at You're thinking of us even whilst you were writing that And I hoping that that never stops I'm keeping the letter With all of the other ones Like keeping a piece of our love in box To read them if I forget why it ended I got caught up in the small things Forgot about the big things that I had to do Maybe I got caught up in the small things Forgot about the big things that I had to do
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 02:27
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I said I'd make amends and start anew with old friends But I started more fights I cared for histories and uncovered mysteries Yet should let sleeping dogs lie Let sleeping does lie I tried to quench my thirst But was so young and was so cursed And I made such mistakes But now I've learnt the ways To live this life with happy days If I let sleeping dogs lie Let sleeping dogs lie
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Up Yours Sincerely 02:58
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Dear Sir I'm writing concerning your letter In which you say I owe you cash I'm confused by the tone of your writing I'm not sure if you want it back? Up yours sincerely. Dear Mr Fair Thank you for your letter I can assure you that we want to be paid If we don't receive a payment A bailiff will be the next stage He will rip you a new arsehole and take possessions I'm afraid If you'd like to arrange a repayment Call the number at the top of the page The bank manager can't take your call right now, please leave a message after the tone Yeah hi? It's James I think there's been some confusion over this money I was under the impression that your wife still owed my dog fuck money We were gonna call it quits Wipe the slate clean It's roughly the same amount of cash So anyway, thanks for the concern but no thanks You assume your humour is priceless It is worthless I'm afraid I'm forwarding your case to the bailiff Your debt will now reside with them And as for the joke about my wife She died in a car crash in Spain Up yours sincerely Then keep the money sir I really couldn't take it After everything that's happened I couldn't make you pay it She was such a lovely woman But her debt is not your debt Let's call it even And forget it ever happened With so much hurt and suffering I'll never be in love again I don't want your money I just want your forgiveness Up yours sincerely
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Pray To Myself 02:05
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Christ I come to you Tell me what I can do What is the point of life? If it's gonna be shit all the time. Oh I may as well pray to myself Just send me a sign An angel with cash A cloud made of chocolate Or a wind that brings love Oh I may as well pray to myself It doesn't mean dick Because it doesn't exist
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Fools 02:07
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Another day wastes away And I can feel my soul die I've been here for far too long And I can't really figure why But I know I would be happy If I left this ship of fools I make a new start And buy lots of stationery To make my soul feel good But a blank page and blank expression Plague my inner thoughts And I know I would be happy If I left this ship of fools When I leave this ship of fools

about

‘Lightspeed’ is more of a compilation of various recordings than a dedicated recording session. The songs are in varied states of completion, including unfinished and unmixed, sometimes creatively abandoned. I’ve tried to create some kind of cohesiveness in this collection, but it was never originally conceived as a whole project. The recordings span many years. The earliest would be 2005 (‘Fools’ and ‘Pray To Myself’), and the latest in 2009 (‘Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’). Sometimes the songs didn’t fit the tone of the album they were prepared for, such as the bonus track ‘Let’s Be Together At The End’, which was intended for ‘Sagittarius’. On other occasions there are the demo recordings. I believe the value of ‘Lightspeed’ lies in the creative ideas rather than the finished execution.

After the recording of ‘My Piranha’ and ‘Sagittarius’ I still had fifteen tracks that were unused, of which four appear on here. The remainder were recorded during a very rapid period of song writing in 2009, where I wrote seventeen tracks and posted them online in the form of three E.P.s, called ‘Small Things’, ‘Sober Songs’ and ‘Lightspeed’. I favoured imperfect immediacy in my recordings instead of the polished delivery of ‘Sagittarius’, and produced some of my favourite songs, most noticeably ‘Small Things’ and ‘Treptower Park’ (where you can hear someone logging into Skype in the background). Some of the earlier tracks include Larry Smith’s influence and contribution, especially his drumming upon ‘No-one Likes Liars’ and ‘Pray To Myself’.

Compiling these tracks into one playlist has been cathartic and brings closure to these recordings from my twenties. The intention was never to get famous or rich from these songs, but simply to express myself and be creative. I learnt a lot from the process of writing, recording, and on rare occasions, performing live (I have never been keen on performing live because of my own insecurity about my musical ability).

In the autumn of 2009 I decided to stop playing music for a few years so that I could focus on filmmaking and other ambitions.

James

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released September 1, 2009

Recorded between 2005-2009 in various locations. All songs written by James Fair. Performed and recorded by James Fair and Larry Smith.

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