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Our Blood Is Red

by Luke James Williams

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1.
I can’t take back the words I said to you They’re buried by the weight of too many truths But not about you I’m losing count of the times And I know too well “sorry” starts to grate after a while It feels as though I’m holding back a landslide Just praying that the cracks don’t reach the outside But at my most fragile all my fears and doubts, veiled by anger, will all come spilling out But this says nothing about you It says everything about me This says nothing about you It says everything about me Me and my ragged mind have been the culprits so many times I don’t want you to have to hold me like a knife ’Cause this says nothing about you It says everything about me This says nothing about you It says everything about me Well, now the dust has cleared, can we see it for what it really is? Amongst all the debris all I see is my own face staring back at me from every broken piece This says nothing about you It says everything about me This says nothing about you It says everything about me
2.
You’ll never know You’ll never know the things you do to me The way the earth bends under my feet It’s hard to explain Hard to explain the way you make me feel It’s like life becomes realer than real You make my blood jump around You make my blood jump around I start to taste colours and I start to see sound You make my blood jump around You take me to You take me to places I’ve never been To other worlds rarely seen And when we sail Yeah, when we sail to these different plains Well, your love’s the drug coursing through my veins You make my blood jump around You make my blood jump around I start to taste colours and I start to see sound You make my blood jump around You make my blood jump around I start to taste colours and I start to see sound You make my blood jump around All this hidden beauty reveals itself to me The world looks like a different place with you by my side when I open my eyes A place where I wanna be You make my blood jump around Everything changed Everything changed when you came around Well, you lifted me up off of the ground So now I float Now I float everywhere that I go And I need you more than you will ever know You make my blood jump around You make my blood jump around I start to taste colours and I start to see sound You make my blood jump around You make my blood jump around I start to taste colours and I start to see sound I wanna get lost with you and never be found You make my blood jump around
3.
Remove the pigment Undo the damage Strip me of every trace Take out my bones Unravel my hair And unpick the stitches that hold me in place My blood is red but you will not see it And I’m wondering where this leaves us now What is left of me? Will you let me see what is left of me? What is left of me? Deconstruct the story Neutralise my emotions Erase my past and mute my voice Rid me of desires Subtract my dimensions You look at me as if I have a choice What is left of me? Will you let me see what is left of me? What is left of me? You separate every piece I’m made of Till there’s nothing left and you can just move on ’Cause you don’t mind whether I survive I was never more than a figure in the half light My blood is red and still you won’t see it Now I’m fading like you never knew my name What is left of me? Will you let me see what is left of me? What is left of me?
4.
Vultures 03:02 video
Too many times we’ve been here Too many lives and too much fear I swear that if I pause to think Then in the mire I will sink But we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall And watch the vultures take it all I know they’re tearing strips off me But I’m so scared that I can’t see With our own blood we pay our way And we bleed until our dying day But we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall And watch the vultures take it all Well, my head’s alive with the thought of what they’re taking We carry on to keep from breaking I can see them circling overhead What’s done is done and what’s been said is said We will arrive, to the journey we are bound But don’t look up Don’t look around And don’t look back Just keep making ground Too many times we’ve been here Too many lives and too much fear But we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall And watch the vultures take it all No, we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall And watch the vultures take it all Well, my head’s alive with the thought of what they’re taking We carry on to keep from breaking
5.
Take 03:19
Take Take What will be the nature of the wilderness that we will leave behind? Can we cut a path back to see the world reflected in their eyes? It’s all smiles at the front door, take what you need then you’re gone And if you believe we are thinking in 7s you’re wrong We just take You say the seasons are changing but I can’t see the truth in what you are saying Take Take But what do we give back? What do we give back? Do we give back? What do we give back? Steal from your brother, lie to your mother and hide from your lover And you say the seasons are changing but I can’t see the truth in what you are saying Take We just take Take
6.
I’m off to get lost I can’t change the station, I can’t make it stop The static that constantly rolls round my head is taking its toll and I need to reset I don’t wanna know I just wanna switch it off I just wanna let go I don’t wanna know I don’t want to know I get so tired of it all Struggle to know how to feel anymore Have we reached a point where we cannot escape the infinite list of all there is to say? Of what you might think and what you might feel When it never relents all you can do is yield But I don’t wanna know I just wanna switch it off I just wanna let go I don’t wanna know I don’t want to know Save me from the squall There’s not enough time to make sense of it all Save me from the squall ’cause all we’re ever sold is sadder than sad and realer than real Well, I cannot wait to feel happier than happy about it I don’t wanna know I just wanna switch it off I just wanna let go So I’m off to get lost I can’t change the station, I can’t make it stop I don’t wanna know I just wanna switch it off I just wanna let go I don’t wanna know I don’t want to know
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8.
Draw 04:41
You do not know me I’m writing from England A piece of your body they carved up and gave a name to ’Cause that’s what people do I fell asleep with my head on your chest I was dreaming of rhythms and patterns in a world without walls ’Cause that’s what dreaming’s for Give me strength See me through The very best of them and the worst of you I pray that you don’t go away That you don’t go away You will now see in the rising of embers The piece of your ego that you have long struggled to tame And now it falls like rain I will drink your mystery down Till I can’t stay on my feet Would you catch me if I fell or would you watch me returned to smithereens? Give me strength See me through The very best of them and the worst of you Give us hope A glimmer of light An oil lantern on our darkest night Give us grace No surprise that all of these notions only dwell in our own minds ’Cause that’s what we’re gonna need At times when it’s hard to breathe The beauty we barely see in the light of the day The wonder your chorus sings The beating of tiny little wings And the comfort that chaos can bring when we’ve lost our way Give me strength See me through The very best of them and the worst of you Give us hope A glimmer of light An oil lantern on our darkest night I pray that you don’t go away
9.
Punchbag 03:27
I must have one of those faces that’s crying out for a fist in it There must be a sign on my demeanour that says “come on over, you can treat me like shit” But this is what you need so this is what you have You turn the fire on me so you don’t feel so bad Well baby, I’m a punchbag Come take your cheap shot You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not I’m just another scapegoat that you’ve found And I’m not sure if I can go another round But then the bell will sound My insides are pulp I’m seeing stars But I can take more than I’ll ever show And now I’m swaying around like a drunken lout screaming “come on then, who else wants a go!?” ’Cause baby, I’m a punchbag Come take your cheap shot You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not You say it’s not fair that I just give in Well, I’m rendered speechless when you’re laying your boots in But this is what you need so this is what you have You turn the fire on me so you don’t feel so bad You’ve had me in the air You’ve had me on the run Now leave me in your wake now you’ve had your fun Baby, I’m a punchbag Come take your cheap shot You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not Baby, I’m a punchbag Come take your cheap shot You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not ’Cause I’m just another scapegoat that you’ve found And I’m not sure if I can go another round Baby, I’m a punchbag Come take your cheap shot You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not And I know you’re not
10.
Always There 04:26
Can I draw a line through space and time with two cups and a string? What I wouldn’t give to hear your voice again But I’d be afraid of the words you wouldn’t say That you might be ashamed of me From the day you went out of sight, you’ve never left my mind You are always there You are always there You are always there It’s a foil and paper ball across the living room floor It’s the smell of the earth and red and you’re always there You are always there You are always there You are always there So where will you go when there’s nothing left but smoke? When my mind starts to break and I confuse the family names and days of the week I hope you’re always there I hope you’re always there I hope you’re always there From the day you went out of sight, you’ve never left my mind You are always there
11.
Monuments 03:57
We are real and that’s alright We grow up around the best of our fault lines But they’re shifting all of the time And when you say we’re ticking along You are so right, we’re like ticking time bombs Just praying that nothing goes wrong Yet we seldom see the warning signs do we? ’Cause it won’t take long for us to mess this up And it won’t take long for us to give up And it won’t be long before every vow is broken No, it won’t take long at all We’re tangled up like a ball of wool All fears and dreams just waiting for the pull The snag that ends it all And we take pride in our monuments Pictures of perfect that help us to forget We’re just people trying our best Yet we seldom see the warning signs do we? ’Cause it won’t take long for us to mess this up And it won’t take long for us to give up And it won’t be long before every vow is broken No, it won’t take long at all No, it won’t take long at all We can’t keep doing this to ourselves, can we? We should be more kind, live a little less violently So when I’m next holding onto the shelf I should be reminding myself That it won’t take long for us to mess this up And it won’t take long for us to give up And it won’t be long before every vow is broken No, it won’t take long at all No, it won’t take long for us to mess this up And it won’t take long for us to give up And it won’t be long before every vow is broken No, it won’t take long at all

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released July 22, 2022

All songs written & performed by Luke James Williams

Vocals on ‘This Says’ by Becky Binney, Emma Byrom, Susan Meah, Nicola Slater, Laura Sutton & Kate Woolf from the Sing For Joy! Choir of Cambridgeshire

Double Bass on ‘Blood Jump’ composed & performed by Riad Abji

Organ Pedals on ‘What Is Left?’ by Nick Kozuch

Viola on ‘Vultures’ composed & performed by Nick Murray

Cello on ‘Take’ by Liz Townsend
Piano on ‘Take’ by Ollie Taylor
Organ Pedals on ‘Take’ by Nick Kozuch

Piano on ‘And Breathe...’ by Ollie Taylor

Piano on ‘Draw’ by Ollie Taylor
Bass Guitar, Organ Pedals & Toy Piano on ‘Draw’ by Nick Kozuch

Vocals on ‘Punchbag’ by Cára Beard, Dave French, Chris Hollis, Stacey Hollis, Steph Scott, Owen Stephen & Max Trense
Cello on ‘Punchbag’ by Liz Townsend

Cello on ‘Always There’ by Liz Townsend

Recorded & produced by Nick Kozuch at Unit Studios, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK

Some parts recorded on location & at homes in the UK

Mixed by Alex Bush at Sonikwire Studio, Irvine, CA

Mastered by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound, Nashville, TN

Original Artwork by Dave Young

Artwork Photography by Julian Eales

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Luke James Williams England, UK

Light and dark, ugly and beautiful, happy and sad, fearful and brave, the music of singer songwriter Luke James Williams reflects the opposing forces and wonderful chaos of the world around us. Combining the raw power of PJ Harvey with the delicate sensitivity of Sufjan Stevens, Williams paints pictures with words and sings them in his own distinctly British voice. ... more

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