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seatbelts save lives

by stuart neville

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1.
man-child 04:08
man-child man-child, who are you waiting for? oh, man-child, there’s no one who can make up your mind there’s no one who can make this alright so, he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home in the morning he swears he’ll begin old friend, oh you’re killing me there’s no friend, who could watch you as you turn out the lights there’s only so many last times so, he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home in the morning he swears he’ll begin again the proud clown of a dead-end show there’s no shame, to sing them what they’re waiting for but you just don’t have the heart anymore so, he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home in the morning he swears he’ll begin again you were right, i was wrong what the hell was i thinking of? i’m too young to grow up all this light, all this love, all the colours i’m dreaming of places i promised i’d go i always knew…you were meant for more i’m the weight in your chest i’m the dreams that you chase i always knew you were meant for more so he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home in the morning i know he’ll begin
2.
avalon 03:44
avalon avalon, we were hanging on by the grace of a thread and silence waits for all your good questions to rattle round my head i light up another cigarette close my eyes cos there is nowhere left to hide we carry on, just like before though our melody’s changed this time i am serious think we know what we’re giving up, the night you said be there in the morning never quite at my best just be there and we’ll know this is a good day one where i am more than enough this is a good day I'll listen to your wrong radio so jump in my boat and i’ll row us home jump in my boat and tell me it all let’s spare the horses, let’s spare the horses you and me we’re in this together, i’ll put you in my pocket let you lean upon me you and me together forever i’ll sing you a little closer let you lean upon me avalon, we’ll keep on holding on.
3.
saddest waltz we had all the time in the world to watch the search-lights shine upon your ramshackle boats as they drifted and dived shame on our bitter hearts empty as the promises we knew we’d never keep we waltzed while your cities burned drank wine whilst you choked and i sang at the top of my voice we slept through your tragedies safe behind our walls and pretended you were part of our world we had all the time in the world to stand silent as pirates sold off sons and daughters like meat at the side of the road we’ve become lonely satellites distant from the real stars, new gods up on high we waltzed while your cities burned drank wine whilst you choked and i sang at the top of my voice we slept through your tragedies safe behind our walls and sent the next wolves to your door we had it easier than most can’t tell you why everything we touch now is growing cold now we tell you we told you so no better than the devils you know we waltzed while your cities burned drank wine whilst you choked and i sang at the top of my voice we slept through your tragedies safe behind our walls and pretended you were part of our world
4.
sight of me 04:41
sight of me must be the drink when i talk i never knew enough is enough she can’t stand the sight of me the days look at the years that we walked backs straight five feet tall but it’s hard to be your man this way and oh i know we’ve been bracing ourselves but no one’s ever really ready for this it’s all that i can do to kill this feeling bite my tongue again and it’s more than i can take to see the back of you to lose my friend again alone in the beds that we chose she asks me if i still feel the love i swear she sees right through my crooked smile so tired of the masks that we wear too old to think that i’d ever change can’t even fool myself i’ve got the strength to stay and oh i know we’ve been bracing ourselves but no one’s ever really ready for this it’s all that i can do to kill this feeling bite my tongue again and it’s more than i can take to see the back of you to lose my friend again where did i go wrong
5.
the win 04:00
the win fathers hold tiny hands and happily remind me that i’ll never know the true meaning of love well, bless their big hearts champagne charlatans take all they want and deserve from my plate whilst the rest of us work forever, sent far away to fight for their sons and i read somewhere that the 90’s kids were sent to save us all i heard they’re smarter than your average bears we said we’re ready when you are but they became the new god-fearing, finger-pointing, porn-addicted meat-eating, bricks in the wall just like us all you win, you win we’re deep in bubbles of communication all trapped in the cloud the algorithms are wearing us down my echo chamber just confirms what i know that i could hate most anyone i heard a billionaire on the radio he said the enemy is close and i’m wondering where i’ve heard this before and i’m still wondering, as we hand him the codes turns out he was just another god-fearing, finger-pointing, porn-addicted chancer who was selling out our world you win, you win we’ll keep hanging on for your miracles like before you can still kid a kidder like me sleep easy you will always kid a kidder like me you win, you win
6.
trust 03:44
trust i meant every single, last word that i said to you but now it's cold and it's late, i'm dead on my feet can't we sleep on it again she said 'it's all every well hanging our dreams by a thread, is there still room for me? wish that i had your faith, how could you ever change? you're just the man i've always known' you said, trust in me so, i put my life in your hands we saw the future fragile but beautiful just like your mother always told you we’ll be alright on the night and i won’t let go i've slept by your side, seen the midnight hours awake you when your pride comes to call i know you're hard on yourself, harder than anyone else, but let me walk a mile with you i know that i have been blinded, let a darkness define me and whisper to my hope i only needed my friend to help me begin to find the man i'd always known you said, trust in me so, i put my life in your hands we saw the future fragile but beautiful just like your father always told you we’ll keep the lights on tonight you’ll need them to keep dreaming here is something to hold on to i want you to know i will always believe in you and i won’t let go
7.
a-ok 04:56
a-ok he says he’s doing better now but i can’t believe a word that he says so we just stay scared wish i could’ve listened more wish that there was someone out there who needed him most it’s what he needs the most he says 'it was years ago, it’s too late to talk and i know the weight in my bones is all my fault' i am a-ok, i don’t take pills anymore i am a-ok, i can paint my smile on at the door sometimes i think that maybe i am just wired this way you can’t tell anyone round here, don’t tell anyone round here good luck, good luck, good luck, good luck, good luck i know he keeps telling himself this is all i deserve and i get what i get i’m just living in dreams there’s a silver-tongued liar in his head slowly talked him into whipping himself but a liar’s never happy till he’s got you on your knees he says 'oh, the years go by and i’m frozen where i was i don’t even know anymore what i’m raging for but it’s all my fault' i am a-ok, i don’t take pills anymore i am a-ok, i can paint my smile on at the door sometimes i think that maybe i am just wired this way i know i’m never good enough, who could use somebody like me? i know i’m never strong enough, who could use somebody like me? how long have i lost? thinking i was a-ok, waiting for the echo to change but i never needed you more but i never needed you more maybe i am just wired this way we are a-ok we’ll be ok
8.
plastic soldiers we’re not who we say we are we were never in the stories we tell it’s just the proud names we took but this is the real skin we choose to wear it’s too late for us that ship has sailed it's long gone how can i wait for us when all you know is what you don't want what happened to the people that i thought i know? who am i to tell them that their hearts are wrong? we are the plastic soldiers in a revolution you can’t understand i never hated anyone we are the plastic soldiers you were never my kingdom we were never the same i never begged you for anything i’m not who they say i am and i don’t want to hear the loyal songs that they sing it’s just my name they took but these are the colours i refuse to wear it’s too late for us that ship has sailed it's long gone how can i wait for us when all you know is what you don't want we are the plastic soldiers in a revolution you can’t understand i never hated anyone we are the plastic soldiers you were never my kingdom you were never the same i never begged you for anything we’re holding on, we’re holding on, alba we’re holding on for you what happened to the place that i called my home?
9.
no weddings 05:01
no weddings i know that i called you trouble but by now you really must know that you’re the trouble i need won’t you just stay close to me stay too close to me? our hurricane years went past how many times you watched me crash as i was brought to my knees by my latest dead-brained schemes how’d you stay here with me? and i know you’d never hold me back and you know i’d never hold you back how could i hold you back? i need no weddings and no secrets to know i belong wi you i want no promises,i need no reasons to know that my home is you we find our way we always find our ways home to you i know that you thought i was leaving i know that you thought that my tides would carry me home but i could never sail them alone only sail them with you i got to see the woman you’ve become you let me hold your hand, you let us grow but you’re still always the last one to leave stay my love, burn this fire wi me and i know you never need me to change and you know i never need you to change but oh how we changed i need no weddings and no secrets to know i belong wi you i want no promises,i need no reasons to know that my home is you we find our ways we always find our ways you always see the best in me everything, everything you had you shared with me it’s you who’s the best of me you are, the most beautiful robot executing a command my love, my heart, my mind

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released March 24, 2023

all songs written by stuart neville
label: voller sound
recorded by michael stark & stuart neville
produced by michael stark & stuart neville
mixed by dominic zimmel
mastered by alexandr vatagin
vocals & guitar - stuart neville
electronics, keys, backing vocals, guitar - michael stark
vocals ‘trust’, ‘sight of me’ and ‘plastic soldiers’ - amelie tobien
vocals ‘no weddings’ - elisa aichinger
artwork & graphic design by stuart neville
additional graphic design by manu schlager
ice-monster by boicut
red mankerle from avalon

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Stuart Neville Vienna, Austria

STUART NEVILLE (INDIE-FOLK) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Vienna, Austria.
A beaten-up voice and a down-tuned guitar…beautifully crafted songwriting fuelled by the raw indie and grunge of his youth and welded together with the people and stories of his life.
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