DARK SCRAWLS
1. RESURRECTION

Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

2. HAMLET OF FIRE

Emily Wright: Lead and backing vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet and piano. Catherine Sykes: Backing vocals. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

3. DON'T CALL ME DEIRDRE

Emily Wright: Lead vocals and backing vocals. Ruth Hammond: Backing vocals. Ben Thomas:Trumpet. Nicky Jaques: Tenor saxophone. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

4. END OF DAYS

 Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons:Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

5. TELL ME

 Emily Wright: Lead and backing vocals. Catherine Sykes: Backing vocals. Laura Collins: Backing vocals. Ben Thomas: Flugel horn. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

6. THE DEEP

Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Catherine Sykes: Backing vocals. Laura Collins: Backing vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet and flugel horn. Emily Preston: Soprano saxophone. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

7. DARK SCRAWLS

 Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Catherine Sykes: Backing vocals. Laura Collins: Backing vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet and flugel horn. Nicky Jaques: Tenor saxophone. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons:Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

8. HERMAN THE HERMIT

 Emily Wright: Lead and backing vocals. Catherine Sykes: Backing vocals. Laura Collins: Backing vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet, flugel horn and trombone. Nicky Jaques: Tenor saxophone. Lee Goodall: Bass clarinet. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums
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9. ANGELS FROWN

 Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

10. SIRENS

 Emily Wright: Lead and backing vocals. Catherine Sykes: Backing vocals. Laura Collins: Backing vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet and piano. James Chadwick: Guitar. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

11. BRING ME HOME

 Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Ben Thomas: Flugel horn. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

12. INTO THE LIGHT

 Emily Wright: Lead vocals. Ben Thomas: Trumpet and flugel horn. Nicky Jaques: Tenor saxophone. Tom Greenhalf: Piano. Erika Lyons: Double bass. Scott Hammond: Drums

All lyrics, compositions and arrangements by Ben Thomas. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ben Thomas. Made in UK. Released in 2011.
1. RESURRECTION

Into the darkness
Out of the light
Time for the healing
Time for the fight

2. HAMLET OF FIRE

Cold hamlet of fire
Pray unto the liar
Wise echoes of stone
Face demons alone

Cold Hamlet so near
Breathe into your fear
Taste fortunes of soul
Time savours the toll

The waves of heat and dust
The tomb of love and trust
The dues of life to pay
Then rage against the day

The fall of beauty mild
The grace of creatures wild
The humble man so proud
We burn within the shroud

3. DON'T CALL ME DEIRDRE

A symphony of war
As gallant as before
So shy he rescues her then rides into the night
A name he calls aloud but he doesn't get it right

Don't call me Deirdre
Don't call me Deirdre

The spoils of courtship bring
A bride who wears his ring
His life the sacrifice he gives his love so true
To whom he wonders though as her beauty hides no clue

Don't call me Deirdre
Don't call me Deirdre

Eternity no more
The demise of love so pure
Her soul she visits him and haunts his open mind
Her name she searches hard but cannot seem to find

Don't call me Deirdre
Don't call me Deirdre

4. END OF DAYS

So sad her eyes
Hiding dark skies
Gentle feeling soothing healing

In the heat in the haze
As they face end of days
Love grows strong and heals the pain

Softly spoken spirits broken
So sad she cries
Fighting goodbyes

As the glow of the light
Starts to fade into night
Love grows strong and heals the pain

5. TELL ME

How can it be you are so good to me
Show me the things that you see please show me
Why do I need more than you give to me
Tell me the answers I crave now tell me

How can it be we were so strong in love
Show me the way that you cared please show me
Why do we fall why do we drift away
Tell me the answers I crave now tell me

How can it be we lost the love we shared
Show me the way that we were please show me
Why do I cry why do I shed my tears
Tell me the answers I crave now tell me

6. THE DEEP

Searching the burnt horizon
Sailing towards the storm
Facing the deep survival
Chasing the dreams away

Breaking away for a moment
Taking the feeling away
Finding the deep blue sea calling
Hiding away in the calm

Hearing the pale arrival
Teasing the ocean calms
Echoes of blind confusion
Shaking then overthrown

Breaking away for a moment
Taking the feeling away
Finding the deep blue sea calling
Hiding away in the calm

7. DARK SCRAWLS

Fortune teller bible seller paper cups of gold
Angel hearts and mushroom tarts love stories left untold

The night falls
The dark scrawls
The moon glows
The star shows

Silent caller midnight trawler sailing out to sea
Foghorn-leghorn kittens newborn home in time for tea

The night falls
The dark scrawls
The moon glows
The star shows

Shadows moving feelings proving they are lords to be
Rainbow flowers Alton Towers still can't rescue me

The night falls
The dark scrawls
The moon glows
The star shows

Mornings broken blackbird's spoken leaves stir in the breeze
Rich man poor man blind man now can see the woods for trees

8. HERMAN THE HERMIT

Hermon the hermit he rides on the crest of silver doves
He glides over silky moonlit folds
as he glances at the kooks who know his name
Hermon the hermit he rides over fountains in the sky
He flies into battle as he shakes off the rattle of the thunder and the rain

9. ANGELS FROWN

Angel's song holding on silent days changing ways
They can hear distant fear we fall down angels frown

10. SIRENS

Sirens wake to kiss the fallen child
Shrouded baneful feasting on the wild
Sirens call to those who seek the cure
Latent cryptic feasting on the pure

11. BRING ME HOME

Sail out to sea
Blue calm and free
Cold winter due
Still searching for you

Hear me
Hold me
Take me
Bring me home

12. INTO THE LIGHT

Into the darkness
Out of the light
Time for the healing
Time for the fight

No time for healing
No cause to fight
Out of the darkness
Into the light
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