2009: Angels' Eye

by Tim J Rowe

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Lost In You 03:58
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Lyrics: I thought I knew who I was but I see you and I’m lost And I don’t know who to be without you I’ve been fucked up by my friends and I don’t know where it ends And it makes it hard to read you I’m just a boy inside a man and though I try the best I can It won’t be enough just to fuck you Already waiting for you to text, I’d love to settle for sex But I’ve found someone I can talk to Shit, I wrote another song about a girl I haven’t lost I don’t have her in the first place I never used to doubt my mind but I do now Who ‘s found the confidence to shout their names The demons who have brought me to my knees You’ve succeeded I look alive but I’m dead inside Now I’ve seen the light of freedom and I don’t know what to do I’m tired but excited, fuck, I’m so confused because I know you don’t wanna be with me so why am I so lost in you I don’t understand what I hear in my head Because my eyes see somebody new My soul tells me to walk beside the person I see Coz you never hide the way the last time did I need to forget the rules and tell you the truth I’m already worried about losing you Here we go: rap time Honkey boy’s crap rhyme Flat-line singer I’m a winner of life I never endeavour to ever sever never-never-land Whether for better or worse The curse of a mini-skirt schoolgirl flirt with life’s hurt ahead Dead from the waste down Hate for the fake sound of men all around Ripping the crown from her beautiful brain Going insane from shame what’s her name? Sometimes I try to fight the pain but that’s just me, I’ll never change My jealousy when you said you’d slept with him again Really fucks me off, I’m sorry, it’s something I’m trying to stop Somebody tell me we what the fuck to do Chorus I’ve fallen before but I’d do it again for you “If you're a dancer (Benny) it’s time to dance”
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Left Right Wrong 03:13
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Lyrics: August ’82 I was born to children of the children of the war Innocently walking through many open doors Totally unaware if what had gone on before Apparently some man wanted to own the planet Have it so his people looked the same but he went a little far And thankfully we’ve changed and we all get along And yes these lyrics are dripping with disdain Why don’t you people ever see you’ll go down in history As the age where the innocence died? We face the ruin of the human race Making our fate suicide in the race to survive We hear: “left, your left, your left right left Left, your left, your left right left” To err is human to forgive divine Why are you doing this, ruining this world of mine I never chose to be born and I don’t choose to die But when it happens is something I don’t intend to let by Without a fight The weather destroys our faith in the way we play the game of life So much I haven’t tried and so much I haven’t done Hold your heads high coz the day the planet dies Is the day you've all won We face the ruin of the human race Making our fate suicide in the race to survive With every generation we lose a little more Better days never came so we go back to war We hear “left right left” First one boot then the other Both attached to a soldier and each one born to a mother Killing men to stop men killing men Pretending it’s only ever been about helping them Yet we hear: “left, your left, your left right left Your left, your left, your left right left” When will we ever learn? Why do you do this to yourselves?
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Justified 02:55
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Lyrics: If I close my eyes will the world fade away? If the leaders leave would the people stay? If the rain falls down does the sky go dry? If we tried again would it work this time? If I care too much would it grind me down? If I open my eyes will I miss all of the sounds? If I look ahead will I lose my past? If I look to tomorrow am I moving too fast? If I don’t understand is it so wrong that I hide Coz I won’t turn and face you all when its not justified I’ve battled for years over the tears I’ve seen Even though I know it wasn’t me Solo If I sold my soul would I be paid in time? If I told the truth am I forgiven my crime? If I ask for redemption am I admitting the blame? If we are all honest then we are just playing games Chorus If I dare to believe the dreams that sleep in my wake Are really in reach would my life be a waste? If I’d been to the moon would I stare at it so much? If it’s best that you're gone why do I still miss your touch? If I don’t understand is it so wrong that I hide Coz I won’t turn and face you all when its not justified
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Dangerous Mind 03:32
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Lyrics: The story starts in a crazy little alley On a crazy little city street I’ve spent years finding women that I wanna be with You're in the mind of one who is damaged by things she did to me We never touched, never played, never fooled around She was there for popularity I ain’t gonna tell you that the woman is mine Go ahead and have fun When the night is over she has only begun She needs it like a drug and she takes it all night So run along boy – satisfy her dangerous mind Miniskirt and thigh-highs, F.M.B’s and jeans tight Bunny tail and bow tie Satisfy her dangerous mind The story ends on the same little alley On the same little city street I’m out of court with two legal bodies And the bitch is trying to sue me I was in a band, I was married to the music With fake love all around She didn’t care for me just the man on the stage So the woman always screwed around Chorus Money and a fly ride Girl-on-girl or with a guy In her mouth or in her eye Satisfy her dangerous mind Solo Break Chorus
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Just The Wrong Time 03:28
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You Ran 04:28
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Lyrics: I’m quite surprised at how I feel When what you have done should do so much to me I tell my world I sit here gutted And all the drinking’s brought on thinking of how good we’d be But I don’t understand why you can’t tell me what you’ve done Why I’m not meant to know you met someone Just do me this and treat him with some dignity Coz mine was torn apart with every secret gone And I don’t feel pain, I just feel stupid For letting you inside my head to see what I hide One little train ride after drinking And all my thoughts are in your hand You said it didn’t matter but I know you lied Coz when someone came along with all my wrongs as rights You ran to him and I died I know you’re young but there’s no reason Why you should treat me like you did I guess you just don’t realize you hurt me And time we spent together that meant so much Didn’t really mean a thing But I don’t understand why you can’t tell me what you’ve done Why I’m not meant to know you met someone Just do me this and treat him with some dignity Coz mine was torn apart with every secret gone I’ve always known I shouldn’t trust my heart But something in your face made me fall And now it’s happening again this wasted hurting I let my guard down and you took it all Chorus
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B2B 03:53
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Lyrics: I think a little every day, find the words I wanna say And try to put it in applicable rhyme Then I fit it to a bed from a theme in my head And I hope I get it right I take a little something each time I watch you all fight and shout I keep it at the back of my mind Til a song comes along when I let it all out There’s a way and another way to behave One way gets you laid and paid and maybe paid for getting laid The other way gets you away from staying home In your comfort zone I’m a man in my city who’s a boy in my country A baby in the world who’s seen nothing Never seen ice in Alaska, dust in Nebraska Tribes of Africa The life outside the barbed wire we hide behind Sees talent inside your eyes but you roll up and die It’s a crying shame the game is fame Coz my name means nothing if I never escape I ain’t saying I don’t wanna come back But I’ve outgrown my home now It’s always been home you know I feel a little like a slave to familiar days, I feel safe so I stay We’re all small fish in a big pond We know it and we throw it away and swim in the same circle every day Too afraid of the rat-race We’re sitting in a skin that we’re given And a life to be living from a blank-page start in the space age A new better way than the old days Life made safe by electronic brain Well, I’m afraid Mr Gates revolution awaits You’ve created a race that needs it all yesterday This isn’t a game, just your own name, who you are And what you wanna do to use today Like going to America to kick up a storm Drink a forty on a corner with a bitch on each arm Can I say bitch? Should I say ho? Maybe whore? I dunno, I ain’t sure, coz I never left home I love my home and all those lost souls of mine Some have left but some are still trapped by The cotton wool barbed wire It’s easy to forget the hearts and minds you carry with you When you live and living people can do I’ll be there so soon I’m coming back to Bangor!
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The Show 04:06
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Lyrics: I don’t know why I let it all get to me so much I don’t know why you're kicking me into the floor Why was it before you could look but you’d never dare to touch? And now why do we still dance when we all know so much more? You follow what you see, you never hear me But that’s ok coz it’s always been the same Get used to when you have to choose Between the loved ones and the ones you lose I’m a child of the system, a social obligation to the powers that be I write songs but that don’t make me a man In the eyes of the people that surround around me Why do I ask why when I know the answer won’t satisfy? And what have I got to lose by becoming what I used to be? And when I look back, am I pleased with the things I’ve achieved And the dreams I dared to dream? When I left last time you were all on my mind There are signs in their eyes that send me back in time And I know you are all too slow to know I run the show But I don’t know why you don’t see why it matters to me We’re living in divides Men and women winners and loser on different sides And it won’t make a difference every time a person dies As long as we’ve been dying we can cover it with lies Solo Coz I kept asking why when I knew the answers wouldn’t satisfy? And when I look back, am I pleased with the things I’ve achieved And the people that I’ve seen?
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First Time High 04:43
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Lyrics: THE MIRROR’S GETTING’ CLOUDY BUT I CAN SEE JUST FINE PEOPLE ALL AROUND ME DRINK IN TIME I DON’T REMEMBER CLIMBING BUT I’M ABOVE THE GROUND GOT THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON MY SHOULDERS PUSHING ME DOWN I NEED TO GET WATER BUT I ROLL INSTEAD I SNIFF A LITTLE WHITE AND COUGH UP A LITTLE RED I START TO FEEL QUEASY AND MY LUNGS BURN I MAY BE A GOD OR IT MAY BE MY TURN IF REAL IS REAL THEN WHO IS STANDING HERE OVER ME SHE WASN’T THERE WHEN I HIT MY LAST HIGH I FEEL A WAVE OF FEAR COMING OVER ME I WON’T SURVIVE IF I COME DOWN FROM THIS HIGH WOULD THEY MIND IT’S MY FIRST TIME HIGH WOULD THEY MIND IF I TELL THEM MY LIFE WOULD IT MATTER IF I DO ANOTHER LINE WILL I WISH THAT I’D NEVER GOT HIGH SOLO I NEVER PRETENDED THAT WE’D BE FRIENDS IN THE END DO I LOVE YOU OR HATE YOU ARE YOU ENOUGH TO OFFEND A PERSONIFICATION OF ALL THAT I WAIT FOR, OPEN GATES FOR OF LEAGALITY OF BRUTALITY OF MORALITY OF UNITY OF COMMUNITY HOW IT USED TO BE DUTIFUL IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN I’M JUST DELAYING THE SORROW I NEED TO SCORE ME SOME MORE BUT MY ARMS WON’T GET MY HANDS TO PUSHING ME OFF THE CUSHIONY FLOOR. BRIDGE CHORUS
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Always On My Mind 04:07
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Lyrics: ‘Justified’ verse I watch but you don’t see And I know you never notice But is it fair to say I love coz you're always on my mind I say hi but you don’t speak But your smile is the only thing I need And I think you’d like to know me but I know you'll be fine ‘Memories’ verse Chorus ‘Giving’ verse Chorus Piano solo Memories solo
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Angels' Eye 03:39
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Lyrics: MY NAME IS TJ, I’M A DEVIANT OF PREVIOUS RHYME YOU CAN TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME BUT IT’S NOTHING NEXT TO WHAT’S IN MY MIND YOU’RE AN EVIL SES-PIT GENE-POOL WITH THE PEOPLE POWER PULL ON YOUR SIDE YOU’LL FIND THAT THE WAY TO RULE THE FOOL IS THROUGH THE USE OF LIES I PROMISE YOU I’M FINE BUT YOU’RE RIGHT, I’M WRONG I’M SORRY I’M STRONG I KNOW MY LOVE FOR MYSELF HAS GONE AND I KNOW I’LL CRY WITH YOU OUT OF MY LIFE BUT I RESIDE WITHIN YOUR ANGELS’ EYE YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH PAIN I COULD HAVE PUT YOU THROUGH I JUST SAT BACK AND LET ME TAKE IT ALL LIKE A FUCKING FOOL THERE’S A PART OF ME THAT LOVES BUT A LOT OF ME THAT HATES TOO BUT THE SOUL WITHIN ME DIED WHEN YOU LET ME TAKE THE RAP FOR YOU CHORUS BUT I’M A GENTLEMAN SCOURNED AND I’M A WARM HEART TORN I’M BROKEN BETWEEN THE PIECES OF THE LOVE I’VE WORN AND I WARNED YOU ABOUT ALL-TOO-EAGERLY MOUTHING OFF WORDS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE I SHOUT WELL, I HAVE NOW SOLO CHORUS
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Ballad Of A Hitman 04:05
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Lyrics: I DON’T WANNA KNOW HOW I CAME TO BE HERE AND I DON’T WANNA CARE I DON’T WANNA KNOW WHO I CAME TO SEE HERE I DON’T WANNA BE ANYWHERE I USED TO BE A NICE GUY WITH A WIFE AND A KID AT HOME BUT NOW I LIVE LIFE THROUGH THE SITE OF THE GUN BY MY SIDE AND MY FAMILY’S GONE TAKEN DOWN BY AN UNDERGROUND CLOWN IT’S THE SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS ‘COS I PLAY THE SAME GAME AND GET PAID FOR THE PAIN OF THE PEOPLE I TAKE OUT IT’S A BIG WIDE WORLD ON A COLD DARK NIGHT AND YOU COULD BE THE NEXT TO GO BUT I THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR APPEARING ON MY SHOW I’VE BEEN DEAD INSIDE FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND IT HASN’T BEEN MY FAULT MY LIFE ENDED A LONG TIME AGO I COULD’VE CARRIED ON OR NOT I’M STILL THE SAME GUY DEEP DOWN INSIDE I ONLY LOST MY SOUL THEN MY PHONE RINGS SO I TELL MY MIND TO BE QUIET COS IT’S TIME FOR ME TO GO BANG, BANG! GOT A GUN IN MY HAND IT’S A CRACK, CRACK! I DUNNO, TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT’S A BAD, BAD DREAM, I DON’T HEAR IT ANYMORE LIKE A RAP SCENE: BRAP, BRAP! DOWN ON THE FLOOR CLAP, CLAP! LIGHTS OUT, COLD IN THE ROOM IT’S A QUICK CLACK, CLACK! LIKE A TICK, TICK, BOOM! PAP, PAP! BRAK-A-TAKA! WHERE AND WHEN I’M A STONE COLD KILLER SOUL, BITTER TO THE END SOMEBODY TAKE ME OUT OF HERE I’VE SEEN ENOUGH TO CRY A THOUSAND TEARS AND I KNOW I NEVER ASKED FOR PENANCE BUT I’M PAYING MY DUES I’LL TELL YOU HOW IT LOOKS, HOW IT SEEMS TO ME IT’S LIKE A BIG CITY ON A DARK NIGHT GETS SMALL THE BRAVE ONES WALKING ROUND TOWN STAND TALL A DEFENCE MECHANISM FOR THE SCARED BUT IT’S NOT WHAT I’M THERE FOR THEIR SCORES SETTLE IN TIME BE A GOOD MAN, YOU CAN LIVE A GOOD LIFE, THINKING ONLY OF OTHERS AND YOUR WIFE BUT TIME CAN CHANGE THINGS, WE’RE NERVOUSLY WAITING IF I COULD RE-DO IT ALL I’D LIVE A LITTLE MORE SOLO CHORUS
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Too Many Demons 03:01
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Lyrics: ‘Escape’ verse He’s got too many demons and not enough love Coz he’s got too many feelings and its hard hard work to love Such a little boy with such a grown up mind Will fight too many demons to know he’s doing just fine ‘Everything And Nothing’ verse Chorus Unreleased ‘Friends’ verse Sax solo He’s got too many demons and not enough love Coz he’s got too many feelings and its hard hard work to love Such a little boy with such a grown up mind Will fight too many demons to know he’s doing just fine ‘Memories’chorus
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Storybook Time 03:32
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Lyrics: Welcome to the storybook time The magic and the wonder of rhyme So lay back and close your eyes And journey to the back of my mind To a place where I haven’t been lately In case my dreams try to rape me With you I can get back safely Coz you're all my friends and you love me don’t you? Or maybe you hate me You safe me so you can break me You hold me to kill me You help me so you can feel me Burning in my soul deep down I thought I‘d have change the world somehow Or maybe it’s me who made it worse I’m not sure but FUCK I won’t take it anymore My nursery rhyme turned to cursory rhyme And the courtesy I always show isn’t here this time Just try to see I’m just a thoughtful mind in a door-less lifestyle Or maybe you hate me You safe me so you can break me You hold me to kill me You help me so you can feel me Burning in my soul deep down I thought I‘d have change the world somehow Or maybe it’s me who made it worse I’m not sure but FUCK I won’t take it anymore I was such a good little boy I’d do anything for anybody else and do me last But my toys are all out of the pram I’ve got a plan and you're all in the past Goodbye to the storybook time!!
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Last Dance 04:18
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ANGEL'S EYE - Album Preview 02:29
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All tracks written, recorded, performed and produced by Tim J Rowe.
Guest vocal and guitar on 'Just The Wrong Time' by ANON.
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'Angel's Eye' was put together from lots of ideas that had built up over a few years, including reworkings of older songs I hadn't recorded in full, new guitar ideas that became instant faves with rock-minded mates; and my goofing around with electro/hip hop drums and synths. Occasionally all these elements would meet up somewhere in the middle becoming one big dirty sound.

Many songs from this collection have resonated hugely with friends and family over the years, and it's always wierd to see such a powerful reaction to something that just starts as an little idea in your mind.

Thanks for checking out my eclectic plentiful collection of musings, I hope you enjoy any of them.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

Tim

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released January 1, 2009

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Tim J Rowe England, UK

The honour of creating a soundtrack to moment or memory is one I hope to achieve with you somewhere here in these 13 albums. I've enjoyed living all of them. I hope you will as well. Much love.
Tim

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