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Megan McGarry - Snakepit
03:09
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Hi there, can I speak to you just for a second,
Cos every minute on your time is precious,
It's running low.
Right now someone's mother or brother was taken
Cos a man in a suit needed space,
So they had to go.
Hey, tell me, how we spend all our money so wisely
On a faulty printer and some coffee,
I wanna know.
But when we question what they're doing about refugees,
Or how there's people dying waiting in A&E,
They don't wanna know.
If you don't have money,
If you don't have fame,
You're already losing,
You're outta the race,
Nobody questions,
Nobody cares,
If you don't make a sound
They won't know that you're there.
Ideally working class people have no say in our economy,
They make the chambers we sit in, no autonomy,
It's grim, I know,
Secrets, behind closed doors in the Dail, it's a SNAKEPIT,
Egos, agendas, power, it's all sacred,
No-one can know.
If you don't have money,
If you don't have fame,
You're already losing,
You're outta the race,
Nobody questions,
Nobody cares,
If you don't make a sound
They won't know that you're there.
© Megan McGarry 2020
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VERSE 1
We're running out of time,
Lives on the line,
Living dime to dime,
Copycats online.
CHORUS
We could break the spell
Of this living hell,
See what's left for us
In the Dust.
VERSE
How can we see past the jeopardy?
In this society who do we believe?
What's true or false?
Who owns the vaults?
Money, they say, that we don't need,
It's all for greed, establishment needs,
But where does that leave us?
Let us bleed.
VERSE
I'd well believe the conspiracy,
New World Order holds all the keys
To what we need to cure disease,
Privatise and keep all the money,
To pit us against
Our family and friends,
Try to pull and push us to the edge.
MIDDLE
You think you know me now?
© Megan McGarry 2020.
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3. |
Rachel Mullarkey - Daisy
03:46
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VERSE 1
When she was here beside me it all felt just like a dream
But she felt so isolated that it bought her to her knees
She looked up to the sky with the future unforeseen
We could have unnoticed gone where no ones ever been
PRE-CHORUS
D-A-I-S yes that's why
Don’t even begin to cry
D-A-I-S yes that’s why
I’m right here just close your eyes
CHORUS
Daisy (4 times)
VERSE 2
See the way she dances like there’s no one watching her
She makes me feel like it’s only her and I left in the world
I could stay forever but the nights come to an end
She won’t be here for long but I’d like to pretend
© Rachel Mullarkey 2020.
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4. |
Jo-Ellen Donohoe - Sweet
02:56
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This melody keeps getting louder and louder
But only when you cross my mind
You’re like a symphony that plays in my head
You’re like my dream come true
Your voice keeps playing playing over and over
It resonates around my world
Your voice is sweet and smooth
My love is pure and true
I can get you off my mind
Cause you’re stuck in my head baby
Feels like harmony when I’m looking in your eyes
Cause your stuck in my head baby
I can feel the beat when you hold me in your arms
I try to drown you out but you echo and echo
You are the chorus in my mind
But when I play our song
Can’t help but sing along
Boy you sound so sweet to me
Cause you’re stuck in my head baby
Feels like harmony when I’m looking in your eyes
Cause your stuck in my head baby
I can feel the beat when you hold me in your arms
You’re the reason that I’m standing here I’m trying
To tell you that I’ll love you from now on
And I wonder if you know the tune I’m singing
I wonder baby if you’ll sing along
Cause you’re stuck in my head baby
Feels like harmony when I’m looking in your eyes
Cause your stuck in my head baby
I can feel the beat when you hold me in your arms
© Jo-Ellen Donohoe 2020.
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5. |
Eimear O'Neill - Romeo
02:32
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VERSE 1
So your friends are telling you about me?
You'd put a face to my name
But babe this is a blaming game.
You get dressed up and go out to a party,
You know i got invited but I sit here undecided,
Should I go or should I wait another while?
Cause I'm not sure if you want to know
Why my friends call me Romeo.
CHORUS
Hey babe,
What to say babe,
I'm always high, you're always low,
And my friends call me Romeo.
So hey babe,
Not today babe,
If theres one thing that you'll never know
It's why my friends call me Romeo
VERSE 2
I'm violent and angry in nature,
One of the things I cant control,
I'm sorry babe that's how it goes'
And I hope you like cigarette smoke,
Cause it envelopes me in a hug
Way more than my mother does.
OUTRO
Oh Romeo, won't you blow me a kiss before you say you're going.
© Eimear O'Neill 2020.
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Baby, you drive me crazy
When you're not with me,
So please come here right now.
Are you still talking to her?
Or is this all in reverse?
Are you coming back to me?
You're the lock and I’m the key.
I’ve been walking around
Looking for something to be found,
I waited all day and night,
Don’t know if it was right,
But nothing ever happened.
I’ve been lying to you,
There’s something I gotta do,
Or I’ll be losing the game.
Will you be okay when I’m gone?
Just think of it as a bit of fun,
When I’m back you’ll see
How much it’s changed me.
Crashing all the way into bed,
People probably thinking I was dead,
Baby just give me some time
After that all will be fine,
And we’ll come back to this.
If you just close your eyes
It’ll all be fine by morning time.
I’ve been walking around
Looking for something to be found,
I waited all day and night,
Don’t know if it was right,
But nothing ever happened.
Crashing all the way into bed ,people probably thinking I was dead,
Baby just give me some time
After that all will be fine,
And we’ll come back to this.
© Fodhla Corrigan 2020.
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VERSE
I feel lost in your eyes again
I wanna be touching upon your skin
The nights are colder without you here
These are the nights that I do fear
VERSE
My mind runs wild thinking where you are
How hell speaks loud while I play guitar
I miss how we felt at the very start
Your heart was mine and we couldn’t part
Chorus:
My eyes, my eyes are waiting for you
My heart, my heart is breaking in two
I know I’m wrong but I must confess
That I still wanna see you get undressed
RAP
See you undressed in the bed
Everybody’s in my shed it’s the best
Yeah, you have me possessed
Your the only girl I wanna see in my bed
But it’s girl after girl
But you are my world and I want you to know it
But then how do I show it
I just want you back, to not look back, but I’m count-in stacks
But it ain’t as fun since we’re done
And I know what you want is to have me done with a one, two, three Everybody know ain’t important to me
Cause it’s just you and me baby
BRIDGE
I know you want me and I want that too
and if I get you back it’s about you.
© Josh Tuite & Leah Rumling 2020.
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It's hard to think about you when you blow my phone up
You just keep pushing, pushing
There’s no room for pull
I wanna think about you morning, noon and night
But you keep clinging, clinging, there’s no room for want
I know our love could be so good
But I hate when you treat me like you should
I’ll keep it simple, babe
You’re not the one for me
I think you’d drive me crazy
I really think you’re sweet
But I like savory
I think you know we’d be no good
I’ll keep it simple you send shivers down my spine
I try to cut off, cut off all our time
I don’t mean to sound rude
But I’m giving you the hint
Why don’t you get the hint?
Could you pick up on the hint?
I know our love could be so good
But I hate when you treat me like you should
I’ll keep it simple babe
You’re not the one for me
I think you’d drive me crazy
I really think you’re sweet
But I like savory
I think you know we’d be no good
© Jo-Ellen Donohoe 2020.
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VERSE
Time passes us by, sooner or later
And we try to grab hold of memories
In our minds everything fades out of focus
What a life things you've seen, places you've been
CHORUS
You may forget me but that's not your fault
You may forget me but I'll always remember you
VERSE
John Wayne wins another battle in El Dorado
As he begins his journey to Australia
Carving a life for him and his family
You'll always be riding off into the sunset
CHORUS
You may forget but that's not your fault
You may forget me but I'll always remember you
You may forget and you just don't know why
You may forget me but I'll always remember you, always remember you, always remember you
© Joshua Barrett 2020.
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10. |
Sam MacMahon - Terminal
04:01
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VERSE
Jaded by those memories
Of all the things I used to be,
A better guy than I would give myself the credit for.
Seems I've done it to myself,
Heaven knows I've wrecked my health,
Doing shit that I might regret with people I don't know.
CHORUS
This is terminal, everything that I've become.
Terminal; just cant reconcile the things I've done.
I'm losing sight
I'm second guessing, everything I've done before
And I don't really understand why, but it's terminal
VERSE
My thoughts go right back to the start
Before my future fucked right off
Focusing on all these things I cannot swim to forget.
Now it seems like such a waste of time
Even though it used to make me feel alive
I don't know how I can find a way to move on
MIDDLE
All of the shit that I've seen.
All of it seems so obscene.
I think we both can agree
That I've got no room to breathe.
And it might be all in my head.
Is this where we're going instead?
Might listen to what you just said.
Or else I might wind up dead.
© Sam MacMahon 2020.
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VERSE
I keep picking fights with the night
But I know that I'm right
It wraps its loving arms around me
I can finally breathe
VERSE
Why are you standing there in the rain?
Teardrops paint your face
It's something that I cant explain
This feeling inside
CHORUS
I'm gonna get out now
I'm gonna turn this world around
Nothing's gonna stop me now
I'm gonna get out now
OUTRO
I'm gonna
I'm gonna get...
© Louise Sharkey & Eimear O'Neill 2020.
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12. |
Kara Doyle - Acid Rain
03:10
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VERSE
Pour my feelings down the drain
I'm going insane
Acid rain bitter stain
Eroding away at my love
VERSE
Throw my patience from the clouds
I'm spinning around
Thunder storm you didn't warn
Tearing away at my trust
CHORUS
Play it let's try to blame
I cannot control when the stars will rain
Tell me it's just a storm
I am done predicting if you're cold or warm
Taste it how you waste it
Only miss me when it's all gone
MIDDLE
Now you're falling from the clouds
Like my tears you're falling down
© Kara Doyle 2020.
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My heart's in two, I'm torn by you,
I don't know how to feel.
My head's a mess and I guess
I need to see what's real.
You ignited me in the best way,
Then tore me down all the same,
Lit up a spark in my heart,
But now I'm caught up in the flames.
I see the effort in your eyes
Gleams over the night sky,
Feel your skin on my skin
And I know it's gonna be a tough fight.
Having you with me was fun and games
Until you decided to play the game,
I guess I was a toy in your bored game.
I need another lover but I can't let go,
I need another lover to put on a show,
I want somebody else, to feel their touch,
But I can't let go of you.
Thinking about you is all I can do,
How our minds touched each other,
Your hand fitted me like a puzzle piece,
Now I can't find another lover.
© Leah Rumling 2020.
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Evan Garry - Bucket List
03:51
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Before I die
I got things to do,
and a bucketlist full too
Parachute
Write a good tune,
and leave the world happy.
But that's not gonna happen
It's not how these things work
Ohhh
The way things are going
the worlds gonna burn.
You talk about death,
As if it's something to fear
It makes my stomach turn
If I get hit by a bus
Or I get crushed
I won't know the difference
I don't want to die
Oh I'm still alive
Oh I'm still alive
Oh I'm still alive
Oh I'm still alive
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15. |
Luke McGlynn - Fair Play
03:46
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VERSE
I'll find my own way back, in a way I know
A whole year without knowing what was about to unfold.
When I gave you love your pulse turned into solid stone
I know I should have known your shrine would put up a good fight and go heavy on the snow.
I was 16 coming up 17. I was too afraid of the loss.
I'll give hell to somebody else and call it a draw.
CHORUS
No, I never had much faith in God
You told him to draw me the shorter straw
I had the time that you put on pause
Is this the punishment I get from the Christian Cross?
Don't pretend to give your body to me when I know it's his.
The love I gave was lost, and given to a person that believed in God
VERSE
The fog you thickened in my path has done its job
I've closed the gates so I can make peace with what you've caused
We were 16 coming up 17, we were too afraid to take the loss.
I'll give hell to somebody else and call it a draw.
CHORUS
No, I never had much faith in God
You told him to draw me the shorter straw
I had the time that you put on pause
Is this the punishment I get from the Christian Cross?
Don't pretend to give your body to me when I know it's his.
The love I gave was lost, and given to a person that believed in God.
© Luke McGlynn 2020.
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SubSounds is a collective of young musicians aged 14-18 based in Tallaght, County Dublin. It focuses on teaching gifted youngsters the art of songwriting and giving them valuable studio time and experience working with industry professionals. Each year, SubSounds releases an album of original material written and recorded entirely by the a unique class of budding youngsters. ... more
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