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1.
The Natural 04:00
Waving from your gate, Sunday evening 1988 And I never loved you more than I did then Running down the lane, looking back trying to miss my train, 'Cause that would be good reason to stay The start of the summer not everything changing But my friendships were starting to fade And I, I dreamt about you, it was the natural thing to do And who needs friendships anyway Moving in with me, paid our rent and we got the key And I never loved you more than I did then Drinking summer wine, we hung our hopes on a lovers line And never threw our tickets away The height of the summer not everything changing But my friendships were falling away And I spent all my time with you, it was the natural thing to do And who needs friendships anyway Single little room, where we made love in the afternoons And I never loved you more than I did then Keeping to ourselves, never needing anybody else And kicking all the rain clouds away June July, August, nobody saw us The height of the summer not everything changing But my friendship have melted away And I spent all my time with you, it was the natural thing to do Who needs friendships anyway And I spent everyday with you, it was the natural thing to do Who needs friendships anyway Waving from your gate, Sunday evening 1988 And I never loved you more than I do now Drinking summer wine, we've hung our hopes on a lovers line And never found good reason to play Though the summer is over
2.
How can I express on you These feelings are platonic Fair weather friends may come and go Let me be something constant And we'll be friends for life Because something happened to bring us together Safe and sanguine I'll be there For you someone to turn to whenever Put away those jealousies I never liked you sister And I never kissed her, no We'll be friends for life Because something happened to bring us together Safe and sanguine I'll be there For you someone to turn to whenever You feel that life has let you down Gets worse as you get older, I'll be your shoulder Let me, help you out Let me, help you out We'll be friends for life Because something happened to bring us together Safe and sanguine I'll be there For you someone to turn to whenever Safe and sanguine I'll be there for you whatever else I may be
3.
You walked out of my dreams through the kitchen to me Said, "Don't you find this quite existential" I was hardly impressed but liked the way that you dressed And your girl about town credentials We kissed by the old parish church And though I still can't believe it myself You quoted Camille Paglia Sang American songs in a voice that was almost praying Night and day Didn't see you for weeks, went through loves cold-turkey In a sense yes I was addicted Then right out of the blue, picked the phone up to you Felt your horoscope had insisted We met by the Charrington Pier And though I still can't believe it myself You quoted early Germaine Greer Sang American songs in a voice that was hardly there All my cards were aces hearts were wild in clubs we danced All our time was spent discussing Hardy's sense of chance Or instead, in my bed You went travelling to Rome but in a year you were home With a coin from the Trevi Fountain We met by the old parish church And though I still can't believe it myself You were quoting Camille Paglia When someone started ringing the bells We kissed by the old parish church Said the things that we'd known all along Both quoting the simplest of words You made me promise to write you a song Or you'd be upset And that's some threat
4.
All's Well 02:47
Midnight and all's well Though he couldn't be more out or sorts with himself How many secrets to cover the lie Is the pain worth the pitch or a single betrayal That ruined a life All for the sake of a moments desire Midnight and all's well Though she couldn't be more out of sorts with herself How many memories make up a love Will they all disappear like the spectre of someone That's no longer there Hold out your hands and find nothing but air Drawn in guilt lines But in the world's eyes Nothing's changed What inside is broken outside looks the same Just the same Just the same
5.
Carla 04:49
Carla is the name of my girl She holds me together like a rubber band I run my fingers through her auburn kiss curls Kiss her in a language I don't understand I know it's hard to feel a part of someone else's love affair But this is one secret that you can share When we walk out together wow, the sky is full of stars And though some of them are clichés we'll let it pass 'cause Carla is the name of my girl She holds me together like a rubber band I run my fingers through her auburn kiss curls Kiss her in a language I don't understand The exhaust fumes of previous loves dissolve to nothing when she smiles Now all those tragicomic failures seem worth while My abstract thoughts of love have found some one to give them form Now I can see and touch and wish that we'd met before Oh Carla is the name of my girl She holds me together like a rubber band I run my fingers through her auburn kiss curls Kiss her in a language I don't understand The first of all my dreams was of two lovers mind in mind Embracing doubts and facing compromises Until my second dream begins the sky is wild with leaves A girl holds out her life to a boy upon his knees Carla is the name of my girl She holds me together like a rubber band I run my fingers through her auburn kiss curls Kiss her in a language I don't understand
6.
So you think you've got a dark side Well how do you know You think you've got a dark side But just how far will you go You'll smile when the frame crashes laugh when the car loses control And welcome this depression in this darkness visible But there's no excuse for being flippant about the life we're living We'll give an inch but will you take a mile of what we're giving And is this real, 'cause I can't really be sure What kind of senseless world have I been born into Do you know, it just gets harder to see how to be Aren't you Ill at ease with A world that wants your dark side and well how do you know And if they really want your dark side, just how far are you willing to go All dressed in black and hair and forced to quote the blindest people Who welcome this depression in this darkness visible But there's no for being flippant about the life we're living We'll give an inch but you will take a mile of what we're giving Are you for real, 'cause I can't really be sure What kind of foolish world have I been born into Do you know, 'cause it just gets harder to see how to be And if your Ill at ease then Mourir c'est facile You'll smile when the frame crashes, laugh when the car loses control And welcome this depression in this darkness visible But there's no excuse for being flippant about the life we're living We'll give an inch but will you take a mile of what we're giving
7.
Anthony Days 05:22
Your mother or madness, your father so straight laced Your soft way of speaking, your little boy hurt face It charmed the girls You gave up your studies, said you just couldn't think straight Washed restaurant dishes, and became my flat mate And charmed the girls Eighty-nine Anthony days And every one of them still showing Rig lights from the beach esplanade I wonder if they're all still going We share the same birthday but your style is ground breaking Like hiding in wardrobes, to hear her love making I never laughed so much as when you got caught Eighty-nine Anthony days And every one of them still showing Rig lights from the beach esplanade To this party we're all going But you sassenachs, keep to yourselves And think you know much more than anybody else But you sassenachs, keep to yourselves And think you know much more than everybody else I hear you got married, to a French-Canadian You met by some river, it sounds so arcadian But you always were a proper charmer Eighty-nine Anthony days And every one of them still showing Rig lights from the beach esplanade Are coincidences growing But you sassenachs, keep to yourselves And think you know much more than anybody else Eighty-nine Anthony days
8.
Tricks 03:27
There are so many ways to get you to take notice And this is just one of them A handful of words wrapped up in a tune A clumsy attempt at a refrain, that goes like... See yourself in my imagination framed Hear the kind of world that I'm suggesting Don't you recognise yourself in what I say Am I being a little too subjective? Well, this is my view and if I hardly know you It's 'cause you don't want me to get too close to you And I will keep my distance, your resistance has to end And when it does I'm through Change the key and other doors will open Know the tricks and then these spells are broken Wait until you get to see the final view It's of me and not you There are so many ways to get you to take notice And this is just one of them
9.
Atlas 03:52
Why does the world weigh heavily upon my shoulders? Why is it so hard for me to feel anything? Oh I don't have the answers that you say you're after Don't you know I'm asking too How many days have I got left? How many summers? How can I say words that mean anything? Oh I don't have the answers that you say you're after Don't you know I'm asking too World falling I'm falling Down
10.
There's a place we're all going but I don't know where it is Or what it's like, could it be it's inside me to find Well here I am self evident, what am I going to spy here At twenty-five I thought that I might have a better idea But some things can't be known in terms that I can understand Jump in the dark, hope to find something that I can recognize The Great God Dumps has guided me, call it self deception It doesn't really change a thing if I believe I've been led here by Something, someone, read faith for fate is reason Someone, something, bigger to believe in Than myself, but what a scale we've awarded to ourselves Still only just big enough to ruin everything we have The Great God Dumps has guided me, call it dream or fiction It doesn't really change a thing if I believe I've been brought here by Something, someone, read faith for fate is reason Someone, something, bigger to believe in Something, someone, read faith for fate is reason Someone, something, bigger to believe in Well here I am self evident what am I going to spy here At twenty-five I thought that I might have a better idea, of the Place, we're all going but I don't know where it is Or what it's like, it could be it's inside you and me Still to find
11.
Absinthe 03:31
Marching bands throw coloured paper cardboard floats process Balloons and badges copper children part time majorettes But I'm not going to the carnival though I have nothing else to do And in my room these distant voices can't help me forget The feel of absence dreaming absinthe smoking cigarettes For I'm not going to the carnival all my thoughts attuned to you I've always said that it doesn't bother me But solitude has the means to throw you Are the chance that was never offered me Makes me think of smiling faces lazy afternoons and ticker tape But in my room these hazy ideas seem to lose their shape For I'm not going to their carnival all my thoughts are tuned to you I've always said that it doesn't bother me But solitude has the means to throw you Are the chance that was never offered me Now it seems I will never know you I've always said that it doesn't bother me Solitude has the means to throw you Brings to mind wasted possibilities Words never said when they might have shown you I will never know you

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We had a few weeks going spare in the summer of 1993 so knocked out three albums and fifty songs. One of the releases filled up both sides of a C90 cassette so we've split it into two, not least so I can fit all the songs titles on one page.

This is the 2014 Remaster.

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released August 22, 2014

All songs by Robert Boole & Richard Knowles

The digital image, Gardes Républicains devant le Palais de Justice, by Eugène Atget is courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program

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Voice Of The Rain Horsham, UK

Faute de Mieux

1980s, 1990s, 2015.

Mainly of an acoustic bent but known to wind up the distortion on occasion.

The further adventures of one half of the duo are linked to below.
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