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Chant The Beauty

by Voice Of The Rain

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    This isn't really neo-acoustic for the most part but I can't change the sub-genre tags for just one album.
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1.
Had we but world enough and time I wouldn't want to wait long Don't you know we've changed the times And at my back I always hear, six months is only twice a year So can't we get it off or on, come on I know you now and you know me and together we could be so happy can't you see I trust you now and you trust me, together we could be so happy can't you see The love that waits, anticipates and fades away, I'm a 1993 boy And I love you now and you love me, together we could be so happy can't you see I can't begin to count the ways we could spend our winter nights Not to mention summer days They say the best is yet to come, well the rest is hum-drum So now our spring has sprung let's have some fun I know you now and you know me and together we could be so happy can't you see I trust you now and you trust me and together we could be so happy can't you see The love that waits, anticipates and fades away, I'm a 1993 boy And I love you now and you love me, together we could be so happy can't you see Now I'm not trying to be crude, I wouldn't want to be you I just want you to be sure where we lie Had we but world enough and time I wouldn't want to wait long Can't we get it off or on, come on I know you now and you know me and together we could be so happy can't you see I trust you now and you trust me and together we could be so happy can't you see The love that waits, anticipates and fades away, I'm a 1993 boy And I love you now and you love me, together we could be so happy can't you see
2.
Catch me if you can if you think that I'm your man I may have spent tonight with you but I was only passing through And now I'm somewhere you can't find me But catch me if you think that you can You're not the first person who's found I'm not the type to stick around And if at any moment I said that I might it was a lie 'cause now I'm somewhere you can't find me But catch me if you think that you can You're never gonna know just what I think of you I never let it show I keep the mask on That's the only safe thing to do Catch me if you can but I know I'm not your man Although I may have stolen cars I swear I never touched a heart And now I'm somewhere you can't touch me But catch me if you think that you can You're never gonna know just what I think of you I never let it show I keep the mask on That's the only safe thing to do Catch me, if you think you can catch me
3.
J Again 04:42
Lately now and then I've been thinking about J again Thought I'd left all that behind me I don't want somebody to care, just need someone who can understand Someone who was there Say something, help me out, I can't go on not knowing Could I have, said something, was I too blind to see, what was Right before my eyes, with the benefit of hindsight It all seems so obvious But it was different at the time, I was so much stronger then It never even crossed my mind All the time that's passed me by is wasted now You only get one chance and I've not taken mine To think of J again casts a much darker doubt Makes everything I do seem like a waste of life Oh, don't just tell me it's not my fault I want you to know how I feel 'cause all this time I've been plagued by guilt And I need you to know how that feels
4.
Missed It 02:20
All the way to Inverkeithing, it took me just to say hello And then somewhere near Stonehaven, it was time for her to go I missed it, I missed it Now you can kiss that chance goodbye You missed it, You missed it Now you can kiss that chance goodbye Saw her looking from the table, and I know that she saw me All night I tried but I wasn't able, to just go up to her and speak I missed it, I missed it Now you can kiss that chance goodbye You missed it, You missed it Now you can kiss that chance goodbye It's not a fear of failure and it's not confined to girls It's something all pervasive that is clogging up my world If I could have my time again I'd do it all quite differently It's not the fact I've failed but that I've failed so chancelessly I missed it, I missed it Now you can kiss that chance goodbye You missed it, You missed it Now you can kiss that chance goodbye
5.
Friday at a quarter past twelve, setting out God's truth without a shadow of doubt, you know I'm gonna be there Even if I say so myself, it's well thought out God's truth without a shadow of doubt, you know I'm gonna be there But it never takes long for something to go wrong Like the car won't start, or my train's delayed Someone calls me up as I'm at the door and now I'll be late Let you know at quarter to three, change of plan I'll never make the time we agreed although I still intend to be there Anyone who's ever known me, will understand What a ringing telephone means, though I still intend to be there Something always goes wrong, it goes on and on and on Like the car broke down, or my train's delayed Someone calls me up as I'm at the door and now I'll be late, because I'm always late But I'm sick and tired of my sense of time, and if I've let you down let me apologize It's a hand-me-down gene from my mothers side, it's the family trait I've kept alive Ring your bell at quarter to eight, sorry mate I know I'm nearly half a day late, but I really tried to get here Whether it's for work or a date, it's my fate Odds sake I'm nearly half a day late, and I really rushed to get here But it always goes wrong, it goes on and on and on Like my car's been stolen, or my train's delayed Someone calls me up as I'm at the door and now I'll be late, because I'm always late But I'm sick and tired of my sense of time, and if I've let you down let me apologize It's a hand-me-down gene from my mothers side, it's the family trait I've kept alive 1,2,3 o'clock, 4 o'clock gone, 5,6,7 o'clock, 8 o'clock gone 9,10, 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock gone, it goes on and on and on and on and on
6.
Don't worry about peace we'll live to fight another war 'cause human life is cheap when money's what we're fighting for Forget the urge to pray we'll break our backs by knocking now He'll keep the door shut hey if just to keep the poison out The way we're going the past is all we've got The seed we're sowing is never going to stop growing Now we can hardly breathe we've drawn pollution through our lungs Or pumped it to the sea where soon we'll really catch the sun Consumer goods, our cars and sprays They get used up and thrown away The way we're going the past is all we've got The seed we're sowing is never going to stop growing We've thrown it all away I hope that we can pull it in But it's useless having faith these days we don't believe in anything We used to fight on and over soil now it's in the air and over oil We need to fight a war to stop it where victory yields the greatest profit The way we're going the past is all we've got The seed we're sowing is never going to stop growing
7.
Look inside, but I don't like what I seem to find I've exorcised, none of the ghosts that plague my mind Deep inside, I'm not sure if I recognize Who's knowing, who's feeling, who's showing, who's being Looking back, it all seems strangely unreal somehow (see, deep as the heart) I can't connect, with all these pictures I'm seeing now (nothing but lies) My memory, has been submerged in seas of doubt (faces and masks) Whose lover, whose laughter, whose brother, whose father I look outside, but I can't hold on to anything (breathe, free of the past) Of certainty, what's the truth behind her or him (all we can see) Am I so tired?, I can't believe the dream I'm in (faces and masks) Who's listening, who's calling, who needs me, who's falling I don't know where I'm going, can't read the future in my hand There's just no way of knowing, if things will turn out as I've planned I've followed all the questions, but I'm no nearer the truth There seems no point in asking, when there's no proof Look inside, but I don't like what I seem to find (see, deep as the heart) Looking back, it all seems strangely unreal somehow (breathe, free of the past) ...whose brother, comes after I threw my cross away and came up face to face with death I put it on again and it burnt right through my flesh I've followed all the questions but I'm no nearer the truth There seems no point in asking, when there's no proof All these faces and masks, all the people I've been, It's just covering up what I don't want you to see All these faces and masks are just how I perceive Not the person I am but who you want me to be All these faces and masks are elaborate lies I still don't know what I'm trying to hide But if I can't be true to myself, can I expect it of you Is there anyway out can I break through if Can I break through to me
8.
Now we're together, let's change our weather There's nothing keeping us here, but here We know no better, but this little town is really getting me down You can stay if you want to Do what you want to it's the drift of our times My vote's for leaving, my thoughts are leading me And though I don't know where, it's no matter I've burnt all my bridges, I'm not coming back I've got my copy of Jack Kerouac You can come if you want to Do what you want to it's the drift of our times But I'm going to leave this all behind From tomorrow I will be slip streaming I'm going to leave this all behind From tomorrow I will be slip streaming Let's give in to the calling, this wanderlust And soon they won't see us for dust A whole world to choose from and nothing to lose But the change of our safe little lanes You can stay if you want to Do what you want to catch the drift of our times But I'm going to leave this all behind From tomorrow I will be slip streaming I'm going to leave this all behind From tomorrow I will be slip streaming
9.
I Own You 04:54
So you want to cheat and you come to me expecting my blessing Believe me you're not gonna get it, but Infidelity from a fickle spirit holds no surprises It's spineless I've come to expect it You give your body like a cheap gift, to any stranger who'll except it I exert no jealous pressure, I'm not inclined to empty gesture So now you want to leave, and you come to me expecting submission Well this time the premise is different You expect too much, if you think that love comes without conditions It doesn't, and mine's no exception I've allowed your, every freedom, what more do you think you'll get from him What I've given now, I'm repossessing, you took it all but weren't you forgetting You belong to me, all your dresses and dreams Every motive and thought You belong to me and I'm not gonna set free The only thing that I've caught I own you So you want to fly and you come to me expecting approval Believe me you're not gonna do this I will shoot you down, I will hold you here for good And no joking, no this time there's no use in hoping Why stop now is there a reason, if there's a choice then why don't you leave him Why stop now, when we're successful, you wanna kill this, but I won't let you You belong to me, all your dresses and dreams Every motive and thought You belong to me and I'm not gonna set free The only thing that I've caught I own you
10.
Biba Baby 03:30
Shot like a gun shot like impulse and instinct It's all right for some but the rest of us rethink New things to say to the old god of fashion But I know the best way to dress up my passion Lights off fuel my fever, scent of the new diva Cast off all our inhibitions Be my Biba baby Caught in the high tides of this year and next year But why fix your sights right if change is the idea Everyone's selling their own form of beauty So can I be certain I know what best suits me Lights off fuel my fever, scent of the new diva Cast off all our inhibitions Be my Biba baby Swallowed it down whole we'll regurgitate it It's a second-hand world so lets re-celebrate it It's simplicity scorned and obscurity feted But most things of value aren't so complicated Lights off fuel my fever, scent of the new diva Cast off all our inhibitions Be my Biba baby Be my Biba baby
11.
Succubus 04:07
I've seen you, you're burning And I'm the hollow shell, the shell shocked sensual I've dreamed you, returning And I'm the medium, the air to breathe you in I feel you, the real you The night is long, too long to hide, hide in your fears Fears mapped outside yourself, try to find yourself I know you're near, sense you are here, here where I'm lost Lost to the other me, cross to another me I've seen you, you're moving And I'm the stepping stone, the body to be home It shivers, and whispers And you can't kill something, when it does not exist I feel you, the real you The night is long, too long to hide, hide in your fears Fears mapped outside yourself, try to find yourself I know you're near, sense you are here, here where I'm lost Lost to the other me, cross to another me In my head everything's unreal I'm sick, you don't know how I feel I can't do the simplest thing I'm stuck, I'm static, I'm pinned In my dreams there's a big red car, it stops and they can't make it start The big black just a hairs breadth away is far to real to escape In my head everything's unreal I'm sick, you don't know how I feel The night is long, too long to hide, hide in your fears Fears mapped outside yourself, try to find yourself I know you're near, sense you are here, here where I'm lost Lost to the other me, cross to another me I am the spectre man on the edge of your streets Nobody's inviting me in, we ghosts don't need to be asked Just float in through the walls I've become a black and white horror creep show of a person. Ride on this river running torrent of abuse. But they're only talking, they're only talking
12.
Yes 03:08
Forget all the work of the week and all things you don't need And all the rubbish that comes with living Forget all my million failings, what I did through the railings Look at me now and be certain 'cause maybe, maybe, maybe has a strange effect on me Maybe, maybe, maybe is so dull Forget all the safe compromises, all that characterizes What's so wrong with the way we're living Forget all obvious virtues, all the people who've hurt you Look at me now and be certain 'cause maybe, maybe, maybe has a strange effect on me Maybe, maybe, maybe is so dull Discard all the politicising, all that clouds your horizon And all the people who told you never Forget all the mistakes that we'll make and all the wrong turns that we'll take Just look at me now and be certain 'cause maybe, maybe, maybe has a strange effect on me Maybe, maybe, maybe is so dull Can't we just look at ourselves and be happy with what we see Don't say maybe, maybe Lets start all over again, lets begin by saying YES! Yes to Lennon and McCartney, Neil Young, Nancy, Edwyn and Mark E. Yes to the noise when the stock market crashes Yes to England regaining the Ashes Yes, yes, yes to the love that she knows I am feeling, Yes to the dress and the bells all John Peeling Yes to the colour that autumn is bring Yes to remembering the next line I'm singing Yes to the sunshine and yes to the rain Yes to believing in something again Yes to protecting the whales in the sea And yes, yes, yes do you yes, yes love me? YES
13.
Sometime 11:12
Sometimes I feel a little lowly I know the boy who goes without Do you find it difficult to let me in I know it's hard to keep you out I need you here, within these walls I want you, I want you to know All that I am, the best and worst of me Is yours for the asking, yours and yours only All that I am, my good and my bad sides, my happy and sad sides Ever and always I've lost so much by being witless Now I've got nothing left to show I'm not the noose to hang around your neck But I can't conceive of letting go Can't promise you the world, when it's not mine to give No stars to light your way, but I can promise this All that I am, the best and worst of me Is yours for the asking, yours and yours only All that I am, my good and my bad sides, my happy and sad sides Ever and always I need you here, within these walls I want you, I want you to know All that I am, the best and worst of me Is yours for the asking, yours and yours only All that I am, my good and my bad sides, my happy and sad sides Ever and always The day is turning into night now The rain is singing us to sleep Long after you have turned you light out Dream of the promises I'll keep

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The loud one. Though for the most part tuneful.

With about two and a half hours of new tunes in the summer of 1993 we stuck most of the more electric ones on this 'ere album.

Neo Acoustic isn't really apt here but I can't change it for one album without having to redo all the others.

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released February 17, 2015

Words & Music by Robert Boole & Richard Knowles

The digital image, Lys (Lilies), 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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