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by Robin Tymm

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1.
Where To Begin? 04:01
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This is the first time I have tried And there is much I need to know Do I just clasp my hands and close my eyes And let my feelings flow? Tell you my deepest, darkest secret If you promise not to tell a soul And you won’t judge me, you won’t hate me If you don’t like….what you’re told There’s no need to say a word ‘Cause I have heard them all before Wait in quiet contemplation As I cry out to these four walls Please just stay with me and listen ‘Til you can’t take any more Then leave me where you found me Kneeled in prayer….down on the floor CHORUS I have never asked before and I may not ask again But now’s the time when I could really use a friend So sit there in the darkness And I’ll confess to you my sins…..where to begin? I come seeking your forgiveness For all the times when I’ve gone wrong I am burdened with a heavy load I’ve carried for so long Will it be brighter, will I feel lighter When all the shame and guilt are gone? Father, grant me absolution And I’ll change….from that moment on CHORUS I have never asked before and I may not ask again But now’s the time when I could really use a friend So sit there in the darkness And I’ll confess to you my sins…..where to begin? INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS I have never asked before and I may not ask again But now’s the time when I could really use a friend So sit there in the darkness And I’ll confess to you my sins…..where to begin? © 2013 Robin Tymm 9th June 2013
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Atoms 03:01
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There’s a hundred billion atoms in a single human hair And each one of ‘em made almost entirely of air So although we think we’re here right now we’re nearly not all there A hundred billion atoms There’s a hundred billions stars up there and that’s just what we can see Each one orbited by planets, helped along by gravity So if this world’s so insignificant, well what does that make me? A hundred billion stars CHORUS That is more or less as many drops of water in the rain Plus or minus all the sand if you count each and every grain Roughly equal to the neurons lying dormant in my brain A hundred billion breaths are took each minute every day Some a first and some a last and some just gasps along the way So put aside you thoughts of failing, keeping inhaling come what may A hundred billions breaths And a hundred billion souls will live before this place is gone Time had barely blinked an eye and then the human race was run We’ll spend eternity just coldly spinning slowly ‘round the sun A hundred billion souls CHORUS That is more or less as many drops of water in the rain Plus or minus all the sand if you count each and every grain Roughly equal to the neurons lying dormant in my brain BRIDGE I've been looking for some answers, oh, and heaven knows I've tried I’ll never reach what’s far beyond me, never see what’s deep inside I have searched for truth in words but heard the numbers never lie No, they never lie So there’s a hundred billion atoms in a single human hair And each one of ‘em made almost entirely of air So although we think we’re here right now we’re nearly not all there Really not all there Not all there Not all there © 2013 Robin Tymm 9th November 2013
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Footnote 04:07
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I can't stop this getting older I can't halt the march of time The fire's been growing colder In this broken heart of mine I think about her some days I'm living in the past I should be trying some way To find new love at last CHORUS But there is something strong That cannot be out-run It's been with me for so long Will not be overcome It's something deep inside That couldn't be denied There's no holding back the tide And heaven knows I've tried The days are getting shorter The night so quick to come I'm sure that I just saw the Last fall of a dying sun I'll dream I wake tomorrow With her lying next to me But each new morning follows Same way as it's always been CHORUS But there is something strong That cannot be out-run It's been with me for so long Will not be overcome It's something deep inside That couldn't be denied There's no holding back the tide And heaven knows I've tried BRIDGE I stayed here and she moved on She went right when I went wrong She chose life and I chose none Now I'm just sat here writing songs Yeah, this is how it's meant to be And I don't want your sympathy Just take a moment, think of me The footnote in your history INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS But there is something strong That cannot be out-run It's been with me for so long Will not be overcome It's something deep inside That couldn't be denied There's no holding back the tide And heaven knows I've tried © 2015 Robin Tymm 7th March 2015
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Voices 04:17
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The angel and the devil speak together in my ear And which one of them's talking to me never is quite clear Each will tell me something that they think I want to hear The angel and the devil speak together in my ear CHORUS What am I going to do about the voices in my head? They talk the whole day through and whisper to me in my bed Tempting me to follow, blindly swallow what they said Oh, what am I going to do about the voices in my head? I've got two paths to choose so I don't know which way to turn Which directions should I use and just whose lessons should I learn? One way leads me to salvation, down the other I might burn I've got two paths to choose so I don't know which way to turn CHORUS What am I going to do about the voices in my head? They talk the whole day through and whisper to me in my bed Tempting me to follow, blindly swallow what they said Oh, what am I going to do about the voices in my head? BRIDGE They've made me do some bad, bad things For that I am ashamed But I am really not myself some days So I can’t take the blame I'm just following my orders I'm just doing what they say And for a brief few minutes Make the voices go away The angel tries appealing to my kinder, brighter side While the devil keeps revealing darker thoughts I'd like to hide But in the end there is no appeasing them and nothing satisfies Between the angel and a devil I will choose not to decide Between the angel and a devil I will choose not to decide CHORUS What am I going to do about the voices in my head? They talk the whole day through and whisper to me in my bed Tempting me to follow, blindly swallow what they said Oh, what am I going to do about the voices in my head? © 2015 Robin Tymm 26th April 2015
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Merry-Go-Round 03:25
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The clock has been a-ticking And a bell's about to sound The last few grains of sand Will soon be falling to the ground The daylight's lost its fight And now the night is coming down This ride is nearly over Then I'm getting off Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round I can still recall that feeling Like I was flying through the air And those painted wooden horses Came alive right then and there But now the spin just makes me dizzy I don't know my ups from downs So I’m waiting for a chance When I can jump off Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round They must have worked all through the night To take the fairground down The only sign that it was here at all Was this muddy patch of ground They took their rides and their sideshows To some other town Where a whole new bunch of kids like me Are getting on and getting off Of that merry-go-round Of that merry-go-round The clock has been a-ticking And a bell's about to sound The last few grains of sand Will soon be falling to the ground The daylight's lost its fight And now the night is coming down This ride is nearly over Then I'm getting off Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round Of this merry-go-round © 2014 Robin Tymm 18th April 2014
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Grace 03:27
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This life is slowly killing me, a little every day While I'm not ready for eternity I'm well along the way This is not how I would've wished it but now time is running out Did I blink and somehow miss it? What this journey's been about Once I thought I was a young man, now that's plainly not the case Look at the paper thin skin on my hands, the lines etched on my face In this moment of reflection, a little searching of the soul It's too late for me to mention, I hope I die before I'm old CHORUS It doesn't matter if you lose or win It's how you run your race You get no second chance to choose again Don't let it go to waste You must accept your fate, admit your sins With humility and grace Then God decides to let you in Or send you to that other place I lived my life transparent, there for everyone to see But it soon became apparent no one was looking out for me I wish I could've told you, had some secrets to bestow But there ain't nothing I could show you that you don't already know So before my sun is setting am I supposed to make amends? I am fed up with regretting and I'm tired of losing friends There will be no one there to miss me when I am dead and gone I'll leave behind this simple legacy, just a pocketful of songs CHORUS It doesn't matter if you lose or win It's how you run your race You get no second chance to choose again Don't let it go to waste You must accept your fate, admit your sins With humility and grace Then God decides to let you in Or send you to that other place © 2014 Robin Tymm 27th October 2014
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Grand Designs 03:31
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We’re in the hands of the Fates and we get what we get And we can’t deviate from the path that’s been set The future has happened, we just don’t know it yet We’re a piece in a puzzle, a pawn in a game Every move pre-determined, each outcome the same Over and over, again and again… CHORUS We are part of a plan that is reasoned and rhymed Our threads have been spun, we keep walking the line Another brick in the wall of some grander design Free will’s an illusion, a trick of the mind And this journey we’re taking we didn’t get to decide Nothing more than a passenger along for the ride Some they will question what everything means There are others convinced this is only a dream Me, I lay back as I’m floating downstream CHORUS We are part of a plan that is reasoned and rhymed Our threads have been spun, we keep walking the line Another brick in the wall of some grander design BRIDGE You can’t change what is written, won’t do you no good ‘Cause it’s there in the stars and every drop of your blood Who set the ball rolling, was it Darwin or God? INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS We are part of a plan that is reasoned and rhymed Our threads have been spun, we keep walking the line Another brick in the wall of some grander design Some grander design © 2013 Robin Tymm 1st December 2013
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Fingers Crossed 03:27
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Don’t spend your time on me It’s wasted and lost I’ll take your everything And more than you’ve got So heed my warning Or be counting the cost I’ll tell you that I love you But my fingers will be crossed I was the worst of men That you ever knew There’s nothing out there mean enough That I would not do But don’t ask me for my word ‘Cause I can’t give it to you I’m a liar and a cheater That’s the God’s honest truth CHORUS Trust me when I tell you You don’t want me around Don’t think you’re different I let everyone down And soon enough you’ll realise What I’m all about I’m only in this for what I can take out Don’t kid yourself you’re nothing But a pawn in my game I’ll play you like the fool you are Again and again Dig a little deeper You’ll find more of the same Lonely, desperate people Who will think they are to blame CHORUS Trust me when I tell you You don’t want me around Don’t think you’re different I let everyone down And soon enough you’ll realise What I’m all about I’m only in this for what I can take out © 2013 Robin Tymm 25th August 2012
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Before The Daylight Fades 02:58
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Take a photograph before the daylight fades Put it in an album to remind us Of all the fun we had and all the love we made For when those days are far behind us Take a photograph before the daylight fades Let’s make a memory worth the keeping The sun is sinking fast and cannot be delayed The golden hour is oh so fleeting BRIDGE So take the photograph ‘cause soon the moment will be gone Let the light and silver nitrate mix to fix this time in stone Then we’ll pick up our belongings, pack the car and head for home So please take the photograph ‘cause I can’t hold this smile for long Take a photograph before the daylight fades Imagine that our children’s children find us Flattened like a butterfly and stuck onto a page A single picture to define us Take a photograph before the daylight fades The sun is falling into the horizon For now our hearts unbroken and our love not yet betrayed But I’m afraid a bad moon will be rising BRIDGE So take the photograph ‘cause soon the moment will be gone Let the light and silver nitrate mix to fix this time in stone Then we’ll pick up our belongings, pack the car and head for home So please take the photograph ‘cause I can’t hold this smile for long Take a photograph before the daylight fades Put it in an album to remind us © 2013 Robin Tymm 12th October 2013
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Troubadour 03:41
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I've got nothing left to say that you ain't heard before At least a thousand times by countless bedroom troubadours There's no stories left to tell 'Cause we all draw from the same well So I hate to break the spell but there's no more I've no lines to help you find your way out of the dark And no words of wisdom that can mend a broken heart Just creaking chords and awkward rhymes The best of which aren't even mine Oh, you don't need to be so kind but I'm glad you are CHORUS Don't be sad but now's the time to bring this curtain down I’ll take one last bow and leave the stage in style I don't want to feel so tired So emptied out, so uninspired I'm gonna say goodbye to this life for a while INSTRUMENTAL Spare a thought for guys like me who sit there writing songs Lost in worlds of make-believe where we don't quite belong As the daylight turns to stars We gently play on our guitars And while away the wee small hours until it's done CHORUS Don't be sad but now's the time to bring this curtain down I’ll take one last bow and leave the stage in style I don't want to feel so tired So emptied out, so uninspired I'm gonna say goodbye to this life for a while I'm gonna say goodbye to this life for a while I'm gonna say goodbye to this life for a while © 2015 Robin Tymm 26th October 2015

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The first chapter of a three album release that also includes "Medium" & "Large".
The songs on this album are mostly played on an acoustic guitar, often with a piano....and with minimal drums and percussion.

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released May 7, 2016

All songs written, performed & produced by Robin Tymm

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