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Some Days Are Like This

from The Mermaid Kiss Album by Mermaid Kiss

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The earliest song on the album by some distance, written by Jamie in 1999. The arrangement is largely down to Andy and contains our only use, so far, of brass. The chord sequence and rhythm is one we used for part of the music we wrote and recorded for a stage production of ‘Twelfth Night’ in 2000. It’s the only truly ‘narrative’ song on the album - which is just one of the many ways it shows its age!

lyrics

There's sun and lightning in the room that's next to mine,
And while he's throwing thunderbolts you still contrive to shine.
Do you think that I don't notice the cuts and bruises round your eyes,
The cigarette-burn tattoos that your make-up just can't hide.

Some days are like this...

A lamb goes to the slaughter with far more fuss than you
Suffering in silence while he beats you black and blue
And when I ask you, if I press you hard enough,
You say it's nothing - just his way of showing love.

Some days are like this...

Remember you once told me that things get better when we die?
I thought that you were joking, that it was just a silly lie.
But now I'm older and I can feel your bitter fear
I've learnt to see the truth in every desperate tear.

Some days are like this...

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from The Mermaid Kiss Album, released June 17, 2003
Words and Music: Jamie Field & Evelyn Downing
Copyright © Jamie Field & Evelyn Downing 2003. All rights reserved.

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