Congratulations to our fifteen finalists! Listen to the songs below and decide which ones you want to vote for in the grand final.
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Poisonous insects, poisonous insects. Poisonous insects, poisonous insects, there coming over here, Oh yes, they are! Poisonous insects, global warming everybody. Poisonous insects there coming to get yah. Poisonous insects and parasites, and other really creepy stuff is coming over here. Poisonous insects, Massive hornets with agonizing stings, Wasps that lay eggs in you, And fish that swim up your wee. We don’t want that over here do we. Poisonous insects, poisonous insects. A result of global warming, Coming over here everybody. We don’t want that do we? Nope we don’t., Rave time……… Poisonous insect coming over here, nope! We don’t want any of that matey. Nope, poisonous insects coming to get yah, we got… Massive hornets with agonizing stings, Wasps that lay eggs in you, And fish that swim up your wee. Nope we don’t want that over matey. Poisonous insects, poisonous insects. There coming to get yah, there coming to get yah, yep. Poisonous insects, you better watch out. Cos if it gets warmer, there coming over here. You get a windy day and they’ll get all blown over, And their goanna get you, and me there goanna get me as well, But I’m ready for it! Rave time………… Ok, you think that’s scary, check this stuff out…. “A small lecture about a fungus that creates Zombie ants” (with handouts during live performance). I don’t want any of this coming over here, I love people, all and any people are welcome here, but I don’t want any of this coming over here, Doing this sort of weirdo, NOPE! That’s quite scary, so let’s have a bit of a rave………. “NOPE”. Continue Rave………. Poisonous insects’ poisonous insects, Yeh massive hornets, no problem, Wasps that lay eggs in you, easy, yeh, I can handle that. Even fish that swim up your wee, yeh easy. But this stuff (picture of zombie and) nah I don’t want any of that coming over here, None of that please, yep. Rave time….. outro. Copyright Phil Jones 2019
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Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and the valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees And the commons where cattle can roam Far from the city, where lights shine so bright Dawn breaks a new day, to earth springs new life Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees I'll be once again Westward Ho! When my world closes in And my head's in a spin Caught like a rabbit in lights Just close my eyes, lift my head to the skies Imagination takes flight INSTRUMENTAL When the world closes in And my heads in a spin Caught like a rabbit in lights Just close my eyes, lift my head to the skies Imagination takes flight Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and the valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees To the commons where cattle can roam In the depths of dark winter, the cold of the night My heart longs to warm to, wonderful sights Carry my soul on a westward bound breeze To the hills and the valleys of home Take me back there to the hedgerows and trees I'll be once again Westward Ho I'll be once again Westward Ho Copyright The Peekies 2020
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This is a broadcast from the edge of space. We’ve gone out as far as fuel will allow. It’s down to vapour. To the lipstick trace of some half-forgotten kiss. In the slough between the stars we spin and drift and it feels like we could dance on endless in this void. Economies of scale, and thrift mnemonics, have left us friendless and alone. We crave news, however grim, like salt, to salve the sourness of our tongues. The want of gravity itches like a phantom limb. An airless horror clutches at our lungs. We’ve been waiting for the call to turn, to lean into some other planet’s pull and swing for home. There’s nothing but static on the screen and our faces, distorted violently in chrome so that we don’t look human any more, are streaked with tears of hunger and despair. We long to touch and be touched, to paw at our loved ones and at the soil we share but we’ve learned, out here, how blame was shifted to our shoulders with a magician’s grace. How other we must seem to those who frame their selfish narratives on the human race. This is a broadcast from the end of time. We’ve reset all the clocks. We’re turning back. We know the punishment must fit the crime. It’s us, from now on, who’ll be taking up the slack. Music by Mark Thompson Lyrics by Adam Horovitz Copyright Thompson & Horovitz 2020
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you went out all night I made out with another guy you got drunk in the bar I was taking it way too far will I get in trouble will she hate me after this didn’t meet you in the morning I wanted to say that I’m sorry should i call her to say I regret it and I’m on my way? Will we scream like clichées fighting in the kitchen and throwing plates I say I love you but I kiss somebody else you say you’ll be back soon but sleep in another bed will it be alright? will it be just fine? we look like lovers but we are perfect liars I sit in front of you sipping on my coffee thinking “what did I do?” you’re playing with your knife silent, thinking “is she still mine” Will we end up like all those broken hearts are we made of stone or made of glass I say I love you but I kiss somebody else you say you’ll be back soon but sleep in another bed will it be alright? will it be just fine? we look like lovers but we are perfect liars You found out about me I found out about you you told me to leave I said the rumours weren’t true oh yeah the rumours were true I say I love you but I kiss somebody else you say you’ll be back soon but sleep in another bed will it be alright? will it be just fine? we look like lovers but we are perfect liars Copyright Annika Laue 2020
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Life can be a funny game, the joke is on us all, got ya turnin in the grave that punchline is so cruel, riding on a spinning ball, it's me I'm individual, when all is said and done you can come see the residual, I'll check my crystal ball, yep my distance is exceptional, the human race is done but I have morphed into the spiritual, god is a poet who rhymes in multi syllables and sends you straight to hell if you ain't never smoked no blim at all, us humans got it twisted we invested all our being, in destroying everything, instead of helping fixing feeding, giving others what they're needing, lending hands and believing, we’re over farming over breeding, always following not leading, never loving till we're greeving, confusing money with succeeding, paying for the s**t that politicians just keep excreting, they sit on their green seating having psychopathic meetings, deciding how to rob us while the sheep all keep on bleeting, come on people I am feeling, revolutions but a stones throw, let's unthrone These clones so we can see some real diplomacy, let’s refresh the system like the spray from the ocean breeze, bring new blood to the planet putting life into its ovaries, see people as people no matter if there over seas, the new deals isn’t profits it’s about showin more empathy, start fixing what we've broken with the smoking from the factories, the petrols and the diesels and the non recharging batteries, this world should be a sanctuary for each and every one of us, a perfect place to holiday until we all return to dust, all things corrode and rust that's one statement you can trust, I feel that we should leave a place that's much greater in the wake of us, before we're buried or combust I think that we should get it sussed, roll up our cuffs and we can work for peace and love . Written, recorded, produced, performed by Leyman Copyright Leyman 2020
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Sometimes when I’m feeling sad, another night alone With no-one here to hold me, no-one calling on the phone I find a kind of pleasure watching love films on TV Of other people’s happiness though it seems there’s none for me But tonight it’s New Year’s Eve and I just don’t wanna see Actors make-believing, pretend love on a screen Seeing someone else’s love, When I know there’s none for me I don’t believe there’s any chance of feeling how they feel Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight The candle light is flickering, another night alone So tired of wishing, waiting for someone to come along Another night imagining that he was here with me Sharing from a distance someone’s sweet romantic dream Watching strangers meeting someone special Doesn’t make me feel any better ‘Cause I know love isn’t real Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight Love stories, oh love stories, love stories can’t comfort me tonight Love stories can’t comfort me tonight, tonight Lyrics and melody by Susan Leigh Fenton & Jenevieve Turner Sung by Jenevieve Turner Arrangement, instrumentals, production by Nelson Kummer Copyright Susan Fenton, Nelson Kummer, Jenevieve Turner 2020
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1-2-3-4 They're asleep in the belly of the beast Living in a dream, no fantasy A battle with lucidity Transmission follows live feed Can you hear me? Possessed by a force deep inside Nothing ever seems to change Except cuts, their masks, heavyweight state Destroy hallucination with desire 1-2-3-4 Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together 1-2-3-4 Weapons come cheap from the factory Desperate souls made scapegoat Impotent power of the modern vote Remember we're united you know? Moderate blood sucking blues With cheap designer views Red top leadership propagates dirty news Fresh faced youths sent to kill No definition just orders What came first the addiction or the drugs? Modern day thuggery and pinstripe thugs 5-6-7-8 Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together Times they are so treacherous we need to stick together Now the nights are closing in we need to stick together Where is the heart and soul we need to come together When the youths are so damn cold we need to stick together I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you I'm in the dark just like you Copyright The People's Revolutionary Orchestra of Stroud 2020
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Everybody’s got a Jekyl and Hyde Constantly at battle deep inside You can tell by the look behind those eyes Everyone’s afraid of losing their minds It’s no good trying to escape Doesn’t work attempting to keep them at bay They won’t listen if you say you need space You can’t help it by running away Just because you didn’t mean it, don’t make it not your fault Just because you can’t control it, don’t get you off the hook Just because you don’t believe it, don’t make it fake And just because you don’t deserve it, don’t change your fate Cos everybody’s got a Jekyl and Hyde Constantly at battle deep inside You can tell by the look behind those eyes We don’t need a closet, skeletons live in our minds Well I decided to put up a fight I tried with all my might I didn’t like the way my life was going and I thought I’d take control And I tried being good, and I tried being bad I tried it all and I just drove myself mad And I tried being right, and I tried being wrong It never mattered, no one cared all along Cos everybody’s got a Jekyl and Hyde It’s a battle with no end in sight Well you can try with all your might And you may come away with your mind. Copyright Cat Mead 2020
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I see you, head in your hands, not knowing what to do. Feeling stuck at the circus of life. Who you are, doesn't fit into this way of being, where to turn, where to belong. What is home for you? When you're not falling under the sound of crashing clowns. What is true for you? away from the strangeness that surrounds you. There's a whisper in the air, it's calling your name. Spirits dancing all around, can you feel? can you hear? So come with me, follow the way the wind blows, take its lead, oh be completely free. What is home for you? When you're not falling under the sound of crashing clowns. What is true for you? Away from the sadness that surrounds you. There's a whisper in the air, it's calling your name. Spirits dancing all around. Can you feel? Can you hear? Let it be home for you. So you're not falling under the sound of crashing clowns. There is truth in you, step into the greatness that surrounds you. You You. Copyright Lizi Rayner 2020
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I feel a raindrop Drop on my skin This is how it begins Water runs clear As clean as a smile But my conscience is heavy With all the lies... This is something that I can’t explain I won’t remember till it happens again Something that I can’t contain It always slips away... I feel a pinprick Prick in my palm This is how it starts Blood runs red As dead as the pain in my head And the night is a shadow of the day And the day is a shadow under my eyes And my eyes see shadows over the sun... A pinprick opens up a hole The hole reveals the raw inside The flesh and blood beneath my skin Skin that shields me from the world World that brings me joy then pain... Then the rain drops again And it happens all over again... I feel a raindrop Drop in my palm This is how it starts Water runs clear As clean as the smile on my face And the grace is all part of the disguise Or are these lies just a figment of my design When my eyes read fiction between every line? I see a rainbow Bow across the sky Towards me But it’s always away The colours are bright But my conscience is black And my head hangs heavy In the heady night... A pinprick opens up a hole The hole reveals the raw inside The flesh and blood beneath my skin The black and white that turned to grey The grey that filled the sky with rain... The drop that overflowed the glass The glass that shattered in my hand The shaking hand that wrote these words Words that tell the story of a life Life that brings me joy then pain... Then the pin pricks again And it happens all over again... Song recorded with Valfrid Couto (bass) and Lucas Tagore (drums). Copyright Dominic Gourd 2020
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Feeling Your way Feeling your way Feeling your way in the dark There’s no telling What the night will bring Get it right, from the start Fan a flame from a spark You can’t go wrong if you follow your heart Feeling your way in the dark Let your fingers do the walking Somewhere silence is unbroken Let your fingers do the talking Making promises unspoken Oh, it’s such a state of grace To be here with you in this magical place Feeling your way in the dark. In the dark In the dark In the dark In the dark Let your fingers do the walking Somewhere silence is unbroken Let your fingers do the talking Making promises unspoken Each kiss is a stepping stone across a river of dreams You gotta take the first to find out where the second leads Feeling your way in the dark Feeling Your way Feeling your way Feeling your way in the dark There’s no telling What the night will bring Copyright Chas de Whalley 2020
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She walks tall like a warrior dances wild like the sea speaks soft like a lover plants fiery kisses on me talks quiet with confidence sings smooth and steady each lilting syllable setting fire and setting free no crown is required for everyone can see this woman is royal a goddess is she heavenly and primal delicate and rough dont be fooled into thinking that woman isnt tough she walks tall like a warrior dances wild like the sea speaks soft like a lover plants firey kisses on me woman dont be fooled into thinking you can be ruled freedom is your birthright none can take it from you Copyright 2019 majestic vision music Lyrics written and performed by Ruby Debonnaire Music and instruments by threebagsfull Horns by Dave Andrews and Crispin Hebron
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I get to thinking sometimes when I'm alone, Did I really get all of those things wrong that you said, And I wonder why it's taken so long, To say I'm grateful, for all that you done, I guess my heart just takes a long time to learn, And I know it wasn't easy, I'm like a candle in the rain, It can't be easy when you're cut off from the pain, It's just that my heart takes a long time to warm, I get to thinking now you're gone Perhaps it's better I walked this alone anyway, Still I wonder why it's taken so long, To say I'm sorry for all that I've done that caused you any pain It's just my heart again, And I know it wasn't easy I'm like a candle in the rain, I didn't make it easy I shut you out again It's just that my heart takes a long time to warm I know it wasn't easy, I'm like a candle in the rain I could have made it easy if I let you share my pain It's that my heart takes a long time to warm Of yea my heart takes its time. Copyright Leon Gerrard 2020
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The outset of my life when I met you The wind dragged the tide out as it blew Some Gods had played our sails far from home Chance had drilled its way into my bones Oh honey now I need to keep this short I promise I will leave some room for thought Burn my soul and throw me off the port No one’s ever hurt me like you The moment that your fate had struck our ship The light that cursed you cracked me like a whip Our wooden post had burned into shard A wretched piece aimed hard into your heart I cried and swam for shore till I was sick All the while your heartbeat stops it’s tick The winds tickle angered to a kick The breathes I took turned cold and thick I was sinking further deeper down A lifeless body no time to be found A big white light shone up from underneath Pulled me in to its arms and to my feet I see it now I see it so clear I see your face carved out through blinding fear It always is and always will be you Darling oh I wish that were true Copyright Humm (Arty Jackson & Carys Lewin) 2020
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What If life was really just a dream And I am the dreamer All around the things I do and see Are just a dream Wake up and see I know it sounds so strange to you But it’s something you really can’t dismiss Don’t just believe Find the truth out for yourself When you awake That feeling is bliss Because this just feels incredible Life is nearly edible really not comparable and shareable I want to open your eyes You think you know what’s going on And if life was really just a dream I dreamed when I was lonely Could it be The universe is me Diluted by indivuality And if life was really not what it seems And you are the dreamer You can manifest a world full of beauty There is magic in creativity Chorus Copyright Brighid Nathanson 2020 Written and performed by Brighid Nathanson Guitars and Bass by Simon Fiddler Dubbing by Threebagsfull (Majestic Vision Sound) Produced by Josh Keating