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A Different Ocean

by What Noisy Cats

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1.
Little Liar 05:59
We dance underneath the kitchen light The kettle whistles at us ‘cause we’re such a sight to behold Your arms around me and you whisper Words of chaos, words of restraint, Words that are real and words that are fake And each one is held for a moment and abandoned Oh, little liar, cannot believe what you say Oh, little liar, please say it anyway As we glide across the living room floor You ask for a twirl but I’ll give you four You and I are always spinning in circles anyway Dancing through rooms of our different lives Some we don’t stay long but some we alight And you tell me how to move as I try to lead you Oh, little liar, cannot believe what you say Oh, little liar, please say it anyway Take my soul and we’ll scrub it clean Put my heart with the laundry A fresh set of memories to pull out each day But I still doubt the things that you say Well I try but it feels like i can’t believe you I know the words that I say are true And I say the same things too I say the same things as you And I say the same things, I say the same things, I say the same things as you
2.
I don’t know you but you’re the love of my life You’re like a deja-vu that I pulled out of my mind I've lost before and i know I’ll lose again But i just have to see your face, my friend I don’t know you but i’ve seen you before In that house on the corner with that sign on the door That says “I won’t give you the time of day So you’d be best right now to walk away You'd be best right now to walk away" They can erase my mind but not my soul So meet me in Montauk and we’ll go for a stroll And as the seasons pass it’ll all come flooding back And we’ll embrace the love that we once had There’s a beach down in Montauk where my memories lie I feel I need to go there but i don’t know why There’s a beach down in Montauk and it’s calling my name I think i’ll visit there on Valentines day I don’t know you but i’ve seen you before In that house on the corner with that sign on the door That says “I won’t give you the time of day So you’d be best right now to walk away You'd be best right now to walk away" They can erase my mind but not my soul So meet me in Montauk and we’ll go for a stroll And as the seasons pass it’ll all come flooding back And we’ll embrace the love that we once had
3.
Stuck in a hole I dug No-one is around to hear my cry for help Everyone I know is at home Sitting ‘round the table Dressed in their finest clothes A happy ever after is something that people believe So they can tell themselves one day they’ll be free But it keeps on going just the same as before Empty promises, no-one ever opens the door I spend too much time looking in And thinking about how I want things to be I either need to find my way home Or take an endless drive along an open road But just as I'm thinking of cutting the line There’s a glimmer of hope that stirs somewhere inside But that just makes it harder ‘cause it soon disappears And once again i am left here alone with my fears
4.
I saw him in June for the last time I saw him in June for the last time He looked at me, he wept, and apologised He said that he wished we’d had more time Then they took him away from me They shed no tears that day And they smiled as he faded away I lost my faith on that fateful day I’ll never be grateful for the rain Wednesday morning has changed from right to wrong My weekly reminder of what I had that’s gone When mother looked at me she saw his eyes When mother looked at me she often cried She’d been trying to understand Why they took away her man But she gave it up that day And I found her fading away I lost my faith on that fateful day I’ll never be grateful for the rain
5.
I’m running with the birds now But they beat me every time They can take a higher ground That I can’t seem to climb Names get written in the dust Where we can’t stay too long And as you walk across the floor I know that what we’ll do is wrong And I’m staring at a night sky full of light With a million points of view and none are right And there’s a soft warmth that’s holding on so tight I’m so weary, I’m so wary I might... Should let it go, should let it go Should let it go, should let it go I’m running with the birds now They like to laugh at me Try to bend lines I can’t cross And chase things I can’t see And i’m staring at a night sky full of light With a million points of view and none are right And there’s a soft warmth that’s holding on so tight I’m so weary, I'm so wary I might… I’m so weary, I’m so wary I might...
6.
When the water bursts I'll be far away And in the morning It's too hard to take When the water bursts I'll be far away And in the morning It's too hard to take
7.
I’m listening to your song and I’m watching my feet Walking the pavement of my hometown city street With your words ringing in my ear You’re half a world away but right now you are here I like to feel the cold air on my face as I walk on the street at night And i look up at the dark sky but down here it’s so bright We walked into the city every saturday The sun was shining down as we passed through the hospital grounds Up upon the brooklyn hill among the clouds We fell asleep to the sound of the turntable turning around I’d like to look out of the window at the city lights and to the trees in the valley below I'd see the moonlight shining on the sea in the place that i call home I remember that day, her hair was all in curls I took her photo by the lake down by the sea I still look at it and see her smiling back at me Why does time always try to take away these memories I never want to see them fade But I can’t help feeling them slipping away Well I’ll fight it ‘til my dying day So that in my mind these memories can forever remain
8.
The Meadows 05:23
I think we crossed a line at primm, it wasn’t much of a fight But 2k to watch water dance, that can’t be right I left a room of broken minds, staring into space But there was more humanity there than ever did grace this place The meadows don’t look good naked, but we’ll lie there all the same The meadows don’t look good naked, but we’ll lie there all the same We woke up at 5am, there was no way we could sleep The sun had already risen, bleaching out the streets Elvis, he was walking home, looked like it had been a long, long night The lions had gone to bed, and that felt about right The meadows don’t look good naked, but we’ll lie there all the same The meadows don’t look good naked, but we’ll lie there all the same
9.
Ghosts 05:17
I hold a blurry picture, its memory left behind Its feeling slowly waned until one day it died I see faces in the windows, but there’s no-one inside Just shadows of other places, hung-over from other times There are bodies beneath the floorboards, I sometimes hear them sigh Each one against his wishes, each one before his time Lost along the way, lost along the way Lost along the way, lost along the way “Look for me”, I thought I heard you call Lost from me, without you I could fall Walk on through, heed no nightly noise I call to you, an ever-lonely voice I think i hear fell voices on the wind I fear I’ve missed my chance to let you in I can see them now, those chances gone astray I’ve changed my mind, I hope you’ve done the same I hope you’ve done the same
10.
Sleeper 05:55
Awake, only rarely Alive, but barely Sleeping is all I do Protect my inside From the evil that's outside Trying so hard to get to me I feel like I'm blind but I see too much Things that are living are cold to the touch I'm losing my will from the thorn that's in my side I wanna go to sleep and dream a dream Of a place that is perfect where I can believe That someday, something great is gonna happen for me But if I lose all of my pride There'll be nothing at all Left to hide, left to hide Awake, only rarely Alive, but barely Sleeping is all I do Protect my inside From the evil that's outside Trying, trying to get to me If the clouds part in the sky Leaving nowhere for me to hide Then I'll burrow beneath the ground Where I never will again be found
11.
I dipped my feet in the Atlantic today A different ocean, but more of the same Over the plains, and over the sea I’ll always be chasing what’s in front of me And I’ll dip my feet, I’ll dip my feet If the water is sweet, if the water is sweet I’ve found me some peace, but I’m looking for more Pining for sunlight as I rush out the door It’s a mystery to me, why should I take the fall Or suffer the blame when I know not what for You think you know me, you think you know me But I lie through my teeth, I lie through my teeth You think you know me, you think you know me But I lie through my teeth, I lie through my teeth The water is warm and inviting me in But I still don’t know if I want to swim The water is warm and inviting me in But I still don’t know if I want to swim I still don’t know if I want to swim

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released September 4, 2015

Produced by Warwick Donald and What Noisy Cats
Engineered and mixed by Warwick Donald at Building M, with extra recording at The Surgery
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki Studios

What Noisy Cats are:
Patrick Whatman - drums, percussion, piano, hammond, rhodes, acoustic guitar, vocals
Luke Marlow - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys, piano, rhodes
Jake Walwyn - electric guitar, slide guitar
Vincent Waide - bass, taurus bass pedals, mandolin, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians on Ghosts:
Andrew Weir – trumpet, Gordon Lehaney – flugelhorn, Samuel Hart – trombone

Cover photo by Casey Hare

Thanks to:
Peter Baillie, Hayden Burnett, Alex Dean, Kate Dean, Warwick Donald, Casey Hare, Kerry Harvey, the kids of Cleary St, Ollie Labone, Julie Lamb, Thomas McArthur, Liam Marlow, Mum and Dad Marlow, Liz Owen, Matt Pender, Penny Pender, Cat Waide, Tessa Waide, Paul Walwyn, Jenny Whatman, all the bands we've played with and people who have come to our shows

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