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Expression Not Repression

by RelentlessFish

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    This album is mainly songs that I stopped performing years ago but after going through a process of change decided to revisit them. As I say some of these songs are 10 years or more older but I feel they mean more to me now than they did back then. I guess that is due to being able to process and understand myself better. Recording this has been very therapeutic and I am more proud of these than any other releases I have done. Warts and all. I think there is a beauty to things not being too polished and not autotuned to high hell.
    I am glad that I can share this with any of those willing to listen to someone post breakdown.
    Much Love.
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1.
I'm so tired of sitting here all day with nothing to say I just want some luck to come my way cause right now self employment may as well be unemployment even though I should be use to disappointment even though half the time it's with myself too trapped in thought to break my mental shell and did I say I messed things up and now their gone. I spent this last month just trying to write this stupid bloody song I guess what I'm trying to say is I feel like shit and I don't know if I can deal with it I want to scream my heart out open up my mouth but I can't make a sound I'm losing ground I find it so hard to sleep at night feels like my head is having one big fight how many times can you run through one life? good job I'm such a coward or I would use this knife. I guess what I'm trying to say is I feel like shit and I don't know if I can deal with it I feel weak and I cannot speak to you because I will always lose I want to scream my heart out open up my mouth but I can't make a sound I'm losing ground
2.
Lost 03:37
Clouds of Darkness cloud my heart make me choke and lose sight of the burning light that should lead me through life Cause I'm lost in a place without a familiar face to pull me through again this time I'm lost in a place without a familiar face to pull me through again this time these feelings consume my heart tear apart and digest my soul I no longer have control these feelings blind my eyes Cause I'm lost in a place without a familiar face to pull me through again this time I'm lost in a place without a familiar face to pull me through again this time You throw it all away those words from yesterday that were meant to last till the end of time and now I'm alone I'm drowning in the snow where I'll lay until the end of time I'm lost in a place You throw it all away those words from yesterday that were meant to last till the end of time and now I'm alone I'm drowning in the snow where I'll lay until the end of time I'm lost in a place
3.
Love Myself 03:37
I'm seeing things that I don't want to see I'm being a person I don't want to be I just want to live free sick and tired of living in disease in disease I'm sick and I need help got to learn to forgive and love myself there are monsters that live inside of me and there are times they are in the driving seat take me to places I don't want to be sick and tired of living in disease in disease I'm sick and I need help got to learn to forgive and love myself
4.
Out Of Here 02:14
The sun goes down the sky catches fire don't try and hold it you will burn but you want to hold it you want to fly I think you better wait your turn and maybe one day you will discover that there is a way out of here I watch you melting slowly inside you must be drowning in your pride you scream silently you scream for help you're on your own now this is hell and maybe one day you will discover that there is a way out of here
5.
The words are burning a hole you're losing control memories of those that have died the nights that you cried I know you never want to die I hear the thoughts deep inside you never want to close your eyes I know you never want to die I hear the thoughts deep inside you never want to close your eyes Pouring out pouring Pouring out your soul while you are drowning you're losing control I know you never want to die I hear the thoughts deep inside you never want to close your eyes and maybe you should focus on life lift your head way up high and embrace the stars and the skies Touch the sky I know you never want to die I hear the thoughts deep inside you never want to close your eyes and maybe you should focus on life lift your head way up high and embrace the stars and the skies
6.
The burden that you bare for those way up there they just don't care they just don't care I can see it in your eyes you were born to defy so spread your wings and fly spread your wings and fly way up there way up there there's a fire in the sky that demands we serve until we die and we don't know why we don't know why wow This is our lives that you will sacrifice but now's the time to fight now's the time to fight Now's the time to fight Now's the time to fight Now's the time to fight Now's the time to fight Now's the time to fight
7.
Keep Walking 03:52
I'm still waiting to understand what you say why are you hating everything today? get up on the wrong side of your bed? misunderstood what I said? now you wish I was dead what's going on in your head? I try and hold you you take a swing at me are your words true this is insanity This could just be the drink talking or I should pack my bags and start walking far away from here til my head is clear but before I leave I'll have another beer Now I'm outside the house vomit falling out my mouth I hear a slamming of a door I crash down on the floor I scream at you still screaming at you I dunno what I'm saying to this tarmac that I'm facing This could just be the drink talking or I should pack my bags and start walking far away from here til my head is clear but before I leave I'll have another beer Wake up on a park bench hangover filled with revenge My memories creep back to me Oh my god what have I done run to the local florist once again get served by Dorris same conversation everytime now I got to run if I'm gonna keep her as mine and i beg on my knees I'm so sorry but she just stares at me with no sympathy I can change my ways mean every single that I say I love you you know it's true but she just throws the flowers right back in my face and says I'm nothing but a big disgrace and she wants all of my things out of her place she said she can't believe she wasted so much time and now's the time for her. for her to shine but this can't be right she was meant to be mine This could just be the drink talking or I should pack my bags and start walking far away from here til my head is clear but before I leave I'll have another beer
8.
Wrong Places 01:53
I been losing my head for so long it don't seem true keep on looking in the all the wrong places and I know I'm not alone but I do not know what to do keep on looking in the all the wrong places but nothing feels right even in the dead of night and the stars shine so bright I need a friend I need a love I need something from above I need something to make me feel right But I carry on I'm on my own no need to turn on the phone I guess sometimes we have to suffer compare the good to the bad enjoy the times that we had we don't always have to suffer I been losing my head for so long it don't seem true keep on looking in the all the wrong places and I know I'm not alone but I do not know what to do keep on looking in the all the wrong places
9.
wow I feel down screaming till the walls turned blue what's love without dreaming? dreaming of you but instead our hearts melt evaporating in time losing my mind you hear her cry you try to help there is nothing that you can do is this the end of the world again my friend? You watched and witnessed the world turn to flame what's life without dying a waste of time look inside yourself who or what lies there what dies there you hear her cry you try to help there is nothing that you can do is this the end of the world again my friend? you hear her cry you try to help there is nothing that you can do is this the end of the world again my friend? collapsing emotion you're losing control there is nothing that you can do is this the end of the world again my friend?
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Dream 04:07
and so you go to sleep and you drown in your dreams nothing in this world is what it seems getting lost gone to deep voices fill your head as you choke on tears shed but then you'll find the light to guide you through this night is it enough? is it enough? is it enough? to know. no That it won't always be this way don't live your life stuck in yesterday if we try we can all be saved if we try we can all be saved if we try we can all be saved or we'll die enslaved your throat is feeling raw as your eyes start to burn as you prepare for the final fall it's not too late you can turn back around and head for some higher ground so you may find the light to guide you through this night is it enough? is it enough? is it enough? to know. no That it won't always be this way don't live your life stuck in yesterday if we try we can all be saved if we try we can all be saved if we try we can all be saved or we'll die enslaved When you're lost just call my name I will tear away your pain when you're lost just call my name I will bear your shame when you're lost just call my name
12.
Drowning again you're feeling alone forgetting that we're still here Your head is far from clear don't keep going at this pace can you still see her face Cause if she's gone she's gone for good she tried everything you could and if she's gone she's gone for good there's no way back for her now You're losing your mind do you think that you'll find the answers in the bottom of a glass does the drink numb the pain or do you still feel the same why are you living in the past you're killing your soul you're killing your soul you're killing your soul you're killing your soul you're killing your soul you're killing your soul you're killing your soul you're killing your soul Cause now she's gone she's gone for good there's no way back for her now and now she's gone she's gone for good she tried everything she could You liar you cheater you love her you hurt her you throw it away love turns to decay and now your heart has fallen apart its all your fault its all your fault you're killing your soul you're killing your soul its all your fault its all your fault you're killing your soul you're killing your soul and now you're gone yes you're gone for good we tried everything we could but now you're gone yes you're gone for good there's no way back for ya now there's no way back for ya now there's no way back for you right now there's no way back for ya now
13.
Happy Song 04:01
I'm trying to sit down and write a song that isn't so depressing but every single thing I write doesn't seem that impressing I try to think think so hard but it all seems so cheesy to me I guess I'm just one of those grumpy sods who can only write about misery although i don't have it bad thought sometimes I think too much and that can make me sad Oh crap I cocked it up this was suppose to be my happy song so much for being positive my words are all going wrong and maybe things will change my mind won't be so deranged and one day I can find someone to love this man and maybe I'll understand that's it time to get my ass down down this long road cause if I stay here any longer I'm sure things will explode a cutting word there a cutting word here destroying me atmosphere sometimes I'm surrounded by idiots I wish they would all just disappear and maybe things will change my mind won't be so deranged and one day I can find someone to love this man and maybe I'll understand
14.
In My Heart 03:34
Shut your mouth enjoy the sound of the awkward silence from when I say I love you I love you I love you I love you and my heart will turn to dust as my world falls apart this has taught me not to trust in my heart These words haunt me I thought we could live in harmony but it would seem that was all just a stupid messed up dream and my heart will turn to dust as my world falls apart this has taught me not to trust in my heart
15.
I want to learn to love myself love myself So then it could be my turn to be myself my true self want to learn to love myself love myself So then it could be my turn to be myself
16.
Alive 03:19
I'm alive didn't think I could Survive I'm alive not another sacrifice. I wandered round with my head in a daze I was lost, confused I was trapped in this maze I couldn't believe I could call for help they told me I had to do this by my self so i found a way to numb my head try and drown out how I wish I was dead As as other things I rather forget but it drove me to more things that I regret and the cycle went on and on and on on and on and on and on and on and on add on But I'm alive didn't think I could survive I'm alive with you by my side You confronted my Darkest side you helped me battle against the tide the waves were all crashing around I swore that I drowned But I swam through the ripples of time finding a soul that was truly mine now my head is above the waves I am no longer a slave to the demons of the past stepping out of that shadows that they cast And I'm alive maybe truly for the first time I'm alive with you by my side I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive I know it's hard to understand if you haven't lived this first hand but I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive

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released December 12, 2021

All songs were written and recorded Solely by C.Durbin.

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RelentlessFish Bristol, UK

RelentlessFish does what RelentlessFish does. Alternative psychedelic folk, punk, hard rock, prog rock, ambient. RelentlessFish swims where inspiration takes him. In 2021. He has released 4 albums all of distinct flavours. The most recent being his Alt/psychedelic folk album Expression Not Repression.

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Don't be afraid to drown.
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