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Mystery #1

by The Contrast

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1.
you pulled the blinkers right over my eyes i couldn’t move from the second you lied i didn’t understand that was how it was and I’m still not laughing you make it up as you’re going along i didn’t guess i’m too clever to be wrong i’ve got the perfect disguise i’ve got these memories inside and i’m not coming round again i lost it on the inside i lost it on the underground i couldn’t get it back again but i know I’ll get you soon with my perfect disguise you pulled my world apart you made an art of screwing up everything i’ve never seen you notice what you do what you’re doing to yourself every time
2.
there's another thing coming in your motives when you cry there are too many letters in the bags under your eyes you know it's all over like a short term memory there's a memory waiting in a picture in a book and i remember watching thinking you don't know where to look you know it's all over like a short term memory how to get away how to get away how to get away with what's inside a short term memory there's a memory waiting and i think that it is true and when i memorised your number then i knew it was all over you know it's all over like a short term memory loss
3.
57 03:35
breaking up in the morning i know I always will paint my windows black and white this time I’ve had my fill sitting down the purple bar blowing up my best friends car i’m trying to figure out things so far i’ve been drowning in my beer it’s been 57 hours since I lost you killed some time with people I don’t like and they don’t like me i’d love you ‘till the cows come home and by the way did you notice I’ve gone i’m losing all my favourite things forgetting how to sing maybe I should have tied you up with stronger string i’m drowning in my fear it’s been 57 hours since I lost you right now I miss you so much my head will explode i’m falling off my chair i’d call you but I’m too scared to hear what you’re gonna tell me to hear what you’re doing without me maybe I’ll just kill another beer it’s been 57 hours since I lost you it feels like 57 years since I lost you
4.
she's been counting all the stars hiding her megaphone inside her deepest scars holding on to all her fears thinking she's been here before she can't remember how to write got a sinking feeling everything's black and white she's been here before tomorrow when she goes outside she's afraid she won't remember how to hide forgetting all the times with the drawn on smile as if she's been here before she can't remember if she she smokes and she couldn't hang better if you gave her any more rope she's been here before no one moves in the eyes in the pictures there's a dangerous time and it's coming to get her
5.
don't say another single word take a deep breath and hold it and come outside i'm falling over in the sun it's a dangerous feeling when you lose your turn you never listen tell me why hey hey hey hey don't say anything at all we can make it out of here if we hit a brick wall i'll hold you and i won't let go it's a dangerous feeling when you're out of control don't give me any of your shit we can dream we can win if we don't give in and tell me why you're not listening tell me why before you start to cry
6.
Mystery #1 02:58
it’s a mystery today when it’s over where you gonna go when you fade out you didn’t tell me why i know i didn’t ask i could tell there was something wrong i heard it in your voice i saw it in your eyes turn the contrast down you’re on TV again you’re in my window i don’t think i can tell which one’s the real you i drew you on my wall and now you are here you didn’t answer back and that’s no different i heard it in your voice i saw it in your eyes turn the contrast down i crushed my own mistakes they’re here in writing i hope it’s not too late i’m coming over you’re on TV again you’re in my window i don’t think i can tell which one’s the real you
7.
i'm the mad professor of love and death all my dreams are logged on compact disc and i know i'm laughing by now i've forgotten why i'm the mad professor of bad ideas and i know all the right and wrong things to say and i know i say the wrong things right things come out wrong anyway i'm the mad professor and i hope you get the joke this time i'm the mad professor of late night bars all my wasted time is in a can of beer half melted on the fire and it's too warm in here i'm the mad professor of losing it my major line of work is screwing up and i know i don't make snese i'm too educated to try sometimes i set fire to cigarettes sometimes i wake up in my own bed sometimes i just walk around all night i know you know this mad professor isn't very bright
8.
Falldown 03:37
i saw you out by the stormguard screwing up in knots i've never seen you look that way i hope you've not forgotten so tell me about sunday i'll try to hear your voice don't give me that coded shit even though you're good at it better stop this hiding wasting time you should be riding out of town you said you forgot to call hey baby you're so small now better stop this waiting for the things you should be changing don't look back you'll fall down i saw you out by the radio down behind the clock you said you were leaving i guess you forgot if things are really that bad you better turn around i think you may be crazy but it takes one to know one
9.
Independance 04:52
the radio turns north the radio turns south nothing ever tunes in the radio turns red the radio melts to the side of my head nothing ever turns on all the static noise begins to sound like music made from static noise you've got to tune your guitar on the radio here comes all the independance the radio gets loud pretends to think and drink and get drunk but the radio doesn't have a mouth the radio's alive melting down your wall over active and shorting out all your bad press ever reads is all your bad press from last week you've got to tune your guitar on the radio here comes all the independent bands
10.
turn off the sun i don't want to see the weather turn off the sun i don't want to see the sky 'cause there's nothing that i care about nothing that makes me cry but i've got a crazy feeling i've been lying to myself all along turn off the sun i don't want to see you picture turn off the sun i don't want to know you're around i don't even want to talk to you you can turn off all the sound but i've got a crazy feeling i'm not feeling like i say i am i've been painting all my windows black i'm not inviting anyone back to my placer a long time hiding from myself
11.
we could buy a memory lane about the size of this house we could buy an air raid and justify the time when we leave town i remember watching when the memories left your eyes forever i remember i had to hold you you were coming apart so quickly all the wasted time all the seconds we had all the wasted time walking out your door all the wasted pictures all the holes in your head unexploded bombs and good publicity stunts i forgot to tell you something strange is happening i didn't exactly forget but i couldn't find the right words i didn't want you thinking you were letting us down i forgot to tell you tomorrow it's time to hit the road i believe in daylight but i've never seen this before when we got to the top of the cliff i forgot to stop the car i forgot to tell you exactly what i know i forgot to tell you i don't think i can ever let go now all the best publicity stunts are coming down the wall to get you
12.
Bad Dreams 02:59
i was living in the dark outside in belsize park i couldn't find my way home i don't remember if i had one i didn't have anything to say bad dreams come true bad dreams come true oh i think they do i know i forgot to write i hope you're doing fine i thought i better let you know bad dreams come true i was driving off the pier brighton's dead this time of year it took me twenty pints of beer but now i'm not feeling scared i didn't have anything to say bad dreams come true bad dreams come true oh i think they do i know i forgot to write i hit the ground but i'm alright i think the scars look pretty good i hope you do too i know i didn't call you up i hope you don't think i'm a fool remember i just didn't know bad dreams come true
13.
Remember 03:51
i know how it hurts when you say goodbye a kick in the face i close my eyes i'm breaking my heart i'm stitching your skin i'm walking away i'll see you walking back from your place you know i can't remember walking back from your place late you know i can't remember all these times i loved you for myself i didn't spot the difference i believed your words your name i don't think i ever knew you the blink of an eye the heat of your lips the red in your hair your tendency to lisp i've forgotten that i've forgotten this i'm driving away i'll see you call you on the telephone make you think that i'm not home lose my grip and smile hello make a face and wear it out again stick carpet tape on my eyes we had cheap red wine and french fries coming out of here on my radio i don't think i can ever let you go
14.
i dropped a match you said there's something in your eye i let it drop i didn't want to embarrass you don't be sad we still have paris like they say don't be sad you'll always be my friend for a day i dropped a glass you said you don't show up in mirrors i didn't find that hard to believe and i know you'll be ok don't be sad we still have paris like they say don't be sad you'll always be my friend for a day i drew a picture remember you laughed and then you hit me and we watched the sunset then we faded out and cut to the next scene

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The Contrast offers up a lot with this ambitious first major releaseMystery #1, only now getting North American distribution, two years after its original UK debut. The best way to describe the proceedings is this: Tom Verlaine meets Tom Petty, infused with the lyrical anger of a younger Elvis Costello or Joe Jackson—oh, and there’s plenty of jangly Rickenbackers as well.

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released February 2, 2001

All songs written by David Reid

David Reid: vocals, guitars & bass
James Crossley: drums
Chris Corney: bass & backing vocals

Andy Hawkins: backing vocals, bass (track 10) & piano (track 12)

Produced by Andy Hawkins
Mastered by Graham Semark
Cover design by Sharon Reid

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The Contrast’s sleek, edgy, chiming guitar pop embraces influences spanning genres, wrapped up into irresistible 3-minute pop songs.

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