A Little Brighter

the album is out now!

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buy it from Amazon, HMV, or get the Deluxe version from iTunes

Pete talking about every track on the album

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Track 1: In The End

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Track 2: All That We Keep

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Track 3: How Could I Complain?

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Track 4: Half As Good

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The bottle's empty, got wild eyes
We've been talking, it's the early light
Don't find it easy to speak my mind
Until I do it's just a waste of time
Everybody's talking about us
Saying they can see right through
what can I do but...

Say what I see when I see it
I'm going to know what I feel when I feel it
People think they know me, feel the things that I go through
I'm sure they do, it's true
But not half as good as you

Always the morning, is not quite as sweet
Why are those tender words so hard to repeat?
I pour my heart out, at least I try
I just won't build a wall of smoke to hide behind
Everybody's talking about us
Saying they can see right through
All we've got to do is...

Say what I see when I see it
I'm going to know what I feel when I feel it
People think they know you, feel the things that you go through
I'm sure they do, it's true
But not half as good as I do

People think they know me, feel the things that I go through
But I don't care about them, it all starts and stops with you
I know you, you know, it's true

Say what I see when I see it
I'm going to know what I feel when I feel it
People think they know you, feel the things that you go through
I'm sure they do, it's true
But not half as good as I do

Track 5: Fell Into The River

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No more looking for the answer, just living for today
You don't have to have a faith, you may be better off that way
Just our heads above the water, trying desperately to swim
It won't last, life is fast, pretty soon we're falling in

I know a girl, she said life is lost and can't be found
I said honey don't stop looking, keep digging in the ground
Happiness don't have a schedule, your time will come around

If you fell into the river
I could help you get back up
If you fell into the river, if you said you'd had enough
If you feel like you're lost, I'll pull you from the river
I'll try to pull you from the river
If you fall into the river
I could help to pull you up

I don't know if there's an easy way
I can't make a broke bell ring
She said if I can't see an ending, then why should I begin?
Not everything's that easy, you don't have to have control
On my word, it's absurd, that you won't let the bad times go

So don't you tell me that your life is lost and can't be found
Don't stop looking for some better luck, keep digging in the ground
Happiness don't have a schedule, your time will come around

If you fell into the river
I could help you get back up
If you fell into the river, if you said you'd had enough
If you feel like you're lost, I'll pull you from the river
I'll try to pull you from the river
If you fall into the river
I could help to pull you up

Track 6: Poor Man's Game

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Track 7: Paperthin

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Paperthin Music Video from Hettie Griffiths on Vimeo.

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Track 8: If Not For You

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I remember summers, the ones you can't replace
Coming home late for dinner to my mother's worried face
If I could live inside a picture, stay inside the summer days
Well honey would you do it, would you wish the world away?

I would stay if not for you
singing I would stay if not for you

I feel another winter older as we break the new year in
This house as good as any for tomorrow to begin
As the wine stops flowing and the daylight hits your skin
I see a line for every year and I want to jump right in

I would stay if not for you
singing I would stay if not for you
I'd stay a boy, that much is true
Not grow up if not for you
What a childish thing to do
But who am I if not for you?

Well I've been burning bridges, plans I won't see through
Like a child your heart grows, there's an innocence to you
If I could live inside a picture, stay inside those summer days
I wonder would I do it, would I wish the world away?

I would stay if not for you
I'd stop time if not for you
I'd stay a boy, that much is true
Not grow up if not for you
What a childish thing to do
But who am I if not for you?

Track 9: Just Dust

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It's just dust now, it's all that it is
I had a dream of you, but it wasn't this
It's only dust now, just bones in the dirt
No roses, nothing, no seeds in the earth

It's just dust, that's all it is
Only dust, that's all it is

It's just dust now, collects as I sleep
Faces fade away, yours I keep
The embers, the ashes, the grit and the grain
A picture of lovers in an old dusty frame

I still dream of you
I still dream of you

It's just dust, that's all it is
Only dust, that's all it is

Track 10: Dance On Your Own

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I may be wrong, but I'm not
So go and I'll keep what I got from you
Which is nothing, but a skirt on the stairs and a song I can't sing
You say you won't dance, that I'm on your toes
Love there's the world, let me know how it goes
Fuck it, don't waste your breath
You'll need all you've got left

For the fighting, the fury
The judges, the jury
Ain't the world a sunk ship when you're on your own?
Now you're dressing the same as the friends that you're keeping
No-one's believing the words that you're speaking
How does it feel to be lonely and leaving again?

I thought I was right, I still do
So go and I'll keep what I am from you
Which is something, just a word in your ear and a long time apart
If you wanted to dance, you'd be light on your toes
With a heart made of stone, that's just not how it goes
Fuck it, dance on your own
You left our home

For the fighting, the fury
The judges, the jury
Ain't the world a sunk ship when you're on your own?
Now you're dressing the same as the friends that you're keeping
No-one's believing the words that you're speaking
How does it feel to be lonely and leaving again?

track 11: Jimmy And The Birds On Fire

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Jimmy did we throw it all away?
God damn them all is what we used to say
But I don't know now, if that's the brightest card to play
And I guess I know, too much pride on both our parts
Those old tapes, they're still playing in my heart
Those old songs, will I still play and pull apart?
I miss my friend

I read you dreamt of birds on fire
And that you thought of them all day
Well Jimmy if you feel you're burning up
Come on and let the records play
Come on and let the records play

You say that you
You've been aching in your bones
Well I have too
Empty halls and broken homes
And I'm so sorry
I miss my friend

I read you dreamt of birds on fire
And that you thought of them all day
Well Jimmy if you feel you're burning up
Come on and let the records play
Come on and let the records play

All that time and all that booze
Powder in our pockets with nothing left to lose
And I was drunk, thought I knew best
You put it all away until you stand with nothing left
I miss my friend
I miss my friend

I read you dreamt of birds on fire
And that you thought of them all day
Well Jimmy if you feel you're burning up
Come on and let the records play
Come on and let the records play
Come on and let the records play
Come on and let the records play