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Porcupine
04:53
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When you say you're coming back
I won't hang out the flags
Or dress in my glad rags
You come and go
And then you go again
And when you say you need to move
I won't descend to gloom
Shut myself up in a room
I know you come and go
And come again
And when you bristle like a porcupine
Everytime that I come near
It doesn't fill me with fear
I've been here many times before
And I know if you ignore me
Or if you call me back here
Good days, bad days will all come round again
Good days, bad days all start to feel the same
Am I going to be a victim
I think it would be so much easier
To stop trying, start crying my eyes out
This time's too much and I can't deal
x 4
When you say you're coming back
I won't hang out the flags
Or dress in my glad rags
You come and go
And then you go again
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Sleepyhead
03:27
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Hey hey hey, sleepyhead
Does life hurt so much you can't leave your bed?
Why don't you seize the day instead?
What's out there that inspires such dread?
You'd rather sleep for a hundred years
Sleep till that handsome prince appears
These young pretenders who beat down your door
They don't understand what a bed is for
Early to bed and late to rise
The world seems gentler when you shut your eyes
Asleep in the corner is where you belong
Dozing through life because life's too long
Hey hey hey, spliffy head
Block out the little day you have left
Does life hurt so much you can't bear to be
Exposed to untempered reality?
A schoolgirl takes a short-cut home
She's going to lose that will to roam
Does life hurt so much you can't be around
Unless the world's in soft focus, the sound turned down?
Early to bed and late to rise
The world seems gentler when you shut your eyes
Block out the memories, block out the screams
And hope you don't remember your dreams
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New Friend
03:51
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I met a new friend today
We like the same things, always have lots to say
And if I'm lucky, he'll take my lover away
We hit it off quite instantly
His words can stir something deep in me
And if I'm lucky, he'll take my lover away
A fiery birth in the icy cold and I know what this is for
These people seem so kind and friendly but by now I know the score
And each time I leave I take with me less than I had before
So come on, come on, come on, come on
Ruin everything forever
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Let a demon into heaven
It's a thankless task that usually befalls to me
I made a new friend today
There's warmth and wisdom in all he says
And if I'm lucky, he'll take my lover away
And he likes me but he's only human
He's everything that she thinks I should've been
So come on, take my lover away
I've used my lines and I've made my quips and now it's time to go
Mischievous thoughts will fill an idle mind and I should know
And the best things in life were all made quite some time ago
So come on, come on, come on, come on
Rampage through the empty home
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Shout vile curses down the phone
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Ruin everything forever
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Let a demon into heaven
It's a thankless task that usually befalls to me
It means I'll lose my lover and I'll lose my friend
But then I always do in the end
Sometimes you just have to be set free
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Oranges
03:37
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I've come a hundred miles to see you for the last time
Surprised that when I see you, still reminds me of the first time
And I should be being sombre now that we're at the end
But all I want to do right now's compare my notes with your best friend
Because all that talk about forever was always yours anyhow
And I didn't believe you then so I'm not exactly startled now
And perhaps I should stand up and tell you how it doesn't have to be
But I'm feeling kind of tired and anyway it seems to me
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
So here we are once more, taking up your precious time
All those things you could be doing, better options on your mind
So I coax you through the motions, continuing what we've both begun
It wasn't meant to be hard work but these days no one has much fun
And sure he's got the background and, yes, he's got the grace
But tomorrow you'll be yearning for oranges thrown at your face
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
Count the rings around my eyes, that's one for every scene
Guess I keep on taking it because that's the way it's always been
And you can talk about the pleasures that blossom from this pain
But life's too short to reinvent the wheel time and time again
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
You're not worth fighting any more
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You Want Me Dead
03:23
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You're phoning the hospitals
You're braced for the worst
That with no assistance
Your secret wish will be fulfilled
You've a hunger for tragedy
A fear and a thirst
For a brutal truth you know's unusual
Yet leaves you thrilled
You want me dead
So you can share my bed
With another love
Who irritates you far less than I do
You want me dead
So you can share my bed
With another lover
Who inspires a devotion that I can't compete with
I'm way ahead of you
I'm way ahead of you
I know that you're watching me
Wishing me gone
It make life much all be much easier
If you'd just step aside
If you could be certain the friends and the furniture
Would still be there
You want me dead
So you can share my bed
With another love
Who irritates you far less than I do
You want me dead
So you can share my bed
With another lover
Who inspires a devotion that I can't compete with
I'm way ahead of you
I'm way ahead of you
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Puppies in the Bag
04:30
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Put the puppies in the bag and take them down to the riverside
It shouldn't feel so easy, but that part of me has died
Because a thousand knocks will send you dribbling and soggy brained
Embrace the poison or take it boiled and strained
Deflavourised, nothing's ever going to hurt again
Nothing's ever going to hurt again
When you bless it as you bin it, I know there's still a spark in you
You hide it without trying; everyone looks straight through
Once I would have sat in the road to protect you
Now I've lost interest; now I connect to
A deafening nothing that's never going to hurt again
Nothing's ever going to hurt again
Hold the laughing gas in place
Pump the ether, keep the pace
I don't care it isn't safe
Misplaced body laid in state
Eighteen candles, one big pill
Ends it with a monster thrill
The kind of safety that can kill
Doesn't need a special skill
Are you my sworn enemy?
I can't remember
Rejuvenate me
While I try to mismember my mind
I wonder what glories we'll find
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UK Gold
03:44
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I’ve got no reason to throw things around
They never land anywhere exciting
I’ll meet you half way; I’ll meet you further
But it’s got to be inviting
Am I too old
to find wonder and marvel in anything new?
Am I too old
to hold anything of interest to you?
And why should I see you
when I can see UK Gold?
You wouldn’t remember
But I do cos I’m so old
Stepped into the cave because I heard your voice
Now my body is slowly decaying
I can’t pretend I didn’t come here by choice
I wanted to believe what you were saying
Am I too old
for my cells to generate fast enough?
Am I too old
to hang on in there when life gets too tough?
And why should I see you
when I can see UK Gold?
You wouldn’t remember
But I do cos I’m so old
I’ve got no x 8
I’ve got no reason to throw things around
I’m still picking up what I’ve already found
Your face may change but I know your name
Oh your face may change but you’re always the same
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Perverted Pleasure
03:11
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I know it’s not my business
But does he treat you well?
Because the way you are these days
You know it’s hard to tell
You just make dark suggestions
Then slip away to confession
Your Catholic guilt has the better of you
Affects the way you feel but not what you do.
It’s not a perverted pleasure
It’s not a perverted pleasure
It’s not a perverted pleasure
I just want to hear it in your own words
And when did you last laugh?
I think it’s quite a while
You’re a ghost of your former self
I miss the way you used to smile
And does his passion compensate
For always feeling so third rate?
Can you tell me what he does
That gives you such a mighty buzz?
It’s not a perverted pleasure
It’s not a perverted pleasure
It’s not a perverted pleasure
I just want to hear it in your own words
It’s not a perverted pleasure
It’s not a perverted pleasure
It’s not a perverted pleasure
I just want to hear it from your own lips
It’s not a perverted pleasure
I don’t mean to pry
It’s not a perverted pleasure
But if he’s making you cry
It’s not a perverted pleasure
So if you ‘d just try…
I just want to hear it in your own words
I just want to hear from your own lips
I just want to hear from your own lips
From your lips, from your lips
Your lips, your lips, your lips, your lips
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Light Sleeper
05:19
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Sometimes I think my heart will explode
And burst all over the pavement
So many secrets, so much guilt to unload
I could never contain it
I could never contain it
Sometimes I think my brain will explode
My mind decayed and all sickly
Poisonous thoughts on display to the world
No one could ever forgive me
They could never forgive me
Waking up at four a.m. again
Oh those sighs give away your pain
Why this escape into fiction
Suddenly that's worse than anything
Sometimes I think my heart will explode
I hope the end will come quickly
Toxic yearnings will scatter the road
No one could ever forgive me
They could never forgive me
Waking up at four a.m. again
Oh those sighs give away your pain
Why this escape into fiction
Suddenly that's worse than anything
Light sleeper
Waking up at four A.M. again
Deep breather
Oh those sighs give away your pain
Book reader
Why this escape into fiction?
Non-breeder
Now that’s the worst thing, that’s the worst thing
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Prairie Oyster
03:04
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Bank holiday
Everyone’s miles away
Face the fact
That they’re not coming back
Cold river on the outside
You shiver on the inside
My, how the year’s passed
My, how the summer’s flown
My, how the year’s passed
My, haven’t you grown inside?
The party’s passed
And didn’t those guests leave here fast?
Left on your own
To try and sober up alone
Nobody on the outside
Nobody on the inside
My, how the year’s passed
My, how the summer’s flown
My, how the year’s passed
My, haven’t you grown inside?
Didn’t we have fun
Sitting out, sipping up cool summer pop
That’s how it began
Did you believe that it would never stop?
My, how the year’s passed
My, how the summer’s flown
My, how the year’s passed
My, haven’t you grown inside?
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Limpwristed Lust
05:39
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You don’t see what I see
So turn around quickly
You’ve been here before and it’s always the same
You don’t see what I see
To you I’m just moody
And mad to be sad when nothing has changed
Or just sad to be looking for someone to blame
Or glad that there’ll always be someone to blame
I think I’ll give up now
And hang up my charts now
Because a lifetime of learning has got it all wrong
You say let’s go out now
And do something different
And I’m shaking my head we could be circling different stars
And I’m making my bed while you’re still propping different bars
And I’m taking no bets on us going even this far
My defences are low and my reflexes slow to recover
My sights all a daze and my footpath’s a maze to uncover
When you’ve willed it to be
And you wait there to see
Watch that bluebird explode
As you stand by the road
For this spectator sport
That we all would have thought
Would at least leave us better off
Than when we started
The rules have all changed
And the net keeps on moving
And each year that passes
Will make us grow number
Getting used to being beggars
And not being choosers
The lesson to learn today’s
Don’t play with losers
I’m losing my ability to believe
My faith’s fading fast
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Pig
03:35
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Where did everybody go?
Where are my friends and neighbours?
Something’s telling me
Now’s not the time to call in favours
There are some deeds
You can’t simply kiss and make up over
Some misdemeanours
That go beyond a lapse of judgement
And if you don’t know what you’ve done wrong
If you don’t know what you’ve done wrong
If you don’t know what you’ve done wrong
You’ve made me so crazy
I can hardly speak to you
You’ve made me so angry
I can barely say a word
Well, he seems pleased to see me
But then he always seems pleased to see
Everybody, anybody, anyone and anyhow
He’s disappeared into a crowd on some unlikely pretext
Or maybe no one’s told him yet
That I’m not fit be seen with
My left ear’s ringing
And people aren’t around to see me
You were so clinging
But now you and your friends would rather
Wash their hair
Or wash their clothes
Or wash their hands of me
And if you don’t know what you’ve done wrong
If you don’t know what you’ve done wrong
If you don’t know what you’ve done wrong
You’ve made me so crazy
I can hardly speak to you
You’ve made me so angry
I can barely say a word
I wouldn’t take this from my enemies
Much less my friends
Get out while you still have some dignity
Is how it always ends
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Blood on your Hands
03:45
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Start spreading the news
You're leaving tonight
You talked it so good
But now nothing is right
There's a shake in your voice
You say you only just learned
How someone was pushed
While your back was turned
There's blood on your hands
There's blood on your hands
And your prints on the wall
And your alibi
It means nothing at all
Because these things can be bought
If you pay the right price
But to the jury you're facing today
Such forays cut no ice
You're packing your bag
Figure it out
It's time to be moving out x3
Get out of our life and take her with you
Get out of our life and take her with you
So you're packing your bags
Catching the last train
The circle is closing in
And they've figured your name
Soon the bad dreams will stop
You'll sleep soundly again
A new order is here
And no one will complain
Figure it out
It's time to be moving out x3
Get out of our life and take her with you
Get out of our life and take her with you
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I don't need to take a tablet
To feel close to you
We're already there
We're already there
But hasn't it become a habit
I can feel too close to you
Too close to bear
It can feel too close to bear
And when we say the same words at the same time
Doesn't beguile anymore
Or make me smile anymore
I just crave fresh conversation
And these days I find your vague suggestions
They beg the question
Hearing only hesitation
But with a pot of fresh coffee, newspapers in the sun
Nothing can be so bad, nothing can be so bad
See what a boost to serotonin's done
Nothing can be so bad, nothing can be so bad
Oh you should never leave your lover in the summer
I couldn't struggle through this heat unaided
Even if I keep you at an arm's length
Till the first frost comes we won't be separated
But with a pot of fresh coffee, newspapers in the sun
Nothing can be so bad, nothing can be so bad
See what a boost to serotonin's done
Nothing can be so bad, nothing can be so bad
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Harm
04:36
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Hello, I’m your greatest fan
I’m glad to be your friend
I’ll lay my life down in your name
Defend you till the end
But please don’t be misguided
By my loyalty and charm
Because you’ve got something that I want
And I mean you harm
It’s not that I am jealous
Or unhappy with my lot
Maybe I’m a collector
Trying to fill a slot
So that’s why I tread lightly
I don’t want to cause alarm
But you are just a stepping stone
And I mean you harm
With half as big a head and twice as big a brain
My actions wouldn’t surprise you
But still you keep on trusting me
And making me despise you
Now it might seem disloyal
To treat you as I do
To go on in this manner
And still face up to you
But I’m the prince of the poker face
The king of keeping calm
And what you’ve got is what I want
And I mean you harm
With half as big a head and twice as big a brain
My actions wouldn’t surprise you
But still you keep on trusting me
And making me despise you
But you won’t be aware of my campaign
I wouldn’t want to annoy you
No I won’t interfere with your routine
As I set out to destroy you
Yes I’m the prince of the poker face
The king of keeping calm
And what you’ve got is what I want
And I mean you harm
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Your Skin
06:14
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Your skin, so fresh, so free from blame
So soft, so pure, I feel ashamed
When it transfixes me again
You know i have to stay
My aching bones, my limbs of clay
My eyes feel sore, my brain feels greay
But you can keep the pain at bay
And that's all I can ask for
Kiss my aching bones again
Each twisted muscle, every sprain
Kisses take away the pain
If only for a moment
Have I been alive too long
Or am I just doing it all wrong?
Could I feel as if I belong
And would I like it if I did?
I don't know how I got this way
But you can keep the ache away
You can make me feel okay
And that's all I can ask for
That's all I can ask for
Your skin keeps my decay at bay
Your skin keeps my decay at bay
Your skin keeps my decay at bay
And that's all I can ask for
Your skin keeps my decay at bay
And that's all I can ask for
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17. |
Right Side of the River
04:32
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Home is anywhere that I decide it's going to be
Right now a small provincial town
Could be the perfect place for me
Somewhere ...
Ambition’s just a symptom of somebody’s insecurity
I know I can stay content just give me the right territory
Somewhere that I can learn the names
To all the faces in a week
Not drown in the banality
Of some aimless suburban clique
I can’t recall
How I lost it all
I just love the sound
As it all rebounds
Home is anywhere that I decide it’s going to be
Right now a small provincial town
Could be the perfect place for me
Welcome them and nurture them
Till the end I’ll see it through
But now it’s you who’s calling me
Cos you know I‘m part of you
I can’t recall
How I lost it all
I just love the sound
As it all rebounds
Stay on the right side of the river
Stay on the right side of the town
Stay on the right side of the river
Stay on the right side of me
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Umbrella Heaven London, UK
Umbrella Heaven were a south-east London-based guitar band, active from 1991 till 2001 and noted for their dark lyrical content and catchy melodies – as well as the fact that most of the members were in at least one other band. They were sometimes compared to Orange Juice, Pulp and even Psychedelic Furs. They released four singles and three albums on the BoogleWonderland label ... more
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