SHHHHH!

Sarah:My friend, she's got this problem,
Her world just closes in on her from time to time
And other times she's fine
But when it hits her, all she sees is darkness, she gets so LOOOW

Sometimes I see it coming
It starts with morbid thoughts and oh! she can't relax
Anxiety attacks
I wish that there was something I could say to make it GO Ohhh

RaHave you tried saying...

Cheer up, frowny face!
You've got such a pretty smile
But you've been sulking for a while
You're bringing down the place.

I don't really think it's that simp-

Two words; Lighten. Up.
I can understand you cried
When your bereavement councillor died,
But you've been sad enough.

I've never known you to be this insensitive!

Sarah:My friend, she's got this problem,
Her world just closes in on her from time to time
And other times she's fine
But when it hits her, all she sees is darkness, she gets so LOOOW

I also had a friend once (well done!)
She lost her job, her man and oh! she was a mess
Suicidally depressed
I had to tell her that she had to pull her socks up
So now, she's fine!

Depression IS actually a serious ILLNESS - "Oh it is NOT!"

Anyway I think you'll find that
When you're in need of sound advice and empathy
You can always count on me
There's nothing life can throw at you that can't be healed by these
Uplifting words...(5-6-7-8)

Cheer up, frowny face!
You've got such a pretty smile
But you've been sulking for a while
You're bringing down the place.

Two words; Lighten. Up.
I can understand you cried
When your bereavement councillor died,
But you've been sad enough.

Ro:I'm hyperventilating
My head might burst if I don't run away from here
Or fill myself with beer
Tomorrow I'll shiver under a duvet in a pool of self loathing

Sometimes I see it coming
It starts with morbid thoughts and oh! I can't relax
Anxiety attacks
I wish that there was something I could do to stop it coming
Cos I can't control my breathing
All I think about is leaving
And my head is near exploding
And my sanity's eroding
Every minute I can feel it
And I think that I can heal it
With a blade I'll fix it fast
Or with a broken shard of glass
And I can't stand the way I do this
It just makes things more confusing
But I can't control the shakes and all the terrible mistakes -
I can't cope.

(CHORUS)

Well. I hope I don't KILL myself tonight.

Ra: If YOU've been effected by any of the issues raised in tonights broadcast of
"Cheer Up Frowny Face" or, you would like my top tips on any other issues,
Such as what to do if someones having an asthma attack
Or has just been diagnosed with termi-
"Shut UP Rachel."

Magic Tricks

© R Swayne 2007

I watch your mouth
As you look down
You are enchanting, aren't you

And I'm a cloud
Of unclear sound
And absorbed vagueness
Till you go.

They put me in the welcome centre
And I can't choose when people enter
My head is full of magic tricks and
Other errors that I'm loathed to fix because

I have thoughts -
Below, above -
You a lover
Me in love -
How odd, how odd.

From the highs
And through the floors
You be my head
I'll be yours
Let's go, let's go...

(INS)

I watch your hands
And understand
That life's not simple for you you

And you won't know
How far I'd go
To make things bearable,
Sharable.

I heard it all this afternoon on radio 4
The characters were us, and the protaganist was either/or
A cold, sardonic play about the issue of repression
The battle of the brain against the evils of confession - oh my God.

I have thoughts -
Below, above -
You a lover
Me in love -
How odd, how odd.

From the highs
And through the flaws
You be my head
I'll be yours
Let's go, let's go...

(INS)

I've had thoughts below, above and
I've been down, my simple sadness
I'm all out of wasting time and all my love -
Let's go.

Sweep and Sooty

© R Swayne 2007

Oh let's get down - we're gonna go under
And I've wondered
How this climate came to be
It's a long and tedious story,
And you bore me
When you compare me to things you've seen.

Have you seen the TV?
That nature documentary
On nasty bigits, fragile freaks and those who just can't read.
They round 'em up unfairly
And lock 'em in the telly
Then watch them all unravel,
Fall to bits and pieces
Or EXPLODE.

"I'm great, get me, I'm a bitch and
I like girls - stop the bus, take a picture..."
I'm not like anyone I've seen
In a single magazine
Who should I be?

Crrrrass is the word - too little, overtold
It's the new world
Rolling fights and tits and tears.
And then as the boundaries loosen
E X E C U T I O N
...
...and a band new dance - da-da da-da da-DAH!

You be bad and I'll be goody
I'll be sweep and you be sooty
I'll be a novelty tory
You be a revolting bore and
I'll distort myself and you
Define myself through what I screw
And all the hate intoxicates us
But! we'll be in all the papers.

So alone

But so well known

Someone take me home.

Come out from the stocks and crawl back in your box
And enlighten us dumb congregation
I've got no style
And no feminine whiles
And you've got no imagination
I like beliefs
And peculiar teeth
And I'd rather be fat
Than be Gillian McKeith
And though I am human
Thus often improper
If I had a wife
I don't think I would swap her
And though I am stupid
And sometimes I stammer
I don't seem as if
I've been hit with a hammer
But I've got no elegence
I've got no fashion sense
Got NOTHING!
...but I've got a new dance - da-da da-da da-DAH!

Have you seen the TV?
That nature documentary
On nasty bigits, fragile freaks and those who just can't read.
They round 'em up unfairly
And lock 'em in the telly
Then watch them all unravel,
Fall to bits and pieces
Or explode...

(INS)

Oh just someone take me home.