Perfectly Fine

by Marc Reeves

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about

Folk-pop album from Nottingham (UK) based singer songwriter Marc Reeves. www.marcreeves.co.uk

About the album:

'Sweet, soulful & sentimental songs - Reeves has a superb vocal quality and the lyrics to match' – Evening Post

'His lyrics, music and voice ooze a rare musical maturity that defies his age' – LeftLion magazine

'Listening to the tracks on the album it is staggering when you realise that the voice behind these lyrics is only just on the cusp of turning twenty years old' – Nottingham LIVE magazine

'(His album) Sounds more than perfectly fine to us' – Notts Unsigned podcast

'Heartfelt experimental acoustic folk' – The Maze

'Marc Reeves has a fantastic voice' – Independent Music News

Described by himself as 'introspective folk-pop', this is a thoughtful but also playful album that will capture your imagination from start to finish.

Take a listen and decide for yourselves :)

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released 10 December 2010
Written, recorded, mixed & mastered by Marc Reeves. 2010/11 copyright. All rights reserved.

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Track Name: Handshakes
It's cold outside, but I don't care.
The air is cleaner way out there.
And will I wake tomorrow?

Wish I had something nice to wear.
I'm full of creases that won't go.
Your smile is so dignified.

Is there any reason really,
For the way you're looking at me?

Being the best you can is hard.
Being the best isn't good enough, for some.
I'd like to take you with me.
But you don't see things like I do.

It's too late for handshakes now.

Feed me, feed me the answer.
I don't need to hear the question.
Track Name: Perfectly Fine
(Verse 1)

I'll make it right,
And we'll be,
Perfectly Fine, you'll see,
We'll take a walk, outside,
And see all there is, to see

(Chorus)

And when I wake up,
Loneliness takes me down,
I need picking up,
And someone like you around,
I just need to believe,
That anythings' possible


(Verse 2)

I've got to bide, my time,
And wait for you to come around,
Life is alright, and we'll be,
Perfectly Fine, you'll see

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

It's alright, it's alright (repeat)
Gone gone away, are the loneliest days and you know that it's alright (repeat)
Track Name: Games
I think I'll be leaving early, because I can.
I'm jumping ship before it gets too much.

I'll wear a mask so you don't notice a thing,
You won't see my emotions wearing thin.

I had a premonition but it was false.
I thought I knew what I wanted, but I really missed the mark.

And now when I draw the curtains, I'm seeing dark.
But I know it's just a charade, so I'll turn the light back on.

And every time you think of me be careful.
Because between the lines I can read your mind,
Or at least that's what I've thought.

What does it all matter anyway?
We're just matter floating round, aimlessly searching for some space.

So go on, if you want.
Play your games.
It doesn't really make a difference to me anyway.
Track Name: Empty
I don't want you to leave me,
I need someone right now.
Because without you life it feels so empty now.

Filling in all the gaps,
Letting things slip.
Always wondering,
How and why?

I know, exactly what you do to me now.

You were calling the shots,
For such a long time.
I forgot what living really felt like.
And now I'm the only one,
Who gets left behind.
I'm the cause and the effect I don't decide.

I know, exactly what you do to me now.

I need you to see, where I want to be.

I know, exactly what you do to me now.
Track Name: Prayer
(Verse 1)
You say a prayer for me,
And yet you fail to see,
The sickness that I breathe,
It's not what you believe

I gave all that I had,
To the poorer man,
And now he's richer than me,
I live in poverty

I do your dirty work,
And hide away my hurt,
And you may beat me to the ground,
But I will never stay down,
Never stay down

(Verse 2)
I made a choice to be,
Everything you're not you see,
I'm my own entity,
I'm not what you perceive,

I am the air I breathe,
I am the world I see,
Awake and asleep,
In its entirety

The choices we have made,
The paths that we will take,
The measures put in place,
Are there to be erased

(Bridge)
And you may have all the riches in the world,
And you may be in good company,
And you may wear your ego on your sleeve,
But you will never be a better man than me,
I have a heart and I am not afraid to see
Track Name: Turn Your Back
Don't turn your back on me now,
Are you afraid of being someone?
It's overwhelming when you know you have so much to give.

It's like trying to find, the needle in the hay - where do you begin?

Don't try to fix what isn't broken,
Time is better spent elsewhere.
Go and find something you really love.

And you can count on that someone,
Oh you know you can.
When they're the other half of you.
Track Name: Never a Second
(Verse)

I'm falling,
Under your spell,
No one takes the easy way out,
No one takes the easy way out

Feeling like you won't last,
Feeling like you won't last

(Chorus)

Always seems like there's a catch,
Just when it's all falling into place,
Never a second to react,
Never a second to relax (x2)

(Repeat verse)
Track Name: Pictures
Please don't leave me here today,
All the colours fade away when I'm broken.

And I'm trying,
Yeah I'm trying to reach out to you.
But I'm not myself anyway, and there's nothing more to say.

I see the pictures that you paint,
And in my mind I know that they're just a part of you.
I see the colours that you make,
And I see where I must climb to get through to you.

And I'm crying,
Yeah I'm crying.
Because you're beautiful to me,
I don't care what others see, oh no.
Track Name: Shadows
(Verse 1)
Have you seen the way the shadows,
Dance around the hall?
As the telephone rings, your heart it sings,
There's someone that you ought to call.

(Chorus 1)
And then,
You think of anything
For once,
Think of everything

Or someone who wants you

I need you here with me, urgently.

(Verse 2)
You cast your spell, and under it I fell
'Cos I'm a fool, at the best of times
And I'm in your hands, and so hopefully
And I'm helpless and you're wringing my neck

(Chorus 2)
But then,
It becomes history

And you may take,
The best of me

But I'll get it back, somehow,
In time.

(Verse 3)
Once more, she said to me,
We'll dance like we've never danced before,
Or at least I will, I have only the skill,
To be ignored

(Chorus 3)
You can follow me down,
Just follow the sound,
For I will be bound,
To you...
Track Name: The Game
I once had a house that felt just like home,
But one day I came back to find myself all alone.
I once knew someone who took things too far,
And now they don't seem to know just quite who they are.

And I know I'll have to look a little harder to find,
The things that I am searching for in this life.
And I'll have to try a little harder to understand,
Just how we play the game and how we play our hand.

I once had a dream of a life long past,
And I knew with all my heart that it was not coming back.
Oh the lives we once knew, and the clarity we saw though,
Was both a blessing and a curse at the same time.

And I know I'll have to look a little harder to find,
The things that I am searching for in this life.
And I'll have to try a little harder to understand,
Just how we play the game and how we play our hand.

When I am awake, oh late at night,
I think of all the things if I could, I'd put right.
But only a fool, would think he could change someone,
Who's too afraid to face themselves and what they've become.

And I know I'll have to look a little harder to find,
The things that I am searching for in this life.
And I'll have to try a little harder to understand,
Just how we play the game and how we play our hand.
Track Name: Hanging Around
It only takes one word,
And you're there like a shot.
Making accusations,
You've gotta live with what you've got.

You have food on the table,
And in you're in good company,
So why are you wasting,
Time confronting me?

I'm sick and tired of hanging around,
You spend so much time on others,
You have no time for yourself.

It only takes one word,
And you're there like a shot.
Making accusations,
You've gotta live with what you've got.

You have your guilty pleasures,
We have our basic needs.
Which is more important?
Guilty pleasures it seems.

I'm sick and tired of hanging around,
You spend so much time on others,
You have no time for yourself.
Track Name: Where You Belong
(Verse 1)
You ought to know by now,
Where you belong,
You've had your fill of everything,
Now it's gone

(Chorus 1)
You can't make me a proud man,
Because I'm never going to understand,
I'll hang my head when you leave home,
Tomorrow I'm left alone

(Verse 2)
You talk like you know everything,
But I know you're eager to learn
Perception's such a funny thing,
It made you crash and burn

(Chorus 2)
And I'm moving on to better things,
I get by just on hope
Hope that I am just a pawn,
And life's really a joke
Track Name: Times are Changing
It wasn't supposed to be this way,
I never meant to hurt you.
So many things I meant to say,
I never meant to desert you.

These times are changing,
And I hope we make it through.
And If we manage to, I'll make it up to you.

I wanted to do things my own way,
But I didn't think I could change it.
I took a risk with my own life,
I didn't think I could save it.


These times are changing,
And I hope we make it through.
And If we manage to, I'll make it up to you.

It wasn't supposed to be this way,
I never meant to hurt you.
So many things I meant to say,
I never meant to desert you.

These times are changing,
And I hope we make it through.
And If we manage to, I'll make it up to you.
Track Name: Words
What made you make your mind up?
Who put those thought in your head?
Who gave you those words?
I never thought you would have said

Is it really all worth it?
Do we really just wait our turn?
I guess we'll just stay in line,
Until it is our time.

So many consequences,
Four walls and four hundred days before,
It all begins to make sense,
It's time we put these things to rest.

Is it really all worth it?
Do we really just wait our turn?
I guess we'll just stay in line,
Until it is our time.

(Bridge)

Is it really all worth it?
Do we really just wait our turn?
I guess we'll just stay in line,
Until it is our time.
Track Name: Future Holds
He's not afraid of growing old,
You shouldn't believe all that you're told,
Because good things come to those who wait,
So take the time to appreciate,
Those precious moments that you have,
Instead of worrying what the future holds.

You may be having a hard time,
But you should know things will be fine.
When the going does get tough,
Eventually things will look up,
I know at times it's hard to see,
But being hopeful can't hurt you.