My Torbay - Music
Composed 2024
This is an album that weaves a raw tapestry of Torbay’s struggles and dreams, mourning the plight of the homeless and the chaos of local roadworks while raging against environmental scandals and bureaucratic failures. It pulses with a defiant call for renewal, from uncovering Torbay’s hidden historical secrets to a bold vision of bulldozing nostalgia for a futuristic, concrete revolution. Through gritty anthems and haunting ballads, I capture the pain, resilience, and rebellious hope of a town ready to rise from its faded past.
Lyrics:
To those of you who call me scum, on places like Spotted Torquay
Think for a minute about my history
I wasn’t always like this, I was just an ordinary kid
Then a dirty man down our street made a dirty girl of me
Buried my pain and suffering, couldn’t make sense of it at all
Then joined the forces as a man where the anger began to swell
Seeing my mates lose life and limb became too much to bear
Trapped inside my poisoned mind with no safe place to go
Ended up in the dragon’s den and found some good friends there
Who’d take me high or keep me low, either way I didn’t wanna know
Neither did the clinics who gave me meth each day
But meth don’t give give you no damn buzz or take me away from me
It just keeps the wolves from the door but they return hungrier each time
I’m lost, in pain, self-medicating, but the council leave me on the street
To live my chaos in front of you all, for the world to see and judge
And judge you do, unforgivingly, unaware of my history
Would you have more sympathy if you knew I couldn’t help what happened to me?
Would you have more sympathy if you knew I couldn’t help what happened to me?
Lyrics:
In the heart of old Torbay,
Where the sea meets the shore,
Lies a secret from the past,
A mystery to explore.
Oh, Torbay's echo, through the ages it calls,
From Victorian streets to the stars above,
Ania's vision, Kit's dream in the night,
Together we'll rise, we'll bring back the light.
A light from the sky, a truth long concealed,
The Deep State's silence, now to be revealed.
Jono's fight for justice, in the political fray,
Against all odds, they'll find their way.
Oh, Torbay's echo, through the ages it calls,
From Victorian streets to the stars above,
Ania's vision, Kit's dream in the night,
Together we'll rise, we'll bring back the light.
Through time's relentless dance,
We'll break the chains of circumstance.
With the wisdom of the past,
We'll build a future vast.
An aging town, its youth long gone,
But hope returns with the dawn.
A story of rebirth, of change and might,
Torbay reborn in the light.
Oh, Torbay's echo, through the ages it calls,
From Victorian streets to the stars above,
Ania's vision, Kit's dream in the night,
Together we'll rise, we'll bring back the light.
So let the echo ring, let the truth be sung,
Torbay's legacy, forever young.
In the heart of old Torbay,
We'll find our way.
