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It's Getting Louder

by Friends

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It's Getting Louder 03:25
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I never say I think of nothing else On any day I could betray myself I never spend I only waste what’s mine I never lend When I can borrow time I’m staring into space I’m hiding in disgrace I cover up my face I leave this lonely place It’s getting louder I feel it ringing in my head It’s getting nearer It’s like a stranger in my bed For every word To pass unspoken by For every dream That’s left unbroken I can count a thousand times Can read a thousand lines Can see a thousand signs That say the blame is mine It’s getting louder I feel it ringing in my head It’s getting nearer It’s like a stranger in my bed It’s getting harder I can’t go anywhere alone It’s getting darker I feel it raining in my room Now I’m standing on my head I’m lying in my bed Believing what I said I close my eyes instead It’s getting louder I feel it ringing in my head It’s getting nearer It’s like a stranger in my bed It’s getting harder I can’t go anywhere alone It’s getting darker I feel it raining in my room Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Island 04:11
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I sleep with eyes wide open I speak thoughts I know have never been spoken now I dream in fifteen colours I scream silently but over and over Nothing to say Nothing means nothing Life go away Life leave me something but I can feel this world in motion I can feel this world’s illusion I can feel a world within me I can feel this island spin me round I try, I never reach there I cry, intuition leading me nowhere Nothing to do Nothing to bound me Life is untrue Life all around me but I can feel this world in motion I can feel this world’s illusion I can feel a world within me I can feel this island spin me round Living in an open space Sitting in an empty place Staring at a stranger’s face Disappear without a trace Nothing to say Nothing means nothing Life go away Life leave me something but I can feel this world in motion I can feel this world’s illusion I can feel a world within me I can feel this island spin me round I can feel this world in motion I can feel this world’s illusion I can feel a world within me I can feel this island spin me round Living in an open space Sitting in an empty place Staring at a stranger’s face Disappear without a trace Nothing to do Nothing to bound me Life is untrue Life all around me but I sleep with eyes wide open I speak thoughts I know have never been spoken Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

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It's Getting Louder was Friends' first single, released in 7" format only. Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, the band's first two songs show many of the features that were to become Friends trademarks over the next few years – the classical guitar patterns carried across to electric guitar, the blasts of trumpet, the background acoustic guitar, and the very English-sounding vocals. Unavailable for a couple of years when the vinyl version sold out, it's now back again as a CD single, showing a band finding their musical direction at the very start of their journey.

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released July 26, 2011

William Jones: voice, electric guitar
Greg Bone: acoustic guitar
Gordon Marshall: trumpet
Bruce Pearson: keyboards
Edwin Pearson: bass
Chris Wood: drums

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