Further Guitar Music (2022) - The Daniel James Songbook

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Due to having no guitar where I lived, I took a hiatus before this one. I guess you could call this lo-fi, most of the songs were recorded with a webcam mic and a £10 charity shop mic. Special thanks to Twin Fantasy for providing the inspiration for some of the songs, The Battle of Epping Forest for a nice lyrical reference, and to a fox that showed me it wasn't just an idea.

Back Again

It's been a long long time since I spoke to you
It's been a long long time since I sang to you

I've seen so many many things on the road
I've been so many many things on the road
But I'm still the same

I can never never change with you behind me
I can never never change with you behind me

You take me right back to where I began
You take me right back to where I began
But maybe that's how it is

I don't know what I think I'm doing
My mind is unclear of its own existence

How can you say you're real in perceptions
How can you say you're real in perceptions
The ego tries to resist

Best Kept Secret (Acoustic Extended)

Deconstruct and you'll find within
And in the morning we're all remembering
Now you can become more real
And tell me now, how does it feel

But we'll never show how we do it
Because some answers are best kept secret

In the day the light will understand
And then the night will take us by the hand
The themes are written all across the lines
And the message it transcends our times

But we'll never show how we do it
Because some answers are best kept secret

Those small details they all become fact
And what would those people think about that
It takes much light for the night to glow
And how can you see when you're in a shadow

But we'll never show how we do it
Because some answers are best kept secret

Father ocean and father sea
Reached the peak and saw how far they could see
Land below, sky above
A mountain submerged in one watery shove

But we'll never show how we do it
Because some answers are best kept secret

Village people and townsmen alike
Saw the wall on which they wondered
Turns out the water raged harder still
Houses, churches, plundered

But we'll never show how we do it
Because some answers are best kept secret

The flood recedes, fathers lost
Caverns crafted, humans lost
Floating atop comes a wooden box
And a rainbow, descends below

But they'll never know how you do it
Because some answers are best kept secret

See the light and think you understand
Be the night and take us by the hand
The road to heaven is longer than most
Humanity won't surely be its host

But we'll never know how you do it
Because your answers are best kept secret

Outside the universe ticks further
Time degenerates further
Life degenerates further
We degenerate further

But he'll always know how we do it
Because our answers are never secret

Father above, do you exist
Do our thoughts create you
Corrupted faith, here again
Rain down all over

But we'll never know how you do it
Because your answers are best kept secret
Your answers are best kept secret

The World's Gone to S---

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun
The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

Getting drunk is at the very least what it used to be
Getting drunk is at the very least what it used to be

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun
The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

Trying to get through these times is the least of our fears
Trying to get through these times is the least of our fears

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun
The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

May as well hope that we don't destroy ourselves too much
May as well hope that we don't destroy ourselves too much

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun
The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun
The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

The world's gone to shit
So let's have some fun

Changed Forever

Maybe I needed sometime just
To think about myself and me
Maybe I needed to focus
On self improvement after all

I'm not what I thought I was but
I can't be sure it's permanent
I tell myself there is a God
That destined all of this to be true

Maybe I'm changed forever
Maybe I can just stay here
And I'll be a better man in the end

Maybe I'm changed forever
Maybe I can just stay here
And I'll be a better man in the end

And all it took was one long night
And everything just fell in place
I know what I am finally now
Just please don't let it be undone

Somehow feelings captured me
I've never felt this way before
So why was love a mystery
For 19 years I was alone

Maybe I'm changed forever
Maybe I can just stay here
And I'll be a better soul in the end

Maybe I'm changed forever
Maybe I can just stay here
And I'll be a better man in the end

I don't know if it's true
I doubt myself that I can change forever
I can change forever

Maybe I needed sometime just
To think about myself and me
Maybe I needed to focus
On self improvement after all

I'm not what I thought I was
I can't be sure it's permanent
I tell myself there is a God
That destined all of this to be true

Maybe I'm changed forever
Maybe I can just stay here
And I'll be a better soul in the end

Maybe I'm changed forever
Maybe I can just stay here
And I'll be a better soul in the end

Will You Come to Wilko

I met you at the store
You were buying furniture
I said, look at this chest
You smiled your best

I know where to go
If you want your prices low
Will you come to Wilko? Will you come to Wilko?

I'm just a face on your wall
You don't notice me at all
Will you come to Wilko?
Will you come to me

Song in Three Parts

[Part I - Instrumental]

[Part II]

I had the weirdest dream
We were together and you were in my arms

Maybe we were drunk or high
I felt it, but I was high on you
and you on me

I turned to face your face
and saw deep into those eyes of yours
I saw your soul

We kissed, and as our lips met
I had purpose in the universe

I cry awake that we can't be together
I'm just young and stupid and self-neglecting

[Part III]

I don't know who you are
I keep talking as if you exist
But what I really want is an idea
Maybe you'll materialise

Resolution

[Instrumental]