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Welcome To The Ball

by David Ell

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1.
Starlight 05:16
Small boy big eyes staring out at the twilight sky Metal wires coming out of his skin Bright lights shining down Something strange high above the town “It’s late time for bed sleepy head” Sneaking down late at night Strange voices from the other side of time Trying hard to wipe the sleep from his eye What a magical sight bathed in light Her ghostly form floating high above the ground If only papa was here to see this now And she said “You followed the light that’s how we found you In the darkest night that’s how we found you It was all the love that you had inside And in a matter of time.... Starlight’s beauty brings you to your knees Washing through you like a summer breeze Blowing gently through the hills and trees Before long you won’t feel this disease We’re going to bring you home You followed the light that’s how we found you In the darkest night that’s how we found you It was all the love that you had inside And in a matter of time.... Starlight’s beauty brings you to your knees Washing through you like a summer breeze Blowing gently through the hills and trees Before long you won’t feel this disease Starlight We’re gonna bring you home (Love is going to save you) We’re gonna bring you home (Love is going to save you) Starlight’s beauty brings you to your knees Washing through you like a summer breeze Blowing gently through the hills and trees Before long you won’t feel this disease"
2.
Don't Know 04:03
The face on you, it cuts right through Stealing thoughts I never knew Those eyes on you, they're crystal blue You kissed the devil and you made him cry And I don't know if I'm coming or going I don't know when I've had enough I get the feeling that I'm losing my senses, Never gonna stop, never going to make it stop. The bitch heart's cold, the soul was sold Turned into dirt what was pure gold Her mind was ice, you better think twice You better be willing to pay the price And I don't know if I'm coming or going Don't know when I've had enough I get the feeling that I'm losing my senses Never gonna stop, never going to stop I went deeper into you, deeper into me I got so deep, I just can't see the truth about you About you....
3.
Bleed 05:35
There’s something strange about the way I feel tonight I’m freaking out while the whole world goes to sleep It’s not the drugs it must be my insanity I’m self destructing to rid myself of me I’m on the first train out of here I’m not welcome in this town You don’t see the things I see Because you’re not the same as me You don’t want the things I need You don’t bleed the way I bleed There’s people staring Their thoughts cut me like a knife They want it all from me my heart my soul my life I’m on the first train out of here I’m not wanted in this town You don’t see the things I see Because you’re not the same as me You don’t want the things I need You don’t bleed the way I bleed You don’t see the things I see I see ghosts in front of me You don’t want the things I need You don’t bleed the way I bleed I hear myself cry from somewhere deep inside And there’s silence all around I’m heading underground I’m on the first train out of here I'm not welcome in this town You don’t see the things I see Because you’re not the same as me You don’t want the things I need You don’t bleed the way I bleed You don’t see the things I see I see ghosts in front of me You don’t want t he things I need You don’t bleed the way I bleed You don’t bleed you don't bleed you don't bleed
4.
Part 1 We raised our hands bled the red into American Flag Gave up our homes gave up our lives Gave up our dreams for a drive thru meal Now the oil is running out While the tv host he laughs and shouts Strangers burn in the desert sand "Hallelujah" for the promised land (America) What you gonna do when they come for you What you gonna say when the city burns What you gonna do when the homeland falls Will you wrap yourself in the burning flag Hide away in a foreign land Learn to talk like the foreign man Your time is running out (got to run got to keep on running) Time for you to take a bow (got to hide got to keep on hiding) Your freedom lies in ruins Dreams are in the dirt.... Part 2 They found a good looking boy, a poster boy Short brown hair and no fear in his eyes Son of a farmer, it’s time to be a man They shined up his shoes, put a gun in his hands Took a photograph to send back to the old town "They’ll be so proud of you and you’ll go so far They’ll be so proud of you" So they trained him up and they shipped him out So he’d be a hero in a foreign land The brass they all told him he would be a star Handpicked by us, a celebrity soldier A man of the people, a man for all seasons The hero of the hour He had bodyguards even had his own chef A personal trainer, fresh sheets on his bed While his brothers in arms they slept in their own blood They reported back home on his first day alone he killed seven hundred And maybe a thousand or more new recruits signed up that day For a phoney way New recruits signed up that day It's such a phoney war..... Part 3 Left home, nothing in my pocket No learning but a head full of dreams Slept rough under the Texan stars Like a prince in the land of the free Got lifted spent a night in the cells A man in black he chastised me He said “boy you’ve got to do something find some work t o make ends meet Stop living by the grace of God start waking from your American dream” So I got a job in a parking lot moving cars for minimum wage In the evenings I went out hustling By the morning my hope was gone I stopped living by the grace of God I stopped living the American dream Met a girl she was a beauty queen hair of gold and skin like honey We had a child and we bought a house For a while we were happy We were living like a king and queen We were living the American dream We weren’t ready when the crash it came They took our home they took our money We had no welfare when my boy got sick He passed in fall and she turned on me She had left me by the winter time She had left me with my American dream My American dream my American dream...... Part 4 By the light of the moon in wooden boats We’re cutting through the sea we’re cutting through the sea To a new world to a new dawn to a new life shining bright We left the witches’ curse far behind A barren world where there was no light To a new world to a new dawn to a new life shining bright By the light of the moon we’re following the stars In wooden boats we’re cutting through the sea To a new world shining bright shining bright It’s a new dawn it’s a new day it’s a new world.
5.
Reach 04:29
Broken bottles and sad eyes follow me home, home, home The night it wraps round me like a glove And it keeps me warm, warm, warm I close my eyes and I’m floating in the clouds I’m drifting in the sea I’m in the hills where the wind takes me I’m in a field of love Angry voices close in on me so I start to run, run, run But these legs won’t set me free then the pain it comes, comes, comes I’m a child in my mother’s arms she comforts me I’m with a girl trembling at our first kiss and my heart skips a beat I’m falling forward after my first steps faces beam with pride But then I’m on the ground and I’m bleeding out And there’s noone around..... If this body it gives up if this blood it runs out if this breath it gives up This soul never will I’m reaching for the stars I’m reaching for the sky I’m reaching for the love that I always had Yes if this body it gives up If this blood it runs out If this breath it gives up This soul never will I’m reaching for the stars I’m reaching for the sky I’m reaching for the love..... Yet the darkness it descends Yes the lights are going out, out, out And there’s noone in the street noone to hear me shout, shout, shout I came to this alone that’s how I choose to go, go, go But it’s tearing me apart All the love that’s in my heart, heart, heart
6.
Mother Earth 02:57
Have you ever seen the sunrise Burning shadows on a painted face Have you ever heard the four winds blow A storm in the souls of men Have you ever heard mother earth Crying in pain while she’s giving birth Have you ever heard the wilderness voice whisper in the night "I love you forever not just for tonight I love you forever I’m holding you tight" Did you ever see the moon turn red The oceans rise like the prophets said Did you ever feel the summer rain falling on your skin Did you ever feel a hurricane breaking through your window pane Did you ever feel the force of love tearing you apart "I love you forever not just for tonight I love you forever I’m holding you tight I love you forever not just for tonight I love you forever I’m holding you tight" I will be where the crossroads meet Where the heavens meet that’s where I will be I’ll take your heart I’ll take your hand I’ll take your soul until it turns into sand Until it turns into sand, until it turns into sand Until it fades into sand until it’s fading Have you ever seen the sunrise Burning shadows on a painted face Have you ever heard the four winds blow A storm in the souls of men Have you ever heard mother earth Crying in pain while she’s giving birth Have you ever heard the wilderness voice whisper in the night "I love you forever not just for tonight I love you forever I’m holding you tight I love you forever not just for tonight I love you forever I’m holding you tight"
7.
Flatline 06:14
The colour it all drains from us Like an old picture left out in the rain My memories they fade of you An atom that splits in two And disappears from view It’s like a bell that never rings It’s a choir that never sings A sun that falls at night Never to rise again It’s a light that never shines A clock that never chimes It’s a pattern on a screen Turning into the flatline And the laughter in the hall It’s all in my mind Not really there at all The footsteps that once moved in time Now they leave no mark No shadows on the wall There’s nothing there at all It’s a bell that never rings It’s a choir that never sings A sun that falls at night Never to rise again It’s a light that never shines A clock that never chimes It’s a pattern on a screen Turning into the flatline I was following your shadow But it never followed me It lead me to the gallows Brought to my knees Now the sky is falling down And the stars are crashing down I was floating on the surface Now I’m sinking far below The ocean has consumed me The robe that was this body Is pulling me down Pulling me down Pulling me down This broken bell it barely chimes This old heart it hardly beats in time anymore This broken bell it barely chimes This old heart it hardly beats in time anymore
8.
Living in dream, life's not what it seems I think I've seen your face before I think I've seen your face before The mirror staring back at me Seeing things that I don't see I think I've seen your face before but I just can't place it I took the poison just to wake me up Drinking from a paranoid cup Bloodshot eyes beneath this devil disguise Gonna turn the music up, turn the music up Feeling kind of shitty dressing for the city Laughing through the lies telling all the girls they're pretty Living in the shadow of a fallen man And I just can't face it I'm the man behind the mask The man behind the mask The man behind the mask If you lie with me We'll be spinning around in ecstasy So Welcome To The Ball..... I'm the man behind the mask The man behind the mask The man behind the mask....
9.
When I was just a child My father raised his hand at me I had done nothing wrong Except it seems that is to be Except it seems that is to be Don’t know if you remember when We hid in father’s shed We carved our names into the wood And swore we’d always remain friends And swore we’d always remain friends But your father got a job In another city So you abandoned me To my father’s knee Yes you abandoned me But I learned over many years How not to cry any more Yes I learned over many years How not to cry anymore Years later I saw you in the street You had a woman on your arm When all I’ve got on mine are scars It looks like life’s been kind to you Not sure you saw me standing there Or the venom in my stare I didn’t mean to startle you But you didn’t even know who I was So I raised my fist to you Don’t you know that’s how these things work I beat you until you were black and blue Until you lay bleeding in the earth Until you lay bleeding in the dirt Until you lay weeping in the earth But you’ll learn like I had to learn how not to cry anymore Yes you’ll learn like I had to learn how not to cry anymore Yes you’ll learn like I had to learn how not to cry anymore..... We carved our names into the dirt And swore we’d always be friends
10.
Your breath was cold, your eyes were colder still Caught me in your web, blinded me with spells You caught my scent, you had me in your sight And before you left, you stole the fire from my light I have the sound of your voice in my head And there was no truth to the words that were said Now I'm confused I don't know what to do I was lost the moment I found you If you want to know what I'm up to now I am nothing nowhere I'm hanging on I'm hanging on I'm hanging on You left me to the wolves You sent me out to die You left me to the wolves Hung me out to dry Left me to the wolves Sent me out to die If you want to know what I'm up to now I am nothing nowhere If you want to know what I'm up to now I am hanging on.....
11.
Bitter Wind 04:09
Oh bitter wind you burn our skin You’re creeping in, consume our sin We’re not giving in to your bitter wind To your bitter wind To your bitter wind We’re giving life while you’re taking ours We’re giving life while you’re taking ours (you can burn us, you can beat us but you’ll never defeat us) Watch the children play watch the people breathe In the air that we’ve given them We’re giving life while you’re taking ours (you can burn us, you can beat us but you’ll never defeat us) We’re giving life while you’re taking ours Watch the children play watch the people breathe In the air that we’ve given them Oh bitter wind we can’t let you win We’ll shed our skin Begin again begin again Oh bitter wind.

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released August 27, 2015

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David Ell Edinburgh, UK

David Ell's debut album Wreckingball, preceding both Bruce Springsteen and Miley Cyrus, is a record full of "epic" pop songs. "For raw heart-on-the-sleeve pop, look no further".

Dance of the Furies (instrumental) features as one of NTL Music Radio's top 100 albums of the year (2012).

Enigmatic long player, Welcome To The Ball is due for release under record label Mask Carnival in 2015.
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