WINNIE Instrumental David Byrne Hammond Organ [Synth], Modular Piano [Synth], Sine Wave Organ [Synth], Dulcimer [Synth], Thud Sound Effect
THE ARCADE
HOPSCOTCH
Playing games in the arcade With time to kill on holiday The flashing lights of the machines have found us We are in a dreamland We've got joysticks in hand No need to be home
Watching you play Hopscotch While I play Kick-The-Can Wanting you to join in So that I can hold your hand But you just carry on I watch you from afar Playing Hopscotch underneath the stars
Playing games in the arcade The Turtles while the time away Golden Axe and Double Dragons wire us We are in a dreamland We've got joysticks in hand Staying out for hours Playing games in the arcade The magic of another game All our coins on Simpsons spent, it's over But we'll be back tomorrow Running out, street lights glow Leading the way home Playing games in the arcade Tomorrow we can play again David Byrne Double-tracked Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Vibratone [Synth], 8-Bit Noise Wave Programmed Drums, 8-Bit Triangle Wave Bass Synthesizer, 8-Bit Pulse Wave Lead & Harmony Synthesizers, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Finger Clicks Anthony Byrne Drums
Now you're going Skipping I'm playing Knock-a-Dolly Wanting you to come along Oh won't you play with me You look the other way Forget what I wanted to say Playing out to pass the time away Running, jumping, playing Tick-Tack-Toe Fooling around the streets, we got no place to go Watching you play Hopscotch Soon it's time to leave Decide I better join in Or you'll never recognise me Beneath the starry sky It comes as some surprise Playing Hopscotch, trying to catch your eye Playing Hopscotch, trying to catch your eye Playing Hopscotch, trying to catch your eye David Byrne Lead Vocal, Harmony Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar Anthony Byrne Drums & Percussion Barbara Cunningham Shaker
MY REBEL SOUL I gotta love that can do no wrong I got the arms that keep me holding on I've got a heart like a forest fire And you know you are my one desire Get to know me My Rebel Soul will set a fire In your heart for the world to see Don't leave me lonely My Rebel Soul is all you need My Rebel Soul is all you need A lady killer A cinematic thriller, you see You can only be what you want I have ambition I'm a singer on a mission, you see You can only be what you want Cos it's all just a state of your mind I got the moves of a disco king I got the shoes of a chameleon A rock 'n' roller with a heart of gold I'll be your man, honey don't be so cold So get to know me My Rebel Soul will set a fire In your heart for the world to see Don't leave me lonely My Rebel Soul is all you need My Rebel Soul is all you need
A lady killer A cinematic thriller, you see You can only be what you want I have ambition I'm a singer on a mission, you see You can only be what you want Cos I don't wanna wait Got the world on a plate Now it's all just a state of your mind David Byrne Double-tracked Lead Vocal, Bass Guitar, Rhodes Electric Piano [Synth], Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Riff Guitars, Tambourine Natalie Byrne Cowbell, Backing Vocals, Hand Claps Marian Byrne Backing Vocals, Hand Claps Debbie Byrne Backing Vocals, Hand Claps Lesley Byrne Backing Vocals, Hand Claps Anthony Byrne Drums
THE FOLLOWING Try to sleep Still you dream You opened a door today Now we're on our way We're on our way [Way] We are the Following Wanderers without a home We are the Following And you're looking into the unknown Try believe That nothings as it seems And everything you've been told Has led you up the stream Led you up the stream [Tip toeing, you won't know when] We are the Following Wanderers without a home We are the Following And you're looking into the unknown Try conceive Of a reality Where even a kids board-game Can lead us all your way You lit the way [Way] We are the Following Wanderers without a home We are the Following And you're looking into the unknown
David Byrne Lead Vocal, Reverse Reverb Lead Vocal, Harmony Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar, Fuzz Bass Guitar, Celeste [Synth], Programmed Drums [Synth], Lead Guitar, Theremin [Synth], Outro Delay Guitar, Drums
VIDEO GAMES Well Friday has arrived with nowhere to go So we're staying in and playing Super Nintendo We can lock ourselves away, playing video games all day Its the start of the weekend and the day is here Running home from school as daylight disappears Doesn't matter that it's raining, when the console powers, it's time to play Ready Player One The games have just begun We're playing video games for fun And nothing else can now be done We're playing video games for fun We start with Super Soccer, then to Mario Playing it for hours before F-Zero Racing round Mute City as the streetlights outside start to glow Night is falling fast, it's Mortal Kombat time But the game, it starts to skip, so we change our minds Switch it for the big one, Street Fighter II Turbo! Ready Player One The games have just begun We're playing video games for fun And nothing else can now be done We're playing video games for fun David Byrne Double-tracked Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Drum Programming, 8-Bit Triangle Wave Bass Synthesizer, 8-Bit Pulse Wave Lead & Rhythm Synthesizers
YOU’RE MY VALENTINE Meet me when the light starts fading Passed the bridge where no-ones waiting for you or me Down the street we used to walk by This time we can get it just right Let go, run away with me and you'll see Give your heart to me Kiss me and make it real I can always dream you're my Valentine You're the one that I've been wanting You look my way but off you saunter, walking by Be my Valentine this season Be my girl, give me a reason to go on Don't look the other way, just... Give your heart to me Kiss me and make it real Cos I can always dream you're my Valentine You're my Valentine [Give your heart to me, give your heart to me] You're my Valentine [Give your heart to me, give your heart to me] You're my Valentine [Give your heart to me, give your heart to me] David Byrne Double-tracked Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar, Rhodes Electric Piano [Synth], Piano, Programmed Drums, Lead Guitar, Spanish Guitar
Late at night I listen for the sounds When there's no one around Late at night there's creeping on the floor But I'm not really sure Who's there? Who's there? The Ghosts are out to scare Late at night the lights flicker and flair Shadows move on the stairs Late at night there's pattering of feet And my heart skips a beat Who's there? [We've been waiting for you] Who's there? The Ghosts are out to scare Who's there? [Try to hide from us] Who's there? [Try to outrun us] The Ghosts are out to scare [We've been waiting for you] David Byrne Double-tracked Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Harmony Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitars, Piano, Rhythm Guitar Strikes, Lead Guitars, Harmony Glockenspiels, Tambourine Anthony Byrne Drums Raymond Byrne Harmony Accordions
Summers' here, this time of year Makes me think of you so near Knocking door to door to run away Kicking ball out in the rain Just you and me, not much to gain Or catching Bees to pass the time of day Are you sleeping? Are you dreaming? In a town of clowns Or are you planning like you said you would For when the Bees are gone for good Days of old, a house of gold Hidden 'neath the trees they sold To keep away the Vultures from the door And round and round the Bees still fly But one day I know they all will die For now though all we want is more and more Are you sleeping? Are you dreaming? In a town of clowns Or are you planning like you said you would For when the Bees are gone for good Driving 'long the country coast They'll be the Ghosts I miss the most Each time I see them, it's like starting anew People on the streets outside Don't understand what's in their eyes And no one seems to see things like we do Are you sleeping? Are you dreaming? In a town of clowns Or are you planning like you said you would For when the bees are gone for good David Byrne Lead Vocal, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Vox Continental Organ [Synth], Drum Programming, Acoustic Guitar, Drums
Woken from nightmares, I lie in my room Cross a landing in darkness to get to you It's just a bad dream But this one feels real to me Its just a bad dream I wait by the window to see you arrive One day I fear you won't come home alive It's just a bad dream But this one feels real to me Its just a bad dream So why am I worrying? David Byrne Lead Vocal, Backing Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Backwards Backing Vocal, Bass Guitar, Piano, Chiming Bells [Synth], Mellotron Choir [Synth], Tape Recorder Sound Effects
I am alone I am alone thinking bout you You are the one I need I try stay at home I try staying home but my heart breaks in two I don't want to see you leave I am right outside waiting for your light I am right outside, I could give you what you like Could I change your mind? Or am I out of time? You say your goodbyes But behind my smiling eyes I am crying You are the one You are the one I have been wanting All of my whole life through You are a dream You are a dream and I am a dreamer But I'm just a boy to you I am right outside waiting for your light I am right outside, I could give you what you like Could I change your mind? Or am I out of time? You say your goodbyes Behind my smiling eyes I am crying, Oh I am, I am crying David Byrne Lead Vocal, Harmony Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Hammond Organ [Synth], Hand Claps
Let's make believe Live in a dream Let's make believe Stay here with me Let's make believe Live in a dream Let's make believe Stay here with me Let's make believe Live in a dream [We could be like this forever] Let's make believe Stay here with me [We could be like this forever] Let's make believe Live in a dream [We could be like this forever] Let's make believe Stay here with me David Byrne Multi-tracked Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Hammond Organ [Synth], Sine Wave Organ [Synth], Dulcimer [Synth], Modular Piano [Synth], Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitars, Backwards Guitars, Drums
Daydreams Each one disappears in the realisation We're all on our own Death doors, see you on a sickbed Wondering what it feels like To face this alone You're not well and I can tell You're not well and this is hell Crying Tossing in the night when I should be sleeping You cough and you groan Screaming I can't escape the feeling that my heart is bleeding How can we go on alone? You're not well and I can tell You're not well and this is hell You're not well, I'll sound the alarm bell You're not well and I can tell David Byrne Lead Vocal, Piano Double-tracked Backwards Backing Vocals
The day glow reminds me of something, I don't know Arriving just too late to be on time The sun shines, I'm feeling kind of strange like I might just cry I'm gone again, out into the streets where my heart still beats Out into the streets again Oh, I'll see you when you rise Oh, there's sunlight in your eyes All along I struggled just to find the words to say I'm needing something just to drag me along I lie here, I'm falling in and out of a waking dream You're leaving but I just don't see cos the signs ain't clear I just don't see it Oh, I'll see you when you rise Oh, there's sunlight in your eyes I never saw this when the lights were changing Days went running out of my head I try to understand the words that keep replaying That rain is as alive as its dead Now sadness creeps We drift to sleep Alone without the stars that shine on
Quiet, rushing all the way down a midnight lane I'm crying and the starlight is bleeding again I see it now, it's coming into view in these dying days You're leaving, but I just can't take it, got to turn away My heart is breaking Oh, I'll see you when you rise Oh, there'll be sunlight There'll be sunlight in your eyes I start to see it, now the lights are changing Days go running out of my head And now I understand the words that keep replaying That rain is as alive as its dead And sadness creeps We drift to sleep Alone without the stars that shine on David Byrne Double-tracked Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Bass Guitar, FM8 Synthesizer, FM8 Arpeggiator Synthesizer, Chiming Bells [Synth], Rhythm Guitar, E-Bow Guitars Anthony Byrne Drums Brรณna Colfer Cello
LIVING IN MAKE BELIEVE SIDE 1 01 WINNIE 02 THE ARCADE 03 HOPSCOTCH 04 MY REBEL SOUL 05 THE FOLLOWING 06 VIDEO GAMES 07 YOU’RE MY VALENTINE
SIDE 2 00:38 02:38 01:51 03:32 03:32 02:27 02:50
THE TECHNICALITIES Written, Arranged & Performed By David Byrne Engineered, Produced & Mixed By David Byrne Mastered By Antimo Kelly Puca THE DATES & THE PLACES Recorded & Mixed At Audio Arcade, Co. Wexford Recording Dates August 2019 - January 2020 Mixing Dates January 2020 - March 2020 Mastered At AP Studios, Dublin Mastering Dates September 2020 THE SEASON OF SPIDERS David Byrne All Vocals, Instruments & Effects, except... THE BYRNETTES Anthony Byrne Drums [02, 03, 04, 08 & 14] | Percussion [03] Barbara Cunningham Shaker [03] Natalie Byrne Cowbell, Backing Vocals, Hand Claps [04] Marian Byrne Backing Vocals, Hand Claps [04] Debbie Byrne Backing Vocals, Hand Claps [04] Lesley Byrne Backing Vocals, Hand Claps [04] Ray Byrne Harmony Accordions [08] Bróna Colfer Cello [14] THE ARTWORK Concept, Artwork & Design By Natalie Byrne
08 LATE AT NIGHT 09 CATCHING BEES 10 A PREMONITION (OR JUST A BAD DREAM) 11 SMILING EYES 12 LIVING IN MAKE BELIEVE 13 YOU’RE NOT WELL 14 WHEN YOU RISE
02:32 02:35 01:22 02:29 01:52 01:53 04:55
THE CREDITS COBWEB013 Ⓟ & Ⓒ 2020. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Cobweb Recordings. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All Rights Reserved. All rights of the Producer & Owner of this recorded work reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, renting, public performance and broadcasting of this record prohibited. Unauthorised duplication is a violation of applicable laws. THE WEBSITES www.SeasonOfSpiders.com | www.CobwebRecordings.com THE THANKS & THE PRAISE Natalie Byrne, Sparky, Anthony Byrne, Deirdre Byrne, Sasha, Comet, Lesley Byrne, Debbie Byrne, Sinead Byrne, Sebastian Urrea, Zoey, Marian Byrne, Barbara Cunningham, Daisy, Finn, Ray Byrne, Bróna Colfer, Antimo Kelly Puca, Lynn McGlynn, Mitch Rawcliffe, Iggy, Anne McGlynn, Maddy, Puck, Mazey, Emma Pivac, Meri Pivac, Al Pivac, Joanne Briggs, Philip Tinsley, David McCabe, Siobhan Cluskey, Ryan Boesch [for recording advice on “The Following”], and all the dearly departed who are waiting in the corridors of the world outside. This record is especially dedicated to my parents, Carmel & Alec Byrne, you are always loved and missed. And finally, for Leela & Bonnie, who passed away in the days before this record came out. Thanks so much for all your love, kindness and affection. We will never forget you.
