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Lyrics

Here's a collection of lyrics from all the songs featured on my debut album, Hiding in the Dark.
Different Lives

There’s a maze I get lost in every day,
with all of my thoughts running on replay
I wish I could just speak, and let all of my opinions free
There are hundreds of things I want to say,
but I can’t just yell them right away
there’s danger in my words and safety in my secrecy

there’s a galaxy inside me
and if you ever need to find me...

I won’t fade away, I’ll be here
Even on the greyest day, I won’t disappear
So don’t pretend that you can’t hear me,
don’t pretend that you can’t see me
or look at me with all of that pity in your eyes
Cause we’re all just people living different lives

I get scared sometimes when it's 2am,
wishing I could start my life all over again
but every life is hard, and I guess I'm used to this one now
It could be a bit better but truth be told,
so could every other thing that's in this world
and I know that I will grow to love my weaknesses somehow

there’s a galaxy inside me
and if you ever need to find me...

I won’t fade away, I’ll be here
Even on the greyest day, I won’t disappear
So don’t pretend that you can’t hear me,
don’t pretend that you can’t see me
or look at me with all of that pity in your eyes
Cause we’re all just people living different lives
 
There's a galaxy inside me and a galaxy in you
There are black holes in my mind that I occasionally fall through,
but maybe you could be my sun and I c an try to be your moon
 

I won’t fade away, I’ll be here
Even on the greyest day, I won’t disappear
So don’t pretend that you can’t hear me,
don’t pretend that you can’t see me
or look at me with all of that pity in your eyes
Cause we’re all just people living different lives

we’re all just people living different lives


Promise I'll Forget

I promise that I will have forgotten you by tomorrow
I'll try with all of my might, I've got no time left to borrow 
Don't lie to me oh can't you see I knew that it would end this way
The grass is only greener where the clouds decide to rain

But it's falling too fast, falling too hard
Why can't the past just be disregarded so we can restart     
Admit all our mistakes were just mistook
and write a new beginning to our book
Write a new beginning to our book

I promise that I will have forgotten you by tomorrow
I'll try with all of my might, I've got no time left to borrow 
Don't lie to me oh can't you see I knew that it would end this way
The grass is only greener where the clouds decide to rain
but it's missing the grass and going down the drain

I wasn't right, but I wasn't wrong
so I'll take my flight, just like a songbird singing her song
I'll fly up North to a place where I can roam
and if the winter is too cold I might come home
If the winter gets too cold I'll travel home 

Home,
the only place where I can be alone

'til you turn up in my dreams and say hello
and make me wish I'd never let you go, never let you go

I promise that I will have forgotten you by tomorrow
I'll try with all of my might, I've got no time left to borrow 
Don't lie to me oh can't you see I knew that it would end this way
The grass is only greener where the clouds decide to rain
but it's missing the grass and going down the drain

Missing the grass and going down the drain

Another Day

The day draws away for another night
and the moon shows it's face
She sat alone by candlelight
wondering how she got there in the first place.

Too early to sleep, too late to think
One last drink might keep the ghosts away for another day
another day, another day

Books open wide on the pages she likes
pretending that they never had a cover
thinking I'm not the same, I am more than my name
and you can't judge me by my father or my mother.

Nothing to do, nothing to say
just trying to keep the ghosts away
for another day, another day

Look a little closer around you
as the light illuminates all the dust
What if someone were to tell you
that you had to trust
In the lies they fed us?

Every day, every day

But it’s too early to sleep, and too late to think
one last drink might keep the ghosts away for another day

Look a little closer around you
as the light illuminates all the dust
What if someone were to tell you
that you had to trust?

The Downfall

Raindrops fall down the window pane
conducted by the winds of fate
to win the race 
Fill up the sea with only the best
Even the water must be perfect
Although it's flaws we cannot taste

Lay down your weapons
don't you know that they can't help you win this fight

at least not tonight
Look at this world that we are in
try to forget how cruel it's been
stop seeing things so black and white

The perfection is poison

The peace leads to violence
You're lost in the noise when you just wanted silence,
but silence speaks louder than words ever can
And that is the downfall of man

Give me a reason to believe
in all the wisdom that you speak

talk is cheap
When everybody's thoughts are known
it's hard to recognise your own
and your opinions become weak

The contradictions are ignored 
Perfection in itself is flawed
Where there is peace there must be war
and even my silence can roar

The perfection is poison
The peace leads to violence
You're lost in the noise when you just wanted silence,
but silence speaks louder than words ever can
And that is the downfall of man

Away with the Fairies

I can't tell you what tomorrow brings
without a guaranteed shadow of doubt
I'm always getting myself into things
and I can't always get out
but I got lost in your eyes

Cross your heart love and promise me
that the day you leave me out on my own
you won't let all of our memories
become forgotten pictures on your phone

While life just passes you by
I'm frozen in the cold

Drifting away with the snow
oh why'd you have to go
away with the fairies that captured your soul?

Echos of all of the words you said
still linger in my mind
You told me "don't take it personally 
but the seasons change and so must I"
The sun shone bright in the sky
and I got lost in your eyes

Emotions you cannot control
I know you had to go 
away with the fairies that captured your soul

Cards on the table
Life on the line
How can I miss you
when you were never really mine anyway
and I tried my best to bring you back to Earth
The magic possessed you but for what it's worth
I'll keep on trying to bring you back to reality,
out of this fantasy

I can't tell you what tomorrow brings
and I can't read your mind
The voices singing in your head
are fairy words not mine
Your smile lights up the whole sky
And I get lost in your eyes

Saviour

Lost in my mind, just like a ghost
I often find my thoughts have run away

but I don’t mind losing the ones that hurt the most
I’ve decided that I cannot let them stay


I lock them up so they stop whizzing round my head,
along with all the dreams I’d rather not remember

but there is nowhere for me to throw the key,
and there are memories refusing to surrender.

Saying "happiness is fake, but in sadness you can trust"
Well then make me out of plasticine,  It’s more robust
I’m never gonna break
but I can’t be saved from this heart ache

I can't be saved from this heartache

Little cracks from where the hidden have escaped
Always feeling tired because every day’s the same

Then you realise that nothing’s gonna change
if you lie in bed and dream your life away

But in dreams I am content, In a world where nothing’s true
but you wont stop running round
my head
and I wonder if I’m running round your’s too

Running up and down the mountain tops for you

All of our chances were ruined by doubt
and unfortunate coincidence
Negative charges in our hearts, they pulled us apart
but you were my saviour, I wish you happiness my friend
and if it’s really what you want I won’t speak your name again, but only your thoughts can decide, you’ve got nowhere to hide

The flowers grow
but you’ll never know
how you left my world so cold

You were my saviour
but our happiness was fake and I don’t know what else to trust
You were my saviour
and now I keep myself awake with the memories of us
And I still remember
how you made everything seem right when I knew that it was wrong
You left me in embers
but I made it through the flames and came out twice as strong

You were my saviour though I wish I could forget
You were my saviour and I wish you happiness


Gone in a Second

Stargazing in the night sky
Slow motion as the stars fly, wondering why 
I wasted so much time defining what was wrong and what was right inside my mind at the time
I didn't ever let myself have fun
I was too worried 'bout the outcome 
Out of control, my soul was old in it's ways
and nothing had changed for days and days and days

But, I feel more alive with my every breath
Although it scares me half to death
Hold on, cause soon it could all be gone 
Count your blessings on one hand
Hold me with the other so I know you're around and
Hold on

You know I haven't been sleeping
Every thought I have is keeping me awake
I know I should wait patiently but how long's it gonna take?
Take me way back to when everything made sense
Or fast forward to the days when nothing is wrong
So we can look back on these times and say they made us strong

Cause I feel more alive with my every breath

Although it scares me half to death
Hold on, cause soon it could all be gone 
Count your blessings on one hand
Hold me with the other so I know you're around and
Hold on… Cause it could all be gone in a second

Stargazing in the night sky
Everything could change within the blink of an eye
But promise me that you won't let the memories die

Cause I feel more alive with my every breath
Although it scares me half to death
Hold on, cause soon it could all be gone 
Count your blessings on one hand
Hold me with the other so I know you're around and
Hold on… 

Cause I feel more alive with my every breath
Although it scares me half to death
Hold on, cause soon it could all be gone 
Count your blessings on one hand
Hold me with the other so I know you're around and
Hold on… Cause it could all be gone in a second


Tempting Fate

The stars and your heart won't always align
Everybody's got a mountain that they have to climb 
but I made a promise to myself a long long time ago
that I would still believe in magic every year I grow

Blood is thicker than the water swirling down the sink
but nothing kicks the same as all the caffeine that we drink
and through the coffee's bitter taste and the energy we waste
I wonder if I'll ever live the life that I have chased

If I keep walking down the road I've been on for so long
never changing direction, well I guess there's something wrong
so I'm tempting my fate and letting magic push me on

You see a signpost with two arrows pointing left and right
you have to chose which way to move
or you'll just stand there all night

and one way might be fast, while the other may be slow
It doesn't matter which you pick so long as you go

If I keep walking down the road I've been on for so long
never changing direction, well I guess there's something wrong
so I'm tempting my fate and letting magic push me on
I am tempting my fate and letting magic push me on

Every time a baby bird discovers it can fly
Every time a child starts to ask the reasons why
Every leaf falls down in the cold November sky
Memories that I'll remember till the day I die

And each time we say hello,
I forget our last goodbye
cause I can always see the magic shining in your eyes

If I keep walking down the road I've been on for so long
never changing direction, well I guess there's something wrong
so I'm tempting my fate and letting magic push me on

Letting magic push me on
Let the magic push me on

Shine Again

Pick myself up, wait until my eyes adjust 
I got a suitcase full of photographs
from when we were on the same path

The moon still glows and it's the only way I know 

that even when I'm left and you are right
we're still walking by the same light


Don't tell me you can't stay this time
you can't always run away like this

You can't always be afraid

Don't hold back, let it out
They won't hear unless we shout 

We're puzzle pieces you and I, and I need you by my side
Don't worry about anything
Everything is going to wash away like rain

and it will shine again 
Shine again

Will you regret putting me trough this loneliness?
Well I was quite upset
but it gave me a chance to prove to myself 

that I could stand without you there to hold my hand
but the more I think, the more I find you never left my mind  
and I'm gonna fight until the end
cause I miss calling you my friend

I need you here my friend

Don't hold back, let it out
They won't hear unless we shout 
We're puzzle pieces you and I, and I need you by my side
Don't worry about anything
Everything is going to wash away like rain
and it will shine again 
Shine again

And everything could soon be gone
but there's a right to every wrong
and all that we can do is keep moving on
without a guide, 
side by side

Don't hold back, let it out
They won't hear unless we shout 
We're puzzle pieces you and I, and I need you by my side
Don't worry about anything
Everything is going to wash away like rain
and it will shine again 
Shine again

Outside of the Lines

When I was a little girl I never understood
why things would never go the way I thought they should
and now after all I’ve seen,
the world still makes no sense to me at all

but I wont fall

Cause I have a tendency to slip up, slip up
falling down, down, down to the ground
But I am never gonna give up, give up
when I’m out of luck and my head spins round
I am the painter of my own life,
and I’m not afraid to colour outside of the lines

Every year that passes by feels shorter than the last
Time seems to move too slow then suddenly to fast
but deadlines should never be a number one priority
I’ll wait as long as it takes

Cause I have a tendency to slip up, slip up
falling down, down, down to the ground
But I am never gonna give up, give up
when I’m out of luck and my head spins round
I am the painter of my own life,
and I’m not afraid to colour outside of the lines

Memories and melodies seem to go hand in hand
and music is the only thing I’ll ever understand
and as I grow older still I don’t think that anything will change
and that’s ok

Cause I have a tendency to slip up, slip up
falling down, down, down to the ground
But I am never gonna give up, give up
when I’m out of luck and my head spins round
I am the painter of my own life,
and I’m not afraid to colour outside of the lines

No I'm not afraid to colour outside of the lines
Hiding in the Dark

Clouds rush over the rooftops
as if they’ve somewhere better to be.
You rushed out of my world,
guess you found somebody better than me
Threw me away like a pebble to the sea
skimming the surface and trying to breathe

Washed away with the water,
I dragged myself back to the shore
well I’ve been there too many times now,
I couldn’t bare it anymore
You left them behind so you could be free
but now no-one’s around and you’re trying to breathe
Trying so desperately

You try, and you try, and you try

Cause every night the sky’s alive with sparks
and you’ll never see the light if you’re hiding in the dark

I think that too much stardust
has made it’s way into his dreams
Turning stormy waters
from violent tides to calming streams
oh can I have some stardust too?
Sleeping seems so easy for you

He asked for me to tell him
the things I think of while I sleep
Well I haven’t dreamed for a while now,
my thoughts are strong and my mind’s so weak
But heavy thoughts will come and go
It’s just a little tiring you know

You know, and you know, and you know

That every night the sky’s alive with sparks
and you’ll never see the light if you’re hiding in the dark

You try, and you try, and you try to see the light
You try, and you try, and you try

Cause every night the sky’s alive with sparks
and you’ll never see the light if you’re hiding in the dark
Oh every night the sky’s alive with sparks
and you’ll never see the light if you’re hiding in the dark



Fern Teather

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