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Soft Signal
Possum
Goodness Gracious
Cloudbreaks / Getting Young
Wonderer
Self Titled EP
One EP
Paradise
Songs About You
I Promise That I'll Try To Give You All My Love
Shake (Sleepwalking)
Real Life
Wandering, I
In Your Arms
Talking Distance
Seems Like You've Made Up Your Mind

Planet D

I’m in love again
It’s early in the morning
Sun is coming in
I’m tired but I’m falling
In love again

I’m in love again
Twice inside a lifetime
Feels like I’m dreaming, but it’s slowly sinking in
It’s real and I’m falling
In love again

I’m in love again
Early/mid December
Sun is coming in
I’m gonna be forever
In love again

Once in a While

There will be times
When there is no reaction inside
Once in a while
There could be days
When the world remembers your name
Kind of insane
There will be weeks
When you wake up gnashing your teeth
What a relief
It seems to me
You never know which way it’ll be
Just wait and see

(If I could…)
Just wait and see
Just wait and see

There will be lives
That only wind up wasting your time
Still gotta try
Just find a pace
Where you can move while floating in space
Give up the chase
And as you go
You will forget more things than you know
It has to be so
It seems to me
You never know which way it’ll be
Just wait and see

(If I could…)
Just wait and see
Just wait and see
Just wait and see
Just wait and see
Just wait

Creatures

I’ve been waiting the longest time
Just to look you in the eye
You’re not an angel, you are not a preacher
You’re just a creature

Two worlds spinning side by side
Bathe in warmest golden light
I’m not a guide, I am not a teacher
I’m just a creature

Have I told you
I was trying to speak you in to existence
I could never really handle the distance
And I wondered if it could make a difference
To be fearless
Have I told you
I no longer want for much but I want you
To be near enough to touch, and I’m reaching
But I know that baby, you’re not a reason
For believing
You’re just a creature

Hubbub

I want more of the real thing
And I know what you’re thinking
You don’t have to believe it
Maybe I don’t even mean it

Take me into your arms for a minute

There’s so much to remember
There’s so much to forget
And it wont last forever
Maybe we’re already there

Take me into your arms for a minute
I want more of the real thing

Timing is Everything

Air from my lungs
Tip of my tongue
Telling me something has gone

Out from inside
Into the light
Suddenly nothing feels wrong

I’m on my way
I want to stay
Nothing is holding me now

Don’t want to be
A waste of your time
Waiting for the lights to change

What it once was
What it becomes
Timing is everything now

I don’t know how
Or least of all why
But this is what it’s meant to be

Mutual Life

What’s the use
Of playing around with the truth? I’m brand new
And I’m putting it down to you

It’s the truth, it’s not a euphemism
I’m asking no conditions
I’ll give you all of my heart
And you don’t have to ask permission You make your own decision

We’ll take it back to the start

I’ve laid it out to you
I’ve done everything I can do Over to you
Just do what you’ve got to do

It’s the truth, it’s not a euphemism

I’m asking no conditions
I’ll give you all of my heart
And you don’t have to ask permission You make your own decision
We’ll take it back to the start

All of my heart All of my heart

Is it Possible?

If I told you I was in denial
Would you tell me I’m the only one?
With my arms around you, I’ve got worlds inside me

King of the hill
I’m invincible
I’m invincible
You are big heart
I am always hiding, shouting ‘look under here’
Is it possible
Is it possible
Is it possible

That it’s always gonna feel the same?

If you hold mute, I am more exciting I have told you almost everything Everything
That I have to, I just get excited When I’m near you

Is it possible Is it possible Is it possible

That it’s always gonna feel the same?

Ceasefire

Everything is waiting for you
While you’re waiting in the corner
It’s always the year of your discontent, boy Cynicism doesn’t pay the rent, boy
It’s kind of lonely in the centre

The span just keeps on getting shorter
It doesn’t count if no one saw you
It’s designed to make you feel shit
If it’s obvious it’s probably cos it’s true, kid

Take it easy on yourself now

Just ignore it til you chase it
‘Give me more I didn’t taste it.’
‘I want it all and I want it now’
Guess you’re gonna have to make it happen somehow What we need here is a ceasefire

Is there anybody in there?

V

It feels like the wheels are already in motion I feel myself heading out into the open

I’m not ready to come back down (Just wait til the morning)
I’m not ready to turn back now (Just wait til the morning)

I’m in love and I’m ready to show it (Just wait til the morning)
Set my heart in perpetual motion (Just wait til the morning)

I count down, I hang round, I wait up til I see you Swimming through the pools of light up to my window

I’m not ready to come back down (Just wait til the morning)
I’m not ready to turn back now (Just wait til the morning)

I’m in love and I’m ready to show it (Just wait til the morning)
Set my heart in perpetual motion (Just wait til the morning)

Set my heart in perpetual motion (Just wait til the morning)
Set my heart in perpetual motion (Just wait til the morning)

I Promise That I’ll Try To Give You All My Love

I don’t really care, I don’t really care at all
About the little things that make us feel so small
And I don’t really mind whatever’s gonna happen now I promise that I’m gonna love you anyhow

People try to say that nothing matters in the end

Other people say you just come back again
Or maybe there’s a place that’s waiting for us after all Or maybe there’a place that we’ve all been before And we can wake and find the whole world on fire With people trying to spend the whole time in denial So I don’t really care what anyone says or does
I promise that I’ll try to give you all my love

Sometime’s it’s fucked how much the world can get you down Sometimes it’s fucked how much I can love you

I don’t really care, I don’t really care at all
About the little things that make us feel so small And baby I believe the best is yet to come
And I promise that I’ll try to give you all my love

Two Summers

Two summers a year I get the feeling I think it’s gonna swallow me whole
I can’t sleep for dreaming
I wanna tear down the walls

Maybe we could blame the city Maybe we could blame the heat Maybe I could take the feeling And let it wash over me

Sometimes it’s just a moment Sometimes it stays the night
And I can’t always say what it feels like But I know when it feels right
For a big, dumb, lovestruck feeling
To come along and swallow me whole To come along and swallow me whole

A big, dumb, lovestruck feeling Two summers a year
Two summers a year

Easy

You used to tell me, ‘I’m not like you are,
These are the things that’ll break your heart’
I can hear you, no matter where you are
And these are the little things that make me want to lose control Of a spinning car
You can take the wheel, I’ll be right beside you
We can take a while, I’ll still feel the same

And you can ask me anything, I’m not afraid

That’s easy
It’s what you want That’s easy
It’s where you are That’s easy
It’s what you need That’s easy
It’s who you are

On the weekend, when you call my name
That’s when I feel it starting up again
And I know you, but you’re not the same
And these are the little things that make me want to go insane Tell you everything

Let it out, never put it back again
All I can do is hope you feel the same
And you can ask me anything, I’m not afraid

That’s easy
It’s what you want That’s easy
It’s where you are That’s easy
It’s what you need That’s easy
It’s who you are

That’s easy
It’s what you want That’s easy
It’s where you are That’s easy
It’s what you need That’s easy
It’s who you are

Worst Kept Secret

I have not been sleeping much Just laying with my eyes held shut I want to be close to you
Turn it all around
Don’t want to chase so much
I run until my lungs burn up

I want to be patient, I want to be nervous, I want to be true

I wanna be your worst kept secret I wanna know how much you care Baby, no more take or leave it Come on, reach out, take my hand

Don’t want to speak too soon
But I don’t know what else to do
I want to take that chance
And throw it all away
I want to turn to you
And tell you things I never knew
Again, again, again, again, again, again, again

I wanna be your worst kept secret I wanna know how much you care Baby, no more take or leave it Come on, reach out, take my hand

I wanna be your worst kept secret I just hope you understand
Baby, no more take or leave it Come on, reach out, take my hand

Songs About You

Top of the morning, now where’s my kiss?
I never thought it could feel like this
We’ve got a secret, it’s on your lips
You’ve got a conscience, it’s starting to slip

I know you told me it was only fun
And I never thought I was the only one
But I guess I thought I could pull you close Top of the landslide and down I go

I’m hearing songs about you on the radio I just drive around all night thinking of you

(Poppongene)
It’s true
I wanted to tell you, but you kept on pulling me closer
And you
You won’t let me speak up, you don’t want to hear that it’s over

I’m hearing songs about you on the radio I just drive around all night thinking of you

I’m hearing songs about you on the radio Don’t want to live without you
Oh, but here we go

Top of the morning, now where’s my kiss? I never thought it could feel like this
Top off the landslide and down I go Hearing songs about you on the radio

Paradise

I had a vision, love
Of you and I in love
The only problem was
Knowing that the time would come Marching as it ever does
To rip our piece of cake in half
You know it happens, love Eventually to everyone

It make you wonder love
What is the point of love
If there is fear involved
The deeper that you fall in love? But maybe the point of love

Is knowing that the time will come So lets not be afraid of love
Cos I believe in love

I know there’s fear in love But I believe in love

Paradise saved

Near Memory

I took the long way just to get myself back home It’s been a long time since I opened up my door

It fades a way the second you’re near me Just a near memory disappearing
Blink twice if you can hear me

Running around like I didn’t know what to do
I had too much of the only thing I knew
Kept coming back, cos that’s what I used to do Just sitting around, waiting here for you

I never needed someone to save me
But just look what you’ve done to me lately These days I’m acting just like I’m crazy
I guess I needed someone to shake me

Just a near memory disappearing

Worry Wart

When I was young, I had a waking dream
An alien race was playing tricks on me
And everyone I knew would fly away
And leave me to fend for myself some day

I’d turn off the TV and walk outside
Looking for signs of intelligent life
I’d walk out the front door, and all I’d see
Just empty cars on an empty street

My brother, my sister my Mum and Dad
All of the friends that I ever had
Disappearing in a big machine
To leave me here all alone and I’d scream

Please don’t leave me
Take me with you

Heart Strings

I’m alright
I’m just fine
A place by the sea is calling me

Anyway, Anyway

Goodness gracious on the line
Take my hand, don’t tell me why
We can stay here for a while
Some things best just left behind

The maybe games feel so sublime
And hungry hands reach out to try
To spin my world ‘round for a while‘
Til darkness falls down from the sky

And I know it’s only time
And I know the reason why
But I feel it slipping awayS
he tells me it’s just fine

Cross-eyed, looking at the time
Aiming vaguely at the sky
Taking ages to decide
With goodness gracious on the line

And I know it’s only time
And I know the reason why
But I feel it slipping away
She tells me it’s just fine

Go true, don’t look behind you

Talking Distance

Take all the time you’ve got on your mind and try to divide in two
Walk through the city, death by committee, just for something to do
Sometimes it feels like everyone’s deal is telling you what to do
How can I feel the way that I feel and not have that point of view?

Carried away, I wanted to stay, but that’s not the thing to do
Sometimes a wish is all that you miss when everything’s coming true

Sometimes it feels like everyone’s deal is telling you what to do
Sometimes it feels like everything real is not what you’re supposed to do
Sometimes the way the things that they say arrive takes some time to tell
Sometimes the one to bring it undone is not them but you yourself

Elsewhere

Hung up again
Tied to the memory
I heard what you said
My eyes were empty

And all I can say is I wish I was there
I’m running in circles inside of my head

Take what you need
I’m here for you always
I heard your feet
Come down the hallway

And all I can say is I wish I was there
Instead of just living my whole life elsewhere

Sometimes I’m lost
Sometimes I’m angry
Comes at a cost
When you’re looking at me

And all I can say is I wish I was there

Seems You've Made Up Your Mind

Don’t be late
Take your time
Won’t you wait
Wait while I try to decide?

Seems like you’ve made up your mind

Hesitate
Don’t rewind
I jumped the gate
You were gone by the time I arrived

Seems like you’ve made up your mind

Hold Me Back

Take it back
Don’t go talking to yourself like that
Just wait and see
This could be just another vacant scene
There was a time, there was a time
When things were unfamiliar and that felt fine
That was then, but now
It’s here again somehow

To hold me back
Turn up the pressure make the diamonds crack
Take up a brush and paint the distance black
’Til it’s all I can see
And hold me back
Thought all I needed was the time alone
But all I needed was the ones I love
Telling me that it’s alright

It’s not too late
To tell them everything you need to say
But it’s ok
If you think you’ve found a better way
I read a line, I read a line
That summed it all up at that particular time
That was then but now
It’s here again somehow

So hold me back
Turn up the pressure make the diamonds crack
Take up a brush and paint the distance black
’Til it’s all I can see
And hold me back
Thought all I needed was the time alone
But all I needed was the ones I love
Telling me that it’s alright

So hold me back
Turn up the pressure make the diamonds crack
Take up a brush and paint the distance black
’Til it’s all I can see
And hold me back
Thought all I needed was the time alone
But all I needed was the ones I love
Telling me that it’s alright

Mu

Listen, it’s the rain
Nobody said it was supposed to
It’s just another thing to get used to
It feels like it’s been such a long time
Since I’ve felt your heartbeat next to mine

Running around in a rush
I’ve been missing your touch when I’m gone
There’s people telling me how to feel every way I turn
But all that I know for sure
Is when I feel your heartbeat next to mine

Mind You

I lie awake all night
Dreaming of holding you close to me
I dream of anywhere
Except for where I’m supposed to be
I should be sensible
Instead of throwing my heart away
It makes no sense at all
But you know sometimes I get prone to wondering

They say it’s all in your mind
Stop living inside
You’ve got to open your eyes
You’ll never know why

They say it’s only love
But you know these days it’s getting the best of me
And if I ever have enough
Do what you will with the rest of me

Come on and open your eyes
You’ll never know why

Silent Era

The silent era where I want to be
I watch it happen right in front of me
Sometimes I’m not sure if I’ll ever be
Exactly in the place I wanna be

’Til you come around

Sometimes I think it’s overtaking me
Sometimes I feel it slip away from me
I know my deal was never certainty
But I know exactly where I’m gonna be

’Til you come around

This is the only way I can make a sound
I’d never run the risk of talking out loud
I didn’t want it to be so up and down
I just want you around

This is the only way I can make a sound
I’d never run the risk of talking out loud
I never wanted to be so up and down
I just want you around

This is the only way I can make a sound
I’d never run the risk of talking out loud
I’m not trying to be proud
I just want you around

Tru Love

We’re passing in the street
It’s only you and me
There’s nothing in the way
There’s nothing left to say

I made my own mistake
I threw my own parade
It landed far away
I made it back again

We’re passing in the street
It’s only you and me
There’s nothing in the way
There’s nothing left to say

The ground begins to shake
The memory starts to fade
And as you pass me by
I open up my eyes

There’s nothing in the way
There’s nothing left to say

Other Kindness

Resolution for the future
I’ll never run away again
Stick around for a while, and try
To see the sun come up again
Early in the morning
I’ll never be the same again
Little shortcuts can take you up
But they always leave you down again

Lately, all around here
There’s too much to be thinking of
Something or other can come down and bother me
’Til I’m down on my knees again
Guilty of the feeling
Centre of the universe
Leave the depths to catch my breath
And I start to wonder how it got so far

Cloudbreaks

So, I know
I was five years old
Truth be told
I was scared to grow

Come to me
Lay me down
Take my hand show me how

So, I know
I was five years old
Truth be told
I was scared to grow
Now I’m sure
That’s when I knew more

Take me back to 1995
Take me back to 1994
Take me back to 1993
Take me back to 1992
Take me back to 1991
Take me to the place that I came from

Getting Young

I was hearing voices
Coming from the inside
Of the biggest sky that I had ever seen
I could’ve sworn
That they were talking to me, saying
Something about the way we used to be
I started walking
With my head on backwards
Trying to see exactly what I couldn’t see
’Til I ended up
Back in the place we started
And I looked upstairs and I began to scream

Am I doing what I’m supposed to?
Tell me when I’m getting closer

Life On Earth (Future Head)

What should I do with the life I’m living?

Wandering, I

Feeling lonely
I know, I know
Let’s say only
About half of the time
But time keeps changing
From day to day
It must be tempting
To turn away

What if this takes the rest of my life?
What is it’s just a moment in time?
What if this takes a part of me?
What if it’s just a waste of my time?

Days just go on
And on and on
I start to wander
I start to wonder
How do I know if the timing’s right?
Will I feel like this all the time?
What should I do with a well lived life?
Is this the life for me?

What if this takes the rest of my life?
What is it’s just a moment in time?
What if this takes a part of me?
What if it’s just a waste of my time?

Real Life

Find yourself alive on this side
This must be what real life feels like
Where nothing ever, ever slows down
And every way you ever go now is the one

Found yourself alive on this side
Now you know what real life feels like
No more shall you wait until you are alive

In Your Arms

I’ve got this feeling that I can’t control
I’ve got this feeling that I’m not alone
Love brought me here, love taught me where to go
Love is the only way I’ll ever know

I’ve got this feeling that I can’t control
I’ve got this feeling that I’m not alone
Love brought me here, love taught me where to go
Love is the only thing I’ll ever know

All I want
Is to feel like the only one
In your arms

Goodbye Vrations

Fever Dream

Watching my whole life pass me by
Over and over every night
All my loved ones by my side
Hope I wake up before I die

Now I’m older, my hair is thinning
Still I wonder when life’s beginning
Now I’m long gone, and life’s behind me
Who’ll be hearing the voice inside me?
Now I’m reborn, and life’s inside me
How I wonder where you will find me
Now I wake up from never sleeping
Still I wonder when life’s beginning

Daibutsu

Some day, some time, hope you realise
I wish you could see this through my eyes
And know that life is beautiful
And know that it’s a dream

I just want to show everyone that I know
This is how I’m feeling all the time

Zeds

You’ve been thinking of the future
You’ve been waking in your sleep
But the best thing for your heartache
Is catching some zeds like these

It’s a long, long way to get there
It’s a long, long way indeed
But the best thing for your heartache
Is catching some zeds like these

Infinity + 1

Have they taken you under?
Where is your sense of wonder?
‘Cause I can’t bear to think that you can’t bear to live
In a world you’ve made beautiful

I know what you’re thinking
I’ll never know what you’re thinking
But the signs that I get say there’ll be better yet
And the world will be beautiful

It’s a nuclear feeling
Your heart’s full to bursting
It’s the feeling of knowing
That the world’s such a beautiful place
And the way that you’re feeling
Is the way you’ll be seeing
And wherever you go now
The world’s such a beautiful place

The world’s such a beautiful place

Somehow

Just tonight
Please stay
Just a night
Please stay
I guess it’s hard
To explain
But just tonight
Please stay

A Brief Attempt At Explaining The Sky

(Unintelligible)

Autumnal

Think of the world around you
Open up your eyes
Endless fascination with your life
Wind down the existential crisis for a while
Live while the feeling is alive
Don’t try to distill this
Into words that can be said
All they’ll be about will be the past
‘Cause time seems to fly
When you are living in your head
Picking all the pieces back apart

What’s to be gained
From understanding what you are
If you’re not doing anything today?
Clear your head, don’t worry kid
You’ll make it out alive
And what a joy it is to be that way

Sailing Away

Don’t you go too far
Younger by the day you are
Time is right on track
Will you be there when the days come back?

When time is catching up to me
And I am running on empty
And lines appear on my body
And life is slipping right through
A smile will be upon my face
‘Cause you will be with me always

Whistle While You Wait

Standing on the edge of a brand new love affair
Look into the depths of an open heart
Whistle while you wait and you will find your lover there
This could be the end of the way things are

Standing on the edge of a brand new love affair
How do you know if you know yourself?
Standing on the edge of a long time happening
Would you even know if you were not yourself?

Space Face (Devotion)

Can’t help drifting into you
You’re so strong and you’re so true
I’ll beg until my knees are bruised
I’ve taken from, now I’ll give in to

And every little thing that I do
It’s all for me
It’s all for you

Drifting further into you
And turning into someone who
I’m not sure that I ever knew
It’s all for me and it’s all for you

And every little thing that I do
It’s all for me
It’s all for you

Cosmic Love Affair

Everyone changed
And I stayed the same
And everything’s gonna be different from now
I walked away
With nothing to say’
Cause everything’s gonna be better somehow

This is the way
That I shall remain
At the edge of the world with my head in the clouds
For all of my days
Far, far away
‘Cause everything’s gonna be better from now

M'Love

Oh my love
What can I tell you?
Oh my love
What can I do
To show my love
Show it to you
Oh my love
I just want to reach you

Please tell me why I’m standing here

Oh my love
How can I show you
All my love?

Oh my love
What can I tell you?
Oh my love
What can I do?

Please tell me why I’m waiting here

Oh my love
How can I show you
All my love?

Show me how to show you that I’m honest
Let’s talk about what will be, not what wasn’t
I want to show you all the days I promised
All I want is for you just to be my love

I Dreamt I Saw You In A Dream

I dreamt I saw you in a dream
I dreamt you didn’t dream of me
I dreamt I saw you by the sea
The place where all my visions meet
I wake up in a sleepy haze
My head stretches on for days
I reach to check the latest craze
I view the world through window panes

I wander ‘round behind my face
Where everything is taking place
I float around in inner space
A universe without a shape
I try so hard to be like me
But who am I to say what’s real?
And even if I know what’s real
How do I know how I feel?

I dreamt I saw you in a dream
I dreamt you didn’t dream of me
I dreamt I saw you by the sea
The place where all my visions meet  

Sound of Glass Breaking

Come on let me in
I’ll tell you where I’ve been
We can talk all night, it could be such fun

Come on light that fire
Deep down inside
It’s a hell of a time to be alive

Come on crack that smile
And tell me what you like
And I’ll tell you everything none of the time

And it could be a while
Or just a little time
Before we meet again, and that’s alright

We’ll take a step outside
Lift our heads to the sky
It’s a hell of a time to be alive

Little While

Struck by the smile
I’ll probably change my life
But in a little while
I’ll probably change my mind

Burn, burn, burn the fire
Burning through my head
But in a little while
I’ll change my mind again

I’ve got lots of futures in my head


This strange deception
I start to lose my breath
But if I lose my attention
I’ll change my mind again

I’ve got lot of futures in my head

Shake (Sleep Walking)

I’ve been walking in my sleep
I’ve been trying to shake this scene
Late night, hear the voices talking
When life gets dull and life gets boring
Talking in my sleep
I’ve been walking in my dreams
Late night, hear the voices talking
When life gets dull and life gets boring

Inside
Upside
Down like
Old times

It’s been the longest time that it ever has
I can’t seem to rid myself of the feeling
(This feeling alone is enough to make me want to go)
(This feeling alone is enough to make me want to go and go and go)

Inside
Upside
Down like
Old times

I’ve been walking in my sleep
I’ve been walking in my sleep
I’ve been walking in my sleep
I’ve been walking in my sleep
I’ve been trying to shake this scene
I’ve been walking in my dreams
I’ve been walking in my sleep
I’ve been walking in my sleep
(This feeling alone is enough to make me want to go)
(This feeling alone is enough to make me want to go and go and go)

Odd Connection

I can see it again
I’ve got a need for change
I try to think of you and I say
“I don’t want to spend my days (aaa-aaa-aaa-ah)
Sitting and waiting”
Sitting and waiting

I’ll
Try
To make a connection
On the other side

And in the season of change
Meet me where I say
We can float away
And never ever spend our days (aaa-aaa-aaa-ah)
Sitting and waiting
Sitting and waiting

I’ll
Try
To make a connection
On the other side.

CONTACT SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE

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