Craig Campbell

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Craig Campbell

(Verse)

Lately been side-tracked
By that night we’d meet
Mere secret strangers then
Try to you cast your mind back
You stole in from the cold
Set my world alight
Yeah for me it was instant
Your fit seemed so right

You caught me catch
A knowing glimpse of your smile
Let a perfume scent linger
Whilst we slow-built the vibe
But your body spoke a language
It showed me the way
Outer poise
The conversation
Seemed to know what to say

(Chorus)

Said you needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and can play this true
Is there a chance for us to see it through?
So tell me just once
You’ll try to feel it too

(Verse)

We’re blurred heavy
By these knock-out rounds
It's not like me
To ever share things out loud
But you flicked our switch
Plunged my world into dark
Tried to smash
A hidden train-wreck heart

(Chorus)

But you needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and still playing true
There’s a way for us to see this through
So I'll tell you just once
I'll try to feel it too

(Bridge)

Yeah fast-running through my head
Are those words you just said
And I’m trying not to reach out for more
Just say you need us to be here
Dry away a subtle tear
Before the night is chased alone by the dawn

(Chorus)

You needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and can play this true
There’s no way we shouldn’t see this through
So tell me just once
You’ll try to feel it too
And I'll promise this
I’ll try to feel it too

Try To Feel It Too

You're beautifully distant
So I’ll hold back and wait
Give me time to hesitate
And perfect a thousand ways
To play this wrong
You’d think by now
I’d know the words to your songs

But here’s where my truth’s at
Laid it all out to sing
Cos I’m desperate to breathe
A little more of you in
So what’s it to be?
When you get 'round to me
Don’t play this so coy
Like the card up your sleeve

Picked me out of your crowd
Told me this and that
Bout how much you needed a change
Weighed down heavy so loud
But now are you thinking
With every trick you spin
You’ve nothing more than me to lose?

(Bridge)
Can't push me to fit
What you want this to be
Won't melt into moulds
Iron-cast made for me

So here’s where my truth’s at
Laid it all out to sing
Heart racing to breathe
A little more of you in
So what’s it to be?
When you get 'round to me?
C'mon keep me close
Like the card up your sleeve

Up Your Sleeve

JUPITER RISING

She will show again
And span our light-years gaze
A distant glowing jewel
Far-flung beyond the haze

And when your shine takes hold
Softly throw your precious light
across a star-strewn veil
slowly blanketing the night

(chorus)
What if I’m ready this time?
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
And I’ll listen right now
Tell you how I feel
If you’ll wait right here
And watch Jupiter rise tonight

Beneath a dusk-hewn sky
She floats low to obscure
A shimmering diamond
Eclipse your stellar lure

Yet might you stay awhile?
To share my sunset warmth
Place your fire in this heart
And rise again inside


(chorus)
What if I’m ready this time?
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
And I’ll listen right now
Tell you how I feel
If you’ll wait right here
And watch Jupiter rise tonight

(Bridge)
It's only dreams that separate us
Countless miles are placed between us
If I told you this now
Might you smile?
Before we fade to slip away

She will show again
And span our light-years gaze
Distant glowing jewel
Far-flung beyond the haze

And I'll be ready this time
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight

If you'd wait with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
(repeat to fade).

Jupiter Rising


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(Verse)

Lately been side-tracked
By that night we’d meet
Mere secret strangers then
Try to you cast your mind back
You stole in from the cold
Set my world alight
Yeah for me it was instant
Your fit seemed so right

You caught me catch
A knowing glimpse of your smile
Let a perfume scent linger
Whilst we slow-built the vibe
But your body spoke a language
It showed me the way
Outer poise
The conversation
Seemed to know what to say

(Chorus)

Said you needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and can play this true
Is there a chance for us to see it through?
So tell me just once
You’ll try to feel it too

(Verse)

We’re blurred heavy
By these knock-out rounds
It's not like me
To ever share things out loud
But you flicked our switch
Plunged my world into dark
Tried to smash
A hidden train-wreck heart

(Chorus)

But you needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and still playing true
There’s a way for us to see this through
So I'll tell you just once
I'll try to feel it too

(Bridge)

Yeah fast-running through my head
Are those words you just said
And I’m trying not to reach out for more
Just say you need us to be here
Dry away a subtle tear
Before the night is chased alone by the dawn

(Chorus)

You needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and can play this true
There’s no way we shouldn’t see this through
So tell me just once
You’ll try to feel it too
And I'll promise this
I’ll try to feel it too

Try To Feel It Too

You're beautifully distant
So I’ll hold back and wait
Give me time to hesitate
And perfect a thousand ways
To play this wrong
You’d think by now
I’d know the words to your songs

But here’s where my truth’s at
Laid it all out to sing
Cos I’m desperate to breathe
A little more of you in
So what’s it to be?
When you get 'round to me
Don’t play this so coy
Like the card up your sleeve

Picked me out of your crowd
Told me this and that
Bout how much you needed a change
Weighed down heavy so loud
But now are you thinking
With every trick you spin
You’ve nothing more than me to lose?

(Bridge)
Can't push me to fit
What you want this to be
Won't melt into moulds
Iron-cast made for me

So here’s where my truth’s at
Laid it all out to sing
Heart racing to breathe
A little more of you in
So what’s it to be?
When you get 'round to me?
C'mon keep me close
Like the card up your sleeve

Up Your Sleeve

JUPITER RISING

She will show again
And span our light-years gaze
A distant glowing jewel
Far-flung beyond the haze

And when your shine takes hold
Softly throw your precious light
across a star-strewn veil
slowly blanketing the night

(chorus)
What if I’m ready this time?
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
And I’ll listen right now
Tell you how I feel
If you’ll wait right here
And watch Jupiter rise tonight

Beneath a dusk-hewn sky
She floats low to obscure
A shimmering diamond
Eclipse your stellar lure

Yet might you stay awhile?
To share my sunset warmth
Place your fire in this heart
And rise again inside


(chorus)
What if I’m ready this time?
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
And I’ll listen right now
Tell you how I feel
If you’ll wait right here
And watch Jupiter rise tonight

(Bridge)
It's only dreams that separate us
Countless miles are placed between us
If I told you this now
Might you smile?
Before we fade to slip away

She will show again
And span our light-years gaze
Distant glowing jewel
Far-flung beyond the haze

And I'll be ready this time
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight

If you'd wait with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
(repeat to fade).

Jupiter Rising

So I thought I'd write a little sunset song for you
And I hope it makes your dreams come true
I held your hand for those summer days
Along the pebbled shores of Whitley Bay

But tonight I'll try to send a three-chord song to you
About love and the things I thought you’d like
That time we picked those little flowers
Our last dawn sleep brightens by the hour

(chorus)
Let me sing for you
A three-chord love song
To help it on its way to you
I hope that you'll hear
This three-chord love song
Before you fly away tonight

So here's my gentle three-chord song for you
What else was I supposed to do?
As you glance down at these city lights
Will you know I'm here though far from sight?

And I guess you've maybe landed now so far away from here
But I hope you'll know I'm always near
Gotta send this now to let you know
You had me at that first hello

(Chorus)
So true to you is this three-chord love song
It was made for you in my heart
Let me reach to you through this simple love song
Across these runway lights tonight

So I wrote this little late-night song for you
And hope it makes your dreams come true
I held your hand for those summer days
Along the pebbled shores of Whitley Bay

Three-Chord Love Song

You kept a safe distance
And reeled me in ever further away
Hanging by a thread on your every word
Dragged along by the heart on my sleeve

Headed west we made tracks on the limit
Fell in too deep
Hard to stop or let go
Ghosting blind all messed up
Jumping stops on the line
To your razor-sharp parallel love

We’d talk so I’d learn every time
To keep one step ahead of your lies
Peer out of the window on the wreck of this train
That you begged me to ride from the start

Pushing west off the map you’d moved on
But I’m here
Touch the brakes
Don’t steam ahead
Cos my wrist was stamped for a roller-coaster trip
On this one-way parallel love

But let’s cross the tracks and pull away
Only so much you’ve left me to give
I hope you found what you’re looking for
Before you erase what was left way behind

Thinking back down the line now so clear
You’d set the rails from the start
Short-distance downhill
With your one-track mind
To an impossible parallel love

Parallel

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(Verse)

Lately been side-tracked
By that night we’d meet
Mere secret strangers then
Try to you cast your mind back
You stole in from the cold
Set my world alight
Yeah for me it was instant
Your fit seemed so right

You caught me catch
A knowing glimpse of your smile
Let a perfume scent linger
Whilst we slow-built the vibe
But your body spoke a language
It showed me the way
Outer poise
The conversation
Seemed to know what to say

(Chorus)

Said you needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and can play this true
Is there a chance for us to see it through?
So tell me just once
You’ll try to feel it too

(Verse)

We’re blurred heavy
By these knock-out rounds
It's not like me
To ever share things out loud
But you flicked our switch
Plunged my world into dark
Tried to smash
A hidden train-wreck heart

(Chorus)

But you needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and still playing true
There’s a way for us to see this through
So I'll tell you just once
I'll try to feel it too

(Bridge)

Yeah fast-running through my head
Are those words you just said
And I’m trying not to reach out for more
Just say you need us to be here
Dry away a subtle tear
Before the night is chased alone by the dawn

(Chorus)

You needed someone to feel the same
To set you free from a twisted game
Let’s move away now far from your crowd
We'll find a warm place
Hide safe from the sound
But if you’re free now and can play this true
There’s no way we shouldn’t see this through
So tell me just once
You’ll try to feel it too
And I'll promise this
I’ll try to feel it too

Try To Feel It Too

You're beautifully distant
So I’ll hold back and wait
Give me time to hesitate
And perfect a thousand ways
To play this wrong
You’d think by now
I’d know the words to your songs

But here’s where my truth’s at
Laid it all out to sing
Cos I’m desperate to breathe
A little more of you in
So what’s it to be?
When you get 'round to me
Don’t play this so coy
Like the card up your sleeve

Picked me out of your crowd
Told me this and that
Bout how much you needed a change
Weighed down heavy so loud
But now are you thinking
With every trick you spin
You’ve nothing more than me to lose?

(Bridge)
Can't push me to fit
What you want this to be
Won't melt into moulds
Iron-cast made for me

So here’s where my truth’s at
Laid it all out to sing
Heart racing to breathe
A little more of you in
So what’s it to be?
When you get 'round to me?
C'mon keep me close
Like the card up your sleeve

Up Your Sleeve

JUPITER RISING

She will show again
And span our light-years gaze
A distant glowing jewel
Far-flung beyond the haze

And when your shine takes hold
Softly throw your precious light
across a star-strewn veil
slowly blanketing the night

(chorus)
What if I’m ready this time?
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
And I’ll listen right now
Tell you how I feel
If you’ll wait right here
And watch Jupiter rise tonight

Beneath a dusk-hewn sky
She floats low to obscure
A shimmering diamond
Eclipse your stellar lure

Yet might you stay awhile?
To share my sunset warmth
Place your fire in this heart
And rise again inside


(chorus)
What if I’m ready this time?
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
And I’ll listen right now
Tell you how I feel
If you’ll wait right here
And watch Jupiter rise tonight

(Bridge)
It's only dreams that separate us
Countless miles are placed between us
If I told you this now
Might you smile?
Before we fade to slip away

She will show again
And span our light-years gaze
Distant glowing jewel
Far-flung beyond the haze

And I'll be ready this time
I promise we could talk
If you stay with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight

If you'd wait with me
To watch Jupiter rise tonight
(repeat to fade).

Jupiter Rising

So I thought I'd write a little sunset song for you
And I hope it makes your dreams come true
I held your hand for those summer days
Along the pebbled shores of Whitley Bay

But tonight I'll try to send a three-chord song to you
About love and the things I thought you’d like
That time we picked those little flowers
Our last dawn sleep brightens by the hour

(chorus)
Let me sing for you
A three-chord love song
To help it on its way to you
I hope that you'll hear
This three-chord love song
Before you fly away tonight

So here's my gentle three-chord song for you
What else was I supposed to do?
As you glance down at these city lights
Will you know I'm here though far from sight?

And I guess you've maybe landed now so far away from here
But I hope you'll know I'm always near
Gotta send this now to let you know
You had me at that first hello

(Chorus)
So true to you is this three-chord love song
It was made for you in my heart
Let me reach to you through this simple love song
Across these runway lights tonight

So I wrote this little late-night song for you
And hope it makes your dreams come true
I held your hand for those summer days
Along the pebbled shores of Whitley Bay

Three-Chord Love Song

You kept a safe distance
And reeled me in ever further away
Hanging by a thread on your every word
Dragged along by the heart on my sleeve

Headed west we made tracks on the limit
Fell in too deep
Hard to stop or let go
Ghosting blind all messed up
Jumping stops on the line
To your razor-sharp parallel love

We’d talk so I’d learn every time
To keep one step ahead of your lies
Peer out of the window on the wreck of this train
That you begged me to ride from the start

Pushing west off the map you’d moved on
But I’m here
Touch the brakes
Don’t steam ahead
Cos my wrist was stamped for a roller-coaster trip
On this one-way parallel love

But let’s cross the tracks and pull away
Only so much you’ve left me to give
I hope you found what you’re looking for
Before you erase what was left way behind

Thinking back down the line now so clear
You’d set the rails from the start
Short-distance downhill
With your one-track mind
To an impossible parallel love

Parallel


About Me

Bio

Hi - my name is Craig and I'm a based in the North East of England near sunny (honestly!) Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. I'm a full-time Primary School Teacher by trade with a love of language, stories, music and culture. Musically, there aren't many genres I don't get on with but my main interests lie in Motown, Soul, Acoustic Rock & Pop and The Blues. Musical styles apart, some of the writers I really admire include John Williams, Mark Knopfler, Aretha Franklin, Parov Stellar, Yann Tiersen, Paul Weller, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Lewis Capaldi, George Michael and James Bay to name but a fraction of a few. Stylistically, I can turn my hand to most things but my stories, poems, lyrics and ideas tend to be quite nostalgic and introspectively honest, driven by the human condition, ambition and attention to detail. I am also self-taught on guitar and piano with an emergent repertoire of simple songs and background accompaniments.

CV/History

BA Hons (2:1) in Primary Education (The University of Durham)
A-Levels in English Language, Literature and French

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