Martin H

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Martin H
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Subject 3

The circles of life revolve
Around the problems no-one can solve
The roots of the troubles surround
But their solutions aren’t to be found

Don’t attempt to try they say
Leave it to those at the top
No-one cares anymore I say
Let the accusations drop

We don’t pretend to understand
Third world frustration here at hand
The love of the world now gone
We’re all agreed on who was wrong

Don’t do nothing now they say
Leave it to those at the top
No-one cares anymore I say
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop

Save your breath for now they say
Leave it to those at the top
No-one cares anymore I say
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop

There’s a cloud hanging over the world
Propaganda is all
The circles of life still turn
But how much longer ‘til it falls

Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop

Let The Accusations Drop

It’s time to fall through the mirror of your soul
Time to search for a better way to know
For a better way to fly
Through my world

Release me from my pillow and my dream
I must no longer bury my head
In a stream of faithlessness
Show me a better way to fly to your world

Chorus:

Getting High
Please catch me when I fall
Getting High
Please let me escape from it all
And follow you to live and breathe by your side

Climb the tallest building
And shout your name to me
You’re not drowning and you’ll never die
While you’re with me
Search for a better way to fly to our world

Repeat Chorus

It’s time to fall through the mirror of your soul
Take flight to a world not so cold
Leave behind all my troubles
On a journey to behold

Repeat Chorus

Getting High

I drop a stone into the water
And watch the reflection of my face
Gently ripple away
I ask myself so many questions
But I don’t know if I’ll get
The answers today

A little boy he comes up to me
He says, ‘Mister’
Why are you looking so sad
I said, ‘Son’
I just wonder if someone
Will ever call me ‘Dad’

The clouds begin to gather
Over the place where I sit
Only to remind me of my solitude
But the rain does not fall
To wash away my thoughts
As if it ever could

A little girl she comes up to me
She says, ‘Mister’
Why are you looking so low
I said, ‘My little one’
I just want a family of my own

A Family Of My Own

Morning, summer sun and all the tears we cried
I see your suitcase, you’re ready to leave my side
Don’t think it was not our piece of holiday fun
But it can stay in the memory and now it’s done

Chorus:

Even if I try to miss my train
I know I’ll never see you again
You’ve told me so many times it must be wrong
But you are just my holiday song

Please don’t put a souvenir photo in my pocket
‘Cos I promise you that I won’t take it home
And I won’t keep your favorite locket
And I won’t call you on the phone

Chorus:

Even if I try to miss my train
I know I’ll never see you again
You’ve told me so many times it must be wrong
But you are just my holiday song

I can’t wipe away the sorrow from your bleary eyes
And I don’t want to cope with your endless questions why
So much sun and happy laughter
But never a happy ever after

Chorus

Even if I try to miss my train
I know I’ll never see you again
You’ve told me so many times it must be wrong
But you are just my holiday song

Repeat Chorus

Holiday Song

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The circles of life revolve
Around the problems no-one can solve
The roots of the troubles surround
But their solutions aren’t to be found

Don’t attempt to try they say
Leave it to those at the top
No-one cares anymore I say
Let the accusations drop

We don’t pretend to understand
Third world frustration here at hand
The love of the world now gone
We’re all agreed on who was wrong

Don’t do nothing now they say
Leave it to those at the top
No-one cares anymore I say
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop

Save your breath for now they say
Leave it to those at the top
No-one cares anymore I say
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop

There’s a cloud hanging over the world
Propaganda is all
The circles of life still turn
But how much longer ‘til it falls

Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop
Let the accusations drop

Let The Accusations Drop

It’s time to fall through the mirror of your soul
Time to search for a better way to know
For a better way to fly
Through my world

Release me from my pillow and my dream
I must no longer bury my head
In a stream of faithlessness
Show me a better way to fly to your world

Chorus:

Getting High
Please catch me when I fall
Getting High
Please let me escape from it all
And follow you to live and breathe by your side

Climb the tallest building
And shout your name to me
You’re not drowning and you’ll never die
While you’re with me
Search for a better way to fly to our world

Repeat Chorus

It’s time to fall through the mirror of your soul
Take flight to a world not so cold
Leave behind all my troubles
On a journey to behold

Repeat Chorus

Getting High


About Me

Bio

From a young age I have always been interested in writing, whether that be poetry or fiction. I remember having a poem published in a collected works book when at school. To this day as a teacher (the day job!), I am still passionate about students’ writing that inspires me. I feel that it is simply the power and emotion in language that enables us to connect with our own emotions and those of others that I find so special, and allows us to identify in a song a lyric that instantly reflects our own feelings, situations and relationships. It is also the power of metaphor that gives us the freedom to choose our own interpretation of a song’s meaning and appreciate the subtleties and nuances in the words themselves and what they might convey. What did the artist mean when they wrote that song?!

When I started dabbling in synthesizers in the mid-late 1980s, completely caught up in the electronic, new wave music of the time, I discovered that I could also write my own songs and music and like all of us it has been a great source of liberation. There is a beauty in being able to express oneself through music. My biggest claim to fame at this time was being shortlisted to replace Holly Johnson when he left Frankie Goes To Hollywood but not quite getting it and having one of the band ring my house and speak to my mum about it! Oh, and also getting my photo in Just Seventeen magazine!

Over the years since, it has simply been a question of trying to get my music out there, a frustrating process as all songwriters know! But, I have held onto my battered old file of lyrics and I hope that now, through Songbay, my work will get the exposure I have always thought it deserves.

In more recent years, I began to compose music for independent film and television. I love quality thriller drama and have become a huge fan of the foreign dramas that we can now enjoy. In particular, I am often impressed by the quality of these programmes’ opening titles music and it is naturally an ambition therefore to see my own music used in these productions.

At present I am concentrating on lyric writing. I am keen to push the quality of my writing and the vocabulary I use in ever new and adventurous directions, and whilst happy, poppy songs are fantastic and we all need them, the darker, more thought-provoking the lyric the better for me! There are too many artists I have loved over the years to list here, but Martin Gore of Depeche Mode has been a particular source of inspiration, whilst I find the lyrics of the Danish songwriter, Mads Langer, quite exquisite. To be able to express himself in English the way he does as a non-native speaker is amazing. Other artists I admire for the quality of their songwriting include Thirteen Senses, Editors, SYML, A Fine Frenzy, Ruelle and David Sylvian. Favourite band of all time though are Blondie; favourite song, Heart of Glass; favourite album cover, Speak and Spell, Depeche Mode; favourite guilty pleasure song!, Waiting For A Star To Fall, Boy Meets Girl.

I am very excited by the opportunity to collaborate with other songwriters out there and would love to be able to write lyrics for you according to your own desires for your songs and your own brief. Please get in touch.

Martin

CV/History

Film and Television Credits

Shindig: Comedy/drama film produced by Auspicious Films. Music a mixture of dance, chillout and ambient music and 1940s jazz.
New Voices: Six-Part documentary series for Anglia Television, produced by Stampede Productions. Music similar to Massive Attack in style.
Getting High: Short film directed by David Chambers. Music a mixture of melancholic guitar and piano with the title music similar to New Order in style.
Shadows Fall: Hitchcockian thriller film directed by Alan Mathias. Music a mixture of sparse, tense and dramatic orchestration.
Jaywick Floods: Short film produced by Signals Media Arts. Music gentle piano and strings.
Tragedy In The Sands: Short film produced by Signals Media Arts. Music dance and ambient textures.
The Beast: Short film produced by Signals Media Arts. Music industrial electronica.
Cars: Short film produced by Signals Media Arts. Music new wave rock and dance.
Rec Create: Community children’s animation project. Music sound design using beach samples.
Steps: Nokia short film directed by Simon Reed. Music 1970s disco.
Robe Rage: Comedy film by Films of Misfortune and Thousand River Films. Music comic orchestration.
Hidden Harm: Drama directed by Sonia Castang addressing the issues surrounding teenage self harm. Music melancholic ambient instrumentation.
Don’t Look Back…Carry On: Spoof spy comedy directed by Ron Suffield. Music Indian dance and comic orchestration.
Return Of The Forgotten: Historical ghost story directed by John Worland. Music ethereal instrumentation and sound effects.
Deadline: Dark drama directed by Kerusha Pillay. Music melancholy and heavy guitar.
Leave Me Alone: Children’s animation directed by Eduardo Carrillo looking at bullying and based on real life experiences. Music children’s rap and sound design.
NDC Engineering: Corporate dvd directed by Alan Mathias. Music uptempo dance and cinematic percussion.
Cry Baby: Drama directed by Ash Newman looking at how a boy’s childhood dreams are dashed as he grows into adulthood. Music nursery rhymes and carols.
Once There Was A Girl: Feature film directed by Dominic Osborne, starring Lucy Briers, Alan Cox, Simon Cox, Ben Nealon and Alexander McConnell. Music: Electronica and ambient instrumentation.
The Farmer's Boy: Feature film trailer produced by Auspicious Films: Music: gentle orchestration.
The Perfect Dish: Short film directed by Norman Cho. Music: dark, atmospherica electronica.
The STDers: Feature film produced by Yokon Films and directed by Simon King. Comedy about a group of people who take part in telephone dialling code competitions. Music: latino, general orchestration.

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