The Random Project lyrics

The Random Project wrote and forgot a great many songs.

Some of these songs ended up on an EP called, shockingly, The Random Project, by The Skerry Hill, which is really by The Random Project. 

Luke - guitar/vox
Jenny - bass/vox/guitar
Mr Box Spork - drum machine

Some of them didn't. 

The Random Project officially isn't a thing anymore, although we do occasionally do things.

Here are some words.

The Cost aka Punky Riff Thing

Lights up

Now you see

That is is broken

Pieces, shards

That glint and mock you

Tear into you

Taking everything

You tried to build

All your trial and trouble

Becomes dust and rubble

Fragments of a world you made

That came to nothing

This is the cost of giving everything

This is the cost of giving everything

This is the cost of giving everything

This is the cost of giving in
_______

Statue (I wrote this in 2003 and dragged it through several bands).

V1

I’ve seen what you wanted

I’ve see what you need

I’ve seen the best and the worst of you

Sat down and watched you leave

How do you keep this hold on me

Your little finger could hold back a train

But I’ve found a way out of here

Size of a City helps me slip away

C

I’d watch you do anything

If I was invited

I’d watch you do anything

If I was still frightened

V2

You said this was forever

I don’t know what to believe

All these sparks and nothing to light them with

Now I can barely breathe

I know you put things in boxes

Was I too big to just put me away

We may never speak again

We’ve got too much to say

Outro (added during FFTT, removed after)

I’m tearing down your statue

You can’t hurt me anymore

No constant reminder

You won’t hurt me anymore

It took me all this time

To scrape away the varnish

Use me as your excuse

‘Cause I’m not listening anymore

_______

Sleepy Lizard

Sometimes it takes

About a million years 

For some sleep to appear 

Noises outside make this hard for me

Drunk students and thick scallies 

Coming home at half past 3

It’s strange

I just can’t fall asleep 

It’s 4am

And I’m staring at the ceiling again

I know

I should try something else

And so it seems

I barely remember the last time I dreamed 

My eyes are sore

So heavy from sleepless nights

Avoiding the amber lights

Trying to stop

This flow of continuous thought 

This is my least favourite sport

It’s strange

I just can’t fall asleep 

It’s 5am

And I’m staring at the ceiling again

I know

I should try something else

And so it seems

I barely remember the last time I dreamed 

Lying awake

Fighting the call of dawn

The birds will all sing along

I might as well

Give up and watch TV

This battle is lost to me

It’s strange

I just can’t fall asleep 

It’s 6am

And I’m staring at the ceiling again

I know

I should try something else

And so it seems

I barely remember the last time I dreamed 

_______

Like Fishcakes 

We literally make the words up every time we perform this, apart from the chorus:

These are nothing like fishcakes

They've not been deep fried

They're not mushy inside