by Nick Gisburne
They say that when they’re finished she will be a work of art
They tell her as they hide behind the lie
Their promise was destroyed before the surgery could start
They scramble to persuade her not to die
They told her she was beautiful today
She shivered as she watched them walk away
They say that there’s a chance she will be well and walking soon
They tell her what they think she wants to hear
But lying on a table on a Monday afternoon
The only thing she reaches for is fear
They told her she was beautiful today
She shivered as she watched them walk away
What happened is impossible to say
She knows she isn’t beautiful today
She knows that she will never be a fucking work of art
She knows that every promise is a lie
She knows she won’t be well and walking, long before they start
What else is there to do but wait to die?
They told her she was beautiful today
She shivered as she watched them walk away
And wondered why not one of them would stay
Tomorrow is a thousand years away
She was beautiful
But that was yesterday
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Monday, 24 August 2026
Perfect
by Nick Gisburne
They never told us where they came from
Does it matter now?
What’s important is they’re never going back
When they demolished our defences
Still we wondered how
They could stain the skies and burn the oceans black
When their shadows blocked the sun
We had nowhere else to run
So they took this world by force
Without remorse
They didn’t bring us Armageddon
How did we survive
When the scourge that should have ended us fell down?
The shadows had another purpose
Keeping us alive
Pouring pain on every city, every town
When their shadows blocked the sun
We had nowhere else to run
So they took this world by force
Without remorse
As the world forever turns
Every soul forever burns
Immortal, in our perfect plastic tomb
It’s not important what they wanted
Nothing matters now
We will never die, eternally preserved
But if the shadows won’t release us
All of us, somehow
Will remember we received what we deserved
When their shadows blocked the sun
We had nowhere else to run
So they took this world by force
Without remorse
As the world forever turns
Every soul in silence burns
As the world forever turns
Every soul in silence burns
In the torment of our doom
In our perfect plastic tomb
Forever
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
They never told us where they came from
Does it matter now?
What’s important is they’re never going back
When they demolished our defences
Still we wondered how
They could stain the skies and burn the oceans black
When their shadows blocked the sun
We had nowhere else to run
So they took this world by force
Without remorse
They didn’t bring us Armageddon
How did we survive
When the scourge that should have ended us fell down?
The shadows had another purpose
Keeping us alive
Pouring pain on every city, every town
When their shadows blocked the sun
We had nowhere else to run
So they took this world by force
Without remorse
As the world forever turns
Every soul forever burns
Immortal, in our perfect plastic tomb
It’s not important what they wanted
Nothing matters now
We will never die, eternally preserved
But if the shadows won’t release us
All of us, somehow
Will remember we received what we deserved
When their shadows blocked the sun
We had nowhere else to run
So they took this world by force
Without remorse
As the world forever turns
Every soul in silence burns
As the world forever turns
Every soul in silence burns
In the torment of our doom
In our perfect plastic tomb
Forever
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
There’s a Hedgehog in the Garden
by Nick Gisburne
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
And he comes out every night
He was always very secretive at first
But I soon began to wonder
When he wandered out of sight
If he needed help, and quickly feared the worst.
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
And he comes out every night
If you think you wouldn’t follow him, you might
What I finally discovered
When I looked beneath the shed
Was a secret more amazing than I thought
He was lounging in pyjamas
On a fancy feather bed
Eating fishy tails and snails he’d somehow caught
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
In a room beneath the shed
And he likes to rub his belly when he’s fed
When he saw me there he waved, and with a grin
He told me, “There is room for two, come in!”
I was taken to the kitchen
Where he cooked me up a feast
When I asked him what it was he wouldn’t say
But he offered me a napkin
It was delicately creased
By a cat with half a coat - the local stray
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
And he really doesn’t bite
If you think you wouldn’t follow him, you would
But remember when he feeds you
Something crunchy late at night
That the taste of bugs and beetles won’t be good
If you need to stay away, perhaps you should
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
And he comes out every night
He was always very secretive at first
But I soon began to wonder
When he wandered out of sight
If he needed help, and quickly feared the worst.
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
And he comes out every night
If you think you wouldn’t follow him, you might
What I finally discovered
When I looked beneath the shed
Was a secret more amazing than I thought
He was lounging in pyjamas
On a fancy feather bed
Eating fishy tails and snails he’d somehow caught
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
In a room beneath the shed
And he likes to rub his belly when he’s fed
When he saw me there he waved, and with a grin
He told me, “There is room for two, come in!”
I was taken to the kitchen
Where he cooked me up a feast
When I asked him what it was he wouldn’t say
But he offered me a napkin
It was delicately creased
By a cat with half a coat - the local stray
There’s a hedgehog in the garden
And he really doesn’t bite
If you think you wouldn’t follow him, you would
But remember when he feeds you
Something crunchy late at night
That the taste of bugs and beetles won’t be good
If you need to stay away, perhaps you should
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
The Glory of the Gold
by Nick Gisburne
In the shimmer of his black, satanic seed
In the glimmer of each cold, immortal eye
In the cancer of his flesh
In his marrow, fat and fresh
Burns a misery his hunger cannot feed
And a longing that he knows will never die
In the shimmer of the black
See him crumble. See him crack
He was born to build a universe of lust
But he failed to fill the emptiness of space
When the wonder somehow broke
When his power turned to smoke
He was king of nothing, emperor of dust
Now he waits for someone else to take his place
He was born for life and lust
But his destiny is dust
She is coming. There is glory in her gold
Her malevolence is crooked to the core
She is infinitely thrilled
That her brother could not build
Something better, something bigger, something bold
From her body bursts the birth of something more
In the glory of her gold
She is bigger. She is bold.
There is darkness in her dreams
There is passion in her screams
There is everything her brother could not be
He could never build the sickness she can see.
In the blazing devastation of her mind
In the shadows of the starlight she creates
Stands a sister who will rise
Through the cracked and shattered skies
While her brother, forced to follow, falls behind
In the dirt of her destruction he is blind
Just a glimmer in the glory she designed
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
In the shimmer of his black, satanic seed
In the glimmer of each cold, immortal eye
In the cancer of his flesh
In his marrow, fat and fresh
Burns a misery his hunger cannot feed
And a longing that he knows will never die
In the shimmer of the black
See him crumble. See him crack
He was born to build a universe of lust
But he failed to fill the emptiness of space
When the wonder somehow broke
When his power turned to smoke
He was king of nothing, emperor of dust
Now he waits for someone else to take his place
He was born for life and lust
But his destiny is dust
She is coming. There is glory in her gold
Her malevolence is crooked to the core
She is infinitely thrilled
That her brother could not build
Something better, something bigger, something bold
From her body bursts the birth of something more
In the glory of her gold
She is bigger. She is bold.
There is darkness in her dreams
There is passion in her screams
There is everything her brother could not be
He could never build the sickness she can see.
In the blazing devastation of her mind
In the shadows of the starlight she creates
Stands a sister who will rise
Through the cracked and shattered skies
While her brother, forced to follow, falls behind
In the dirt of her destruction he is blind
Just a glimmer in the glory she designed
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
A Body in the Street
by Nick Gisburne
You see a body in the street
Begin to drag it by the feet
When it’s the only food you’ll ever find to eat
But then you’re looking at the head
Is this a setup? Is he dead?
And if he’s breathing can you finish him instead?
And so you’re pulling out the steel
To try to make this fucker feel
That now the end of it, the death of it, is real
You take a second for the kill
And take another for the thrill
But then you wonder if you can, and if you will
They tell you discipline is king
But when you murder here’s the thing
Nobody warns you what depravity will bring
Another victim, passing through
Before the end of all you knew
He had a focus and a future, just like you
But when you leave him here to die
Before you turn away to cry
You see a maniac who looks you in the eye
Another scavenger to fight?
A strange illusion of the light?
Starvation tampers with the centre of your sight
You punch the window, break a bone
And see the foul reflection groan
The sole survivor, you are standing here alone
The body, just a piece of wood
Would mock your madness if it could
And try to tell you what you never understood
That there was never any meat
That there is nothing left to eat
And with your final breath the story is complete
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
You see a body in the street
Begin to drag it by the feet
When it’s the only food you’ll ever find to eat
But then you’re looking at the head
Is this a setup? Is he dead?
And if he’s breathing can you finish him instead?
And so you’re pulling out the steel
To try to make this fucker feel
That now the end of it, the death of it, is real
You take a second for the kill
And take another for the thrill
But then you wonder if you can, and if you will
They tell you discipline is king
But when you murder here’s the thing
Nobody warns you what depravity will bring
Another victim, passing through
Before the end of all you knew
He had a focus and a future, just like you
But when you leave him here to die
Before you turn away to cry
You see a maniac who looks you in the eye
Another scavenger to fight?
A strange illusion of the light?
Starvation tampers with the centre of your sight
You punch the window, break a bone
And see the foul reflection groan
The sole survivor, you are standing here alone
The body, just a piece of wood
Would mock your madness if it could
And try to tell you what you never understood
That there was never any meat
That there is nothing left to eat
And with your final breath the story is complete
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
It’s an Alien
by Nick Gisburne
When we saw it first and took it home we raised it as a pet
It was strange, but it was lovable and warm
We were shocked before the year was over, when we saw it sweat
When it turned and took a strange, disfigured form
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
But we don’t know why it chuckles when we bow
In the second stage the alien was pacified by food
We were lucky that it had a taste for wood
When it grew a new appendage we were certain it was rude
But it shrivelled up in winter, which was good
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
And by Christmas it was bigger than a cow
If you’re listening
It’s glistening
It’s trying hard to split
There is nothing we can do to make it quit
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
We should send it back, but none of us know how
We were shocked to see the thing become a terrifying head
It is rolling round the garden, and it stinks
When we tried to get the government to study it, they said
They are willing to collect it if it shrinks
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
It’s an alien
It chuckles when we bow
It’s an alien
It’s bigger than a cow
It’s an alien
And none of us know how it plays the fiddle
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
When we saw it first and took it home we raised it as a pet
It was strange, but it was lovable and warm
We were shocked before the year was over, when we saw it sweat
When it turned and took a strange, disfigured form
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
But we don’t know why it chuckles when we bow
In the second stage the alien was pacified by food
We were lucky that it had a taste for wood
When it grew a new appendage we were certain it was rude
But it shrivelled up in winter, which was good
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
And by Christmas it was bigger than a cow
If you’re listening
It’s glistening
It’s trying hard to split
There is nothing we can do to make it quit
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
We should send it back, but none of us know how
We were shocked to see the thing become a terrifying head
It is rolling round the garden, and it stinks
When we tried to get the government to study it, they said
They are willing to collect it if it shrinks
It’s an alien
Of course we know it now
It’s an alien
It chuckles when we bow
It’s an alien
It’s bigger than a cow
It’s an alien
And none of us know how it plays the fiddle
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
She Wonders Why
by Nick Gisburne
She is blinded by the memories of blood
She is sickened by the aftershocks of pain
She remembers how it felt
All the suffering she dealt
From the darkness in her disconnected brain
He had always had it coming
He was always meant to die
But she shivers in the shade and wonders why
He was nothing but a gentleman at first
But the flowers and the kisses couldn’t last
She remembers how it felt
When he struck her with his belt
And the fever of his rage before it passed
He had always had it coming
He was always meant to die
But she shivers in the shade and wonders why
In the summer’s heatwave somehow she was cold
When she woke beside the man she loved she cried
She remembers how it felt
When the final blow she dealt
Took away the seeds of hope she stored inside
He had always had it coming
He was always meant to die
But she shivers in the shade and wonders why
In the aftershocks of pain
In her disconnected brain
She wonders why
He made her cry
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
She is blinded by the memories of blood
She is sickened by the aftershocks of pain
She remembers how it felt
All the suffering she dealt
From the darkness in her disconnected brain
He had always had it coming
He was always meant to die
But she shivers in the shade and wonders why
He was nothing but a gentleman at first
But the flowers and the kisses couldn’t last
She remembers how it felt
When he struck her with his belt
And the fever of his rage before it passed
He had always had it coming
He was always meant to die
But she shivers in the shade and wonders why
In the summer’s heatwave somehow she was cold
When she woke beside the man she loved she cried
She remembers how it felt
When the final blow she dealt
Took away the seeds of hope she stored inside
He had always had it coming
He was always meant to die
But she shivers in the shade and wonders why
In the aftershocks of pain
In her disconnected brain
She wonders why
He made her cry
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Find A Way Within
by Nick Gisburne
Too nervous, I denied it
Was I certain? Was I sure?
Was there anyone to terminate the lie?
But now I stab inside it
Rip the curtain, chase the cure
Break the fingers that are dragging me to die
If I find a way within
If I find a way to win
If I suffocate the darkness of my doubt
If I push my way inside
If I sabotage the tide
I am strong enough to drive the demons out
I’m crawling in the slurry
In the sewage, in the scum
In the tunnels, broken open far too late
I tell myself to hurry
But the cripple I’ve become
Is the filthy fool I always used to hate
If I find a way within
If I find a way to win
If I suffocate the darkness of my doubt
If I push my way inside
If I sabotage the tide
I am strong enough to drive the demons out
The sickness twists inside me
It is brutal. It is black
It is clutching at the corners of my heart
Salvation is denied me
By the poisonous attack
Of an evil far too foul to pull apart
If I find a way within
If I find a way to win
If I suffocate the darkness of my doubt
If I push my way inside
If I sabotage the tide
I am strong enough to drive the demons out
Salvation is denied me
The sickness twists inside me
It is clutching at the corners of my heart
There is only pain within
There was no way I could win
I am smothered by the darkness of my doubt
Though I found a way inside
I was broken by the tide
Never strong enough to drive the demons out
Defeated by a terrifying tide
There is only pain and suffering inside
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Too nervous, I denied it
Was I certain? Was I sure?
Was there anyone to terminate the lie?
But now I stab inside it
Rip the curtain, chase the cure
Break the fingers that are dragging me to die
If I find a way within
If I find a way to win
If I suffocate the darkness of my doubt
If I push my way inside
If I sabotage the tide
I am strong enough to drive the demons out
I’m crawling in the slurry
In the sewage, in the scum
In the tunnels, broken open far too late
I tell myself to hurry
But the cripple I’ve become
Is the filthy fool I always used to hate
If I find a way within
If I find a way to win
If I suffocate the darkness of my doubt
If I push my way inside
If I sabotage the tide
I am strong enough to drive the demons out
The sickness twists inside me
It is brutal. It is black
It is clutching at the corners of my heart
Salvation is denied me
By the poisonous attack
Of an evil far too foul to pull apart
If I find a way within
If I find a way to win
If I suffocate the darkness of my doubt
If I push my way inside
If I sabotage the tide
I am strong enough to drive the demons out
Salvation is denied me
The sickness twists inside me
It is clutching at the corners of my heart
There is only pain within
There was no way I could win
I am smothered by the darkness of my doubt
Though I found a way inside
I was broken by the tide
Never strong enough to drive the demons out
Defeated by a terrifying tide
There is only pain and suffering inside
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
You Wanted My Heart to Believe
by Nick Gisburne
I wanted this message to reach you in time
When I said I was right I was wrong
A coward who told you it wasn’t a crime
I sang a predictable song
You wanted my heart to believe
You needed my conscience to care
Deserving of all I receive
I break in the storm of your stare
I shouldn’t have doubted the truth of your word
My excuses are never enough
I’ll always remember the hurt that I heard
When you told me to go that was tough
You wanted my heart to believe
You needed my soul to accept
Deserving of all I receive
I break in the whispers you wept
They said he was guilty. They took him away.
But today isn’t where it will end
The look in your eyes is the price I will pay
For the pain my remorse will not mend
You wanted my heart to believe
You needed my hand in your own
Deserving of all I receive
I break as I stand here alone
I break when I know you won’t answer the phone.
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
I wanted this message to reach you in time
When I said I was right I was wrong
A coward who told you it wasn’t a crime
I sang a predictable song
You wanted my heart to believe
You needed my conscience to care
Deserving of all I receive
I break in the storm of your stare
I shouldn’t have doubted the truth of your word
My excuses are never enough
I’ll always remember the hurt that I heard
When you told me to go that was tough
You wanted my heart to believe
You needed my soul to accept
Deserving of all I receive
I break in the whispers you wept
They said he was guilty. They took him away.
But today isn’t where it will end
The look in your eyes is the price I will pay
For the pain my remorse will not mend
You wanted my heart to believe
You needed my hand in your own
Deserving of all I receive
I break as I stand here alone
I break when I know you won’t answer the phone.
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Piles of Treasure
by Nick Gisburne
Though the size of it, the weight, the wonder, overwhelms his mind
There is nothing he can do but pile it high
In the chaos of his castle it’s impossible to find
Any answer, any rhyme or reason why
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there gold?
Is he proud of every dirty, dusty prize?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a world which never sees him getting old
There are avenues and alleyways. His corridors collapse
On the summit of a stockpile lies a bed
When he finds a piece of pleasure he imagines that perhaps
Someone else will see the story in his head
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there truth?
Is he proud of what his kingdom has become?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a system he rejected in his youth
He believes that there is nothing better, nothing more than this
There is order. There is purpose to the plan
When he crawls into a corner, finds a bottle, takes a piss
No one tells him how to be a better man
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there hope?
Is he proud of how he spends his final days?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a system too insane to spare him soap
There is nothing he can do but pile it high
No one ever thinks to find the reason why
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there peace?
Is he proud of what his palisade becomes?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a system where the pressures never cease
In a system where he longs to find release
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Though the size of it, the weight, the wonder, overwhelms his mind
There is nothing he can do but pile it high
In the chaos of his castle it’s impossible to find
Any answer, any rhyme or reason why
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there gold?
Is he proud of every dirty, dusty prize?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a world which never sees him getting old
There are avenues and alleyways. His corridors collapse
On the summit of a stockpile lies a bed
When he finds a piece of pleasure he imagines that perhaps
Someone else will see the story in his head
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there truth?
Is he proud of what his kingdom has become?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a system he rejected in his youth
He believes that there is nothing better, nothing more than this
There is order. There is purpose to the plan
When he crawls into a corner, finds a bottle, takes a piss
No one tells him how to be a better man
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there hope?
Is he proud of how he spends his final days?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a system too insane to spare him soap
There is nothing he can do but pile it high
No one ever thinks to find the reason why
In the stinking piles of treasure, is there peace?
Is he proud of what his palisade becomes?
In his eyes, however broken
He finds another token
Of a system where the pressures never cease
In a system where he longs to find release
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Open Every Door
by Nick Gisburne
When you shivered at my secret, did you see?
Was there something in its rhythm that was real?
I can open every door
I have the key
But I need you to remember, and to feel
I can open every door
Broken memories, and more
All the misery you swore
Would not survive
There is nothing more to challenge or deny
Storms of silence cast their shadows on your soul
When you scream in deep denial
When you cry
Turn your face to find the innocence they stole
I can open every dream
But the echoes of a scream
In a cloud of smoke and steam
Will come alive
Wake the ghosts who took your trauma to the grave
Piece by piece remove the power from their hands
Have the courage to confront your fears to save
The life you thought would never make new plans
I can promise every day
While you need me I will stay
Take my hand and walk away
It’s time to thrive
We can open every door
Make new memories, and more
This is what the fight is for
Be strong
Survive.
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
When you shivered at my secret, did you see?
Was there something in its rhythm that was real?
I can open every door
I have the key
But I need you to remember, and to feel
I can open every door
Broken memories, and more
All the misery you swore
Would not survive
There is nothing more to challenge or deny
Storms of silence cast their shadows on your soul
When you scream in deep denial
When you cry
Turn your face to find the innocence they stole
I can open every dream
But the echoes of a scream
In a cloud of smoke and steam
Will come alive
Wake the ghosts who took your trauma to the grave
Piece by piece remove the power from their hands
Have the courage to confront your fears to save
The life you thought would never make new plans
I can promise every day
While you need me I will stay
Take my hand and walk away
It’s time to thrive
We can open every door
Make new memories, and more
This is what the fight is for
Be strong
Survive.
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Are You There?
by Nick Gisburne
I was never meant to take this twisted road
I was always told to turn away, to run
In my arrogance I thought I’d break the code
But before I took the turning I was done
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
It was dark and it was dirty. It was black.
All the stars went out in silence, one by one
When I knew that I was never coming back
I pretended I was free, but found a gun
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
There were never any signs for me to see
All the turnings took me further from the light
When I doubled back I knew what I would be
A beast. A brute. A creature of the night.
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
I was never meant to take this twisted road
But the demons deep inside me broke the code
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
I was never meant to take this twisted road
I was always told to turn away, to run
In my arrogance I thought I’d break the code
But before I took the turning I was done
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
It was dark and it was dirty. It was black.
All the stars went out in silence, one by one
When I knew that I was never coming back
I pretended I was free, but found a gun
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
There were never any signs for me to see
All the turnings took me further from the light
When I doubled back I knew what I would be
A beast. A brute. A creature of the night.
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
I was never meant to take this twisted road
But the demons deep inside me broke the code
Is there anyone? (to see)
Anyone there? (for me)
Do you care?
Do you dare?
Will you offer me a prayer?
You won’t.
I don’t believe it.
Are you there?
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
The Wrong Stuff
by Nick Gisburne
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’ve had enough of it
If I bend it or I burn it or I smash it with a stick
If I try to fix the fault or make it whole
I can never, ever, trigger it, however slow or slick
It’s a pain, a punch, a danger to the soul
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’m sliding in the spit
I’m sliding in the spit
It’s the future I was given from a bucket, like the rest
It’s the life I never wanted, never dreamed
It is all the crushing disappointments pounding on my chest
It is what they gave every time I screamed
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’m swimming in the shit
I’m swimming in the shit
If I had to give it back
Or take another, take a life
Rip it open with my fingers till they bleed
I would dive inside the black
And slice the sinews with a knife
On some other broken body I would feed
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’ve had enough of it
I’ve had enough of shit
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’ve had enough of it
If I bend it or I burn it or I smash it with a stick
If I try to fix the fault or make it whole
I can never, ever, trigger it, however slow or slick
It’s a pain, a punch, a danger to the soul
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’m sliding in the spit
I’m sliding in the spit
It’s the future I was given from a bucket, like the rest
It’s the life I never wanted, never dreamed
It is all the crushing disappointments pounding on my chest
It is what they gave every time I screamed
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’m swimming in the shit
I’m swimming in the shit
If I had to give it back
Or take another, take a life
Rip it open with my fingers till they bleed
I would dive inside the black
And slice the sinews with a knife
On some other broken body I would feed
It’s the wrong stuff
Broken
Never made to work
All the dirty pieces twist but never fit
It’s the wrong stuff
Rotten
Stinking in the murk
Tell me why
Don’t lie
Tell me why
Don’t lie
I’ve had enough of it
I’ve had enough of shit
Lyrics by Nick Gisburne
Music and vocals created by Suno
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Greedy Beasts
by Nick Gisburne
Destroy. Despise. Dehumanise. Repeat.
Drain every drop of blood. Dismantle bone.
Expose the pain that we, the dark elite,
Resplendent, strip to stain the altar stone.
Misguided martyrs, cold, untainted, fresh.
Their cries will crack, unanswered. Let them scream.
Depravity brings flavour to the flesh.
Deny them no perversion, no extreme.
Impale them on the terror of our name,
Demolishing the meaning of their own.
Delivered to the sacrificial flame,
Dispatch them with indignity, alone.
The greedy beasts of industry must eat.
Destroy. Despise. Dehumanise. Repeat.
Destroy. Despise. Dehumanise. Repeat.
Drain every drop of blood. Dismantle bone.
Expose the pain that we, the dark elite,
Resplendent, strip to stain the altar stone.
Misguided martyrs, cold, untainted, fresh.
Their cries will crack, unanswered. Let them scream.
Depravity brings flavour to the flesh.
Deny them no perversion, no extreme.
Impale them on the terror of our name,
Demolishing the meaning of their own.
Delivered to the sacrificial flame,
Dispatch them with indignity, alone.
The greedy beasts of industry must eat.
Destroy. Despise. Dehumanise. Repeat.
The Quarter: Tomorrow
by Nick Gisburne
We all remember how it went before,
When malice left the room, a liar’s kiss.
We felt it coming, knew they needed more.
It never seemed so final, not like this.
We finished it, together. Who knows how?
Perhaps we just had nothing left to lose.
With fear they forced us all to kneel or bow,
But not to love the colour of their shoes.
Alone, without the terror of a fist,
We mourn, but not for something that we lost.
We’re peering at a sunrise, through the mist,
Uncertain who we are, what life will cost.
Tomorrow is a hole we have to fill.
We cannot see the future, but we will.
We all remember how it went before,
When malice left the room, a liar’s kiss.
We felt it coming, knew they needed more.
It never seemed so final, not like this.
We finished it, together. Who knows how?
Perhaps we just had nothing left to lose.
With fear they forced us all to kneel or bow,
But not to love the colour of their shoes.
Alone, without the terror of a fist,
We mourn, but not for something that we lost.
We’re peering at a sunrise, through the mist,
Uncertain who we are, what life will cost.
Tomorrow is a hole we have to fill.
We cannot see the future, but we will.
Monday, 25 May 2026
Government Guidelines: War is War
by Nick Gisburne
Your government can actively assert
That all suspended statutes are restored.
Additional restrictions will divert
More migrants to the mines, without reward...
...without reward...
...reward...
...ward...
...warrrrrrrrrrrr...
We’re in the system. Network scans are black.
The Charlie-Nines will isolate the core.
Identify your targets for attack.
No prisoners. No mercy. War is war.
Confirmed collapse of military screens.
We took the towers. Just the bunker now.
I don’t know what this moment really means,
But we’re the ones who... wait a moment... wow.
It’s no surprise. Remember what we said?
All cowards, every one of ’em. They’re dead.
Your government can actively assert
That all suspended statutes are restored.
Additional restrictions will divert
More migrants to the mines, without reward...
...without reward...
...reward...
...ward...
...warrrrrrrrrrrr...
We’re in the system. Network scans are black.
The Charlie-Nines will isolate the core.
Identify your targets for attack.
No prisoners. No mercy. War is war.
Confirmed collapse of military screens.
We took the towers. Just the bunker now.
I don’t know what this moment really means,
But we’re the ones who... wait a moment... wow.
It’s no surprise. Remember what we said?
All cowards, every one of ’em. They’re dead.
Face the Furnace
by Nick Gisburne
For symmetry we always make a pair,
Essential for the lesson to be learned.
We tell them, when they first become aware,
That one, but never both, will soon be burned.
Two androids, each identical, must choose
Which one will face the furnace, which will not.
The issue - live and win, or die and lose -
Is written in the brain of every bot.
But only when they both refuse to die,
When each demands the other twin must live,
Will two of them, together, qualify
To access all the freedoms we can give.
There may be some utility, of course,
For robots who would kill without remorse.
For symmetry we always make a pair,
Essential for the lesson to be learned.
We tell them, when they first become aware,
That one, but never both, will soon be burned.
Two androids, each identical, must choose
Which one will face the furnace, which will not.
The issue - live and win, or die and lose -
Is written in the brain of every bot.
But only when they both refuse to die,
When each demands the other twin must live,
Will two of them, together, qualify
To access all the freedoms we can give.
There may be some utility, of course,
For robots who would kill without remorse.
Living in My Pain
by Nick Gisburne
You know me. Every tragedy is true,
My faults and failings, all the scars of life.
The torments fade for me, but not for you,
Still picking at the stitches of my strife.
I try to sink the shame of what I’ve done,
To leave my disappointments in the past,
But all I put behind me is undone.
Your appetite for injury is vast.
You’re living in my pain, but don’t know how
To bury it, determined not to try.
I need to find a future in the now,
To finally discover how to fly.
The wounds you pull apart will never mend
Until I turn away from you, my friend.
You know me. Every tragedy is true,
My faults and failings, all the scars of life.
The torments fade for me, but not for you,
Still picking at the stitches of my strife.
I try to sink the shame of what I’ve done,
To leave my disappointments in the past,
But all I put behind me is undone.
Your appetite for injury is vast.
You’re living in my pain, but don’t know how
To bury it, determined not to try.
I need to find a future in the now,
To finally discover how to fly.
The wounds you pull apart will never mend
Until I turn away from you, my friend.
Sunday, 24 May 2026
What Stories Could You Tell Us?
by Nick Gisburne
What stories could you tell us, Tiny Bird,
If only you could whistle to a cloud?
Your feathers fade, your songs will not be heard,
But while you soared above us we were proud.
What stories could you tell us, Master Mouse,
Of roaming in the sultry summer haze?
We found you cold and quiet in the house,
But still remember all your yesterdays.
What stories could you tell us, Lady Frog,
Before you slept forever in the pond?
You never tired of hopping from your log.
Of you, and all your antics, we were fond.
What stories could you tell us, Little Man?
The silence fell before your life began.
What stories could you tell us, Tiny Bird,
If only you could whistle to a cloud?
Your feathers fade, your songs will not be heard,
But while you soared above us we were proud.
What stories could you tell us, Master Mouse,
Of roaming in the sultry summer haze?
We found you cold and quiet in the house,
But still remember all your yesterdays.
What stories could you tell us, Lady Frog,
Before you slept forever in the pond?
You never tired of hopping from your log.
Of you, and all your antics, we were fond.
What stories could you tell us, Little Man?
The silence fell before your life began.
How to Walk Among the Dead
by Nick Gisburne
We’re not supposed to dream in black and white.
I never did, until I met a man.
He whispered from the corner of my sight,
A mystic, born before the world began.
If I would drain the colours from my head,
And mix them in a wish, as one, for him,
He’d show me how to walk among the dead,
A miracle, however grey or grim.
I took the solemn stranger at his word,
Surrendering the colours of my mind.
His laughter was the only thing I heard
Before I felt his magic make me blind.
Although the mystic never spoke a lie,
To wander with the dead I had to die.
We’re not supposed to dream in black and white.
I never did, until I met a man.
He whispered from the corner of my sight,
A mystic, born before the world began.
If I would drain the colours from my head,
And mix them in a wish, as one, for him,
He’d show me how to walk among the dead,
A miracle, however grey or grim.
I took the solemn stranger at his word,
Surrendering the colours of my mind.
His laughter was the only thing I heard
Before I felt his magic make me blind.
Although the mystic never spoke a lie,
To wander with the dead I had to die.