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On Fire

by Gareth Huggett

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    All songs Written and Performed by Gareth Huggett. Lead guitar on We're on Fire - Adam Norsworthy. Drums Stuart Smith. Indigo co-written by Stevie Fricker. Said Goodbye co-written by Stevie Fricker and Liam Collins. Produced, mixed and mastered by Stuart Smith.

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1.
The Truth Is Yours to Make 05:15
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You may ask yourself “what’s it all worth?” As you stare down on the curve of the earth All these mistakes, all this toil You may find yourself drowning in oil I just gotta shed this skin What will be has gone but today’s still to live Don’t let the hopelessness win Find it in yourself to forgive The Truth is Yours to Make The Truth is Yours to Make Fill her up again and turn the wheel Leave it all behind, let the weariness heal No more grey wolves, no more grey tiles No more exit signs for miles and miles I just gotta shed this skin What will be has gone but today’s still to live Don’t let the hopelessness win Find it in yourself to forgive The Truth is Yours to Make The Truth is Yours to Make Lights are blinding now and I can’t stand the heat Taken far to much I’ve got to get some sleep All we once were, all we will be We’re just stardust with memories to keep I just gotta shed this skin What will be has gone but today’s still to live Don’t let the hopelessness win Find it in yourself to forgive Find it in yourself to forgive The Truth is Yours to Make
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I Didn't Mean It But I Said It 05:08
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“Heaven sent” I heard her say Fall from grace hit every branch on the way Even angels lose their wings Still I shiver each and every time that she sings Turn the light into my eyes - pinch and prod me to get a rise And every time I get piece of mind, everybody wants a piece of mine The folks they say to make it, you gotta take it not regret it Even though the only thing is.. I Didn’t Mean It But I Said It I Didn’t Mean It But I… Little sister where’d you go? Missing angel with that melancholy flow Holding back only to shout out loud Still I’m doing what I’m told Turn the light into my eyes - Pinch and prod me just to get a rise And every time I get piece in mind, everybody wants a piece of mine The folks they say to make it, you gotta take it not regret it Even though the only thing is I Didn’t Mean It But I Said It I Didn’t Mean It But I said it You and me and all the rest alternate between worst and best The future doesn’t look so bright if you smother it all in your spite and If you take a look at the world around You’ll see we’re not standing on solid ground Time is sliding faster now.. Tell me, are you worried now? Tell me do you understand how? Tell me are you losing out? Tell me, are you running now? Tell me do you understand how? Tell me are you losing out? Tell Me, are you hurting now? Tell me do you understand how? Tell me are you losing out? - yeah…. Turn the light into my eyes - pinch and prod me just to get a rise And every time I get piece in mind, everybody wants a piece of mine The folks they say to make it, you gotta take it not regret it Even though the only thing is I Didn’t Mean It But I Said It I Didn’t Mean It But I said it I Didn’t Mean It I regret it I Didn’t Mean It But I Said It I Didn’t Mean It But I Said It
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Just Say When 03:40
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Here we go again, travelling. Eyes wide and hopes up high And in the peace the music brings we try to lose our inhibitions In a moment, a memory of me and my old friends The machinations, the consequence of doing what you please Count back from one to ten Close your eyes and let’s pretend and you Just Say When and I’ll stop, release and start again Now we’re moving slower, wanting, underneath this Simpson’s sky Ever so breathless, skin on skin. Grass & trees & human beings My supposition - Imagination is half the battle won, my love Ever feeling, forever needing, you shoved me to the floor Count back from one to ten Close your eyes and let’s pretend and you You Just Say When and I’ll stop, release and start again
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We're On Fire 05:04
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My little love Depend on you Exorcise them ghosts and breathe You are my star when I can’t find my way We’ve finally got a chance this time ‘round Whenever you’ve been lost before I promise you’ll be found And if you feel scared I swear I’ll keep you safe and sound We’re on Fire. Saved our souls We’re on Fire. Lets grow old Pour out your soul, fill up your loving cup And drink to those who did us harm My little love Depend on me Tell me all your fears and set them free Whenever you’ve been hurt before I’m sorry that you cried And if the heavens open over you I swear I’ll keep you dry We’re on Fire. Saved our souls We’re on Fire. Saved our souls We’re on Fire. Saved our souls We’re on Fire. Saved our souls We’re on Fire. Saved our souls We’re on Fire now let’s grow old
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Foolish Goodnight 05:04
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Waiting in line, waiting for a change Time after time on the losing side again I told myself things will never be the same Just one look at you, never see your face again I’m not just passing through This place I don’t recognise But lady I wanted you I wont apologise for my Foolish Goodnight Sat by myself looking for a place to roam Hurting and learning I should never ever drink alone Well you’ve always been there. No place like home I must confess, honey you make me whole I was just passing through Wasn’t gonna stay too long But baby I wanted you No need to right no wrongs nor my Foolish Goodnight
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Heart of Tin 03:25
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Well she’s a comely thing with a come-to-bed grin Spark in the eye and a pocket full of sin And if I saw her today I’d toast her with gin Tell her that I love her with my heart made of tin I was running from curses to all her sweat mercies With a body so warm as we spooned out the verses We’ve been through it all so give us your worst As we play out the night for all that its worth It’s the sweetest pain Like throwing me a lifeline and I’m drowning all the same And if it seems to bleak, we’ll curl up together and whisper the words we cant speak Well we’ve rolled in the hay, blowing cobwebs away Drank through the night ’til past noon the next day I could see it coming, that price that I’d pay But I’d do it all again if only to hear her say.. Now time and again while I stifle the yearning Wishing she were there as I wake up in the morning It’s the sweetest pain Like throwing me a lifeline and I’m drowning all the same And if it seems to bleak, we’ll curl up together and whisper the words It’s the sweetest pain Knocking down the walls meant that I let you in to my Heart made of tin with it’s dents beaten in. My partner in crime, lover entwined. Lets curl up together and..
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Hanging By a Thread 04:15
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I was scared; howling Nobody ever told me to heal In a moment is this how drowning feels? In the morning, aching, these years are taking their toll Must stop taking their vitriol Tell me everything I want to hear I’m listening, humour me I hope I’m coming through loud and clear Hanging by a thread like a puppet Got to get away, I gotta fade away Hanging by a thread like a puppet Standing on a ledge, but I’m not jumping Brush the dust off, back straight, don’t stoop, don’t show them fear It may hurt but don’t shed a tear Now I stand there, arms raised, these fuckers wont ever bring me down I’m a king wearing my broken crown Not knowing what we want to say But your thinking is lost to me No power over me, washes over me Hanging by a thread like a puppet Got to get away, I gotta cut it Hanging by a thread like a puppet Standing on a ledge, but I’m not jumping Hanging by a thread like a puppet Got to get away, I gotta fade away Hanging by a thread of my making Standing on a ledge, but I’m not jumping
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Said Goodbye 04:18
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Feels like I’m home staring at the sun Walking through the hills where I lost it all And I feel high This lonely song, these faithless eyes Yearning for a change, silent racing rage Stare at the sky. Speeding clouds go by When I Said Goodbye to this life I knew These four walls still squeeze and now I’m begging you to follow me Try to stay alive in a place that I once knew Believe a better day, staring into space And all thats black and white Place I knew, lucky luck few Same old song, faces so long Walk in line, sun don’t shine Same old place, same disgrace Try to fly. Who knows why? When I Said Goodbye to the life I knew These four walls still squeeze, and now I’m begging you to follow me Now what can I say to make it better for you anyway?
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Melancholy Fool 03:37
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As much as I want to believe in you The evidence is clear, you’re rotten to the bone And every second word you say is a lie Yet they cant see you like I Though I never trusted you, never thought you be cruel To this Melancholy Fool Well it knocked me off my feet, like getting hit by a freight train While I’m not wearing any halo, it fell right out of space Now we both know how you twist and turn Time and time again I feel, I fall right in your web What a tangled one you weave But I promise you you’ll never get away with it Though I never trusted you, never thought you be cruel To this Melancholy Fool Well it knocked me off my feet, like getting hit by a freight train While I’m not wearing any halo, it fell right out of space Well it knocked me off my feet, like getting hit by a freight train While I’m not wearing any halo, it fell right out of space And it knocked me off my feet, like getting hit by a freight train Walking ‘round with my halo, it well right out of space Well it knocked me off my feet, like getting hit by a freight train I’m not swinging from a halo, it well right out of space
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The Blackest Night 03:41
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Keep the daemon looked inside your head Keep the shutters shut your spirit’s dead In the darkest times don’t lose your head Taste is bittersweet, you’re all so indiscreet So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light On the Blackest Night I’ll meet your stare In the witching hour I’ll take you there Taste is bittersweet if met such conceit So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light Life is bittersweet, you’re all so indiscreet So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light So come on baby, come on darling, take me to your secret garden So come on baby feed my soul, take me to the light Come on baby feel my soul
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Indigo 03:10
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There it is again… the sound of a collective sigh came flashing by And there was she, most breathtakingly. I swear if I ever learnt to fly I’d find a spot way up there, where no-one else can go, in the Indigo I’d show you a bird’s-eye too, and we’ll come crashing down in the eiderdown I feel like we’ve been here too long And we all want something we can call our own It’s got so complicated. Life’s drifting lazily by There it is again… the feeling you can do no wrong, oh it’s been so long The fever’s getting high. The feeling of a nine to five, oh how to be alive I’ll find island way out there, where no-one else could go in the Indigo Could run away to Mexico and if you want me to I’d run away with you I feel like we’ve been here too long And we all want something we can call our own It’s got so complicated. Life’s drifting lazily by There it is again… the sight of a forgotten, sly twinkle in the eye And there she was, you see, with this feeing of a de ja vu I feel like we’ve been here too long And we all want something we can call our own It’s got so complicated. Life’s drifting lazily by
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Anticipation is Everything 04:34
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“Anticipation is everything” she said My fascination is keeping me well lead “Don’t be too hasty” she said “let’s take things slow ” “Don’t want to waste it. Just go with the flow” Steal away with me somewhere dark, somewhere secret Please, just you & me. You got what I’m needing You keep your secrets close to your chest so well But if you trust me with your soul I promise you I won’t tell Steal away with me somewhere dark, somewhere secret Please, just you & me. Yeah you got what I’m needing Steal away with me somewhere dark, somewhere secret Please, just you and me. I got what you’re missing Steal away with me somewhere secret
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The Thinker 03:43
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“Here’s to the beggar man” the Thinker, he said “Goes out with nothing, comes home with bread Praise to the teacher, she shows you the way hail to the wiseman who knows not what he says” Your well has run dry We’ve been sold a lie Listen to reason before there is none Listen to reason before there is none “Here’s to the sinner safe in his cell Thanks to the ferryman who brings us to hell All hail the liars who make their own rules Smiling down at the dreamers who shine their shoes” Your will has run dry We’ve been sold a lie Listen to reason before there is none Listen to reason before there is none Solo “All hail the guilty who know what they’ve done” “Hope” said The Thinker, “is for those who have none” Listen to reason before there is none Listen to reason before there is none
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Take Me Home 04:20
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All the people hustling by Never once look into your eyes Faces tested by the daily pain, living each day much the same Wont you Take Me Home? Take Me Home Please Take Me Home I’m tired and I’m hungry, Take Me Home Too much riding on the next good thing Heaven knows what a state I’m in All the riches that could ever be, it’s not enough honey to satisfy me Take Me Home Take Me Home Please Take Me Home I’m tired and I’m longing, Take Me Home Every thought one day you’ll be free You weren’t to know how it could not be One more drink now, before I go Lay me down in a place I know Wont you take me home? Please Take Me Home Come on Take Me Home I’m tired and I want you, Take Me Home Please Take Me Home Take Me Home Please Take Me Home I’m tired and I’m hungry, Take Me Home

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Debut solo album from English Singer, Guitarist, Bassist and Songwriter Gareth Huggett, On Fire is a collection of 14 blues, rock & folk tunes inspired by a life grown on both sides of the globe, and a love of good ol' Rock n Roll.
From the opening blues inspired stomper 'The Truth Is Your's to Make. "It's got atmosphere for days - Rich, Brisbane" to moody Indie rocker 'Just Say When' which has had quite a lot of airplay already, Seattle inspired rockers 'I Didn't Mean it But I Said It' and 'Hanging By a Thread' through the the last song and first single the beautifully folky 'Take Me Home' the album takes you on an often moving and soulful hour of music to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand to attention. Enjoy!

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released April 23, 2020

All vocals, bass and guitars played by Gareth Huggett with the exception of lead guitar on title track We're On Fire, played by the enigmatic blues guitar legend Adam Norsworthy (The Milk Men, The Mustangs) and drums, mixing, production and mastering by Stuart Smith.

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Gareth Huggett Melbourne, Australia

Gareth Huggett is a British musician now living & writing in Melbourne.
Gareth’s influences are in the great British rock bands of the 70’s, the sound of Seattle & the blues of the Mississippi.
Gareth has played support to The Libertines, Mental as Anything, The Pirates, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Adam Norsworthy and the Milk Men, Robin Guy & many more. ... more

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