Scheer Complete Lyrics Archive

B i o g r a p h y
(by Jonathan Lewis)

Alternative metal band Scheer formed in Northern Ireland in 1993. Bringing together Audrey Gallagher (vocals), Neal Calderwood (guitar), Joe Bates (drums), Paddy Leyden (guitar) and Peter Fleming (bass), the band experienced some success in the late 1990s. After spending a few playing small venues around Ireland, the band were signed by the small Irish record label SON, and released their debut single "Wish You Were Dead" in late 1993. There was a great deal of interest surrounding this release and Scheer followed it with the Psychobabble EP in 1994. In April 1995, Scheer signed to the 4AD label and released the Schism EP. In 1996 the band's debut album was ready for release and this was preceded by the release of two singles: "Shea" and a revamped "Wish You Were Dead." Infliction was released in 1996 to critical acclaim, although it didn't win the band any more than a cult following. A mixture of metallic guitars and power pop, all topped with Gallagher's distinctive vocals, the album became a minor alternative hit thanks mostly to the strength of "Wish You Were Dead." The recording of their second album began in 1997, but due to a contractual disagreement with 4AD, the release of the album was postponed indefinitely; the aptly-titled And Finally eventually appeared in mid-2000.

See you coming with your sister,
See her skin her hands are blistered,
Tongue so tied she speaks in whispers.

And it feels like something, something good,
And it feels just like, just like it should.
Just like it should.

This should be a time for grieving,
Help me god my heart is bleeding,
Please don't touch me when I'm screaming

And it feels like something, something good,
And it feels just like, just like it should.
Just like it should.

Hey boy let me look at your hands
Let me look at your face
Let me look at your inside

Hey boy let me look at your hands
Let me look at your face
Let me look at your
Inside, inside, inside

And it feels like something, something good,
And it feels just like, just like it should.
Just like it should.
Just like it should.
Just like it should.
Ah, ah, ah.

Howling boy

Howling boy,
And he is coming out,
Howling boy,
And he is coming.

Boy, your eyes are wide,
With something you can't hide,
They'll break a stick across your back,
They'll kill your dreams and tell you that.

You're a howling boy,
He's coming out,
And he's coming out,
And he's almost there,
This howling, howling boy,
Howling boy,
And he is coming.

Boy, don't believe then, don't take them so seriously,
They'll try their best to keep you down,
They'll throw you in and watch you drown

You're a howling boy,
He's coming out,
And he's coming out,
And he's almost there,
This howling, howling boy,
Don't believe them
Howling boy
Don't take them so
He is a howling boy
They'll try to breaking
Howling boy
This howling boy
Howling boy,
And he is coming.

Boy, your eyes are wide,
With all the things you can't hide,
They'll break a stick across your back,
They'll kill your dreams and tell you that.

You're a howling boy,
He's coming out,
And he's coming out,
And he's almost there,
This howling, howling boy,
Don't believe them
Howling boy
Don't take them so
He is a howling boy
They'll try to breaking
Howling boy
This howling boy.

Wish you were dead

I don't want to, go only like this,
And I don't need to, keep thinking like this,
Turned things over in my head,
Things I'v done and things I've said,
Better off this way you said,
But it's not easy to pretend.

When all I have is you,
Inside my head,
You're in my head,
And it would be much easier if you were dead,
I wish you were dead,
I wish you were.

I know things that, even you don't know,
And I've seen feelings, that you rarely show,
Poured your heart into your sleeve,
Now you're asking me to leave,
But How, how, how can I when.

When all I have is you,
Inside my head,
You're in my head,
And it would be much easier if you were dead,
I wish you were dead,
I wish you were.

When all I have is you,
Inside my head,
You're in my head,
And it would be much easier if you were dead,
I wish you were dead,
I wish you were.

I'll forget that I ever let you in,
And I'll pretend that,this isn't happening
Tried so hard to keep you out but nothing seems to make in any easier

When all I have is you,
Inside my head,
You're in my head,
And it would be much easier if you were dead,
I wish you were dead,
I wish you were.

In your hand

In my next life I won't,
Listen to anyone,
Who says that they can give you,
More than I can,
All I have, all I have.

And don't try to save my soul,
It wouldn't really mean that much to you,
I'm too tired and you're too old,
You wouldn't take the time to listen.

Precious things that you have in your hands,
Like my heart and my life,
Be proud that I still can't take the time,
To notice, to remember.

It shattered in my hand,
When you couldn't take the time to listen,
Be my friend for the first time,
And I promise it won't be the last time.

I thought I was the only one
Moves so fast that I can't find,
Find the time to catch you
You're so sure, you're so sure.
It's precious, precious, in your hand

Demon

Take me, dance for me.

Think I'll put you with my demons,
Think I'll nail you to the floor,
I've been watching you for seasons,
I've been watching you too long.

Take me, dance for me.
It's broken, Ahah
See inside me what you have stolen.
Ah ah

If I stayed here any longer,
I'd be drowning in your arms,
I'd be wrapped around your fingers
I would die, die.

Take me, dance for me.
It's broken, See inside,
See inside me what you have stolen,
Ah ah,
It's broken,
See inside me what you have stolen,
Ah ah,
See inside me what you have stolen,
Ah, ah, it's broken
See inside
Ahahahah

Babysize

Don't speak with words, they won't keep me warm,
I have no need of you or anyone,
And you are not my keeper,
And this is not your place.

I'll scrub this skin, 'till I reach my bones,
Close my ears to everything and everyone,
And you are not my father,
And this is not your place.

And it hurts so hard,
It hurts so hard,
In this place, in this place,
And it moves too fast,
And it hurts too hard,
In this place.

No you are not my father,
And this is not your place.

I wish I was small as baby size,
I could be curled up here, inside you.

But you are not my mother,
And this is not your place.

And it hurts so hard,
It hurts so hard,
In this place, in this place,
And it moves too fast,
And it hurts too hard,
In this place.

Sad loved girl

It would take a better man than you,
To win this sad loved girl,
And if you could I wouldn't say,
That you could keep her.

I'm here all by myself,
There's no one else,
I'm on my own,
This room is so cold,
I want to go home,
I want to go home.

I had visions of man in shining steal,
On great white horses,
They would ride with me,
They would run with me,
And all my worthless causes

I'm here all by myself,
There's no one else,
I'm on my own,
This room is so cold,
I want to go home,
I want to go home.

This room is so cold,
What if you take me home,
I have seen some braver man than you,
Who've lost this sad loved girl,
And if they could they never knew,
How they could keep her.

I'm here all by myself,
There's no one else,
I'm on my own,
This room is so cold,
I want to go home,
I want to go home.

Driven

See, I can't feel, I can't breath, I am smitten
Even angels with sin if they're driven.

Burned by the sun, on my skin, burnt my fingers,
Curse myself into the wind to hear it whisper.

Now I know I've started something,
Now I know I've started something,
These secrets,
Will tell themselves
Someday

Now I know I've started something.
Sometimes I feel you burn through me,
And I can't move and I can't breath
And all this things will stay with me,
'Till I've lost you.

Now I know I've started something.
Started something, started something.

Screaming

Screaming, screaming, screaming.

Is these something you want,
Is these something you need,
Come in through the back door,
When everyone is asleep.

Shut up in a box,
Tied up with ribbons,
But now the box is breaking and,
All my senses leaving me and :

Screaming, screaming, screaming.

Light from the bathroom,
Leaks under the door,
Crawls over the covers and,
Touches the pillow,
I feel you breath, slow on my neck,
And then the room starts spinning and,
All my life is flashing past and :

Screaming, screaming, screaming.
Screaming, screaming, screaming.

Can you keep a secret, will it stay in your head,
Or well I hear repeated all the things that I've said,
I've locked this box, torn up these ribbons,
But I still feel empty and,
Oh my life is flashing past and :

Screaming, screaming, screaming.

Goodbye

I don't want to leave you,
Our time can't be over,
All my dreams, see them die,
As I kiss you,
Goodbye., goodbye, goodbye.

This house has too many,
Ghosts and haunting memories,
All the angels they cried when I kisses you,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

And with your head in my hands,
I can't stop you falling,
And with my kiss on your face I have,
Softly kissed you,
Goodbye,
Kissed you goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

And with our hands in my hands,
I will watch you falling,
And with my lips on your lips,
I have softly kissed you,
Goodbye,
Kissed you goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

Deadly Serious

So you think you're special
You think you're my number one
You must be mistaken
I only wanted you for fun

You think I'm just teasing
But I am deadly serious
You'll never be more than
A button I like to push
Sometimes, sometimes

I could lie awake for hours
Try to tell myself this matters
But you're not that precious baby
And I don't think that you can save me

Well I find you amusing
You're alive, you're nothing more
I don't mean to confuse you
But I don't want you anymore

I'm sure that I'll see you
If you are passing this way
Don't think that I'll miss you
No matter what I might say
Might say

I could lie awake for hours
Try to tell myself this matters
But you're not that special baby
And I don't think that you can save me

Take from me all you need
Take want you want to
Then leave on your knees

Thankfully, I gave all you asked for
You still wanted more from me
Take what you came to take
Please leave

Say what you came to say
Take what you can to take, please.

You'll still be the rain and the thunder that burns in the heart of me
And you'll still hear my voice as it speaks to you
Tells you the things that you always have wanted to hear
Still feel my hands as they reach out and grab you hold
Though they are not what you need

Still see my face as I try to embrace
All the things you wanted me to be
Ah, can you feel?

Hopefully, the place that you find yourself in is the place that you
have always wanted to be
As for me, well I pray that you fall from the path and you find
yourself wandering back here to me

And what if I stay here forever?
I think that's as long as I'd wait

If you've said what you came to say,
took what you came to take
Say what you came to say,

Ah, can you feel?

It's only love that you've taken from me...

I opened up my eyes to a,
Sunshine yellow.
I lifted up my dizzy head from a,
Dusty pillow.

I didn't mind
But it’s a different world
It's not your world
Since I made it mine.

And the blue sky changes,
To the deepest violet.
And the stars are like,
Diamond jewels.

I'm in my world
But it's a different world.
And it's your world,
Since I made it mine.
I made it mine.
I made it mine.

Nemesis

Please say something,
Anything.
Please say anything at all.
The silence is hurting me more than,
Anything you've said,
Before.

I wish you'd see yourself.
Just look inside yourself.
It makes me angry to see,
To see you waste yourself.

I can't help this feeling,
Something has to break.
The burden will push me from you
The deeper you lie
You're safe.

Say something,
Say something.

I wish you'd see yourself,
Just look inside yourself.
It makes me angry to see,
To see you waste yourself.

I could make you suffer,
I could make you crawl.
Your problems are really my fault.
Your problems aren't anything,
At all.

I wish you’d see yourself,
Just look inside yourself.
It makes me angry to see,
To see you waste yourself.

Sometimes

Oh stupid me when
It just slipped from my hand
O you don't understand
I feel tired and
Dead on my feet
If you were here
You'd soon be dead *
Soon
Maybe next time
Could you give me ?
Could you give me ?
Some time
I love you sometimes
Will you make things ?
Will you make things ?
Make things ?

I love you but I leave
Still far away too much
And everything I want
Isn't made for me
Leave me to sleep
Sleep would be kind
I live without sleep
But
You said you would stay away
Away
Some time
Maybe next time

Just leave me to believe in myself
And maybe I could be myself
If I could sleep
Who knows would I find it
Could've been you
Maybe next time

You Said

I spend
Half my life
Sleeping
And I spend
half my time
Dreaming

That life
Isn't what you said it would be life
Isn't what you promised me
Ask you said and you would give it to me
Pray you said and want you want you with me

I can't stop from thinking
Something
Has to happen
To break silence
Echo inside
Leaves me
Funny how life

Isn't what you said it would be life
Isn't what you promised me
Ask you said and you would give it to me
Pray you said and want you want you with me

My life isn't what you said it would be life
Isn't what you promised me
Ask you said and you would give it to me
Pray you said and want you want you with me

I spend
Half of my life
Drinking
And then I spend
Half my time
Rethinking
That my life

Isn't what you said it would be life
Isn't what you promised me
Ask you said and you would give it to me
Pray you said and want you want you with me.

Take you anywhere

Nothing to do on a Sunday.
But watch the cars go by,
On the street outside.

A little break in the bedroom
Lie in front of the TV
Think of all the things you have to do
Next week

But I could take you anywhere, anywhere
Oh I would gladly take you anywhere, anywhere over the earth
Oh I could take you anywhere, anywhere
Oh I would take you anywhere, anywhere...

You hear a song on the radio
It takes you back to the summer
That you had last year
And the music suits your mood perfectly
Heard that people, heard that places heard that ?

But I could take you anywhere, anywhere
Oh I would gladly take you anywhere, anywhere over the earth
Oh I could take you anywhere, anywhere
Oh I would take you anywhere, anywhere.

Anywhere i'll take you any time
I'll take you any place

I could take you anywhere, anywhere
Oh I would gladly take you anywhere, over the earth
Oh I could take you anywhere, anywhere
Oh I would take you anywhere, anywhere, anywhere, anywhere

[ Hello ]

I'm in the phone booth
It's the one across the hall
If you don't answer
I'll just ring it off the wall
I know he's there but I just gotta call

Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone
Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone

I hear your mother now she's going out the door
Did she go to work or just go to the store
All those things she said I told you to ignore

Oh, why can't we talk again
Oh, why can't we talk again
Oh, why can't we talk again

Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone
Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone

It's good to hear your voice
You know it's been so long
If I don't get your calls then everything goes wrong
I want to tell you something you've known all along

Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone

I had to interrupt this small-piece conversation
Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation
I'd like to talk but I could show you my affection

Oh, I can't control myself
Oh, I can't control myself
Oh, I can't control myself

Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone
Don't leave me
Hanging on the telephone

Don't leave me, don't leave me
Don't leave me.

[ Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello ]

Speak softly
Sing to me
Until i lose
Myself and you
But here in the darkness
I finally find it's good
You won me over
You kept me with you

I'm listening
Still waiting
Until my whole world was
Ending
But here in the silence
I whisper to keep me here
To keep me falling
To push me over

Deeper
To your soul
Further
From my own
Faster
Overflow
Deeper
Harder so..

Go gently
Break through me
Until i fall
To earth again
To cradle the feeling
That's mine from believing you
To push me over
To keep me falling

Deeper
To your soul
Further
From my own
Faster
Over flow
Deeper
Harder so..

And did you ever get so angry
You could feel it in your fingers
And you think that if you had a gun in your hand
You're sure to pull the trigger

I get like that some times
I get like that some days
Some days i get like that
Some days

It seems the slightest things sends me over the edge
And i've no control over the things i feel
Or any other things i seem to say these days

I get like that
Some days
Some days i get like that
Some days

Especially these days

Some days
I get like that
Some days
Some days
I get like that
Some days

Maybe i'm a little bit mad
Or even slightly crazy
But i think the thing that scares me most
Is that thoughts like these are inside me
These days

I get like that somedays
Some days
I get like that
Some days

Some days