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.
Infliction - 1996-04-09 - Shéa Howling boy Wish you were dead In your hand Demon Babysize Sad loved girl Driven Screaming Goodbye
Non Albums Tracks - Misc - Don't know why Hanging on the telephone My world Nemesis Obsession Sometimes Take you anywhere You said
Infliction
Shéa
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.
And Finally...
Deadly Serious So you think you're special You're thinking 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 You're not that precious, baby And I don't think that you can save me Well, I find you amusing You're that guy You're nothing more 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 miss you No matter what I might say Might say I could lie awake for hours Try to tell myself this matters You're not that special, baby And I don't think that you can save me
First Contact You come to me with a vision Of what you believe it Life beyond your dreams It's the light that shines from you to me First sight First touch First contact Push you closer Nearer to me And you're breathing Through me I've never felt you With all my senses Pass right through you Wanting, waiting for you With eyes like knives I'll carve my way through First sight First touch First contact Push you closer Nearer to me Heaven seems so far away Devils catch you falling Save me from this high That keeps me drowning You showed me new skies And hope I don't see Through your honesty My self ??? bring you signs These things I've done I'll do much more for you Heaven seems so far away Today I'm dreaming Your hands are so cold My tears are freezing Heaven seems so far away Today I'm dying Through the cracks on your face Devils catch you falling First sight First touch First contact Push you closer Nearer to me Save me from this high That keeps me drowning All the lies that I have lost Can't keep me living
Face The Sun Ever Brighter Flicker Fire burns inside You fade away You fool yourself Your shadow says it all You need just once To turn and face the sun To be the shadows of one Silent witness To your madness I have been before And watched you slip away Let go from grace You crash and burn hard To feel just once That there's a nothing lost To be the only one of one Stranger things shine Shouldn't blind Tainted youth You know the score You know the ways To make it safe Yet babe you know It all burns out You need just once To turn and face the sun To be the only one Only one To be The only one
6 AM Superstitious Of a face that has no name True believer In an unknown place Sentimental as you are You cut your teeth on A truth as sweet as any wine And your fingers Are broken bottles of it Still you keep it all inside And through your window There is a place you call your own And your front door Could be your passage to it Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah So shine your armor And when the lightning strikes again Show your colors There are none purer than yours Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The One You Forgot To the world We seem like forever But to the spare I can't see Hard to keep us together When I see it in your eyes See it in the way You're watching me now Feel it when we cry Feel it in the way You're feeling Distance brings anger Sadness the fever That burns through my eyes Leaves me here in Darkness forever But I still see it in your eyes See it in the way You're watching me now Feel it when we cry Feel it in the way You're feeling The moments run Like those we'll hold Forever still In time for change See it in your eyes See it in the way You're watching me now Feel it when we cry Feel it in the way You're feeling
Say What You Came To Say
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...
The Healer Faces like mirrors And louder than whispers I cry for my mother I sing for another With ??? solid fingers And tongues filled with splinters And hair from the healer To prove I was there And let them all come home to me With ??? hands and glass eyes A promise that you will always Be someone you never knew My lovers who give best We'll be the ones to poison Things with dreams they never knew And watch them all come home to me (You take everything ???) Cry for my mother Sing for another Sing with me Her faith forever Black as your light To the colorblind ??? I know what it's like When I make my own Jesus Broken godfathers As given its preachers I'm black as your light To colorblind healers I torch what is mine To burn it bright So let them all come home to me (You take everything ???) Cry for my mother Sing for another Sing with me Her faith forever Black as your light To the colorblind ???
Idle Time The storm inside When we disappear Becomes divine ??? Your idle time My only high Keep me alive All that we are Is death discarded When they come round Tonight departed Your idle time My only high Keep me alive Your wasted time My only high Keep me alive Left behind in a moment Broken up in a word, yeah Knocked down then recovered The light I see Will not survive the day Closed eyes, they won't break You'll never ??? me Your idle time My only high Keep me alive Your wasted time My only high Keep me alive
Mercy Your words will trap you up Still run your tongue And pull you under Too eager To please her You need another shot of The things that make her beg for you Mercy Mercy Mercy Your eyes are good clear water You're mine, the only one She'll live this ever after She's had another shot of The things that make you beg for her Mercy Mercy Mercy For every lie you ever told her Make sure she always will remember Each cross you ever watched her carry Make sure the pain will always be there Mercy Mercy Mercy For every tear she ever wiped out Make sure you'll never be forgotten Each cross you ever watched her carry Make sure the pain will always be there Slowly What he wants from you What he needs from you Hits you hard The light that he shines Lets you know it's right As you slowly lose your self inside And while he's still waiting For you to make up your mind You'll be deceiving Yourself if nothing seems right Every word he whispers Invites a thousand little words He will not give up until he gets what he wants Taking it from you Well, you know That nothing in this world Could ever keep you from him Well, you know What could he offer you What would he have to do To see you smile The warmth of his arms And his endless charm Make you slowly realize That it's time But while he's still waiting For you to make up your mind You'll be deceiving Yourself if nothing seems right Every word he whispers Invites a thousand little words He will not give up Until he gets what he wants Taking it from you Well, you know That nothing in this world Could ever keep you from him Well, you know Suffocate Catch your breath and take your time You're wrapped inside your baby's eyes You only know the things you feel You only feel what you believe You suffocate Leave it when it starts to slip away You suffocate Along with every choice you've made Spinning 'round the floor again You need to take control again The cancerous mistake you make Was what to keep and what to fade You suffocate Leave it when it starts to slip away You suffocate Along with every breath you take Cut the cord and separate The things you need from what you waste A monumental great escape Has left you free to start again You suffocate Leave it when it starts to slip away You suffocate Along with every choice you've made Catch your breath and take your time You're wrapped inside your baby's eyes You suffocate Leave it when it starts to slip away You suffocate Along with every breath you take You suffocate You suffocate You suffocate You suffocate Where Were You When The Home Burnt Down Where were you before the lights went out Where were you the day the house burnt down Where did you go when the boys ran home I know all your secrets are a lifetime old Where do you go when you dream Easier to walk away Harder tryin' to find the words to say Steal a piece of everything you love And then you take some more If you don't have enough Take me with you when you leave Take me where you go Far from everything we know And tell me, who will miss us when we leave Who will save you when the sky falls down And who will still defend you when the truth comes out And who will hold your hand and watch the time run out And who will still be with you when the lights go dark And tell me, who will hear you When you scream Take me where you go Far from everyone we know And tell me, who will miss us when we leave Secrets and Lies Be free to cry The night is over We stand at the edge of our Greatest escape We're falling faster Sinking deeper Than all the others Say what you mean When you're talking to me Let it all out You see me falling to pieces And down on my knees Let it all out Try to disguise The weakness that eats alive And burns to the core Of the secrets and lies Are ageless Need to hide the truth To be what we want to Say what you mean When you're talking to me Let it all out You see me falling to pieces And down on my knees Let it all out Secrets and lies Are ageless Need to hide the truth To be what we want to Say what you mean When you're talking to me Let it all out You see me falling to pieces And down on my knees Let it all out Say what you mean When you're talking to me Let it all out You see me Falling to pieces And down on my knees Let it all out Say The Word Move closer My lover Move closer Take cover And you'll feel me Release only me Say the word And I'll flash like fire Imagine all the stars collide And everything is beautiful I'm waiting I'm shaking I'm racing Heartbreaking And you'll see I am fine I am free Say the word And I'll flash like fire Imagine all the stars collide And everything is beautiful Say the word And I'll race like fire Imagine on and on and on Until you give up on me Move closer My lover Move closer Take cover Move closer (say the word) My lover (say the word) Move closer (say the word) Take cover (say the word) Say the word And I'll flash like fire Imagine all the stars collide And everything is beautiful Say the word tonight And I'll race like fire Imagine on and on and on Until you give up on me
Non Albums Tracks
Don't know why
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
*** Thanx a lot to Lindsey for this one ***
Hanging on the telephone
( Blondie Cover )
[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]
My world
I opened up my eyes to a Sunshine yellow I lifted up my dizzy head from a Dusty pillow I didn't mind But its 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
Obsession
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
*** Thanx a lot to Lindsey for this one *** 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
*** Thanx a lot to Matt Campagna for this one ***
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
*** Thanx a lot to Ian for his one ***
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