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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

 



And Finally...
- 2000-05-30 -

Deadly Serious
First Contact
Face the Sun
6 a.m.
The One Forgot
Say What You Came to Say
The Healer
Idle Time
Mercy
Slowly
Suffocate
Where Were You When the House Burnt Down
Secrets and Lies
Say the Word

Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Don't know why
Hanging on the telephone
My world
Nemesis
Obsession
Sometimes
Take you anywhere
You said


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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 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

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

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