Chris Tye marries delicate, gorgeous indie-folk with a city-dwelling, carefree romanticism. In Chris Tye's songs and sweet-edged yet lachrymose vocal, you can hear the road travelled, the bristling textures of experience and yearning for truth and faith. He is a highly engaging artist and any heart seeking extra warmth would thank their lucky stars for keeping his album on their jukebox.
Chris has recently completed the recording of his latest release Matchbox Stand EP with Brighton’s Tim Bidwell. A rich and varied collection of songs that signifies a huge stride forward in his career.
In Matchbox Stand he has managed to create an EP that captures the beauty and charm of his live performances, as well as bringing a larger sound with more focused production to the table.
Chris has previously played with many notable acts including Amy Winehouse, Stephen Fretwell, Ben Howard and Teddy Thompson.
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Now that Ive got All that I wanted Turn it away And light up a fuse Cos youve got it all And you know how to rock it An innocent smile And rattle snake shoes Is it true nobody even really wants to help you? As they tired you out and try to screw you up And you wonder round waiting on a difference Its all there Its all there And if youve got All that you wanted me for Then keep me from you So exciting and new Cos youve got it all And you know how to rock it An innocent smile And rattle snake shoes Is it true nobody even really wants to help you? As they tired you out and try to screw you up And you wonder round waiting on a difference Its all there Its all there Its all there Its all thereLyrics:
See you on the far corner of Bryant park Over pristine grass In an underground bar See you by the subway Meet you after dark In the new york city rain New york city rain Scared to be someone Was scared to even dance But these streets and avenues Got me waiting for a chance To jive with you till sundown And rumba till the dawn In the new york city rain New york city rain New york city rain Want to take a piece of you And glue it in a book But well never see the music in those pictures that you took Helium Balloon: All around me Lovers, haters Couch potatoes Kids out to war If you listen To the rhythm You will Aind what youre looking Find what youre looking for We got tailored suits and skintight jeans Girls with lashes, boys with weaves Bleached white teeth and drama queens Someone for everyone Someone to live for Someone to die for And when you Aind the one Your rocket to the moon Your helium balloon Then dont let go. Dont let go? All around me Imitators Innovators I want to work you over And feel your every move In the new york city rain New york city rain New york city rain Back down to ground you can feel it on the street it is written in the lines on all the faces that you meet lets stay young forever and never fall asleep In the new york city rain New york city rain New yorkLyrics:
Everything has changed And nothings the same The moon is turning green And the sun Blue sun Blue blue sun Like a slow motion dream All is not what it seems This guy is falling down And the sun Blue sun Blue blue sun She will appear to you Blue blue sun Youre not happy when you try to run From the trouble that is haunting you Just a shadow always casting from The light of the Blue blue sun Lets go back to the start Wide eyes and youthful pumping hearts The windows rearrange Everything has charged And the sun Blue sun Blue blue sunLyrics:
Kick punch Tell me that youre alright Can you see my silhouette in the light? Patient-? -?ly waiting for you to arrive Bag packed Your carriage awaits in the drive Most of my time I only think of you I have to Aind a way to get it though If life is gonna change in every way Forever for the better Forever for the better Youre here now Has anything changed that much? Dark eyes a little harder to keep in touch Nothing could stop us from bringing you here I have no place for the nightlife To get it right you have to get it wrong So delicate and precious like a song If anybody asks about the change Tell em Forever for the better Forever for the better Forever for the better Forever for the betterLyrics:
You could be an angel But everyone around you seems so cold They speak a different language and go out of their way to make you low Breakdown Coming round They speak about you as if You are not standing in the room Aggression and projection Its hard to Aind someone to Aight for you Breakdown Coming round Breakdown Coming round You and your restless heart Still you carry on Slow moving Still moving You and your restless heart Still moving Breakdown Coming round Breakdown Coming roundLyrics:
That was tomorrow This is now See them holding out their banners In the crowd Down a windy alley way When you move and things you say I need you I need you here My head lemon Aizzy With some pleasant scenes But you have to take it all To Aind out what it means It started with a night And it ended with the day What more can I say? I need you here I need you here Always something to remind me of When I lie awake at night Cos Im tired of your photograph It dont Aill the gap you leave Down a windy alley way When you move and things you say I need you I need you I need you hereLyrics:
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All around me Lovers, haters Couch potatoes Kids out to war If you listen To the rhythm You will Aind what youre looking Find what youre looking for We got tailored suits and skintight jeans Girls with lashes, boys with weaves Bleached white teeth and drama queens Someone for everyone Someone to live for Someone to die for And when you Aind the one Your rocket to the moon Your helium balloon Then dont let go. Dont let go? All around me Imitators InnovatorsLyrics:
Fear not We can make mistakes and shine its a tale as old as time If its easy then they lie Old friends will on occasion let you down See them run all over town With the stories that they found Im on your side I dont need answers You can keep dancing out of your mind I will be with you Find light In the simple ways we are Remember this and youll go far And no more wishing on a star I will be with you Hold on to this light Make it clear Hold on to this light Make it clear Im on your side I dont need answers You can keep dancing out of your mind I will be with you I will be with you I will be with you La la la I will be with you (Im on your side, I dont need answers, you can keep dancing)Lyrics:
When the world woke up I was breathing you in The feel of your skin next to mine Let the sun through the trees and the soft autumn breeze Laying here feeling fine We can steal another day away We can make it all worthwhile Spend this day with me I promise you my smile Take each piece of me Till every piece of you Is mine Is mine As the sunset fades And I caught in you gaze A billion stars light your eyes And the world breathes you in just to feel you exhale But we cant say our goodbyes We can steal another day away We can make it all worthwhile Spend this day with me I promise you my smile Take each piece of me Till every piece of you Is mine Is mine We can steal another day away We can make it all worthwhile Spend this day with me I promise you my smile Take each piece of me Till every piece of you Is mine Is mineLyrics:
Keep in in the nonexistent, kill it Tell the heart to stay at home There waiting like a distant noise Fixed forever in the stone Over your shoulder with the prophecy Try to tell me how it is Pitching together in your simple way With your back to me Maybe Ill beg for your approval Time to take it upon yourself Not a moment to waste They wont matter when they win Contact gloves are the feature fight Gloves off, stars, sign me in I dont hear you anymore You didnt arrive You couldnt stay could you? Sweep the feet display the lines across your face And there was skin around you Would never hunt, retaliation is awry Unless attackers took the stage Over your shoulder with the prophecy Try to tell me how it is You are push over and foundation free With your back to me Maybe Ill beg for your approval Time to take it upon yourself Not a moment to waste They wont matter when they win Contact gloves are the feature fight Gloves off, stars, sign me in I dont hear you anymore You didnt arrive Contact gloves are the feature fight Gloves off, stars, sign me in I dont hear you anymore You didnt arriveLyrics:
If there is love just let in Just let it in If there is love just let in Just let it in Love love love love I was a stranger and you were a friend Guided to mend my sorry life You put your arms around me Thought that the light had found me If there is love just let in Just let it in If there is love just let in Just let it in Remember the cost though let it in Just let it in If there is love just let in Just let it in Love love love Now for the pain, that cue Let you know fee And nobody loves for free This, an important lesson Food for a fools obsession If there is love just let in Just let it in If there is love just let in Just let it in Remember the cost though let it in Just let it in If there is love just let in Just let it in They kept you when youre down Schemes, scenes of peoples dreams One thing Ive learned from being mean, down and no respect If there is love just let in If there is love just let in A little pain just to keep it along Its hardly a lot to you You put your arms around me Thought that the light had found me If there is love If there is love let it in Just let it in If there is love If there is love just let in Just let it inLyrics:
All you pretty rabble Going round in circles Quiet in the back room Till they started shouting Momentary shift apart Numbers and the fakers Hope for the right one Sit with the other All you pretty rabble Goin round in circlesLyrics:
Wrote a song for Daisy Jay On the day her namesake passed away You learn your lessons I can tell Live the life, and live it well And stick around Cause you might see It is all about the symmetry Stick around oh, and you might see On a different shoreline across that sea Young boy yearning for family More than a funeral with skin and bone You are away now, but your heart is home And it all comes round the circle and I wish that you could see The way that shes moving with her hands upon her knee Theres a line that moves between us through the branches of a tree And the fantasy all night is free Standing at the gateway now you see the hall Baby was eight months when she began to crawl Side by side with you my dear together at last You spend a long time living in the past And stick around Cause you might see It is all about the symmetry Stick around oh, and you might see That it all comes round the circle, and I wish that you could see The way that shes moving with her hands upon her knee Theres a line that moves between us through the branches of a tree And the fantasy all night is free And the fantasy all night is freeLyrics:
Waving goodbye to this lonely standstill town Under railway arches singing for the echo I remember it well like a picture There is a girl that wants to meet you at the bar Let it go now Youre wasting precious time Its been a long time waiting Heart to the ground Hard to follow ooo Head in the sand Never let go ooo Stuck in a rut so I take the long way home Past the alvanie down blossom field grove Heaven knows that were wasting precious time Its been a long time waiting Heart to the ground Hard to follow ooo Head in the skies Never let go ooo The science of a scrap of paper Everything was in reverse Poetry on post-it notes And I knew it like, it did it first, it did it first, did I know it first Sell it off for triple what it s worth And watch me throw my hand Heart to the ground Hard to follow ooo Head in the skies Never let go ooo Slow me to a crawl Make the wheels slide Raise me to the ground Let me follow ooo Waving goodbye to this lonely standstill town Under railway arches singing for the echoLyrics:
Numbers flicker in the green display And the window frames a picture of eternal grey Feel the violence come Do we all surrender to a life one day Is to want enough to be, do you still feel the same Feel the violence come And my spirit is broken Oh brother do you hear what I hear There are songs, there are symphonies to write So I stay up all night, and I look to the day That Im saved from the paper grenade Burn to find the wonder of the good stuff Feel the endless hours waiting for the time to pass Ultraviolet light Going out of my head I learned something from you today From the truth that was forgotten for so long If youve been hanging on to something that is already gone Youre a victim of the paper grenade Moving just enough to keep the fear at bay Better stay out of the city till I find my love A friendship unspoken And it can acted broken Oh brother do you hear what I hear There are songs, there are symphonies to write Now I stay up all night, and I look to the day That Im saved from the paper grenade So well stay up all night, and I look to the day That Im saved from the paper grenadeLyrics:
Slowly moving to a destination Waiting for our lives to start All we need is some vague direction To get back to the unassuming start Things can easily become complicated All caught up in a single phrase What a feeling when the clouds have parted and we Get back to the unassuming start And people talk about a time and place But were just fooling around Do you remember when we ruled the world? Our hearts were pure, true, free, and why Oh to get back to the unassuming start Balance finer than the snowy hill Further gone then youre letting on Let me know if your door is open We can get back to the unassuming start And so you see there is no time for waste With dreams to chase and hearts and minds to feed All to get back to the unassuming start Say what you want Were running out of time Say what you want just Say what you want Follow your heart Dont let them take you down Follow your heart just Say what you want Did the mission ever see fruition? Did the daylight ever find your plan? If you want it you should go and get it You should get back to the unassuming start And as you sit there staring at the screen Part of the scene that no one really cares for You should get back to the unassuming start You should get back to the unassuming startLyrics:
Its already done We made our arrangements We took it from real to road Traveling along Traveling along Think that were doubtful That I put our love on the line And risked all your time I found the thrill and its haunting me still Neglected to keep you in tow Dont be afraid by peculiar ways Keep you out Of my reach Soon pass me by Visible feeling A love on the line I didnt know right from wrong then Go to Tisha Blessed temptation I found the thrill and its haunting me still Neglected to keep you in tow Dont be afraid by peculiar ways Keep you out Of my reach Come by my way Were in the same postcode I fell that something has changed I found the thrill and its haunting me still Neglected to keep you in tow Dont be afraid by peculiar ways Keep you out Of my reach They keep you out Of my reachLyrics:
Only a doubt I not going out like that Its more than a dream Its more than a dream See you there Waiting for the lights to fade Im not going out Im not going out Lay your head down On the soft ground Beautiful and beautiful world That you have Dont it make you need to make it Beautiful and beautiful world That you have Dont it make you need to make it One by one We burn in to the atmosphere Its easier now Its easier now Lean on me if you want to Ill hold you till I fall myself Its more than a dream Its more than a dream Lay your head down On the soft ground Beautiful and beautiful world That you have Dont it make you need to make it Beautiful and beautiful world That you have Dont it make you need to make it Is there anything to do but take it Cause you know about the fight wed change it Isnt anyones soul for taking Dont it make you need to make it Its more than a dream Its more than a dream Its more than a dream Its more than a dream Lay your head down Its more than a dream Its more than a dream On the soft ground Its more than a dream Its more than a dream Lay your head down Its more than a dream Its more than a dream On the soft ground Its more than a dream Its more than a dream (Chorus lyrics at the same time) Lay your head down Its more than a dream Its more than a dream On the soft ground Its more than a dream Its more than a dream (Chorus lyrics at the same time) Lay your head down Its more than a dream Its more than a dream On the soft ground Its more than a dream Its more than a dream (Chorus lyrics at the same time) Lay your head down Its more than a dream Its more than a dream On the soft ground Its more than a dream Its more than a dream (Chorus lyrics at the same time) Lay your head down Its more than a dream Its more than a dream On the soft ground Its more than a dream Its more than a dreamLyrics:
Together in the low and lost solace in your touch Frame upon a memory the house we stayed so long Shoulder to shoulder when its falling apart Stronger in numbers golden in the dark Im gonna give you time now Keep us in the back of your mind though Dont go anywhere when were gone Please bell Togetherness is all we have we should only commend The energy of chemistry we never will forget Shoulder to shoulder now its falling apart Stronger in numbers golden face in the dark Im gonna give you time now Keep us in the back of your mind though Dont go anywhere when were gone Please bell Gotta find a different rhythm now We could found a different rhythm now Carry on imagination Im gonna give you time now Keep us in the back of your mind though Dont go anywhere when were gone Please Im gonna give you time now Keep us in the back of your mind though Dont go anywhere when were gone Please bell Shoulder to shoulder when its falling apart Stronger in numbers golden face in the dark Shoulder to shoulder Stronger in numbersLyrics:
Always returning dragging my heels over the finish line Maybe tomorrow, oh tomorrow if the stars align I see the part timers it brings me down The part timers, the part timers I did go home When this is over I can get down in Another home Never a reason for it to begin I see the part timers it brings me down Everybody wants to run and keep running till theyve found something to Stem the rush, stop the flood Everybody wants to run Its the halfway up its the cant afford you anyway Its the way it feels Still waking slow from the chemicals forever apart Keeping us from conversationLyrics:
Trouble coming and it never stops I will show you when my world collapsed It was the wrong way to tell her And I know that now Try to talk to you but I dont know How to bring the information home It was the wrong way to tell her And I know that now Its hard tellin ya how thin The parts of the puzzle that its a-ling Im a child as everyone will see oh but I sing Oh yeah Oh yeah Tell me straight or watch me fall apart Cause I communicate in light and dark It was the wrong way to tell her And I know that now Its hard tellin ya how thin The parts of the puzzle that its a-ling Im a child as everyone will see oh but I sing Oh give me time and I will make it good Should be me and the man I am Dont wanna take me for a fool again Troubles coming and it never stops I will show you when my world collapsed It was the wrong way to tell her And I know that now Its hard tellin ya how thin The parts of the puzzle that its a-ling Im a child as everyone will see oh but I sing Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeahLyrics:
Inside your arms away from harm Its where I wanna go Your place or mine nowhere, no time Its where the water flows Baby when Im down and out Real lonely and filled with doubt You can turn it all around Yes you can You can turn it all around Yes, yes you can You can turn it all around You can turn it all around Piece by piece we feel unease Use to be so tight The only thing that keeps me here Disappears in to the night Baby when Im sad alone And there isnt any place to go You can turn it all around Yes you can You can turn it all around Yes, yes you can You can turn it all around (even when Im down and out) You can turn it all around (when Im down and out) You can turn it all around (even when Im down and out) You can turn it all around (when Im down and out) You can turn it all around (even when Im down and out) You can turn it all aroundLyrics:
If looks could kill then our eyes would surely never be apart Tried to stay above you Tried to stay above you Pull me down The noose is firmly tight around my neck Pull me down Vicious words and phrases Well I mean a lot of compromising Delivered every line you gave me Little things begin the ending Now I dont know what to do Folding in to one another Folding in to one another Your behavior will always be something that I gave ya You cant take that away from me With those vicious words and phrases Well I mean a lot of compromising Delivered every line you gave me Little things begin the ending Now I dont know what to do Folding in to one another Folding in to one another Whats with this game youve been playing with me? I have only ever wanted to be Part of something Part of something Part of something So here we are You have the house Ill take the car We cant go on pretending This problems be unmending Well I mean a lot of compromising Delivered every line you gave me Little things begin the ending Now I dont know what to do Folding in to one another Folding in to one another Folding in to one anotherLyrics:
All through the long lonely night to make it right Down the old heath and road we go through winter snow And the sky so red all the little things you did All the little things you say Watching them fall with the wave of expectation See all the violent animals Everything falls on deaf ears Life is oh so simple when laid out in a song Here in the place that you belong Play it to the mirror Try to raise a smile Havent seen your face around here In a while For you and I this game is more than fun Entertain for the fame has no frame of reference See all the violent animals Everything falls on deaf ears Life is oh so simple when laid out in a song Here in the place that you belong Play it to the mirror Try to raise a smile Havent seen your face around here Ive fallen off the rails again, its all I do Wanted to be someone Ive fallen off the rails again For a whileLyrics:
Come by my window Come sit at my door Ill drag myself out through when From here on the floor The tickets for last night Turn up on my chair Tried to recall our last call Are we in the mend? I didnt want it to end like it did Everything turned in to ash I didnt want it to end like that Could you forget, oh The poison that threw Now that each bone in my frame Is longing for you Away from the wonder Fortune it flew Come back to icing a rash with a blash You really did Return my look, save me from the madness Deal me well, keep me from a quick decline And we know how, know how to right the wrong Remember a time in the lies of forbidden song I didnt want it to end like it did Everything turned in to ash I didnt want it to end like that Come by my window Come sit at my door Ill drag myself out through when From here on the floor The tickets for last night Turn up on my chair Tried to recall our last call Are we in the mend I didnt want it to end like it did Everything turned in to ash I didnt want it to end like thatLyrics:
Five A, five B, on some other level I couldnt feel less if I pushed Who really cares for the line we all wonder? The same park and space that we share Sea blind, we find were wasting our time I glance out of the window And notice the light has changed Is it death by indifference? Repeating familiar ways is habit these days Same lock and same key, same people same faces Same meet in the middle, same life One to be afraid, feel the weight of decision Surrender the certainly sin Sea blind, we find were wasting our time They hand you the check to keep you in line I glance out of the window And notice the light has changed Is it death by indifference? Repeating familiar ways is habit these days Cant make me care for the words And the fight that you dont believe Cant make me care for this Cant make me care for this Sea blind, we find were wasting our time I glance out of the window And notice the light has changed Is it death by indifference? Repeating familiar ways is habit these days Repeating familiar ways is habit these daysLyrics:
Never dreamed when you were good I would be happy when youre sad At our flaws we made them all and found a way to be brand new Now I know that from your view there is a story still to tell Have the truths and all the proof come stand here ringing like a bell Pine for me, Im walking away Call for me, it wont be the same Move on, Im happy when youre sad Is it plain enough she said Move on, Im happy when youre sad As you threw it all away Move on, move on our love has gone Now Im happy when youre sad On a scene you were snapped up, and no surprise those jaws were right Intoxicated by your spell, they opened up and in you fell No I shouldnt be amazed, I wish my dignity was saved Use me up, I was betrayed, I wish my pride was still unscathed Pine for me, Im walking away Call for me, it wont be the same Move on, Im happy when youre sad Is it plain enough she said Move on, Im happy when youre sad As you threw it all away Move on, move on our love has gone Now Im happy when youre sad I relied on you under the notion As forever, perpetual motion Simply symmetry, where did it all go wrong Id have let you go, open devotion Never dreamed when we were high Id ever let those feelings fly We had our flaws we made them all and found a way Move on, Im happy when youre sad Is it plain enough she said Move on, Im happy when youre sad As you threw it all away Move on, move on our love has gone Now Im happy when youre sadLyrics:
Running low on time, time is all I need Come in fill the hour Paradise to mine Fantasy to find Ive not yet begun Busy waiting for the right race to get on Running low on time, time is all I need Come on fill the hour There you are Like yesterday so near, so far And we almost found the star, the dreams nearly here Running low on time, time is all I need Come on fill the hour Freedom from the times, they came to survive Find me high in peace Lay it on the line, you want me to believe Find me high in peace Long before you realize that moments gone You get to it if you feel the feeling come Running low on time, time is all I need Come on fill the hour There you are Like yesterday so near, so far And we almost found the star, the dreams nearly here Running low on time, time is all I need Come in fill the hour Paradise to mine Fantasy to find Ive not yet begunLyrics:
Oh my love stand any longer now Im waiting on tomorrows words Save me Hold me down come in any closer now Im waiting on tomorrow Save me Why wont you why wont you Sing anymore Why wont you sing to me anymore? Oh my love Stay a little longer Oh my love Im waiting on tomorrows words to save me Somethings changed Shifting light You wont even talk to me You wont even look at me now Down like rain The blank space dissolving right here In front of me now Why wont you why wont you Sing anymore Why wont you sing to me? Oh my love Stay a little longer Oh my love Im waiting on tomorrows words to save me You dont know my love anymore Runs through walls but keeps us apart There could be one last time Save me, save you my love Oh my love Stay a little longer Oh my love Im waiting on tomorrows words to save meLyrics:
The hand that wrote this letter sweeps the pillow clean So rest your head and read a treasured dream I care for no one else but you Tell my soul to cease the pain I think maybe you feel the same What can we do Not quite sure what were supposed to do So Ive been writing just for you They say your life is going very well They say you sparkle like a different girl But something tells me that you hide When all the world is warm and tired You cry a little in the dark And so do I Im not quite sure what youre supposed to say I can see its not okay He makes you laugh; he brings you out in style He treats you well and makes you walk real fine And when hes strong, hes strong for you When you kiss its something new Did you ever call my name just by mistake? Not quite sure what Im supposed to do So I just write some love to youLyrics:
Standing at the harbour in Lisbon Face down in the Barcelona bar You wanted to speak but she wont pick up In to the night, with no seconding That time will stay with me Down every rain-drenched street The face in the crowd will always be there Remember a time when nobody cared Far beyond the reaches of winter Follow through the town to someplace new You wanted to speak but she wont pick up In to the night with no second thought for me That time will stay with me Down every rain-drenched street The face in the crowd will always be there Remember a time when nobody cared Those bills unpaid and running From the local folk, the grey Step Inn Café Photos faded color, the picture Dorian Grey That time will stay with me Down every rain-drenched street That time will stay with me Down every rain-drenched street