CATEGORY 4: The whole Corona Virus experience

But I'd wind back the clock to where I'd rather be
Back to where I'd rather be
I'd have the ones I love surrounding me
The time we share being so carefree
To explore and play with curiosity
Back in the day is where I'd rather be

Now I cant see you face to face
I can't be there to celebrate
I am now grateful for the simple things
Cos life's not meant to be lived through a screen

But I'd wind back the clock to where I'd rather be
Back to where I'd rather be
I'd have the ones I love surrounding me
The time we share being so carefree
To explore and play with curiosity
Back in the day is where I'd rather be
Back in the day is where I'd rather be
Back in the day is where I'd rather be

And just like the rest of the world I am waiting 
But I’ve been waiting on you for so long 

Are you thankful 
That you just missed out 
Yeah are you 
Peaceful inside your house 
These are my doubts 
I’m calling you out 

And just like the rest of the world I am waiting 
But I’ve been waiting on you for so long 

And just like the rest of the world we are changing 
Will we keep changing ‘til we’re both moving on 

Or are you already gone 
Or are you already gone 
Or are you already gone 

Lying low, like a creepy little thing I am listening
To the squeals and the laughter of love I am wrestling
With myself, cos we all must band together
But I know, there’s no escape till its all over

What softness lay inside of me
Good humour’s gone to let me be

(And it feels like) Same shit, different day
Tell me, what’s the point when I can smoke it away
But when the dust clears, in come your fears
Your dreams are slippin further away

Come at me, come at me
Hit me with your magic, 
I will conjure thee, conjure thee
Though the times are tragic
Won’t you come at me, come at me
Now’s my time to see

Come at me, come at me
Hit me with your magic, 
I will conjure thee, conjure thee
Though the times are tragic
Won’t you come at me come at me
Hit me with your magic, oh yeah

Will I learn, or will I break?
Two paths lay clear, which do you take?

It’s been a long, it’s been a long, it’s been a long time coming’,
We are free, today
Ain’t got no work
Short on bread and caffeine
Goin’ out of my way downtown
Keep my 1.5 from Maddie
Today is my birthday
Friends and family call
Said it’s a sad sad time
Leave your present by the door
It’s been a long, it’s been a long, it’s been a long time coming’,
But we’re comin’ out today
It’s been a long, it’s been a long, it’s been a long time coming’,
We are free, today
Went to bed this evenin’
Lay my jittery bones
Thinkin’ of the times I squandered
Playin’ cards in my parents home
When the new days dawnin’
Ain’t gonna hit the highway
But I have high high hopes
Damn news man’s gonna say
Damn news man’s gonna say
It’s been a long, it’s been a long, it’s been a long time coming’,
But we’re comin’ out today
It’s been a long, it’s been a long, it’s been a long time coming’,
We are free, today
It’s been a long, it’s been a long, it’s been a long time coming’,
We are free, today

But they’re making it worse
How can’t you tell?
You can’t fight violence with more violence
But I guess that’s human

I went down to the graveyard
I saw a woman, she was weeping
She just lost her child and there were her friends
They were judging, they said “ he deserved it,
If you’re gonna raise them like that expect them to get whacked,
God doesn’t like them and he will smite them”
For just being human

And I, I can’t stand the media
They’re lying every night
People scared out of their minds
And I, I’ve lost all faith in mankind
The kind of shit you won’t believe
Everybody is panicking
Please teach your children to be better
They’re the ones that will save us later
Don’t pass on your oppressive ways
With every voice we can change things
Doesn’t mean you have to share your opinion
Remember the power of what you say
I don’t wanna get my hopes up
And I don’t want to hold my breath
I don’t want to be disappointed by Man

I went down to the river
And I saw a boy, he was crying
He told me about the time he lost all his friends and his family
To an awful disease
It’s been sweeping the nation, internationally
It was called ignorance
And it is killing us
But I guess that’s human
I guess that’s human
I don’t want to be a human

bumping our wounds
to feel like we belong
to this messy, glistening, tender thing
this aching, unknown time
I want to feel this pain with you
so I’ll do it online, and
Maybe I’ll go viral
now it’s all that I have got
to share my voice on the internet
my metaphoric cough
it’s better out than in
and you won’t catch a thing
because I’m in my room
and you’re in yours
and now I know
just why
the caged bird
sings
What are we gonna do now?
What next will they say?
This feels karmic
we’re not the top of the food chain
We are tender, soft and squishy
We are not immune to change
so strap yourself in tight
your fragile light
and be grateful, always
for very single day
And maybe I’ll go viral
now it’s all that I have got
to share my voice on the internet
my metaphoric cough
it’s better out than in
and you won’t catch a thing
because I’m in my room
and you’re in yours
and now I know
just why
the caged bird
sings
I bought a pack of frozen peas
for the very first time
wary of each other
in the supermarket line
Glimmers of shared humanity
in every single persons eyes
then I hurried home to be alone
but I don’t wanna be stuck inside
I wanna go on a Tinder date
don’t wanna masturbate
alone in my room
But then again I have always known
how to self isolate
it’s really nothing new
and like Mick Jagger said
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
you just might find
you get what you need
Oh yeah
And I need to go viral
now it’s all that I have got
to share my voice on the internet
my metaphoric cough
it’s better out than in
and you won’t catch a thing
because I’m in my room
and you’re in yours
and now I know
just why
the caged bird
sings

All the humans of New York are getting fearful
And they’re wheezing every time they breathe
In my books they always looked so brave and cheerful
But now that’s not what I read

But I’ll just have to wait for a while now
Before I make them spaces on our trams
The man who makes my coffee tells me thanks for shopping local
But it’s a joke cos it’s the only place we can

And now this radius around us all is taking its toll
And the only way we’re in this together is we’re all on our own
I’m just missing all the people that I’ve never even known
Yeah, this radius is taking its toll

But I’ll just have to wait for a while now
Before we even start to understand
The man who makes my coffee tells me thanks for being hopeful
And I tell him that I am

There was a crowd of true believers who were marching with their throng
When someone who had questions, hard ones, just came along.
The crowd rose up with one voice, “Blasphemer!” they cried.
“We won’t hear anything you say ‘cos you aren’t on our side.”
They cried, yeah they cried,
“We won’t hear anything you say ‘cos you aren’t on our side.”

Someone said, “Pull away the curtains and you’ll see it’s all a show,
A game of smoke and mirrors with actors in the know.”
They say, “Tear up all your tickets and look and you will find
It’s a needle in a @#$%stack but give the truth a try.”
Give it a try, give it a try.
It’s a needle in a @#$%stack but give the truth a try.

WHO says?
Lockdown!

Her life hasn't changed much
Being a mother is isolating
Emu mom keeps going forward
not knowing how to go back
focusing on what's in front

His contract got slashed
Two days of anxiety 
But found more opportunities
Now he stands to elevate
to search for his zen

Is it pandemic?
Oh yes!
WHO says?
Lockdown!

He'd take me to bed
I'm guilty and filled with shame
He'd take my life away from me 
Leave me empty and hollow inside

Maybe if I went outside more
Maybe if I met some other passions 
Would you haunt me the way you do 
I surrender to you 

Boredom, Boredom
I grow weary of you 
So don't overstay 
Don't overstay your welcome

You're dull and mundane
Possessive and insane
I don't want you 
please leave me alone 
Don't come knocking at my door

I'd leave you behind if I could
Wishful thinking, you know it can't be true
Come again, but not for too long
I won't miss you 

Boredom, Boredom
I grow weary of you 
So don't overstay 
Don't overstay your welcome

Wash your hands
Stay at home
Cover your mouth
If you’re coughing or you’re blowing your nose
Keep a responsible distance
A metre and a half apart
And if you’re feverish or feel in’ ill 
Come on mates, put on a mask and we’ll beat this...

Lockdown life
no delayed trains to miss
There’s no rain to stand in
No traffic jams to skip
My kitchen’s happy to see me
Pots and pans being used
When this is all over
I’ll have recipes to choose…….from

Oh Corona, you’re not just a beer
you’re a word that nobody wants to hear
Oh Corona… you’re creating some fear
You’re a word that nobody wants to hear

The kids are at home
we’re wearing teacher hats
Payment in kisses and cuddles
they’re learning this and that
I see my postman from a distance
Every single day,
daily highlight

Is ordering from eBay
Oh Corona, you’re not just a beer
you’re a word that nobody wants to hear
Oh Corona…there’s always next year
You’re a word that nobody wants to hear
My bins go out more than me
Living it large
But at least my home bar doesn't overcharge
Life has really slowed down
And look, that part ain’t bad
Makes me realise what’s important
And that makes us glad

Oh Corona, you’re not just a beer
And you’re a word that nobody wants to hear
Oh Corona... you’ve changed our lives this year.
You’re still a word that nobody wants to hear

Locked down but were not locked out,
stand together and have no doubt.
Locked down but were not locked out.
Together, together we can storm this weather.

You feed on ignorance,
the Hullabaloo.
But we are wise
and we'll wash our hands of you.
We're seperated
but we're not apart.
We'll keep our distance and not lose heart.

Fear is a disease.
But hopes more contagious

We're locked down but we're not locked out.
We'll stand togehter,have no doubt.
We're locked down but were not locked out.
Together, together we can storm this weather

You’re not so novel anymore.
You’re not so novel anymore.
You’re not so novel anymore.

We're locked down but we're not locked out.
We'll stand togehter,have no doubt.
We're locked down but were not out.
Together,together we can storm the weather.
Together,together we can storm the weather.

‘Cause I’ll be away for a while
While my days are blind
Oh, I’m not lost, but I can’t be found
And I’m safe and sound
Yet afraid for now
Oh, I’m not lost, but I can’t be found

And in the midst of it all
Well she’ll still stand tall
Oh, Mother Earth, in her unwavering form

So I’ll take it slow, Yeah I’ll just lay low
And no matter the fear I feel
I’ll give earth the time to heal

As we go to war, to fight something that none of us foresaw
Inside our four walls, we’ll wait for a loved one to call

And say “I’ll be away for a while
While my days are blind
Oh, I’m not lost, but I can’t be found
And I’m safe and sound
Yet afraid for now
Oh, I’m not lost, but I can’t be found”

This isolation and separation, there’s a situation of desolation
And the desecration of our great nation caused insinuation, misinformation
Led to cancellation and trepidation, and the creation of desperation

I’ll be away for a while
While my days are blind
Oh, I’m not lost, but I can’t be found
And I’m safe and sound
Yet afraid for now
Oh, I’m not lost, but I can’t be found

I can post gifts to my sister and son
I can spend some time basking in the sun
I can hear the soothing sounds of rain
As the green ferns spring to life again
I’ll write down my gratitude each day
And hope to still keep well in May
But there’s just one thing I can’t do
I can’t get close to you

If I have to wait another day
If I have to wait another night
I know everything will be ok
I know everything will be alright

If I have to wait another day
If I have to wait another night
I know everything will be Ok
The day that I can hold you tight

I can video chat and family call
And send my socials love to all
I can play the songs I want to hear
Remembering times we shared last year
I can always write another song
Tell myself it won’t be long
But there’s just one thing that I can’t do
I can’t get close to you

Once more you’ll come to my home
I’ll be amazed at how time has flown
The day I open up the door
To see your face just like before

If I have to wait another day
If I have to wait another night
I know everything will be ok
I know everything will be alright


If I have to wait another day
If I have to wait another night
I know everything will be Ok
The day that I can hold you tight

Without adding one about wearing a mask
It’s been so damn long since I held your hand
And I don’t want to think about every handwash since then
Cause I’ll write you a song about COVID-19
Part of me wants so bad to escape

To find you and hold you just like yesterday
Forget all the rules, it’d be easier that way
But we’re not fucking selfish, so I’ll stay away
So Sophia, I’m here in a screen
I know that it’s not like before

It won’t be too long til you’re back here with me
All of your three dimensions and more
Unprecedented times, but they’ll come to an end
It’ll be a new normal, but you’ll be with me again
Singing songs not about COVID-19

And learn to cook or plant a tree
So many possibilities but so hard to choose
But all I ever got was these Lockdown Blues
Yeah I could even teach myself how to cut my own hair, yeah yeah
Or I could learn to reupholster that kerbside chair, who cares ?
Then I saw this competition it was looking for a song
To focus on the positives of this whole Covid sh#t storm
So I wrote down all these words -yeah !
Ain’t ,nothing else to do, woohoo
Now it helps keep away these
Lockdown Blues

The world  moves in circles,  Our lives duly bend 
We don't know the start,  We wait for the end 
One day my lips Will touch yours again 
Oh bring back  the love, oh bring back the light, oh bring back the life

The streets are all empty, the city is bare
The people around me are no longer there
Left on my own, this world falling in
Oh bring back love, bring back the light, oh bring back my life

My best friend now lives inside of my Nintendo Switch
don't suggest a TV show, I've already seen it
only have three outfits, interchange them through the week
trackies, hoodie, ugg boots and my look is complete
can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe I used to party?
can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe I used to party?

Fixed my hair
discovered self-care
things I never thought I had the time to do out there
and I've never felt so rested
never been this clean
sleeping in to 2pm is my whole new routine

These are dark times
but if I let that win I won't survive
so I'll distract my mind
with all the silly things that I can find

My best friend now lives inside of my Nintendo Switch
don't suggest a TV show, I've already seen it
only have three outfits, interchange them through the week
trackies, hoodie, ugg boots and my look is complete
can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe I used to party?
can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe I used to party?

My best friend now lives inside of my Nintendo Switch
don't suggest a TV show, I've already seen it
only have three outfits, interchange them through the week
trackies, hoodie, ugg boots and my look is complete
can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe I used to party?
can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe I used to party?

can you believe I used to party in Brunswick?
can you believe?

Take my hand and I'll pull you up, to a place that is free of despair, I'll put you first 

It's just not in my blood to let it go when times are rough
I've always been the one to take a punch and never let it knock me down

You've got fire and I've got rain, something I'll never let it be is another painful, dreadful catastrophe
Fight through storms and sharp debris, I don't ever wanna give you another painful, dreadful catastrophe

Oh 
Ohh
Oh

You've got fire and I've got rain, something I'll never let it be is another painful, dreadful catastrophe

You're my lockdown lover
Keep 6 feet from each other
Got me wanting to break isolation
I won't, I'll be patient
Stay in to stay safe 'til it's over
You're my lockdown lover

Wonder when I'll see your face
No kiss, no hug, no touch, no hand-holding
Maybe take you on a date
When we no longer have to quarantine

Lately we Netflix then we would play Switch
Act you're in the room
Always be texting, 24/7
Nothing I'd rather do

With my months spent at home and no where I could go
But I wasn't alone, not when I had you

You're my lockdown lover
Keep 6 feet from each other
Got me wanting to break isolation
I won't, I'll be patient
Stay in to stay safe 'til it's over
You're my lockdown lover

One day I will wake, find that things have changed
I'll be on my way, hope you feel the same
Take another step close to you, familiar but yet it feels brand new

In a state of peace, it's normality
Running down the streets with you, I'm complete
Overturning all the blue inside
Until then, guess I'll just keep up this distance
Even though I know I'm missing someone I've never met

You're my lockdown lover
Keep 6 feet from each other
Got me wanting to break isolation
I won't, I'll be patient
Stay in to stay safe 'til it's over
You're my lockdown lover