Two minutes from the station
In someplace else
Just then I saw you
The woman of my dreams
Like a thief in the night, you left my sight
Where do I begin?

I’m this stranger in love
I’m just a stranger in love
Walk the streets of this town, tonight I won’t be let down
I’m a stranger in Love

Sway down Eddies past Rosie’s
The Victory’s in sight
Half past ten I found you
This has to be my time
There was a band playing 500 Miles
I’d walk all that for you

I’m this stranger in love
I’m just a stranger in love
Walk the streets of this town, tonight I won’t be let down
I’m a stranger in love

Tonight… I want.. Your love
Could… This love… be true?
Walk the streets of this town, tonight I won’t be let down
I’m a stranger in love

Climb Charlotte to the Manor
We made it there in time
So official at the Treasury
My engine’s running dry
Spin the wheel to seal the deal
I’m about to make you mine

I’m, this stranger in love
I’m just a stranger in love
Walk the streets of this town, Livin’ and Lovin in my home town
I’m a stranger
Walking the streets of my home town, tonight I won’t be let down
I’m a stranger in love

About ‘Strangers In Love’…

Strangers in Love is an ode to Brisbane.

Darren explains “I get really angry and frustrated when all these so called self titled, sophisticated know it all’s, give Brisbane a bad wrap. They try to compare Brisbane to Sydney or Melbourne or New York or London or Paris. Brisbane is Brisbane, it is a unique city. Why can’t these people accept it for what it is, put up with all its flaws and good points, like you have to do when you go anywhere else in the world? No where on earth is perfect, just different. Why do we feel the need to compare ourselves to somewhere else? Why can’t we feel comfortable for who and what we are and the place where we live? Brisbane, I am proud to say, is, just as good as anywhere else in the world. People sing songs about New York, London, L.A., famous rivers and mountains, why don’t we sing songs about Brisbane? We decided to write one”

The story of Strangers in Love is follows a chance sighting of a girl and the pursuit of her around the city. Greg adds “we included local clubs and street names in a very subtle way. The night ends at the casino …why do all big nights seem to end at the casino playing the chocolate wheel!?”

You could have held my hand
Been my guiding light
You could have shared my dream
You chose to shut me down

I’m so battered and bruised
Just from something you said
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
Hope lies on the other side
Believe’n my fire’s alive
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
I don’t need your voice in my head

A safe place is where you hide
Lost in yesterday
Your words trap my fears
They should drive them away

I’m so battered and bruised
Just from something you said
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
Hope lies on the other side
Believe’n my fire’s alive
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
I don’t need your voice in my head

All the things you fail to see
Are right in front on the other side

I’m so battered and bruised
Just from something you said
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
Hope lies on the other side
Believe’n my fire is alive
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
It’s not over till I decide
Don’t ever sell me out
They’ll never build a statue to you
Don’t need your voice in my head
I don’t need your voice
I don’t need your voice
I don’t need your voice in my head

About ‘Other Side’…

“Other Side is one of those songs we wrote in an afternoon” says Greg. “We were discussing a couple famous or talented people that had crossed our paths in life and how they had the ability to help us reach our goals or at least offer some words of encouragement to inspire us. They didn’t. In fact some chose to be negative, condescending and trash our dreams. It seemed as though they only thought of themselves as deserving of success. When you are young you tend to mull over those words and beat yourself over them and probably inflicting more damage to yourself than if you were physically beaten. The answer lies on the Other Side – being positive and living life”.

When I call you, you won’t let me in
So many secrets are still in this bed
The traffics lights are stuck on red
You push me and pull me but I can’t win…

Where do we go from here ?
All we had has disappeared,
Where do we go from here?
The emptiness is hanging on my heart
What am I to do now we’re apart?

All this darkness, has taken control,
Lost in your memory, with no where to go
As high as I might seem, I’ve never felt so low,
I’ve dropped my sanity, dropped my sanity, and I lost my soul….

Where do we go from here?
All we had has disappeared
Where do we go from here?
The emptiness is hanging on my heart
What am I to do now we’re apart ?

There are no more days, only nights
Without you here, there is no light
I bared my bones, and I opened my door
Shot down in flames, I can’t take any more, take anymore

Where do we go from here?
It’s all disappeared
The emptiness is hanging on my
Where do we go from here?
All we had has disappeared
Where do we go
Where do we go
The emptiness is hanging in my heart
What am I to do now we’re apart

About ‘Now We’re Apart’…

Now We’re Apart is a break up song inspired by the end of a long term relationship of a friend of the band.

“Here was this big tough guy, in control of all aspects of his life, but didn’t see this one coming or could do anything about it, when it happened – he fell apart”, says Darren. “Men generally aren’t as adept at communicating or expressing their emotions, the fall out of a relationship ending not on their terms can be devastating.”

You tried real hard, to be what you want to be
You’ve missed the mark, and fallen in a heap
The road looks so narrow, you can’t see tomorrow
I want to take, your pain away

Everything you’ve known, shadows into doubt
This world keeps turning, and that ain’t helping out
Don’t waste today, soon it will drift away
All this time, is still yours

Don’t stop now, say ,what you, have to say
I can see, urgency in your eyes
Just remember, I‘ll be there
To guide you through, this lonely night

You feel all alone, you know, I’ve felt the same?
Things get said, does it matter anyway
Believe in your dreams, as hard as it may seem
Stand tall, look them in the eye

Don’t stop now, say, what you, have to say
I can see, urgency in your eyes
Just remember, I’ll be there
I won’t let go of you tonight
I won’t let go, I won’t let go
I won’t let go, I won’t let go
I won’t let go, I won’t let go
I won’t let go of you tonight

About ‘Won’t Let Go’…

At some point in our lives, we all make mistakes. Some more often and to a greater extent than others. But when those tough times come, as Darren says, “all you want is a friend, someone to stand by you and not judge you, someone who simply like you for who you are.” That is the inspiration for the ballad Won’t Let Go.

Today’s the day
There’s nothing to say
I’m just left feeling raw

Did you want me?
Did you need me?
Or was it money that you saw?

You know how far to push me
You know the things I like
That white bikini that you wore
Oh that bikini
That white bikini
That white bikini in your drawer

Manipulation
Aggravation
The best part of you is in that drawer

And you know it
Can you show it?
It keeps me running from that door

You know how far to push me
You know the things I like
That white bikini that you wore
That bikini
That white bikini
That white bikini is on the floor — no

I don’t need this
Got to stop it
Can’t take any more

My dignity called me
Now I‘ve seen
You played me to the core
You know how far to push me
You know the things I like
You know just how far to push me
It’s the only thing I like
That white bikini that you wore
That bikini
That white bikini
That white bikini is out the door

Oh that bikini
That white bikini
White bikini is out the door

About ‘White Bikini’…

The album title track, White Bikini, is an ode to feminine wiles. Darren elaborates “It’s about how some women use their looks or bodies to manipulate men. Males, being visual creatures, fall for it every time”.

The song grew from a chord progression Greg had written for another song, the catalyst for the change in lyrical direction came from an experience at a local watering hole. Darren remembers “Greg and I popped into our local pub one Friday afternoon for a beer, where there just happen to be some scantly clad waitresses working. We sat back an observed how these two girls worked the room and managed to get bucket loads of cash out of these young blokes, they had them wrapped around their little finger. The words for the song came into my head driving home; I sat down and penned them in 10 minutes.”

People look, they compare
Can they see what’s really there?
Take a look from inside out
Do you know what I’m about?

Does anybody know my name?
So blind you did it again
Walk away, it’s a fantasy
Start livin’ reality
Right now

This life is no race
Seconds pass leave no trace
All alone on a one way street
Can you find me, cuz I’m free…

Does anybody know my name?
So blind you did it again
Walk away, it’s a fantasy
Start livin’ reality
Right now
Money’s worth nothing, you don’t live twice
Why give up on your own life?
Walk away, it’s a fantasy
Start livin’ reality
Right now
No more bets on a house of cards
The enemy, is in your heart,
Broken dreams are your life
Break the chains, take a chance, one shot….

Does anybody know my name ?
So blind you did it again
Walk away, it’s fantasy
Start livin’ reality
Right now
Money’s worth nothing you don’t live twice
Why give up on your own life?
Walk away, it’s a fantasy
Start livin’ reality
Start livin’ reality
Start livin’ reality
Right now

About ‘Reality’…

“Reality is another song that has been hanging around from the start and has transformed along the way” explains Darren. “It’s a bit different in that it is written from the point of view of the Universe, God or what ever it is that is you believe in – how frustrating it must be to witness some one do the same thing over and over again and get the same result, their life going around in circles. They hate it, yet they think it’s someone else’s responsibility to give them a better one. They sit and wish or pray and but take no positive steps for themselves and base their decisions on what they would like their life to be like and rather than the reality of their situation, then wonder why things always go pear shaped. The answer is to get real and truthful in all aspects of your life, make the hard decisions and things will start to change for the better”