Lovebytes was composed between June 2002 and May 2003, although the third song is a re-working of part of a setting of Adrian Henri's Harbour which was first heard in 1987 at a concert celebrating Adrian's work. All three texts were passed to me by their authors to set, in the reverse order in which they appear in the work.

• Lonely is not the word
• A lucky charm
• De profundis