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Backwards Sideways
03:48
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Words so wise, and said so many times, just keep walking the line
but when I look ‘round, I’m 10 days out of town with no line to be found
I’m not making it ‘round
you still swing by my cell when I’m not doing so well, least as far as you can tell
I say wouldn’t it be a fine night for a dream to be thrown back down the well
I see you pinching yourself
But by the time I’m inside out
backwards sideways
we’re back ‘round the right way
I’ll play the long game
this time
So where will you be, 5 years from me, In a town by the sea?
and how will it go in another 15 more when the last boat leaves the shore
don’t you know you’re adored
I hope that by then I’ll be out of my head, no longer on the mend
don’t know what I’ll be, or if I’ll even agree, with what I did way back when
But I’ll deal with that then
But by the time I’m inside out
backwards sideways
we’re back ‘round the right way
I’ll play the long game
This time
Sailing in circles
and wondering just why
we’d ever need to change
but I guess that we all do
besides there’s only so much
’til we’re back the same, way
But by the time
by the time, I’m
by the time I’m
by the time I’m inside out
backwards sideways
we’re back ‘round the right way
I’ll play the long game
backwards sideways
we’re back ‘round the right way
I’ll play the long game
this time
I’m Backwards sideways
we’re back ‘round the right way
I’ll play the long game
this time
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2. |
Ice Statues
02:08
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An influencer’s no oracle
the haunting vision of ice statues in the sun
words are fickle and misconstrued
especially when you don’t know where they’re from
no more reading at surface level
and no more kissing you through the veil
I’m giving up on my chance to fail
no drink of wisdom’s enough
So how about you
show me something new
I’ve studied all you do
so what’s new?
You let your idols wash over you
never really took on what was said or done
never mastered your hidden truths
and now I look right through
your ice statue’s a point of view
and ending up at the start really doesn’t take much
a little heat really pushes through
a bit of context adds up
So how about you
show me something new
I’ve studied all you do
so what’s new?
Alive, and doing well
still you’d die to go through their hell
but you’re old news and never had the guts to tell
I lost you once, won’t lose your words as well
So how about you
show me something new
I’ve studied all you do
so what’s new?
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3. |
Infiltrated
02:32
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It’s the lingering light at the start of the night
the sort that always gets me so blind
but blindness will do, and I’ll still see you
besides, there’s nowhere to drive
‘cause everything’s still closed and I’ve shut all my roads
and I’m still all locked up from inside
but all it might take for my stronghold to break
could be as innocent as waving goodbye
And I’m
infiltrated
When you’re walking round as two, you don’t follow the rules
can never seem to stay too far apart
ignorance won’t break, and well, what can I say
we only really see what’s in our minds
I’m,
infiltrated
When they’re barging in from end to end
do you have to choose which one’s just a friend
can you take both sides if you get to the end
I’ve been cut off so long, but there’s a flood coming next
I’m
infiltrated
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4. |
Wild Out There
02:34
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I peer through the window with sun stained curtains
at places people once were that now are deserted
I’ve heard its all wild out there
driving down main streets the first time in weeks
the herd are all lined up to one by one see
the mundane they’re missing, a reason to leave
and stand on street corners and breathe
I remember who and where, I’ve heard its all wild out there
Bored in our own lives and seeking fantastic
you turn to the ones that don’t corrupt their own interests
they graciously turn on the lights, I’ve heard its all wild
Psychedelic daydreams of household vaccines
they don’t care about us and you don’t seem to see
you’re why its wild out there
Paperbacked people in big empty houses
they’re selfish at home and far worse when they’re out of it
a backbone that folds will hurt all those around it
I’ll stay safe inside on my sixth glass of wine
I’ve heard its all wild out there
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5. |
I Know You Know I Know
03:30
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Days with you are dressed in blue
in a crystal room that’s filled with
wounds
who set you loose?
the same old low, forgotten
I’d shatter the floor no problem
but all things go
when they’re left alone
This old buzz still flows
it’s a static that grows
you’re beautiful
I know you know that I know
Months of loathing were overdue
cold and sober but the room’s
moving
what an awful thing
This old buzz still flows
its a static that grows
you’re beautiful
I know you know that I know
So here’s the song that you asked for
I hope it reaches your platform
but I’ve had to climb down
so far from the ground
I’m joining the others and we’re gonna tear it down
This old buzz still flows
it’s a static that grows
you’re beautiful
I know you know that I know
This old buzz still flows
it’s a static that grows
you’re beautiful
I know you know that I know
This old buzz still flows
it’s a static that grows
you’re beautiful
I know you know that I know
I know you know that I know
I know you know that I know
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6. |
Adelaide
04:06
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It’s a purple sky that sees me write
a list of all the days delights
a day spent watching, walking through scenes of beautiful things
that last month never thought to bring
now sitting watching clouds above
the ones I used to sing songs of love
now Adelaide you’re the song that I’m thinking of
I never thought I’d hear a name in my song
but yours shows up everywhere that I wonder
I was looking through the drawers and shelves of my life and I found you on every flight
all heirlooms reflect your light
and knowing I can always find you someplace warm
and with you redefining all the words from before
Adelaide you’re the song I was looking for
You really love me like a loon
if that’s true i’ll never even move
the risk of a broken has never had me wooed
and last months long forgotten truths, have moved
And all of my dreams are things to come
walls and chairs and whisks and love
it seems that all I ever do is think of you and I
in time and I feel all wise
it’s strange to want to share a place
let’s set the table I’ll grab the plates
Adelaide you’re more than worth the wait
You really love me like a loon
if that’s true I’ll never even move
the risk of a broken heart has never had me wooed
and last months long forgotten truths have moved
I’m so happy, I think today might be the day that Adelaide
will come by to plant a kiss on my face
she’s the piece of peace to end the war
a treat so sweet and so adored, just the one I’m waiting for
there’s so many things that I’ve adored
and in my life it’s a little rare to be sure
but Adelaide, I love you more
You are all I want to do
it’s true and it’s a love you can’t dilute
it’s never been this way with anyone but you
and last months long forgotten truths have moved
meanings change when I’m a hopeless heart for you
and last months long forgotten truths have moved
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7. |
Matchstick / Tail Light
02:13
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Sitting beneath the night
I glow like a tail light
When you asked me what I’d like
And I couldn’t think to lie
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8. |
Limited
02:14
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On a train to far away where you go when you’re feeling alone
met a girl that no one else could observe as she speaks to herself
or the seat I can’t see, but its empty or maybe not, I won’t limit your thoughts
don’t limit your thoughts
Just upstairs sits a man on his bench, he’s watching the yard our reality guard
he’s no heart, he comes from the stars, told me he’s got a plan a vaccine and last stand
for our deliverance from evil, we’re still at war, but nobody knows it, no no one at all
don’t limit your thoughts
Only time gets to the end
we’re only living in our heads
there’s no more asking for respect
I’ll be under the ice if you need me again
Driving home, and feeling so low, it’s empty and cold and there’s nowhere to go
the roads empty, the songs ending, you think to yourself it’s not even worth pretending
there’s, no one else there, you can’t share, you’ve done it to yourself, limited the world
Limited the world
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9. |
Salt Water Lakes
02:31
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Tide was in when I got in, I could fill a lake on my own
I’d cry an ocean if I felt a thing but I’m numb for no reason at all
I got a crimson river flowing all myself though you don’t really need to know
an invitation’s not a strange request, I could do with a reason to hold
On to the feeling that maybe someday
I’ll be carefree and swimming in salt water lakes
with water that’s cold, and not my own
it’s no ones
Flowing faucet pouring blackest tar that only stops when you admit you’re not wrong
you poisoned everyone by feigning doubt so now save them with something that’s sure
now your creek, is running weak, that’s what happens when you send it too far
I’d move mountains if only to see you move
On to the feeling that maybe someday
I’ll be carefree and swimming in salt water lakes
with water that’s cold, and not my own
it’s no ones, no ones
It’s maybe not the swimmers at the source
don’t have to drown to lose
after all, the swimmers only watch when it’s
gone, for good
It’s the last feeling that maybe someday
I’ll be carefree and swimming in salt water lakes
with water that’s cold, and not my own
it’s no ones
oh it could be no ones
well now I’m no one
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10. |
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Stand, on a box
Look, down on us
Heard, from above
Of a purer, more authentic style of love
Decide, nothing else will ever be enough
Rise, and get dressed
Leave home, on a quest
To silence, any sound
That ever tempts the world to turn around
The world is good, let it down
Well have you ever felt anything, at all?
I worked, so many hours
You earned the same by smoking in the flowers
You laugh, at my song
Pick and choose the selflessness you’ve sung
And you tell me all my harmonies are wrong
speak, of things you’re fond
Dense and complex sonic moments gone
To justify your love
Denounce the worth of any other thought
You only care that your echoes are heard
Well have you ever felt anything, more?
I bet you never loved anyone, at all
Watching, you brood
Cooking up a new self righteous tune
Wonder if you know of what’s inside
That locks you in, and tells you, you were right
Oh I wish, I could find an open mind
Distaste
Its an ugly look upon your face
Stars, in the sky
Plucked, and set aside by your new line
A darker night, no reason why
Now die, closed mind
Now die, closed mind
Go die, closed mind
Die, closed mind
So what’s, wrong
With loving, the things that keep me warm
To love, my evening star
To love, a beating heart
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Jack Phemister Melbourne, Australia
Jack Phemister makes Art Rock music for the modern misanthrope.
From Folk-Rock beginnings on his debut emerges a subversive
new era, influenced by Art Punk, Industrial Rock, and Poetry. Exploring the depths of the human condition, and the artist’s place in it, Phemister trudges through themes of displacement, dejection, and anxiety, implementing unwarranted magniloquence and wonky guitar playing.
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