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by Jack Phemister

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I dream of a sound that I feel when I’m down, it turns laughs to a frown, leaves scars on your crown
There’s nothing so weird as never talking out loud

Knock on a door, strange men outside, they wanna teach me all the ways to keep a woman dry
I told them before, I’d never tell a lie

But I
Woke up, while you were setting up
I woke up, while you were setting up
I woke up, a song wasn’t enough
I got up and it was already gone
Gone

I wanna walk ‘round your town, have you show me around,
show me sweet streets of pain and things never said aloud
I’ll make field recordings, and I'll spread them around

All this death on your streets, and fires in your home
from the fist of a songbird comes your only hope
If she can teach me a song, I’ll let your city go

And I
Woke up, while you were setting up
I woke up, while you were setting up
I woke up, a song wasn’t enough
I got up and it was already gone
Gone
Gone
Gone

If you turn your back on the man with the axe, you can forget your facts, they’re not coming back
You’ve had an awful lot of warnings for a sneak attack

I walk down your street like a dog in the blitz, I stop to shit on the corner and then I piss on your fence
'til a van picks me up to erase my head

And I
Woke up, while you were setting up
I woke up, while you were setting up
I woke up, a song wasn’t enough
I got up and it was already gone

I’ll never know just what I saw
My alarm goes off at a quarter to four
There’s no more dreams of stories and songs
I’m not waking up anymore
I’m not waking up anymore
I’m not waking up anymore

credits

released January 19, 2024
Jack Phemister - Guitar, Vocals
Kieran Rule - Drums
Jack Smythe - Bass Guitar

Written by Jack Phemister
Arranged by Jack Phemister, Kieran Rule & Jack Smythe
Recorded & Mixed by Jack Phemister
Mastered by John Ruberto
Artwork by Jack Phemister, Adelaide Stolba & Michael McSweeney

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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. ... more

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