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Short Walks
02:52
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tumbled into this life
stuck in it like velcro
keep peeling back the edges
wonder what will unfold
it’s not like I planned it
buildings stacked all above me
covered in branches
getting used to this city
how many short walks
to make this place feel like home?
I don’t know
things started feeling familiar
maybe I’m getting older?
who knows
we used to walk in the same circles
pass through the same spaces
we used to listen to same old songs
imagine far away places
take me back to my comfort
warm my feet on the ground
wrap up the signs it’s abandoned
clichés holding me down
we didn’t count for this one
it happened by accident
but I’ve steadied my footing
laid turf out back
I’ll take what life throws me
if it’s what I have to do
keep safe the stories, songs
and memories of you
it's not like I planned it
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White & Orange
02:27
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another year, another move
say goodbye to what you’ve just began to build
say goodbye to the little cat
that used to visit us
we are their inconvenience
we are the shit beneath their shoe
we get what we’re given
and we should be grateful for that
and I am grateful, oh so grateful
but not for their generosity
not for their compassion
or lack of it
leave it to the market
what can’t be monetised has no worth
this is their world
we’re just renting
place all my products in a row
white and orange
white and orange
don’t want to have to go
please excuse the retching
I want to throw up all over you
you can tell your dry cleaner
it’s an occupational hazard
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Longshore Drift
03:02
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there’s a lump in my throat causing me discomfort
there’s a crick in my neck from my heavy head
my brain’s trying to deny it
concentrating on my dialect
best have a sit down
or get back into bed
and it’s not like you don’t listen
and it’s not like I’m not trying
I don’t like to get my legs out in the summer
there’s a host of complications
I’d rather not disclose
but right now I’m I feeling just fine
so let’s run down to the shoreline
get stones stuck between our toes
and it’s not like you don’t listen
and it’s not like I’m not trying
some days I feel incomprehensible
our minds are unreliable
but you are so dependable
depend on me
rely on me
there’s a spelk in my gut causing me discomfort
there’s a break in my heart from things that you once said
my brain's trying to deny it
concentrating on my dialect
best have a sit down
or get back into bed
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take a photo, it will last longer
this shelter won’t be here forever
when only parliamentary services
pass through these days
from Shippea Hill to Bescar Lane
I’ll utilise rarely used lines
up across the bridge
and I’ll be on my way
because you’ve got to have something
to keep dark clouds away
to keep that looming sense of doubt and hopelessness at bay
you’ve got to have something
or else we might as well call it a night
and if we fail, we fail
but that’s alright
success is overrated
at least the way that you define it
another relegation
another twenty-odd platforms to alight at
so take me to the middle of nowhere
and let me know when we get there
and let me know if it’s a request only stop
if we fail, we fail
but that’s alright
at least we tried
one service in the morning
one service in the evening
there’s not a lot to do
and a while until I’m leaving
there’s still a lot of parts of the country I’ve not seen yet
there’s still a lot of hope
and there’s still a lot of regret
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Pop and/or punk from Brighton, via Durham and Lewes.
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