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Death Insurance
02:33
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When I swam to the edges of the sea
It came to me I was deceased
Before we die we buy an afterlife
The rich can buy paradise
Too many souls on the earth
Too many born and dying
Death cannot lead to rebirth
Souls must be kept from flying
So I ran to the edges of the earth
To estimate what I was worth
I was worth a river and a field
Such a shame it wasn’t real
Too many souls on the earth
Too many born and dying
Death cannot lead to rebirth
Souls must be kept from flying
So I flew to the edges of the sky
To prove that I had truly died
Was this what I’d worked all my life to earn?
A gilded cage of no return? (Will they learn?)
Too many souls on the earth
We cannot grow forever
There’s no more room for rebirth
So we created heaven
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2. |
Polite
03:13
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Have you ever wondered why I turn away or just try to ignore you?
Have you ever wondered why you feel the need to try to cause me pain?
It’s good and it’s nice and it’s kind
To refrain
Did your mother never tell you not to rant and rave and stamp and storm through?
Did your father never tell you not to break a heart and run away?
You lie and you cheat and betray
And you pay
And oh, they should have told you
That it’s not nice
And it’s not kind
It’s not polite
So I hold the door
And I bow and let you walk through
Tea is all laid out
Dainties on a silver tray
The peaches are lovely this year
So they say
Little finger out
As I sip and watch and wonder
At the way you slouch
And the way you slurp your tea
By teatime tomorrow it won’t
Bother me
And oh, they should have told you
That it’s not nice
And it’s not kind
It’s not polite
Watch the minute hand
As it crawls around the clock face
In the hotel room
Where she sits and sighs and waits
Did nobody tell you it’s rude
To be late?
And oh, they should have told you
That it’s not done
It just won’t do
It’s not polite
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All the Sad Stories
02:48
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One year of pain for eternal bliss
Would you do this?
Trading a year for a lifetime of glory
If you’re awake through it all, and yet
You forget
Who was the you who endured the sad story?
Such a mad story
One history of eternal fight
And now it’s right
What a great price paid by those come before me
Can’t travel back and remove the blame
Such a shame
Can’t give a new name to all the sad stories
All the sad stories
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4. |
No Damage
02:55
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Lie to me
I can take it, you see, but please don’t
No don’t lie to yourself
That your actions won’t impact on someone else
You are free
It’s a freedom you wield like a knife
A freedom that you weaponize
It’s a privilege granted you all your life
No damage
How can you know there’s no damage
When you cannot read minds
And I’m glad that you cannot read mine
What you said
In that letter that you never wrote
And that I never read
Well, it spoke to me volumes inside my head
I concede
There’s no limit to love, but it’s time
Yes, time - time that you need
It’s the danger of loving beyond your means
No damage
How can you know there’s no damage
When you cannot read minds
And I’m glad that you cannot read mine x2
No damage
How can you know there’s no damage
How can you know there’s no hurt and frustration
No stark disillusionment, oh
Lie to me
I can take it, you see, but please don’t
No don’t lie to yourself
That your actions won’t impact on someone else.
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5. |
Nice vs Kind
03:48
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Tell me, since I’m curious: when will you decide
Whether you intend to do me wrong or treat me right?
I really don’t mind either way, I’d simply like to know
Whether I should stand and stay or call it off and go
Life’s full of problems, but I won’t be one of them
I can go as easy as I came
It’s just the entropy sapping my energy
Darling, I’m wise to your little game
Just because I’m nice
Doesn’t mean I’m blind
Are you gonna do it?
Are you gonna break my heart?
I could wait and see
But the waiting’s killing me
Hurry up and do it
Hurry up and break my heart
I won’t be happy ‘til I’m back on old familiar ground
The boulevard of broken hearts is where I can be found
I’m content to play the part of any woman scorned
Nothing comes so naturally as fractious and forlorn
Life’s full of problems and I could be one of them
If you need a reason to be free
I may be proud but you know I’m not precious
Need a reason? Let it just be me
Just because I’m nice, nice, nice
Doesn’t mean I’m kind, kind, kind
I could make you do it
I could make you break my heart
I could wait and see, see, see
But the waiting’s killing me
Hurry up and do it
Hurry up and break my heart
So I can leave
Oh, I’ll be free
Just because I’m nice
Doesn’t mean I’m kind
Are you gonna do it?
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6. |
Six Years
03:18
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Six years from now
All our luck will have run out
And it’s not that great
As it is
But there is a pill
For those who are living still
To transport our minds
Back to happier times
Back to all those years I wasted
On the outside looking in
Well, I never had the health to ruin myself
Nor the courage to dabble in sin
Six years ago
Is the farthest they can throw
All our sleeping minds
Without damage
And six years ago
Is the last time that I know
When the world was clean
And green
And I’ll watch myself out walking
Unaware of what will come
No compulsion to derive all I could out of life
Just contented to wander and roam
There’s nothing here
Nothing in the present year
To persuade my mind
To hold on
But just for a while
Won’t you stay with me and smile
‘til the clouds roll in
And I’m gone
And I lacked the drive to let go
And the strength to just give in
And I never had the health to ruin myself
Nor the courage to dabble in sin
No I never had the pride to let myself slide
And now I never will.
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Jessica Law Cambridge, UK
"Packed with emotion, surprise and wit." - The Daily Album
“Someone… who’d probably get laughed off the X-Factor for
not being exactly the same as everyone else.” – Nightshift Magazine
"A collection of intriguing folk songs, packed with expressive lyrics, strange rhythms and creative instrumentation." - Ocelot Magazine
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