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snake in sunshine

by BW Johnson

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1.
just do it 05:07
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1234 tell me what for i can not say no to her no i can not say no to her no more of what you want is alone in the bathtub on the tele in the bathtub on the tele phone me once or phone me once more i am not full grown anymore and if you got something to say just say it i promise it’ll be okay and if you want me to drown I’ll do it for me 1234 up in furore i can not say no to her no i can not say no to her no more I cannot think im alone if I do I’ll get on the phone call my brother tell him what’s wrong and if you got something to say just say it i promise it’ll be okay and if you want to kiss me just do it like nike for me 1234 tell me what for i cannot say no to her no i cannot say no to her no more i am not am not alone i checked with my brother on the phone me once or phone me twice just as it ends I roll the dice you take a piece of what you thought is nice to know you laughing throwing up under the place you’ve grown to love is like an endless spinning system on a string come listen i’ve got jobs to do in the kitchen of my past cooks alone making embers and then warm my hands away from all this gas and prov a lonely place to be without warning i am not there in the morning i am not there in the morning never when you wake shall I be lying just do it for me
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on my mind 04:46
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there’s a house out there where nobody lives so they can’t call it a home and i went there once with a couple of kids i was not welcome i was only just about their age still they didn’t want me to come we threw rocks at the windows and then went back home and i got in trouble and there's nothing on my mind i was only just about thirteen when i went away from home i don’t remember times before those years but they sure weren’t very fun and i hate who i was way back and then i shiver at the thought i was only a child i know i guess but i wasn’t what i want and there's nothing on my mind i don’t know how it was taken i am not happy mistaken thoughts may rise up out of the ground death to all around this whole town there is past and there is future in the mind of someone older nothing there and nothing further just around me is the dirt amplify my grief and weakness shame at the thought of my meekness voyeur in a glass house alone life is through the mirror unknown everything i want i can have if you think it won’t be so bad then you fall through hidden peerless hurdles under clocks and mirrors wound up right and spiral around down wound stairs and lightning come down thunder claps behind closed doors i am spinning i am broken now i’m sat alone with two dogs stuck somewhere in the country taking time out from the big city because i get dizzy i am sick yes i am unwell i don’t know how to be living life is hard and has been and may continue to be and there's nothing on my mind
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snake in the sunshine 04:34
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you are the snake in the sunshine you are playing with its hair you are the slither of moonlight folding winding stairs and i'll shoot for the moon and i'll take it all I'll shoot for the moon and i'll take it all
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only body 06:41
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If you feel me like that Then you feel me in between Yeah if ya hear me like that Louder than a sneeze Well I’ve been to the spaceship Yeah I walked on mars And I slept with them naked up in the stars And I felt the croak and the wheel spoke Glistening neath the bars I am your only body And you are my only heart Well if there’s something in your toenail Something in between Its about that time to go sail Where the ocean meets the stream As I settle the pipeline Rushing like a vein I fumble for a clothesline To hide behind in vain And I poked your cheek through the hanging sheet Sunlight freckled stains I am a drop in the ocean And you are the rain And if you see what I do Wondering what for Understand that I shoot Straight for the heart So I tugged on the right thread Pulled it clean off Didn’t unravel it Didn’t piss you off But there’s untied laces and snakes in vases Coming for my friends up above And I am the water And you are the jug And when you’re flying at night Do you feel me still? 30,000 feet alright, Tiny windowsill Well I been even higher Met my ma’s old man He’s sick and retired Gonna be one of them But if you knew what I knew and what he’d been through You wouldn’t be so harsh And I am your only body And you are my only heart
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maybe stay 03:45
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there are 16 strings on the back of my head and I pull em and there are 15 things that are yet to be said so I drew em and there are things in my life that seem scary and I beat em and there are things in my life that make me weak and I need em and there are 17,000 swans out there and I see em they're all flying away out of the snakes hair can you believe em and there are words you said that ill never forget and I breathe in and there are words you said that are stuck in my head and I see em yeah I believe em cos all we need is luxury for just a day if all we need is that then maybe she would stay
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circling mars 04:57
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I am not walking through I am on the wrong rope with you I am out of bounds on my own I am out of here all alone I am now under the pass I am now with all the class I cannot be with you I cannot be with you I am what you want me to be Tell me if there’s something you need I am what you want me to be I am what you want me to be I cannot be with you Tell me if there’s something new I cannot be with you I cannot be with you I am not in my room Is there anywhere but the truth I am not in my room Floating outer space in the stars Circling mars I am like a brother you see I am what you want me to be I am always something you need Or at least that’s what I used to be I am not over the road I am not bearing your load I don’t wanna be with you I don’t wanna be with you Im not what you want or you need I am but a spec in the sea I can taste the dirt in between teeth Tasting like im not what you want Taste it and its not what you want
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strong tree, one horse 03:02
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strong tree, one horse i hear sirens in the distance and i worry they’re coming for me am i dead or dying “You go from dream to dream inside me. You have passage to my last shabby corner, and there, among the debris, you’ve found life." there is a snake in the sunshine he is playing with yer hair there is a slither of moonlight folding winding stairs "I’m no longer sure which of all the words, images, dreams or ghosts are ‘yours’ and which are ‘mine.’ It’s past sorting out” bye bye bye bye strong tree, one horse
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want you in my life [demo] 05:01
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14 years on then round I don’t know 14 years in my clothes I don’t know 40 years left to go More or less If you take it for show Nonetheless Rehearsal dress Want you in my life Who im not your knife Whetted apetite You came for me That’s right I am doing fine I think I am just alright I blink I drink You’re so far away over there So far away over there I don’t care Did you see the light Fly from my eyes Did you feel it right Did you feel it die Well so did I
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smell 02:09
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i sit and i wait for something anything all i have is taste hard plastic and soft elements i wish i could describe it I sit And I remember Your smell I think I can surrender But I don’t think I will I remember the way that you were before When you didn’t need nothing Your alone now as you were before But still I need something

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hello here are some songs that didn't make it onto Sunshine Your Face

you can hear some regular motifs: winding stairs, snakes with hair, sunbathing, lots of numbers. might be a nice window into my ridiculous writing process.

if you buy the album there's a bonus track too

thanks folks x

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released January 25, 2024

all by bw

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25 year old musician not from London, making music and such.

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