Name: French Kiss Lessons
Duration: P00H04M43S
Description: this track is one big mess of references and trying to find some semblance of identity in all of it

French Kiss Lessons

from French Kiss Lessons by BW Johnson

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this track is one big mess of references and trying to find some semblance of identity in all of it

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The shriek of the thunder, the shrill whining moan
On the wind as I drift from home
Something under my bed at night
Shuffle of the flower-boards and the creek of the mice
Only count to ten and see what I get
Nothing but darkness filling my eyes again
Wind keeps a-howlin', rain patters down
Patterns swirl of ebony curls as sleep pats me down

I’ll leech on the water, feed on the flesh
Listen to the clouds and see what I can get
The answer is zero, unthinkable
The unnamable nothingness, unknown
'Cause I choose the left path, slight askew
I choose to listen to the crowd and not to you
I look at the background, away from the light
I cook my thoughts away from the embers tonight

Hey that’s me over there in the dark
Sneaking around, touching the ground, putting soil into parts
Like grains of sand I only think I can count
There’s a twist in here which I shan’t recount
Solid gold in my nose dropping every hour
I'm gonna plug it up and howl
What’s the point in metaphor if there’s nothing that it’s doing for
If I had the answer then I’d stop all this push and pull back and forth

French kiss lessons from my neighbour the crook
Taught me how to learn without no books
I grew up on the ocean, sea legs and all
I learnt to be focused in classroom halls
I been a player, swinging it around
Bathroom stalls and cocaine dolls keep me safe and sound
Im pretty much nothing but empty and sane
How sad is it for me to think that I’m just ok!

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from French Kiss Lessons, released April 10, 2020
written, performed, and produced by b.w. johnson
artwork by chloe kelly

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BW Johnson London, UK

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

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