Continuing the intended vinyl listening experience for a digital format, this collection acts digitally as a vinyl or tape recording would behave on your favourite old school player. Except with three sides instead of two. This here is the third side.
Side 3 Tracklisting:
6. Quietly
A sweet-sounding pop-rock ballad with distant hooks and unexpected harmonies. The lyric imagery depicts a lover considering themselves inadequate in the company of the object of their affection. Incapable of confidence, the individual instead turns inward, hoping that by the simple act of being present, the one they adore will notice them. What follows is an implosion of emotion and longing.
7. Better
'Better' was composed in 2006 and features a short but interesting history. Written as a heartfelt illustration of anorexia and the incredibly sad but dangerously charismatic viewpoint of pro-ana, the song was originally a love song but grew quickly into an anthem of grief and hope. The crux of the song, and its inspiration, came from that look in the eyes of someone you love, telling you they're better off when they're not eating. To capture that feeling, is to capture the essence of 'Better'. Performed with Flowers For Lily and Love Hate Rebellion live, on radio, on video and on tour, the song has undergone more than one transformation, appearing on CDs, in magazines and on international radio. This version of 'Better' was the first, recorded in a bedroom in the winter of 2008.
lyrics
6. QUIETLY
Don't mind me
I'm quietly
Falling apart
With you
Don't mind me
I am silently dying
With love
For you
Shadows underneath your fingertips
Tracing out your lips
Fears circling down your cheeks
In lines of murky darkness
A feather mark of blusher
And a muddy coloured rose
But it's all okay
If you think of it that way
Don't mind me
I'm quietly
Falling apart
With you
Don't mind me
I am silently dying
With love
For you
No shutting it in
Hair aflame with your sin
You only begin
To maybe frame a little smile
Don't mind me
Silently
Falling apart
With you
Don't mind me
I am quietly dying
With love
For you
7. BETTER
I'm going pro
Anorexia
I'm going to be better
Higher than everyone
I will be thinner
Much more beautiful
I'm going pro
I will be beautiful
I'm going pro
So I can be beautiful
I'm so much better
Now I can see myself
I feel I'm floating
High up against the storm
I'm just like Jesus
Showing the way to go
I'm going pro
I will be beautiful
I'm going pro
So I can be beautiful
I'm going pro
So I can be beaufitul
I'm goin pro
And I will be beautiful
I'm goin pro
So I can be beautiful
I'm goin pro
And I will be beautiful
I'm goin pro
So I can be beautiful
credits
from C Side Volume 2 - Sinking Ships,
released April 14, 2016
Written, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by Jimmy Sky
Mastered by LANDR
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