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C Side Volume 3 - Sad Shallows - Side 1

from C Side Volume 3 - Sad Shallows by Jimmy Sky

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In keeping with the intended vinyl listening experience for a digital format, 'C Side Volume 1 - Dark Waters - Side 1' acts digitally as a vinyl or tape recording would behave on your favourite old school player.

Side 1 track listing:

1. Nothing More Certain
Written in 2009 about a bitter piece of relationship debris. A harsh thematic proclamation that at some point there can be no return; nothing is more certain than tears being shed. An anthem for discovering deep romantic deception as well as a protestation of love's purity ranged against the destructive nature of all forms of ephemeral and physical intoxication, 'Nothing More Certain' was a bedroom track until it received the 'C Side' treatment and landed on the internet in 2011.

2. Butterflies
Like its namesake, 'Butterflies' underwent a variety of changes through the years. The song is about the beginning and end of romance; the feeling of butterflies inside when first we fall for someone, and the bloodied knife of lost love when it all comes crashing down.
Presented to several groups as a release track but consistently denied, the track started as a ballad and eventually blossomed into a pop rock odyssey. 'Butterflies' was first composed in 2005 after an 'end of all things' experience.


3. Vampires
Inspired by Lindquvist's 'Let the Right One In' and a movie of the same name, 'Vampires' was a rare track that happened without thought or premeditation. Following a reading of the novel and viewing of the film, the song was composed in a matter of minutes and recorded quickly after. 'Vampires' was briefly performed with Smash Universal until they disbanded, but ultimately remained a private song until being released online.

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1. NOTHING MORE CERTAIN

Whatever happens
From here until forever
Nothing is more certain
Tears will be shed
Whoever goes out
To waste their own delusion
Fear intoxication
No better to be dead

Soon you'll find
Soon

No more lies
I'll make you tell
And you'll cry

So broken and so hollow
A shallow soul destroyer
This poisoned heart forsaken
Bitter and afraid
Whoever wakes up
That love's no callow ruler
Courageous execution
Better than your fear

Soon you'll find
Soon you'll die

No more lies
I'll make you tell
And you'll cry
No more lies
I'll make you tell
And you'll cry
I know you well
Silence is golden
Soon
You'll die



2. BUTTERFLIES

Take a bloodied butcher knife
Finish what you started
Carve me up the same damn way
You did before you left
Open up this gaping wound
Salt it like you love to do
End my endless misery
Blow by blow dismember me

All I really wanted
Was to feel that feeling
You know the one
When first we come
Butterflies
Inside
It's all I really wanted
It's all I really need
It's all anyone ever really sees
Why must you be so

Oh my heart is broken up
In so many different ways
In this hopeless darkened hole
I try to forget your face
I have lost all memories
Back in or out of love
All that's left is death
And maybe a door back to the start

All I really wanted
Was to feel that feeling
You know the one
When first we come
Butterflies
Inside
It's all I really wanted
It's all I really need
It's all anyone ever really sees
Why must you be so

All I really wanted was to feel



3. VAMPIRES

Die
In my arms love
Die
Beneath the starlight
I
Will always kiss you better

Cry
A little blood lost
Cry
A world of hard frost
Shy
The winter loves me better

While we're dancing
They'll be sleeping light

Cry
For never changing
Cry
For seasons leaving
Shy
Of living here forever

Fly
The world is dawning
Fly
An evening morning
I
Will hold us here together

While we're dreaming
They will slowly die

credits

from C Side Volume 3 - Sad Shallows, track released June 20, 2016
Written, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by Jimmy Sky
Mastered by LANDR

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Jimmy Sky Australia

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