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Philogrammetry

by White Town

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1.
Last Week 02:50
Last Week Do you remember last week When you said “kiss my cheek, right here” You know I lost my mind It was the finest thing to hear And now you’ve got me down on my knees Ohh ohhhh ohhh Only you do What you do Nothing else can come close When I’m near you And I hear you I get high on your love I can’t believe that you’re here I can’t believe you’re in my arms But then you say my name And everything I’ve lost is found And now you’ve got me down on my knees Ohh ohhhh ohhh Only you do What you do Nothing else can come close When I’m near you And I hear you I get high on your love Only you do What you do Nothing else can come close When I’m near you And I hear you I get high on your love
2.
Move On Me 04:16
Move On Me Mmm… it’s a feeling I can’t describe It’s a yearning Deep down inside Want my Arms around you Want to hold you so tight Want your Skin against me Want you here tonight With me And you’re the reason I am living Everything comes from you And all the love that You have given I’ll give back to you Now Move on me baby Feeling that beat Move on me baby Making that heat Move on me baby Look in my eyes Move on me baby Let me feel you rise Let me feel you rise Oooh… love is curious As wide as its tall Your face is golden As you rise and fall Every Sound we make Is in harmony Every Tiny quake Makes this heathen believe In you
3.
A Sure Thing 04:03
A Sure Thing Well it’s a special time You’re all mine Though you’re never here And if we count to ten Will we still be friends Or will this end in tears Cos you know that hearts break again and again So why risk a sure thing why lose a friend
4.
Sleep The Days Away Oh, what the fuck have you done to me I’ve never felt so incomplete As the days pass by So my hope seems to fade And there’s nothing I can do But Sleep the days away Sleep the days away Love is a soft And gooey centred thing So I check my phone Waiting for that ping And of course I watch All the vids that we made What else can I do But Sleep the days away Sleep the days away I got a text from Sarah yesterday She said she’s really missing you I told her that you had gone away And just how much I miss you too The porn you love Now I love it too The kinks that you’ve got Now I’ve got them too And in time I’ll be fine You know I’ll be okay So please don’t worry if I Sleep the days away Sleep the days away
5.
Timeslip 03:06
Timeslip When everyone knows your name But nobody knows your pain Is there a way to make It back Give them a smile and say Everythings going your way Don’t let them know it’s all An act Living in the perfect moments Time slips daily now You’re sleeping the days away Now every week feels the same You’re trying so hard to close Your eyes But five a.m knows the truth You’re hooked on an absolute There’s nothing to do but run And hide
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Every Day 03:07
Every Day Sometimes in the night When I’m tucked up in my bed On my own I remember being loved And then I’m fucked-up Till the sun creeps round my door Cos I don’t understand How your love can fade away When it pierces my heart A little deeper every day Every day Is there a button I can push To erase me from my friends and family Some kind of cosmic bleach That would scrub me from their lives and memories Cos I don’t understand How your love can fade away When it pierces my heart A little deeper every day Every day
8.
I Want To Go Back I want to go back To the days life was easy I want to go back When everything wasn’t done I want to go back To the time I am missing I want go back And feel the warmth of that sun Do you understand That every plan Collapses in the end Then you’re left outside High and dry Trying to make amends If you want me to I’ve a gift for you A way to ease the pain There’s no needle No pill No cowardly thrill It’s all inside your brain And though the years cloud the memories You never forget those simpler times I want to go back To the days life was easy I want to go back When everything wasn’t done I want to go back To the time I am missing I want go back And feel the warmth of that sun As we’re travelling through Cerulean blue The decades passing by We interphase With older days That long-forgotten sky Feel the sun burn in Your sheltered skin As she pulls her dress up high As her lips erase All those wasted days You remember who you are And though the years cloud the memories You never forget those simpler times
9.
Stockholm Syndrome When you stumble and you fall And then you call I will be here Waiting It’s a love I can’t deny If I were to lie I’d say you don’t mean a thing To me There’s a wasteland in the south And in my mouth There are lies and treason How long will we pretend When will this end How long will I be in this prison With you?
10.
Rising Tide 03:49
Rising Tide If I’d known then I’d never see you again I would have held you oh so tight And if I’d known then We’d never talk again We would have talked all through the night But now it’s time For my heart to grow again It’s time to say goodbye It’s time For my arms to let go again It’s time for the tide to rise Tide to rise My friends all say It’s much better this way But they don’t know the pain I feel The memory of you Is all that sees me through The only happiness I steal But now it’s time For my heart to grow again It’s time to say goodbye It’s time For my arms to let go again It’s time for the tide to rise Tide to rise
11.
Whatever You Want Whatever you say I will say it too Wherever you stand I will stand with you The world doesn’t care What it does to you But wherever you are I will be there too I know things have Been so hard for you I know you’ve got this But I’m still here for you Whenever you cry Then I cry too However hard I try It’s just no use And I don’t know What you’re going to choose But whatever you want Then I want that too

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Bzangy Groink, 7.18pm, Friday 8th September, 2023

The most foolish thing about being old is thinking that you know life. You’ve loved, you’ve lost. Maybe you’ve even occasionally won. You’ve been through it. What more could the universe throw at your crinkly old bonce?

Well, a fuckload, apparently.

The greatest thing about being old is being surprised, is having everything you thought you knew just pulled out from under you like some kind of tablecloth-magic-trick deal. Your body is a knackered, unreliable fleshtube of disappointments and maladies but your spirit is a mesmerised, drooling kid.

The songs on this album are about people who have done that magic and they definitely had nothing up their sleeves. They’ve made me cry and laugh, I’ve felt so lonely without them and like the stupidest, happiest puppy when I see them again. I’ve made so many memories and experienced some of the most intense, alive times of my life. Have you ever been with someone and you couldn’t stop trembling because they make you feel so wildly, viscerally alive? You can barely speak because your heart and your head are overloaded switchboards, crackling with danger and joy?

I’ve done my best to capture those highs and lows, to share those strange emotions with you because, however old you are reading this, something astonishing is just round the corner for you.

Trust me.

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released September 9, 2023

Credits:
All songs written, performed and recorded by Jyoti Mishra except:

Move On Me - backing vocals by Natalie Barratt.

©2023 Jyoti Mishra

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White Town Derby, UK

The "band" White Town consists of Jyoti Mishra, who writes and records the music almost entirely on his own, with occasional help from other musicians. Although best known for the fluke 1997 hit "Your Woman," White Town's mix of musical, political, and social influences makes Mishra one of the more intriguing, although frustratingly inconsistent, musicians in '90s indie pop. - Stewart Mason, AMG ... more

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