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Jay Arner

by Jay Arner

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1.
I don't know where I live I don't know where I live Get off the bus at the wrong stop but I'll shrug it off again like too many other things I'm gonna go for a while and watch this hand-raised animal released into the wild Midnight on south Granville and I feel so out of place Walking around half-drunk trying to make some laundry change Next time I'll just stay inside Losing everyone in a weird new phase Housesitter
2.
Bird Of Prey 02:48
Think you can live outside the past and future Poise yourself on a cliff over the river and live your days as a bird of prey Think you can be like "fuck it" and leave forever and people be like "what happened to that clever young guy?" Well believe me man, I tried You're not welcome out that way ah ah ah ah bird of prey So why cry for another life to let you in It's gone its own way before you begin
3.
I'll stay awake I'll lose my wits Get so unnerved trying to get the gist I never gave a shit about turning of the tide Leading an aimless life I'll lay waste to bowing out with grace Fracture myself into warring states A shattered hall of mirrors, well, could you stand the sight? Leading an aimless life Broken glass on heavy ground, waiting to be found I meant to ask, how could it be I'm lost inside the west side dissolving in a dream The undiscovered son, would you tell me what he's like Leading an aimless life
4.
Nightclubs 02:16
Light of day light of day In decline just as I'm finding my way back to the nightclubs and the bars that blend into each other driving in my car If you're here for the fog to lift aaaah ah ah ah ah Let's not sing anymore about the dawn Let's not sing anymore about the way that I move along Person to person, away and back If you're here for the veneer to crack, don't hold your breath From person to person-- do you ever feel adrift? If you're here for the fog to lift, don't hold your breath
5.
Sacrifice 03:08
I'm driving home again, high on the hill again, waiting for the light and I stare at the city and squint my eyes I try so hard to have a different life I'll never know never know never know what the sacrifice was in the end I'll never know never know never know
6.
Never really been, never really been a fighter Bathed in blood every day drunk in the sun I'm going downtown going downtown tomorrow There's a fire sale, they're selling live wires, I want one I'm gonna be new again Stranger things have happened New again Surf don't sink, surf don't sink in the water You know I was warned romance isn't everything Poisonous sea, poisonous sea boiling over On the shore looking out, I feel restless
7.
About last night, did I get wild? Did I take the wine from a west van child? It's always the same It's always the same Don't remind me again The picture you paint: two snakes in a coil and there you are falling faint Is this acrylic or oil? And who poisoned your heart? Let's keep it in the dark Don't remind me again I don't know if uptown's north but for what it's worth I'm going As the crow flies, as time crawls You could have it all
8.
Out To Lunch 03:39
I should have known I've been out to lunch too long The grass is overgrown Did you always keep the curtains drawn? Who am I to think there'll come a golden day Oh no no no I'm just dreaming babe Going out at night Spilling drinks on blue-eyed socialites Blue like another world In black space it could be paradise An infinite depth to sink Be that as it may Oh no no no I'm just dreaming babe Once I was a tiger in disguise Had my first glass of wine and realized: I'm tired of hunting I'm tired of hunting I'm tired of hunting I wanna be another way
9.
Wildest One 01:57
Tell yourself you're the wildest one Too busy killing to be dying uh huh Tell yourself you're the wildest one Dart your eyes from side to side uh huh From the outside you can never see how the years have been so kind to me There are many ways to shoot a gun, the wildest one I can tell that you like this town by the laptop store and the termite mound uh huh But moonlight is not light enough to descend the staircase down uh huh Let me leave you alone for a start The unexploded volcano in your heart is never gonna be any fun, the wildest one
10.
Off the path, off the path, all of the beasts get up their backs Back at home there's nothing left Let the snow cover your address And get some beauty rest until you feel like surfacing again That was then, this is now Why you wanna pretend That was then Yes I did, yes I did, live on the sun, dwell on the past Once it was in my grasp Golden days were never meant to last So it came to pass Stumbling home with ashes in my hair Once I would have cared An emotional whiteout hanging in the air That was then

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released June 25, 2013

Written/Performed/Recorded by Jay Arner in Vancouver BC
Mastered by John Golden
Photo by Michelle Furbacher
www.mintrecs.com

Midnight on South Granville, Surf Don't Sink, and Out to Lunch are free to download

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