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The Boy In The Jar

by Jack Shipley

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1.
Youth In Revolt 03:54
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I thought that I was blind It was just the middle of the night I’m always making these mistakes Not meaning to give myself a fright My parents, they wanted me to listen Well, I shut their door with a jolt I don’t want to work for these people I’m just a youth in revolt “Why’d you have to be so cruel to me?” I’m sorry, those just were the words that came to mind “Why’d you yell about not being free?” Don’t worry, my chains can no longer bind Look to me, I know what I am doing I’ve listened to the lies, my speech is stronger than there’s I saw my reflection in the mirror and said, “I’m in love with you” Listen, man, I think you better reassess yourself It ain’t a good look to be so arrogant I mean, you’re young, you’re dumb, you better learn now People don’t like ones like you Where’s the fun in that? I like being me You don’t understand, I don’t care if people like me I don’t need anyone else, just let me crawl in a jar, for God’s sake Look to me, I know what I am doing I’ve listened to the lies, my speech is stronger than there’s I saw my reflection in the mirror all I could say was, “I’m in love with you”
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The Boy In The Jar 02:52
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Let me try and figure this out all on my own Forgive me for being rude, but just leave me alone I’m just a boy in a jar that’s so far away From every little thing but the memories I’ve forgotten the most important things And I don’t know how to remember them I sought a bond, a blonde with no knowledge in her hair Trembling times, I’m tempted to fall To be forgiven, forgotten all at once Dirigible the miracle, tethered only to my dreams I’m just a boy in the jar I’m just a boy in the jar I’m just a boy in the jar I’m just a boy in the jar
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Longing Song 04:27
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I don’t know if you feel the same But the days seem to be longer without you Before I know it, I’ll start to sniff spring Though I cannot bring myself to call you I just want to reach out and touch you I just want to reach out and touch you I will wait for you I will wait for you I had so many ways to get you closer Now I need to forget you I’m wasting time in bed thinking of you But I have to learn to move on I just want to reach out and touch you I just want to reach out and touch you I will wait for you I will wait for you I now know that I am breaking into pieces These bits fall from the roof of your mouth I’ve been living off my crocodile tears Until I see you again I will miss you with all of my heart I wonder sometimes if you think of me And if you go away, I won’t stop you I just want to reach out and touch you I will wait for you
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Despair And Confusion 02:46
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Oh, she was a girl Chain smoking in the dark corner Eyeliner dripping down her cheek She was mesmerizing under that light She wanted nothing to do with anyone Except for you And you blew it Didn’t appreciate what you had There is so much despair and confusion Why can’t I just pack a bag and leave Someone put me back in this jar, please These days, all I seem to be doing is holding my breath It’s getting hard to exhale and swim back up I can see these memories in my eyes The visions are growing dim, but they persist
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White Of The Clouds 02:46
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I am lost in search Of the ghosts who haunt I hear their echos linger Through these stretched halls White of the clouds Finally, their bodies flew into mine My blood transformed into ectoplasm I am no longer me Someone then scooped out my eyes And I saw myself floating White of the clouds I couldn’t see what you wanted to show me Your cloudy skin was starting to fade But I knew you needed my help Though there wasn’t anything a ghost like me could do These visions of shapes in the clouds blocked my train of time We were on Main Street watching the water dispense Then Inhaling the steam from a clock Some cats wanted our autograph But I had no pen Oh, mama Will I be alone forever I just want you to be all mine
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Bicycle 03:01
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Well, I walked, and I fought The sun that fluttered in my veins It’s cold out there, right? I shutter in the dead of the night My voice was wet In the way only bicycles could be The flood of images and pain Makes the closures of eyes more insane Why do I have to be so cruel? For when I look at you, even in the moment I can hardly twitch my mouth muscles I feel as though the world has dropped its petals That thread spools between Your fingers and my ears Between us is nothing but chasms Ready to erode The breathing ground echos And trembles beneath our feet I know this is worrisome for you It is for me, as well Why do I have to be so cruel? For when I look at you, even in the moment I can hardly twitch my mouth muscles I feel as though the world has dropped its petals
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Waltz On The Beach 03:41
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I want you to read a book About a boy whose nose is hiding between the pages Just don’t spoil the end for me, baby I’ve heard the story is good And the writing is unique and original But I’m scared to begin because I don’t follow things through Oh, the many works I’ve missed out on Because I’m scared to take a chance Oh, the many Blake poems I have in my head They don’t describe the way I feel about you Once you finish that one, I’ve got another But first, you must slow dance with me on the sand And let us embrace each other, baby Waltz with me under the pale moonlight And have our creamy eyes melt together into one I can’t afford to let go of you, baby Oh, the many works I’ve missed out on Because I’m scared to take a chance Oh, the many Blake poems I have in my head They don’t describe the way I feel about you I can’t afford to let go of you, baby
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At The End Of The Sidewalk 04:06
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Take a walk with me To a place we have never been to I know you’re scared So hold my hand, and I will guide you Do you know the size of the hole You’d leave in my heart if you were to go? So don’t venture off the path without me You were the one for me Everything I had ever wanted But now you’re gone, so far gone I have no bitterness toward you For you, I was just another boy But to me, you were so much more My one and only darling I’ll never forget your ways My heart will stay yours until I die Yeah, yeah, I guess we'll meet on other paths Other pathways, I guess Yeah, I'll see you down some other road then In the future But until then, I hope you have a good one Run ahead, run ahead I’ll see you at the end of the sidewalk What a world it must be to see it through your eyes I never thought I have the chance To live in your vision But I feel my atoms slowly dissolving Can I run away? Can I run away? Can I run away? Run ahead, run ahead I’ll see you at the end of the sidewalk What a world it must be to see it through your eyes I never thought I have the chance To live in your vision But I feel my atoms slowly dissolving Can I run away? Can I run away? Can I run away?
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Smoke A Pack Of You 02:39
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I want to smoke a pack of you tonight Under your influence, the world is much more bright Show me the way Show me the way you smile One last time One last time is all I ask for In silent ways I would cut a hole in my heart light your end And ash you out inside of me inside of me inside of me I know smoking these things will kill me with time But I’m addicted, and it’s worse cause I’m in my prime You don’t know You don’t know the lengths I’d go to for you One last time One last time is all I ask for
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Metal Waves 03:33
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Last night I dreamt of you laying down on the metal waves The water glittered in between the blacks As I combed your hair, you smiled back Our souls were glued by sap Waiting for this scene to dissolve Your hands folded into mine As the wind gusted both of us You and I blew into the night My tongue clattered and tangled While the horizon fully retreated I looked into your eyes, waiting, watching and succumbing You’re moving directly through me You’re living in my blood and skin Your black quilted dress touched both our breasts I need god not to intervene I believe in a pathway I see us walking down that way, holding hearts
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Boy Out Of His Jar (Awake) 04:11
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Yonder come my arrow The one that’s dark and narrow Awaiting to be awoken Or to be persuaded The sweet tepid blood quenched As I had been drenched And forgotten by the water All before autumn had approached And the arrow pierced I was caught by the rumbling tracks Late in the cool night Tied down to the freezing iron Just waiting to be trampled Whispering to myself Wilde’s words All life seems to be is waiting And waiting for more waiting I know how to appreciate the waiting But sometimes, it’s hard to ignore That one day, I won’t have to wait Come on, wake up from your dream Slip into your stream My sweet thing So much more waiting to endure But isn’t that great? But isn’t that great? I suppose I suppose

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Written and recorded Feb 17th - Feb 26th, except tracks 2 and 6 (the former in January and the latter written summer 22 recorded February 23rd)

Recorded in the Basement, SWANG House (Hannah’s room) and Jericho Beach, all in Vancouver, BC

All songs by Jack Shipley

Track 6 would not be what it is without the help from Daniel Tadic and Seamus Twyman (Nuppeppo)

Album art by Daniel Tadic

Portrait of me by Nel

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released March 24, 2023

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