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packed my bags and I'm waiting to travel
to a place that will serve as my home
i don't want to be going there really
but i have to leave my comfort zone
settle in i'm supposed to adapt now
i'm just one of a group who is here
have my own room and yes it it's blessing
couldn't share as i will whilst I'm near
so i wander around meeting spirits
better that, than to be drinking the same
face is flushed and my body is sweating
as i try to remember the names
let's just start the proceedings and get on
with the purpose why I am sequestered
no one here it appears lives as threatening
and my meals are just what i requested
every day there's a group I attend two
in my face stranger asks me upfront
do i want to continue my descent
or take options that handle the brunt
as the sun sets i lay, nestle reading
relieved that it's one day that's done
but i know there is still a tomorrow
i can't say that the prospect is fun
on the phone i impart to my parents
what has happened within 24
keep a journal to scrawl what i'm feeling
this is territory I'm not so sure
i've heard that miracles can happen every day
i'd love one to arrive and then it come my way
but it only serves a purpose if it's here to stay
i don't think i can change unless it paves the way
the mirror keeps on telling me i'm bound to fail
my will is great but i can always feel the jail
i'm living life that's threatening death and then entail
i am the weakest spirit who will stay as frail
in here they're pushing something that i feels beyond
the grasp of living life that has the stillest pond
you can't inspire magic and just wave the wand
i doubt i have the strength to kill what isn't fond
but early days it is and i will stay the course
i've nothing left to lose that hasn't met divorce
the pleasing thing so far is that i'm using force
participating in the things that might enforce
something new
go outside taste the sun with the smokers
play guitar that is there sigh relief
all the eyes on the faces assembled
range wide in their pain and the grief
it's the one thing i hoped could imagine
and i know that i am among friends
the new map in my hands now is teaching
that there are subtle means to the ends
another day another humbling assembly
one more eybrow i raise to the scene
i am thinking that just might be something
i could add to my life that has been
it isn't breaking back of mine i expected that
i'm getting something out of each every chat
the figures looking good and yes and so's the stat
i'm taking with me little glimpse i don't combat
the mirror keeps on telling me i'm bound to fail
my will is great but i can always feel the jail
i'm living life that's threatening death and then entail
i am the weakest spirit who will stay as frail
it's never more apparent when you've lost the plot
feeling immolated like that i've been shot
taking money out and emptying every pot
i guess it's time to see i might give all i've got
i've heard that miracles can happen every day
i'd love one to arrive and then it come my way
but it only serves a purpose if it's here to stay
i don't think i can change unless it paves the way
i see you
something new
something true
i know you
i want you
please come true
i want you
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NEVER THE TWAIN
03:28
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race
creed
colour
sex
no-one is spared
culture
belief
painting
text
we can be scared
black
white
yellow
green
every colour in between
city
country
background
scene
each player on every team
solemn
scarred
tortured
serene
all emotions they count
to you
i'm scum
just dumb
you don't know
now or then
who i am
no way you can
use
drink
forever
think
get in line
for a taste
of the waste
i was never yours
"don't even think it"
to you
i'm scum
just dumb
you don't know
now or then
who i am
and you have the hide
to judge my pride
in here
no-one does that
anyday of the week
they just let you speak
let you tell the side
of the storyline
it's nice to have an ear
no-one in here
does anything but help you
get ready for
part two
not me
not you
i know what to do
they've given me clues
no longer do i have to lose
i think i've got it
they've given me clues
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all aboard
for the bus now boarding
the engine growls
let's get sailing
there's no price
no obligation
the boarding bell's rung for ailing
by the lake we disembark and we gather in groups
under the blue
sun is warmed up
pelicans are flying by
thunder has flew
sitting with a smoke
company, we share a joke
going for a walk
having a talk
reflecting on the thing that has taught us
we are all there
swimming in the same waters
i wasn't planning on going for this ride
but my Mum convinced me to
so thankful i did
participate
in sharing this outing
under the blue
sun is warmed up
pelicans are flying by
thunder has flew
sitting with a smoke
company, we share a joke
going for a walk
having a talk
reflecting on the things that has taught us
we are all there
swimming in the same waters
swimming in the same waters
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4. |
RISE BY DESCENDING
04:30
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my career
i've worked for years
it earned me nothing i just lost
promoted it
free of apology
top of the charts and with a bullet
the same shell mean't for my head
one of these days
the people reckon
i'll wake up dead
outside my room
there is a bookshelf
it's all fiction
except one
humble cover letter embossed on blue
i took it
opened it up and read some chapters
one of which really amplified
filled in blanks and illustrated change
it was a shock
i'm great at descending
not so good in ascending
too much i've been depending
i'm tired of descending
might try some ascending
i can't go on depending
attended group i shared the story
the pages my mind it transcribed
gladly expressed what it said to me in form
so warm
now it's theme i've held collected
shot it up into my soul
the perishables i can throw away
not bits
but whole
i'm great at descending
not so good in ascending
too much i've been depending
i'm tired of descending
might try some ascending
i can't go on depending
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5. |
AND IN SUMMARY
04:01
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far and away
the common thought is it's over
but every day
could be murder
if I don't partake
and lapse in vigilance then I am
liable to stay
a herder
i
know the road will wind
must not take my sight off the prize
far and away
i've learned my addiction's bigger than me
and we cannot stay
involved
now every day
i wake to sense and know my friends
and none of them do
me harm
i
know the road will wind
must not take my sight off the prize
and why ?
that evil life unkind
don't want it back for the life of me
so i
have to deny that sip
it'll rip my soul right through my skin
comply
instead i'll just imbibe
the sober
without her
i don't want to live like that anymore
no more
that's for sure
no more
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SPLINTERED THINKING
03:44
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this intensity is killing me
when all i want is to be free
found our faith in pots and the pans
before it went and made other plans
i have lived and died thousand deaths
pain suppressed and struggled for breaths
i'm keeping my secrets to myself
they don't belong to you
nor me sometimes it's true
wasted and I loved it to death
that life was something that i caressed
choices weren't hard to make
when clean time mean't all others could take
i have lived and died thousand deaths
pain suppressed and struggled for breaths
i'm keeping my secrets to myself
they don't belong to you
nor me sometimes it's true
they deserve to know they say
but fuck you
there is no way
this intensity is killing me
when all i want is to be free
found our faith in pots and the pans
before it went and made other plans
i have lived and died thousand deaths
pain suppressed and struggled for breaths
i'm keeping my secrets to myself
they don't belong to you
nor me sometimes it's true
they deserve to know they say
but fuck you
there is no way
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7. |
ZOETROPE
04:49
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i won't
let
pain get in my way
instead
get
peace to define my day
unexpected return
i can feel my legs now
so much more to learn
you can't
know
how thankful i am
unless
you're
the rare ones who remained
galvanized i'm strong
I can see through my eyes
it's Jason singing a song
it's now light
feels so right
i never thought i'd get to be
relive this version that was me
it's been a while
'should see me smile
i never felt i'd get to see
the life i used to have and lead
it took it's time
the future's mine
i won't
let
pain subscribe to my soul
forge calm
set
in motion all that unfolds
galvanized i'm strong
I can see through my eyes
it's Jason singing a song
it's now light
feels so right
i never thought i'd get to be
relive this version that was me
it's been a while
'should see me smile
i never felt i'd get to see
the life i used to have and lead
it took it's time
the future's mine
i never thought i'd get to be
relive this version that IS me
it's been a while
'should see me smile
i never felt i'd get to see
the life i used to have and lead
it took some time the future's mine
it blows my mind
it blows my mind
have i said that it blows my mind ?
that's mine
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JFT
04:20
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JFT
i'm in a bad place today
so what ?
i'm used to that anyway
i'm in a mindset today
so what ?
i'm trial and error today
it's not new
it's always that way every day
i'm in a sad state today
so what ?
so we're at the start of something
seems to be quite big
and the log is now a branch cut
to the size of a twig
got to see that
i'll make it through this stay
as they
just
for
today
i'm in a bad place today
so what ?
i'm used to that anyway
i'm in a mindset today
so what ?
i'm trial and error
it's not new
it'a always that way every day
i'm in a sad state today
so what ?
so we're at the start of something
seems to be quite big
and the log is now a branch cut
to the size of a twig
got to see that
i'll make it through this stay
as they
just
for
today
so what I'm fucked today ?
it'll pass
that's what happens anyway
just plow through all this dismay
stand up
i've got a reason to stay
alive
the reasons are countless to claim
i'm in a phase that'll sway
give way
so we're at the start of something
seems to be quite big
and the log is now a branch cut
to the size of a twig
got to see that
i'll make it through this stay
as they
just
for
today
J.F.T.
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BORN WARM
04:10
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i was released in '73
born warm into the coolest family
from then to now
it reads a bible size
so many shocks
with lots of surprise
from the womb it starts
pencil on the wall it charts
how we've grown to size
noticing we can disguise
if you could do it again
would you change anything ?
i was reborn in twenty eleven
a walking suicide
with sins of the seven
from the womb it starts
pencil on the wall it charts
how we've grown to size
noticing we can disguise
if you could do it again
would you change anything ?
Own up shuttle forth
colours for collecting morph
into a wizened soul
doesn't matter we're old
the heart it doesn't age
when everything else hits that stage
i was released in '73
born warm into the coolest family
from the womb it starts
pencil on the wall it charts
how we've grown to size
noticing we can disguise
if you could do it again
would you change anything ?
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20/20 HINDSIGHT
06:46
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hindsight
when you have it explains
a torchlight
navigating terrains
that dictated
all we hated
and what we wore
shot put
over fence those neckties
that strangled
short of breath we realize
predilection
was our restriction
so here i am
a year
cornered foreign climes
it's working
so i
won't try
to fix a thing
It's about time
Road signs
detour shoves you away
4 seasons
in an hour they'd play
never make up
up all our mistakes
and so here i am
a year
cornered foreign climes
it's working
so i
won't try
to fix a thing
i know what's mine
what for
i know i can
bequeath you more
i might die
but at least i know
what's living
these veins blood course fast through my system
notched up list of to-do's persistance
i won't be prey for your insistence
i'll follow go that long distance to seas
you should know by now i am happy
hindsight
is a wonderful thing
it grows like
sutumn in spring
all that i need
is sister and father and mother
won't you come to me
come along with me
won't you come to me
follow me
follow
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12 MONTH TAG
01:47
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I got my 12 month tag today
i wouldn't have it
any other way
how it happened i'll never know
i guess i went where i wouldn't go
I got my 12 month tag today
and here's it glowing
in the dark it says
clean and serene
for an entire year
i cant explain how it feels in here
i'd pass out quarter to three
sprawled out on a soakin' settee
i had an agenda i kept up for years
now i have
broken free
i got my 12 month tag today
if i keep going
more are on their way
god my friends
are the salt of earth
a diamond in the rough
alert
I got my 12 month tag today
and here's it glowing
in the dark it says
clean and serene
for an entire year
i cant explain how it feels in here
chorus
i'd pass out quarter to three
sprawled out on a soakin' settee
i had an agenda i kept up for years
now i have
broken free
just gotta keep the pure humiltity
not get too far ahead of the programme i see
i had an agenda that i kept for years
but it';s gone
now
i
am
me
i'm
free
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NEW CENTURY
03:12
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I GO TO BED NOW WITHOUT A FEAR
AND I AWAKE GLAD THAT I’M HERE
TO ENJOY THE FRUITS I’VE WORKED
SO HARD TO OWN
AFTER BEING SO UNHAPPY AND ALONE
I’VE GOT A PURPOSE THAT I LOST SO LONG
A MILLION MELODIES FOR MY SONG
AND THE WORDS LIKE THESE THAT I CAN NOW PRONOUNCE
TOUCH THOSE WHO ARE PART OF MY LIFE
AND IT'S ANNOUNCED
I LOVE TO TELL YOU AND I LIVE TO BE
THE TRUEST PART OF WHAT I KNOW IS ME
COS I'D LOST
THE SIGHT THAT GIVES YOU EVERY DAY A SIGN
IT'S NOT JUST MINE
IT IS SO SWEET TO FEEL LIKE THIS
IT IS THE SWEETEST GIFT TO RECEIVE YOUR KISS
WITH THE LIGHT THAT SHINES AND I DON'T MEAN
THE SUN
NOW THAT I’M BACK HERE LIVING WITH EVERYONE
I LOVE TO TELL YOU AND I LIVE TO BE
THE TRUEST PART OF WHAT I KNOW IS ME
COS I'D LOST
THE SIGHT THAT GIVES YOU EVERY DAY A SIGN
IT'S NOT JUST MINE
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BLAME IS CONTAGIOUS
06:07
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most of our lives
we seek approval
from those we love
even some removed from
whatever that we do
we fall short
so close
to home
but it's fraught
knowing what we can be
what we expect
from ourselves 'aint always fair
criticize our efforts
even when we try true
no matter if we climb
obstacle
the mountain
it's never enough
to hold close to our soul
on and far we go
abyss/bliss often merging
the clouded purpose snows
diversions come converging
and if we cannot make
inroads to wisdom
we ask what is the point ?
and then we turn our finger
minutes into hours
days into years
then decades gone
they sour us
oceans of tears shed
but deep down we can rise
conquer the trappings
no longer we surmise
navigate new mappings
i know by heart that's blame's contagious
lives on longer than ourselves
passed down through the ages
when we fight it
that blame no longer enslaves us
let
go
and
we're
free
knowing our true selves
sometimes eludes us
perceptions of ours skewed
pain, it deludes us
i'm lucky to have found
what i was lacking
and now I keep my task
there's no more sacking
i know by heart that's blame's contagious
lives on longer than ourselves
passed down through the ages
when we fight it
that blame no longer enslaves us
let
go
and
we're
free
"WE'RE FREE!"
can you hear the rain ?
in the background
it's here again
after so long
i know by heart that's blame's contagious
lives on longer than ourselves
passed down through the ages
when we fight it
that blame no longer enslaves us
let
go
and
we're
free
to
be
ourselves
resentments gone
we say
'so long..'
so long
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JSK Australia
JSK (aka Jason Stuart Kamasz) is a multi-instrumentalist Musician, Painter, Film-maker, Producer hailing from Applecross,
WA.
All music is arranged, produced and entirely performed by JSK in his lounge-room with a battered assortment of guitars, keyboards, drums and blunt guitar picks.
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