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Street Haunting
03:22
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Start walking go street haunting
They're not coming after you
Live your life on the fly, with no reason or rhyme
And improvise an afternoon
All the people around you
Who cares what they say?
You can leave them alone
And say "have a nice day?"
Go where no one knows
Pretend you're a ghost
Just passing through
Get out of your mind, don’t stand in line
Life's going on all around you
Just start walking go street haunting
They're not coming after you
Live your life on the fly, ditch your reason and rhyme
And improvise your afternoon
Go underground, disappear in a crowd
Of people on the morning commute
Take yourself for a ride, go to the end of the line
Where no one comes looking for you
Before the moment slips by in the blink of an eye
And you find a new way to waste your time
Leave the prying eyes of the passers by
Their unsolicited advice
Leave yourself behind
Compartmentalise
Or life will go on without you
Start walking go street haunting
They're not calling out for you
Sack of your life, and turn on a dime
And improvise the afternoon
Spend some quality time with your wandering mind
Make up some excuse
Start walking go street haunting
And see where it takes you
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2. |
Trivial Pursuits
05:04
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I went down to London today
To watch the racing rats
Pound the piccadilly pavements
Go off the beaten track
Thought I’d find myself in a crowd of people
But I just got pushed around
I ran into the nearest coffee shop
Shouldn’t have gone downtown
Had some caffeine courage
And suddenly I was back
Decided I didn’t like the city anyway
And all its tourist traps
Was gonna have my big girlboss moment
Call out all the fat cats
Their days and ways are numbered now this time coz
I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into that
Don’t make eye contact with consumerists
Won’t swim in the yuppie sea
Just need a Fender Telecaster
And a descending chord progression in D
I’m not propping up governments
With 40 hours in the commerced land
Getting out of the doldrums now it’s time
I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into that
It’s a new religion
One more golden calf
Laying in wait to lay waste to their best laid plans
Coz I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into that
If you go down to London today
Better watch your back
There’s people there who’ll rob you blind
Always stay on the attack
Won’t find me at the demonstrations
Or waiting for a market crash
Got my own plans for myself and this life
I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into that
Not complaining about emission zones
And melting ice caps
I’m no fair weather nihilist
Obsessing over politics
I’m a rugged individualist
And I’ve got my own back
I’m toppling governments
And dodging tourist traps
All the yuppies and the lunching ladies
The suits and the dunce confederacy
They’re all in league against me
They can try
Know too much for them to let me be
They’ve all got it in for me
They can try but they won’t catch me this time
Coz I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into that
Having my main character moment
It’s good to be back
They all won’t know what hit them this time
I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into that (into that, into that, into that, into that)
I don’t buy into that (into that, into that, into that, into that)
I don’t buy into that
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3. |
Aspirational
03:53
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(Aspirational) I’m getting out
(Aspirational) Work myself to the ground
Upstart, breakout star, no time to waste
I’m high strung, get things done, won’t play it safe
(Aspirational) I make my own luck
(Aspirational) I pulled my bootstraps up
I’m punch drunk and jumped up, one man crusade
An id overload, haven’t slept in days
All in, all out, a lust for life
No one cares or seems to realise
They let me down, but I get up
I’m just not trying hard enough
It’ll come today, it’ll come to me
Stop playing to the gallery
Gotta come today, gotta come to me
Running at a loss, sunk cost fallacy
(Aspirational) I got on my bike
(Aspirational) I’m no one’s free ride
Need tough,hard times, suffer for my art
Love slumming it, I scrimp, save and starve
(Aspirational) I do more with less
(Aspirational) Watch what I do next
Paying my dues, just not paying my rent
It was blood, sweat and tears, and family friends
(Aspirational) Just played my cards right
(Aspirational) I just prioritise
(Aspirational) Believing my own hype
(Aspirational) As long as you're alright now
Play the underdog, but you’re set for life
Just a hobby for you, do this part-time
Always land on my feet, always failing up
I’m not disgusted with myself enough
Leaving them behind, can’t save them all
Cutting all ties, I’m aspirational
Don’t look back or down, they’re lackadaisical
Can’t back out now, I’m aspirational
Got a shot at the top if you try
Go stick it where the sun don’t shine
Not my problem, not my fight
Watch your back, they’re right behind
Play both sides, come out on top
Gotta give them all you’ve got
Know your level, that’s your lot
Take them for all that they’ve got
It’ll come today, it’ll come to me
I’ll settle for job security
Gotta come today, gotta come to me
Just want a good starting salary
Rats racing around on a gravy boat
They make their money and then they go
They’re friends until they slash your throat
Everything goes wrong just when I get close
Is this a breakdown or an epiphany?
All I know is it’s taking all care from me
Fell into this job, and I fell into this rut
I’m the imposter, and I’m cracking up
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4. |
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Cut out my losses
Just decompress
No one that I need
To second guess
Not bending over backwards
Or gauging your reactions
Not looking for satisfaction
Gonna focus on my goals
Played 'Evil Woman' by E.L.O
29 times in a row
Burn my bridges at both ends
Rip up my life and start again
No one to slow me down, tie me down
Pin me down, wear me out
No one to turn me down, shut me out
Over all that, I'm living for myself now
If you're looking for me now
I'm not looking for you
Getting into a headspace
Think I'm finding my groove
Time to spring into action
Got nothing to lose
I've got something to prove
Know what I'm supposed to do
Been taking rain checks
And not texting back
Life is fun with
No strings attached
Just reviewing the situation
A brief breakdown in communication
Say I'm getting complacent
Living in my comfort zone
But it's planning, it's admin
Emotional baggage
I'm where it's happening
Not staring at my phone
No one to slow me down, tie me down
Pin me down, wear me out
No one to fall for now and then shut out
No one to build up and then let me down
So have your fun, go have your way
Get back on the playing field, jump in someone's grave
No one to call me out, turn me round
No one to pull me up and hold me now
No one to feel things for and care about
Looks like I can't even fool myself now
Are you looking at me now?
Or are you looking straight through?
Am I so unconvincing
From your point of view?
Did someone call action?
And I missed my cue
Another 'bottled it' episode
Didn't make a move
Did they tell you I'm crazy?
Coz if they told you it's true
I'm in a haze now
Got something to prove
I've never had someone
That I was scared to lose
And now I know the truth
What am I supposed to do?
So have your fun
And have your way
But you can't have and eat your cake
Now it's all out
My cover's blown
I can't do this on my own
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5. |
The Would-Be Wunderkinds
03:10
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Spare a thought for the would-be wunderkinds
With no chance at all
Live with ‘what ifs’, spend their days just wondering
Bouncing off the walls
If only our school got a bit more funding
If only we’d been told that we meant something
Things we could’ve done with a little encouraging
But we’ve been shown that we mean nothing
Is this the part where I give it up?
Where you say it was all just beginner’s luck
Not been having a good innings
It’s not the life I planned on living
I’m still taking and not giving
Was I doomed from the beginning?
All crashed out and vowing vengeance
Still got time for one more bender
No ace to play only 2s and 7s
I’m just deadweight, Mr Half Measures
Clock in now, leave your dreams at the door
Won’t hope, won’t think, won’t sleep anymore
Some are born great, some do it alone
But I’m David Brent, Pip and Malvolio
Is this the bit where you look away?
Where you tell yourself It’s a choice that I made
Think this is the part where you say it’s a rut
Where you fob me off and you pass the buck
Skip the post-credits, exit left
Don’t wanna see what happens next
Every day I feel less and less
But I’m not down, no not quite yet
Last chance saloon, in overdrive
Know I’m in borrowed stoppage time
Opportunity’s knocking, don’t get tongue-tied
One last chance, one lifetime
In the middle of the night I’m so unsure
And there’s nowhere in the world that I can be vulnerable
Gotta kid yourself and say that life’s wonderful
Can’t help but feel I should’ve been so much more
The would-be wunderkinds
I’m past my prime, I’m too far gone
It’s not a phase, dog days are still rolling on
You’ll never live this down if it all goes wrong
Doomed from the start, called it all along
Calling all underachievers
Who were set up for one big fall
If someone had just believed in us
Could’ve been anything at all
We don’t slack and we don’t scrounge
Got a fear of missing out
So much wasted potential
Could’ve done better, could’ve been more
The would-be wunderkinds
The should’ve been something kids
It’s really nothing it’s…
Just can’t help but wonder if...
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Verse:
I was supposed to go out and like it
I was supposed to have fun but I wish that I just stayed at home
Was s’posed to talk now so I did
I was supposed to fake a smile
But I wasn’t fooling anyone
Verse:
I was supposed to reach out so I did
But now they’re asking me all of these questions and I just don’t know
Was s’posed to turn up so I did
You’re wearing out your welcome now
Go darken someone else’s door
Link:
Piss your way through two more days
This has been one big write-off
Tell them it’s just my resting face
But they’re all much closer than I want
I was dancing round the drain
Still playing ‘How Low Can You Go?’
Sleepwalking from cradle to grave
Just kick the can down the road
Bridge:
Know I’ve left it pretty low
Time to come into my own
Gonna have so many deathbed regrets
When it’s my time go
Sick of coming in last place
Wipe that smug look off your face
Know it won’t always be this way
Won’t last forever, nothing does
Say it’s high time for change
Get in line, know your place
Wrote a list of things to do today
And they’re not getting done
Verse:
I was supposed to go out so I did
I was supposed to save up
Still living in my parents home
Was s’posed to make plans try living
I was supposed to move out
But you said that a year ago
Outro:
Go on and seize the day
It’s gonna get away
Ask her out on a date
No need to be afraid
Always stick with what you know
Go on don’t hesitate
You’re gonna rue the day
Play the hand you’ve been dealt
Go and make lemonade
Living in your comfort zone
You’re getting on
We don’t have long
(Hold tight, look alive, before it’s all gone)
Feel struck out struck off
Cut down and botched
(Eyes on the prize, give it all that you’ve got)
You’ve got cynical and predictable
But you’re the only devil that you know
You’ve got an old soul and you cover’s blown
Try a slice of life before it goes
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7. |
Little Middle England
03:54
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Let's go to Scotland take a staycation
Before they put up the border any day now
One day we'll work out where it all went wrong
Old way malaise, bad times are coming
Better try and get some sun in
Don't know what you have until it's gone
Let's get away spend a week in dover
Walk up the cliffs watch the lorries below us
They're gonna fix this when we're gone
Stuck in the same place with no change coming
Shouldn't leave their engines running
Guess they're hoping things will get moving soon
Said we'd set the world on fire
But it's already burning
Everyone's a fraud or a denier
It's not concerning
Everything that we love is gonna go to waste
Just wanna put it all off for one more day
For to do something would be absurd
To Little Middle England
Let's go to Scotland take a staycation
They're gonna put up a border any day now
These recessions hit different now
Just wanna bury my head in the sand somehow
We could've set the world on fire
But it's already burning
Everyone's somehow still in denial
Things keep on on turning
We tried our best to voice concern
But they didn't hear a word
Nothing we said did dare disturb
Little Middle England
Sleepy Little Middle England
Easy Little Middle England
Sitting pretty Little Middle England
Isn't it a pity Little Middle England
Little Middle England Salting The Earth
Little Middle England only making things worse
Little Middle England no cause for concern
Little Middle England never gonna learn
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8. |
Anorak Man
03:26
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Kept at this for so long, still haven't copped out
Normally I'd have given it up by now
Something just clicked, don't know why or how
Guess I picked it up and couldn't put it down
Everyone needs a hobby to show who you are
And maybe I've followed mine a little too far
But it takes ten thousand hours and I know that
There's so much to learn and understand
Anorak man
Won't change for anyone
Anorak man
All through the years as they run
All the different things that I could've done
Better make the most of this one
Get tunnel visioned when things get slow
Start comparing myself to all of these goals
All the great men and the signposts
Am I just a joe bloggs or another john doe?
Maybe I'm too scattered and specialised
Hyper-fixated and wasting my life
Stick to what I know burning through the days
Should I pack this in before it's too late?
Anorak man
Know just how little I know
Anorak man
With imposter syndrome
All the different things that I could've done
Hope I make the most of this one
I'll disappear for a week and see how it goes
Renew my vows to the life that I chose
Keep looking and searching won't stay in my lane
Give me this time and give me these days
All the people who say you're moving too slow
They're people who'll fade and come and go
So stick with it, who knows what you'll find
Just try to keep an open mind
Anorak man
In the dead of the night
Anorak man
When I can't sleep at night
Anorak man
Say I'm wasting my time
Know I'm making the most of mine
All the things I'm never gonna know
Oh the places you'll never go
All the different ways my life could have gone
But I'm an anorak man and I'm fine with this one
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Project Culture London, UK
Occasionally self-aware London art rock band.
Gary Hill - Vocals and
Guitar
Andrew Lewis Smith - Guitar and Vocals
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