I checked the manual
It was mostly blank

I spoke with confidence, which helped
It didn't help enough
I confused being articulate
With knowing actual stuff

I thought the moment would wait for me
Like a polite guest in line
Turns out time's not very social
And doesn't read the signs

You can circle back politely
You can clear your throat
But silence has a memory
And it takes very good notes

There's no respawn policy
No just kidding, no excuse
You don't get a softer landing
For explaining what you meant to do

No checkpoint in the scene
Where you tried to be profound
You just stand there with your sentence
After it's already out

I treated love like networking
Smiled, nodded, kept it light
Followed up with good intentions
Never called at night

I said, "Let's keep our options open"
Which sounded smart and kind
But options, when unattended
Have a habit of resigning

You can blame the timing
You can blame the weather too
But the past has excellent hearing
And a dark sense of humor, too

There's no respawn policy
No tasteful fade to black
You don't get bonus dialogue
For wishing you'd go back

Nobody called it early
Nobody read the sign
Just the sound of a choice
You made when you were barely nine

Some people say, "No regrets"
That's a nice philosophy
Most of my dreams just sit around
Watching themselves atrophy

There's no respawn policy
But there is a certain charm
In realizing too late
Exactly what the rules were all along

I played my part politely
Hit my mark every time
Sounded just like an NPC
With a script I learned at nine

Life has no respawn policy
Which explains a lot, actually

No Respawn Policy

This is about young children who have passed and maybe not sure where they are but are told they are safe this is love and happiness there now protected forever .

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Voodoo

Management: jules(AT)spiracle-management.com

With their self-produced new album ‘Defender’, Brighton’s Chungking are back to demonstrate all the elements that have made them a connoisseurs’ favourite. Slick and sultry grooves, coupled with serious musicianship. Incredibly affecting lyrics – some abstract and out there, some so direct they’re like arrows into your heart. 

Proper, deep-rooted songwriting that places them somewhere in a miraculous zone between Kate Bush, The Bee Gees and the ‘Drive’ soundtrack, and which could only have come from people utterly in love with pop music in all its forms. And above all, the voice and multi- layered harmonies of Jessie Banks, smooth as silk and tough as steel, which has had critics reaching for superlatives like, “ANGELIC” (Time Out), “PERFECT” (Music Week), “A-GRADE” (Mixmag), “REMARKABLE AND DROP DEAD GORGEOUS” (Mojo) and “BRITAIN’S FINEST FEMALE SINGER” (Sunday Times).

The band’s core of Banks, Sean Hennessy and Ben Townsend are building on a career spent sneaking into people’s affections with songs that subtly weave themselves into listeners’ lives. They’ve collaborated with pop overlord Richard X and WARP records’ techno-soulman Jamie Lidell, while Jessie by special request provided vocals both for tracks and live shows by Royksopp and the beautiful single ‘Cherry Blossom Girl’ by Air. 

They also provided the soundtrack to the climactic final scenes of dark US TV drama ‘Nip/Tuck’, and contributions to the soundtracks of ‘Ugly Betty’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

Chungking’s sound is more consistent and timeless than ever – able to take in everything from The Carpenters to Vashti Bunyan, psychedelic soul to Italo- disco, John Martyn to John Travolta, but still always completely and unmistakably Chungking to the core.

Voodoo

CHUNGKING

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