MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

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All rights belong to Foo Fighters and their respective label.

Taken from the album 'The Colour & The Shape' (1997)

Performed, produced and mixed by Josh Carter

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Everlong (Originally by Foo Fighters)

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

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Buildings tower like monoliths
Pay for sins I didn't commit
Solemn but stoic to the name you bear
I looked away while the whole world stared

Gave a rib, opened up the garden
Salt the earth, act like you're a martyr 
Stolen fruit, burn trees from where they grow
Hollow truths in the seeds you've sewn

Powerless
A lapse in judgement turns to lack of empathy
Powerless
You shine so bright for a sun in blood moon skies

Buildings tower like obelisks
Wish that you'd pay for the sins that I've watched you commit
Forged from molds gods have cast away
Foreseen mistakes they've already made

Self titled paragon, won't give you what you want
No love for something lost nailed to a burning cross

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Paper Tiger

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

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Bugs crawl from open spaces in the floor
The silence echoes so loud down the corridors
I've been so lonely for the longest time, I'm locked up
The dust dances in reflections in the light
Peered through the keyhole but nobody's on the other side
Locked up in here and I don't know my crime, I'm locked up

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about"
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
It feels like I'm a wolf in the wool of a sheep
How I can I let go when I can't get out?

Counting the days until the end of my sentence
Boxed up and hid all my sadness as my penance
Hid in a place not even I could find, I'm locked up

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about"
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm set out like a jigsaw but I'm missing a piece
How can I rebuild when I'm not complete?

It's been years and I haven't found myself
I guess that's just the way that I got my hand dealt
Still feel the same as I've always felt, I'm locked up
I wanna be free of the burden and the anguish
I'm howling words - no one speaks my language
Nothing left to say, my words decay

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about"
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
It's in the way that I move, in the way that I breathe
No matter what I do to shake it off, it lives, it breathes inside of me
I'm locked up in my head
I want my time in this cell to end
Tried making my escape but I don't have faith I'll ever truly be free of this place
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm singing all these words to you and they all sound out of key
Could I ever truly say what I mean?
I'm locked up

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Locked Up

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

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Got a void I can't fill
Got a thirst I can't quench
Got a sadness I can't fight
Got a wound I can't stitch

Got a tumour on my brain
Spread into every word I sing
Got a door I can't shut
You're fighting to keep it open

There's a brand new void forming in my chest
Surrounds the place where you would once exist
It feels like there's a brand new void forming in my chest
Surrounding me - it's like I've got nothing left

Tried putting the past to bed
Tried starting my life again
Tried running as fast as I can
But you catch up in the end

The truth never felt so sobering
I'm further from myself than I feel I've ever been
Should I have been ready for the fall? Was there something that I missed?
Could I have done something more to stop this crick in my neck?

Got a limousine for a hearse
Got a crowd at your grave
Got a coffin heavy - are your sins ready to bury?
Because I'm buckling under the weight

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Revelation Season

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

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If there's one memory to remain
If there's one thing I had to hold onto
Out of all space and time to stick in my mind
Out of all the things I left behind, it had to be then

I remember only fragments
But the shards are more than enough
To stick into my skin when I'm breaking down
And leave me with the deepest of cuts

I just couldn't help but feel like I'd let you down
My shaking hands are gripping tight on my slipping crown
The things I never said are filling up my already full cup
And now I can't stop these words from spilling out

That day felt like a funeral
Had I been digging the grave for years?
You told me not to carry this weight upon my shoulders
But I was too deep underneath to hear

The coffin lowered down
And to be laid to rest
Were two diamond rings that used to sparkle in the sun
And a white wedding dress

I don't blame you
I don't blame you at all
It's not your fault things ended up like this

Peace, be at peace
Sleep, say goodbye to your blame at the very least
Piece by piece, slow release
Now turn and walk away

Pray today won't feel the same 
As yesterday
When for so long you've held onto
Such hollow self hate

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After All This Time

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Produced, mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

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Brave face, mask slips
Feels like I'm falling from grace
Fall from this pedestal I've been placed
The whole world needs me to be this way
I can't keep up my wide smile charade

Anticipate the worst to come
No sleep again, don't tell anyone
Felt something flicker but it's gone
Thought I was smiling but I'm not
I've got this phantom feeling again
Something's missing but I thought it was there
Speak the truth to myself
Lie through my teeth to everyone else

Stuck
in
a
hole
I
can't
get
myself
out

Time is wearing thin, I can't
Stand the state I'm in, it's built
Into my design, it came
To me as no surprise, lay out
All my flaws on the ground, look for
Where it all broke down, don't see
How you all look up when I'm
Falling so far down

I wish I'd see the things they see
About myself, they paint me out as
A perfect man, no confidence
I wish I'd see the things they see in me
I want to love, I don't have faith
Crumbling monuments bear my name
My body's ready to disintegrate at any time
The sound of a mind in collapse

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Phantom

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Produced, mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

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So close to you, yet you seem so far away
Hold you in my hands as I lose grip gradually
Lost you under waves, a baptism of pain
If there is a God, would things have changed?

Losing you tore me in two and left me but a half
Drenched by rain, I'm not the same - I can't get on the Ark

Time could heal the ache, but months just slipped away
Thought I knew what grief was but it consumed me gradually
Lost myself in waves, baptised by the pain
If there's something after this, would you still look at me the same?

Losing you tore me in two and left me but a half
Drowned by rain, I'm not the same - I can't get on the Ark
Baptised in pain, I surface differently - acceptance forms a better man
Full up lungs, I breathe in oxygen to start again

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heldunderwater // Baptism

// circa-94.com //

Music, lyrics, production and artwork by Josh Carter

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Brave face, mask slips
Feels like I'm falling from grace
Fall from this pedestal I've been placed
The whole world needs me to be this way
I can't keep up my wide smile charade

Anticipate the worst to come
No sleep again, don't tell anyone
Felt something flicker but it's gone
Thought I was smiling but I'm not
I've got this phantom feeling again
Something's missing but I thought it was there
Speak the truth to myself
Lie through my teeth to everyone else

Stuck
in
a
hole
I
can't
get
myself
out

Time is wearing thin, I can't
Stand the state I'm in, it's built
Into my design, it came
To me as no surprise, lay out
All my flaws on the ground, look for
Where it all broke down, don't see
How you all look up when I'm
Falling so far down

I wish I'd see the things they see
About myself, they paint me out as
A perfect man, no confidence
I wish I'd see the things they see in me
I want to love, I don't have faith
Crumbling monuments bear my name
My body's ready to disintegrate at any time
The sound of a mind in collapse

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Phantom (Acoustic)

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Sleep All Day Productions

//

Bugs crawl from open spaces in the floor
The silence echoes so loud down the corridors
I've been so lonely for the longest time, I'm locked up.
The dust dances in reflections in the light
Peered through the keyhole but nobody's on the other side
Locked up in here but I don't know my crime, I'm locked up.

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said.
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about."
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
It feels like I'm a wolf in the wool of a sheep
How I can I let go when I can't get out?

Counting the days until the end of my sentence
Boxed up and hid all my sadness as my penance
Hid in a place not even I could find, I'm locked up.

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said.
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about."
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm set out like a jigsaw but I'm missing a piece
How can I rebuild when I'm not complete?

It's been years and I haven't found myself
I guess that's just the way that I got my hand dealt
Still feel the same as I've always felt, I'm locked up.
I wanna be free of the burden and the anguish
I'm howling words - no one speaks my language
Nothing left to say, my words decay.

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said.
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about."
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
It's in the way that I move, in the way that I breathe
No matter what I do to shake it off, it lives, it breathes inside of me.
I'm locked up in my head
I want my time in this cell to end
Tried making my escape but I don't have faith I'll ever truly be free of this place.
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm singing all these words to you and they all sound out of key
Could I ever truly say what I mean?

I'm locked up.

Locked Up (Single Version)

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Produced and mixed by Laura Ivy
Mastered by Christopher Wilson
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Amy Eve (@queen.ofnowhere)

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I fell asleep on a beach and I woke up in hell.
I fell asleep myself but I woke up as somebody else.
I fell asleep on a beach and I woke up in hell.
I stare into mirrors but I don't seem myself.

I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Take me away, wash over me. Why won't you let me breathe?
I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Words don't mean anything, why won't you let me be? Just let me be.

Just let me be.

I fell asleep on a beach and I woke up in hell.
I fell asleep myself but I woke up as somebody else.
I fell asleep on a beach and I woke up in hell.
I wrote out my name but I don't know who I am.

I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Take me away, wash over me. Why won't you let me breathe?
I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Words don't mean anything, why won't you let me be? Just let me be.

Just let me be.

Imagine this: me standing at the top of a cliff and there's a bright new world raging inside of me.
But then I get pushed off and all I see's a thousand foot drop and when I hit the bottom, it's gonna hurt like hell.
I've got a devil on both shoulders, they're telling me to fall; they're telling me I mean nothing at all.
They're telling me the only impact I'm gonna make on this world is that of a man with a sewn up mouth who fell from the peak because he couldn't stand on his own two feet.

I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Take me away, wash over me. Why won't you let me breathe?
I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Words don't mean anything, why won't you let me be? Just let me be.
I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Take me away, wash over me. Why won't you let me breathe?
I just wanna get some sleep, why won't you let me be at peace?
Words don't mean anything, why won't you let me be? Just let me be.

Just let me be.

I fell asleep on a beach and I woke up in hell.
I fell asleep myself but I woke up as somebody else.
I fell asleep on a beach and I woke up in hell.
I felt like I was dead but I'm still breathing.

Hell (Acoustic)

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Produced, mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Max Mann

//

Brave face, mask slips
Feels like I'm falling from grace
Fall from this pedestal I've been placed
The whole world needs me to be this way
I can't keep up my wide smile charade

Anticipate the worst to come
No sleep again, don't tell anyone
Felt something flicker but it's gone
Thought I was smiling but I'm not
I've got this phantom feeling again
Something's missing but I thought it was there
Speak the truth to myself
Lie through my teeth to everyone else

Stuck
in
a
hole
I
can't
get
myself
out

Time is wearing thin, I can't
Stand the state I'm in, it's built
Into my design, it came
To me as no surprise, lay out
All my flaws on the ground, look for
Where it all broke down, don't see
How you all look up when I'm
Falling so far down

I wish I'd see the things they see
About myself, they paint me out as
A perfect man, no confidence
I wish I'd see the things they see in me
I want to love, I don't have faith
Crumbling monuments bear my name
My body's ready to disintegrate at any time
The sound of a mind in collapse

//

Phantom (Single Version)

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Produced and mastered by Ian Llewellyn at Riff Rooms
Lyrics and music written by Josh Carter

CIRCA '94 IS:

MIKEY BANSAL // GUITAR
BLADE EDWARDS // BASS
MIKE FERGUSSON // DRUMS
JOSH CARTER // VOX/GUITAR

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Bugs crawl from open spaces in the floor
The silence echoes so loud down the corridors
I've been so lonely for the longest time, I'm locked up
The dust dances in reflections in the light
Peered through the keyhole but nobody's on the other side
Locked up in here and I don't know my crime, I'm locked up

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about"
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm dressed up like a wolf in the wool of a sheep
How can I let go when I can't get out?

Counting the days until the end of my sentence
Boxed up and hid all my sadness as my penance
Hid in a place not even I could find, I'm locked up

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about"
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm set out like a jigsaw but I'm missing a piece
How can I rebuild when I'm not complete?

It's been years and I haven't found myself
I guess that's just the way that I got my hand dealt
Still feel the same as I've always felt, I'm locked up
I wanna be free of the burden and the anguish
I'm howling words, no one speaks my language
Nothing left to say - my words decay

I'm locked up in my head
"You can't be sad," they said
"With worse things happening in this world, you've got nothing to be sad about"
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
It's in the way that I move, in the way that I breathe
No matter what I do to shake it off, it lives, it breathes inside of me

I'm locked up in my head
I want my time in this cell to end
I tried making my escape but I don't have faith I'll ever truly be free of this place
I'm locked up and I wanna be free
I'm singing all these words to you and they all sound out of key
Could I ever truly say what I mean?

I'm locked up

//

Locked Up (Live From Riff Rooms)

MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

Mixed and mastered by Jamie Russon of Moose's Music Hole
All music and lyrics written/performed by Josh Carter
Artwork by Laura Brookes (@laurabrookestattoo)

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Buildings tower like monoliths
Pay for sins I didn't commit
Solemn but stoic to the name you bear
I looked away while the whole world stared

Gave a rib, opened up the garden
Salt the earth, act like you're a martyr 
Stolen fruit, burn trees from where they grow
Hollow truths in the seeds you've sewn

Powerless
A lapse in judgement turns to lack of empathy
Powerless
You shine so bright for a sun in blood moon skies

Buildings tower like obelisks
Wish that you'd pay for the sins that I've watched you commit
Forged from molds gods have cast away
Foreseen mistakes they've already made

Self titled paragon, won't give you what you want
No love for something lost nailed to a burning cross

//

Paper Tiger (Single Version)

Wolverhampton (UK) based alt. rock 🐺
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MUSIC & SOCIALS // https://linktr.ee/circa201294

CIRCA '94.

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