New single from Josephine Sillars (IG: @josephinesillars)

Bad Dream

Artist: Josephine Sillars
Produced by Jordan Round 
Artwork: Rhianonne Stone 

Lyrics:
I get by, basing my thoughts
On the things that keep me calm
I get by, thinking up ways
In which I can understand
All of the pain (pain)
Doesn’t make sense in a
Realistic way
All of the pain (pain)
Leaves an echo
You can listen for today

That boy make bad decisions
But claims that he can’t help it
That boy makes bad decisions
And claims that it’s predestined
That boy make bad decisions
But claims that he can’t help it
That boy makes bad decisions
And claims that it’s predestined

He told me
Everything happening
already happened
He told me
We deserve justice without conditions
He told me
None of that happened
none of that happened
He told me
Original sin leaves no room for opposition

That boy, that boy
That boy, that boy
That boy, that boy
Mmmmmmmmm
Makes bad decisions
That boy, that boy
That boy, that boy
That boy, that boy
Mmmmmmmmm
Makes bad decisions

I asked him
If you could chose
You would chose to stay the same?
I asked him
Because my own fears overcrowd
My own ideas of change
I asked him
If you could chose
Would you chose to stay the same
Would you chose to stay the same
Would you chose to stay the same

That boy make bad decisions
But claims that he can’t help it
That boy makes bad decisions
And claims that it’s predestined
That boy make bad decisions
But claims that he can’t help it
That boy makes bad decisions
And claims that it’s predestined

That Boy

New single by Josephine Sillars
Produced by Jay Taylor

Slow

New single from Josephine Sillars

Vincent 

I'm in a room
with yellow walls, try to
lighten up my mood
I'm in a room
with yellow walls, try to
brighten up my mood
but these yellow walls encroach around 
and I can't see anything
but these yellow walls are suffocating 
and I can't feel a thing

But the beat of my heart 
but the beat of my heart 
oh the love between my lungs
it stops and then restarts to the 
beat of your heart

do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do (x2) 

I'm in a room 
where the walls are blue
and I think oh, what did I do?
I think, what did I do?
I'm in a room
where the walls are blue
and the flowers on the desk, oh
they died before they had the chance to bloom
this does nothing for my mood
but my blood keeps pumping cause it knows it should

to the beat of my heart 
to the beat of my heart 
oh the love between my lungs
it stops and then restarts to the 
beat of your heart

do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do (x4)

because a serotonin high
ain't enough to do me good,
you never had your doubts
but I think this time you should
the love between my lungs 
ain't enough to fix my mood
but I know what could

the beat of my heart 
the beat of my heart 
oh the love between my lungs
it stops and then restarts to the 
beat of your heart

to the beat of your heart 
to the beat of you heart 
oh the love between my lungs
it stops and then restarts to the 
beat of your heart
 
the beat of my heart 
to the beat of my heart 
the beat of your heart 
the beat of your heart 

Vincent

Problems With Power recorded with Lewis Glass at Glassworks Studio Recording. Due for release through Traffic Cone Records on the 2.10.17. Artwork by Emily Wylde

Problems With Power

lyrics + vocals: Josephine Sillars
percussion + vocals: Samuel Barnfather

I am looking right instead of left
cause what I can't see cannot hurt me
it's the time of the night were I'm tired and lonely
can't shatter the glass even though I can't breathe
I guess I'm not trying
I guess I am lying 
to myself and everyone in front of me
God knows this ain't my finest hour
but everybody's got their problems with power

everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power

these cigarettes we smoke 
they taste like cancer on my lips
maybe all my problems would be solved
if I pulled myself in at the hips
if my legs were taller
and my body smaller
I'd be fighting with the rest
God know this ain't my finest hour
but everybody's got their problems with power

everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power

everything I let go 
I let go gently 
if I drop too hard or drop too fast
I know the shock will surely kill me
their names are everywhere you look
and I have never been so angry 
God knows this ain't my finest hour
but everybody's got their problems with power

everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power

when the ego is tempted
the id becomes reckless 
and I feel abjected a lot of the time
it's a name on a tongue and it don't taste like love
it tastes like forgetting my integrity 
but I am still standing 
and they are still laughing
although all these laughs sound like mocking to me
God knows this ain't my finest hour 
but everybody's got their problems with power

everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power

da da da da da
da da da da da da da da (x2)

everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power
everybody's got their problems with power

Problems With Power

Down recorded with Lewis Glass at Glassworks Studio Recording, due for release on the 27.10.17. 

Josephine Sillars: Lyrics + Vocals
Samuel Barnfather: Guitar + Drums
Jamie Hogg: Bass + Vocals

Whatever you are feeling 
trust me, I am feeling too
doesn't make me feel much better
but just say what you have to
say what you have to
hands tick down
are wiped away
perfection lasts a moment
doesn't make you feel much better
but you've got to own it
got to own it

down, down
down, down
down, down
down, down

down to the sea, down to the sea
(down, down)
down to the sea, down to the sea
(down, down)
and we'll crash like waves
(down to the sea, down to the sea)
crash like waves
down to the sea
down, down, down

tender eyes look left and right
hearts that beat with care
doesn't make you feel much better
but I guess you had to be there 
had to be there
see me now and see me loud
neither friend nor foe
does it make you feel any better?
Or do you have to go
have to go

down, down 
down, down
down, down,
down, down

down to the sea, down to the sea
(down, down)
down to the sea, down to the sea
(down, down)
and we'll crash like waves
(down to the sea, down to the sea)
crash like waves
down to the sea
down, down, down (x2)

Down

Demo of 'The Weed Smoker's Dream'

Josephine Sillars: Lyrics, piano + vocals
Samuel Barnfather: Drums
Jamie Hogg: Bass

I've put my wishes on short term longings
forget all my wrong doings 
and smile, smile, smile
you put your wishes on intermittent 
dreams of cocaine hazy
keep it lazy, smile, smile, smile

do you love her,
or just love that she's not her?
do you love her,
or just love that she's not her?

do you wanna let go?
I always thought you wanted to let go
yeah, find some time and energy 
find some funds and clarity 
and smile, smile, smile
yeah the weed smoker dreams of
eloquence and apathy 
yeah the weed smoker dreams oh
the weed smoker dreams of
making up a million for me

do you love her,
or just love that she's not her?
do you love her,
or just love that she's not her?

I've been looking all around
and there is very little that I can see
yeah, I look up towards the moon
hope that you do too and that she gives you grief 
oh find a little honesty 
find some new age fantasy 
oh let your inhibitions out
make the same mistakes 
and just smile, smile, smile

do you love her,
or just love that she's not her?
do you love her,
or just love that she's not her?

do you love her
do you love her
do you love?

do you love her 
do you love her
do you love?

The Weed Smoker's Dream (DEMO)

Is It Love?

demo demo demo of new song, 'I Don't Wanna Talk'. Art gifted by Rhiannone Stone (@clartpiece)((she's amazing))

there's a bit of a hiss and a bit of fuzz but this was recorded straight into an akai sampler due to technical constraints so all things considered it turned out okay. Thanks to Jake Mehew for his wonderful help.

some sweet bass solo-ing/distant backing vocals by Jamie Hogg and some drums by Kieran Watson xox

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