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When You Know (You Know)

Coming Up Empty

LYRICS:
In a car crash, you'll rearrange your head
And all the memories you wish you'd wish you'd never had
I told you how I'd been hurt before
And you'd hold me and say we're better for it now

I should know better
You, in your sweater

I was standing high up on the wall
Oh, I can still hear you from here, yeah, but if I listen, I might fall
No, you don't think before you speak your mind
And I don't think that I'll speak at all

You should know better
Signed, my dead letter

If I can't stop this, I don't want this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down and strike relentless
I can't stop this, I don't want this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down, me down, me down

You hurt me the way that you'd been loved
And it kills me that I cannot feel a thing
In a car crash you'll reassess your life
And my role in it.
We're gonna drift apart             in a car crash, in a car crash

I can't stop the growing fear that we'll waste all our golden years together
I can't stop this. First, you're gone then you appear, and now I know that it is clear
Tell me that I'm wrong, but I think that we're not meant to be

I don't want this, I can't stop this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down and strike relentless
I don't want this, I can't stop this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down and strike relentless.

Car Crash

Written in Japan with ex Civil Wars singer songwriter John Paul White this song is taken from Bird’s forthcoming debut soundtrack album “Wider Than The Sky”

Wider Than The Sky

SHES LIKE A RAINBOW (RADIO EDIT)

"Do you Buy or Rent?" is a metaphor for the space in your mind that you often give to others. The song is debating this internal struggle and the thoughts associated with it. 

Some people take a lot of space in your head, while they're probably not even thinking about you. Perhaps it's time to take your power back? - WHISPER

Do you Buy or Rent?

STREAM

Fuck It

Got Me Fallin’ brings a smooth blend of velvety vocals and a seductive melody, IVANA takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of a relationship that's as intoxicating as it is complicated. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the push and pull, the magnetic force that draws two hearts together despite the challenges that surround them.

Got Me Fallin'

WILD LIFE

Cold Room (Demo)

Headache!!

Drink my Coffee!!! (Extended Demo)

totally original no influence whatsoever by any insect named band

I Want You To Know (Demo)

The Future is Here

ONE LAST TIME 14_05

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Like the ouroboros, Paper Anthem begins exactly when it ends, as American singer-songwriter Joseph Hitchcock abandons a near-decade of solo artistry for a fresh start in London, home to all the late noughties indie that inspired him. Here, Hitchcock meets the other three members of the increasingly international Paper Anthem lineup: guitarist Noor Harajli (Brazil), bassist Carlo Haltrich (Romania), and drummer Joe Spoors (Nottingham), all filmmakers who accidentally fell into the music industry. The fruits of an aggressive recording schedule were finally plucked in December 2023 with the release of their first EP, A Victimless Crime, merely a small taste of what they’re planning for 2024 as they continue swimming to the surface of the endless sea of noise that is the London music scene.

When You Know (You Know)

Paper Anthem

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