We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Stay Afloat

by JND

/
  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Tried to switch it up this time with the digipak CD's, artwork by Martin Lovegrove.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Stay Afloat via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 100 

      £6.50 GBP

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £6.50 GBP  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The shiny vinyl version of the 2020 release "Stay Afloat"

    Includes unlimited streaming of Stay Afloat via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 47 

      £25 GBP or more 

     

1.
Halfway 04:19
Half way to heaven, half way to hell below / And it's death we're dreadin' but at least you're here for now till then I spose / Live in the present; that's how you overcome that low / Though it in't forever; you should know I'm grateful for my soul / (1) I like to take pictures of different stuff / And see it as a glimpse of time that I tricked to stop / For a split second like I cheated it / A construct devised to keep us checkin' while the meter ticks / Tick, tick, can hear it ticking now / It's not something that I wanna waste sittin' round / So selective of the time I'm spending / And whom I spend it with is likely to define the ending / Little moments got me looking back though/ Smiling at it, like the time I walked with mum and dad / Around the harbour on a windy evening / Guess who was looking back at every star that came to greet them? / And thats the second time I gazed in awe / The other was in New Zealand when I went on tour / And hired a van for a couple weeks / Me and dan mooching on the South Island through the peaks / Down to the beach in Hokitika / A visit to the Jade shops, plus we ordered pizza / And it's things like these that help to form a piece of / Who we are and what's important while we're walking here coz / It doesn't last forever, and you can plan for't future / But don't plan too much without enjoying t'now's the truth I.. ..guess I'm gettin' preachy while I offer my advice / I'm just tryna live in't present, coz that's where I'm happy, right? / (Chorus) Half way to heaven, half way to hell below / And it's death we're dreadin' but at least you're here for now till then I spose / Live in the present; that's how you overcome that, low / Though it in't forever; you should know I'm grateful for my soul /
2.
Bag of Flesh 04:28
Bags of flesh on a skeleton / Floating on a rock, time ticking with the pendulum / Held in place with the gravity suspending 'em / The main star central to the solar system sendin' us / Flying in the orbit, positioned so perfectly / Self-aware enough to understand how it works at least a little bit / But some are blinkered to it's majesty / So oblivious to t'dances seen, in't that a tragedy / The universes masterpiece and we're a part of it / The grand theatre of the stars and all that other gnarly shit / I'm feeling grateful coz I've had chance to notice that / Lucky me, deep space details on a photograph / From Cassini to the Mars Rover rolling past / Former seas or lakes carved pieces of those foreign lands / I spose I gotta laugh coz if I din't I'd probly cry / How we consider other humans different races, why? / From the same planet, told you just a bag of flesh / Skin tone evolved from different circumstances put to test / All originate from Africa, a while ago / Every continent with imaginary lines evolved / To keep us all divided, split us up it's how they manage / Behold the wealth - 1 percent, the rich controlling families / And every country is indebted to em, yes we're losing / It's in the trillions and yes, you guessed, it's still moving / So many zero's even t'binary could get confusing / And I just talk about it, yet to dream up the solution / I spose we could begin by showing some respect for others / Too many selfish souls in power, that's the effin trouble / (Chorus) We're just a bag of flesh / And the bones attached to it / Floating a mote of dust / Suspended in a sunbeam / That's what Carl Sagan said / Well, the second part at least / I tried to add to it / And discuss some other things too / (2) I'd like to say that nothing matters much / Only here for just a fraction of time alive and then it's back to dust / Init funny, no, and that's the crux / We're losing sleep over little issues taxing us / Getting paid to check the e-post, mainly while you draft 'em up / The never-ending stack that comes, best forget your plans for lunch / Guess you're staying late again / What's for tea, your favourite thing, microwave that beige, dig in / And its' probly full of poison / Clock the e-numbers, horse meat? you can't avoid 'em / What d'you mean you paid for this? sometimes you wanna change the script / It's hard when you're tired and can't be arsed to use your brain to think / When life's an endless to-do list / With not enough time to complete it while you live / So what's the point to this, the mystery that I'm picking at / Well, it's a gift you're given, just keep living, take a flipping chance / Coz one can only hope that the good times outweigh the bad / And while mistakes are made, the world keeps spinnin' day to day, perhaps / The meaning's hid in how we shouldn't stay attached to things / And have a laugh, to that I'll raise my glass and gladly drink / (Chorus) We're just a bag of flesh / And the bones attached to it / Floating a mote of dust / Suspended in a sunbeam / That's what Carl Sagan said / Well, the second part at least / I tried to add to it / And discuss some other things too /
3.
Stay Afloat 04:07
(1) I don't understand it, obsessed with minor things / Contemplating life whilst observing, it's delightful, glimpse / The rolling waves at the coast where it laps the shore / I take a deep breath, looking, I couldn't ask for more / S'not quite meditation, separate from madding crowds / My little gang gathered round, time flies with the passing clouds / Took a picture, lasts longer than my mind allows / Maybe here I've figured out what life's about / It's hard enjoying moments, push those thoughts aside / We're all suffering together, struggles measured by / What's effecting you, and when it tries to drag you down / Remember that you're not alone, I'll be there if you want me round / Don't have all the answers, don't think I ever will / Still learning lessons, current level; thirty something, chill / Worked out my weaknesses, understand my strengths to build / Know how to listen, these days that's the rarest skill / (chorus) And we're all in the same boat, pray we can stay afloat / All make mistakes sometimes / Can't use life as a scapegoat, or a reason (to) remain broken / (It's a) bittersweet place we find / Try hard to be a good soul, do the right thing for once though / It's difficult when things aren't right / And those lessons can take hold, for sure, they'll invade so / Give yourself space and time / (2) And I'm tryna be the best version, of me and no-one else / You're the best at being you, I hope that helps / Clear up all confusion, though I don't think there's any / And I aren't drinking lately, so it can't twist my pennies / And it's over little things that my heart get heavy / Half a life and what've I got to show for every / Hour that's passed me by, and when I think, I'm aching here / I'm pointing at my chest, again, so your understandings clear / That doesn't mean I'm ungrateful for the life I have / It just means I find it difficult when trying to grasp / The moment here, instead, I look behind, rewind the past / Or to the future where the folks I love are no longer by my side, perhaps / You can or can't relate to that / The march of time and it's inevitable way impacts / And through it all, I can only hope to stay intact / Cause breaking point's beyond the here and now and what I'm looking at / (chorus) And we're all in the same boat, pray we can stay afloat / All make mistakes sometimes / Can't use life as a scapegoat, or a reason (to) remain broken / (It's a) bittersweet place we find / Try hard to be a good soul, do the right thing for once though / It's difficult when things aren't right / And those lessons can take hold, for sure, they'll invade so / Give yourself space and time /
4.
Nap 04:00
And so, it seems within my dreams I float away with you / Too soon, I wake and I'm back here, my view's / The same, confused, but does this mean it's true? / I'm sure, but what's to say you'd even want this too? / (1) Absolutely nothin' / Perhaps my view is stuck in looking at the past, I'm wondering / Will I ever change the way I feel about the somethings / Concealed, I keep 'em tucked, daren't reveal or feed my trust in / Any ear who'd listen to me, secrets that I'm clutching / Hear advice but rarely heed it, throw that healing in the dustbin / Then take it out, unreel it, pick, I'm peeling at the subject / Release that piece of unrest that's been eating me, I'm done lets / Have a conversation an' explore the inner workings of it / What's beyond the flippin' surface got it morphing into what is / Often on my mind, the spiral, thoughts attacking twist again / Breaking down my systems, seek assistance tryna live with them / And at the start and end o t'day it's what I'm thinking when / I'm sober or I'm drinking ten, mull it over, link the stem / To either, sippin' tea contemplative of the 'is' and 'then' / The world inside our head's created fantasies to live instead / (Chorus) And so, it seems within my dreams I float away with you / Too soon, I wake and I'm back here, my view's / The same, confused, but does this mean it's true? / I'm sure, but what's to say you'd even want this too? / (2) But I don't think you would do, no / Burnt once, too many times, took control / And I try keep patient; the waiting game / But I don't wanna wait in vain / Done a whole lotta that, nearly went insane / Then I dropped that bomb on a stress free day / ...bet you never saw that coming / Looking over your shoulder the past, running up will you catch suttin'? / Talk about off guard, whoa / How's that for a plot twist, hold that thought / Every word that I said was meant, yet I'm sure what I sent wasn't known / I'm glad that I said them though / Still could have timed it better / Oops, did you hear that clang? / Seemed like now or never, though / And I wonder if your heart felt pangs? / If it din't then I'm way off / Just tell me to take off and I'll leave you be / I just added to the chaos / I never meant to, believe you me / (Chorus) And so, it seems within my dreams I float away with you / Too soon, I wake and I'm back here, my view's / The same, confused, but does this mean it's true? / I'm sure, but what's to say you'd even want this too? /
5.
Angel Coast 04:19
(1) Stuff here got me wondering / Is this a test before we move onto other things / Mood enhanced with a couple drinks / Dull the pain for a while, stop us thinking 'bout the troubles which / Often haunt us on the day to day / It's the dream that keeps you going, looking forward to the great escape / All these choices helped you pave the way / But no one makes it out alive, in't that the strangest fate? / And what a cloud to have hanging over / And time passes by faster as you're getting older / It's hard to focus on the finer things / More so today, that feeling stuck inside forever twists / Tearing at your guts again / But you can't quite put your finger on it when / You're looking for the answers on how to help the trouble mend / Even though you're doing fine, it's hard to feel accomplishments / The old adage of a pessimist / Always searching for the negatives, he's the guy who never wins / Project on others, that's his specialism / He's the one who seeks advice but never listens / To what they said in wisdom, always goes against the grain / Looking back on every day he very nearly went insane / Tryna pick apart the bit's to change 'em / But what's done is done, y'need to let it go today, friend / (Chorus) I'm dreaming of the day / I get to where I want to be / Though I can't see the way / And today that stuffs on top of me / And even though I pray / I don't think it changes things / Coz it all stays the same / And as time goes by I just can't seem to break away / (2) And some days you feel more blue than others / Won't move the covers when that knot's all through your stomach / Can't figure what's caused your mood to plummet / Still you fought through it for summat / Survived all your worst days so far / Even if your hopes aren't tangible quite yet / Progress requires growth for the most part / Despite any set backs we might get, I guess / It's imperative to stay with it / Though determinations hard to come by with a drained spirit / Need to recharge your batteries / Seek out a battle scheme, reach out and ask your team / It's not as hard when someone's there to help / And it's unfair to dwell on anything that might effect your health / Mentally, can't change what's been said to me / So I try to let it go and vent it out to centre chi / And practice peace over bitterness / No cheat codes to win at this, and life's gritty, what is given to us / Is a gift but when it hits the fan there's difficulties / All the silver linings hidden from us / And those cinematic visions here / Don't match the script that we're living, yeah / Slow clap for anyone who's winning here / Even if you're clinging on, it's pretty clear, a lot can change in a year / (Chorus) I'm dreaming of the day / I get to where I want to be / Though I can't see the way / And today that stuffs on top of me / And even though I pray / I don't think it changes things / Coz it all stays the same / And as time goes by I just can't seem to break away /
6.
Meditation 01:51
...you know why because the way it's going / Seems as if we're seconds from a wrong decision, world exploding / As fingers hover over flashing buttons, leaders try to pass the book on / From civil war to threats of mass destruction / And those machines that will outlast our function, soon becoming self-aware / Have got me feeling pretty scared; another somethin' / But if you don't discuss it, how you s'posed to find an answer? / Evolution climb the ladder or become confined to gander / Doomsday despite the mantra / Live and let live, you can choose to fight the cancer / This human kind has lost it's way in spite of new advancement / Abused the science, medicine; we're in the final chapters / Looking up to space for more than some finite answers / The question is who built the moon and designed the planets / It can't be chances, surely not / To un-Earth the plot for centuries we've watched the stars / When the magic's here to see in plain sight, we've got to start observing it / In the way surface rots, preserving this / New life to take root and then the crops emerge to bring / Food for the masses here, insects to the birds that sing / The dance of solar rays entangled with the axis, spin / Just as vital to the changing seasons / A miracle so understated and far beyond a great achievement / The perfect balance that we get to witness / But not for long if we don't change the way we treat existence /
7.
Voyager 02:52
(1) I'm strapped in my seat with my back to the world / I can feel my heart pound in my ears coz I'm nervous / Been working my whole life to sit there / All I can see's green sky, breathe thin air / Years of building it finally paid off / Time to escape what's know as the place of / The homo-sapien race; an oasis that came forth / From the big bang to its main form / Earth in it's current state: terminal / The cancer was the humans walking it's surface till / Every resource drained, now the world is still / Coz most have left, now it's my turn to fill / The atmosphere with the biggest of footprints / Carbon of course; rocket fuel is the substance / I'm abusing this once after losing my loved ones / Way back in Twenty One Hundred / The largest Tsunami in history / Was started and parted Earth literally / Carving the carcass to bits and we / couldn't do anything to chill the beast / Mother Nature's wrath fully filled the scenes / The vessel on which I'm sitting leaves the planet / And if its a vivid dream / I can't seem to hack it / What before was exhilaration hitting me's attacking / Strictly fear filling me with madness / I wanna get off, but I'm strapped down / The intercoms distorting, I'm blacking out / And now there's silence, though I feel the rockets pierce / Through the turbulence as it breaches through the stratosphere / I slowly pry my eyes apart / To reveal the kind of dark / that doesn't glow despite the stars lighting our / Path towards tiny Mars and way beyond our solar system's where the voyage starts / (2) All the space ports are derelict / Won't be docking there I only hope my vessel makes the trip / Coz light speed travel proper takes a toll / Check the status and you guessed it, every gauge is broke / A relic from the old days of star fleets / Salvaged what I could from the scrap heaps / Pray it holds together, will it last me? / At least until I reach my destination, sending out a mayday, I can't breathe / Summat's wrong with the pressure here / And I'm running low on oxygen, better get my gear / Step inside the suit, tearing at the gaffer tape / Tryna seal the rips I've found; hope it holds together, pray / So unique, was the blue planet / So in-sync before humans could do t'damage / Made in God's image? It's too tragic / Destructive, the first world over-consumed, savage / While the third don't see the food planted / Super-powers aimed all their nukes at it / And now they're probly aiming at a new planets / But not the one I hope to be soon landing / It's only fourteen hundred light years / Kepler four five two, habitable, quite near / Or so I tell myself, like I'm gonna make it / Set the auto-pilot then hit the cryostasis /
8.
Naaaja 03:48
(1) Some days I'm scared of the future, aware of the blue bits there / Dare I compute the 'where' and the 'when', 'if' and 'who's' of / The certainty blurred but in view, it's just that it hurts to think through them / My whole world swirled with confusion / I just need leave it alone / And the Buddhists say peace is found: live in the moment / But I guess that it's easy for some / It's harder to put into practice / A quiet mind's often distracted, too busy thinking of absence / Possible outcomes; the tragic, and synapses fire to grasp this / Stop time and you've cracked it / You could live forever with your family perhaps this is all you could ask for / But we can't stop time; Though photographs and memories you have form / A proof of the passage you spent here / The miracle event, still unclear why we're sent here / Those big questions that men fear / The ones that matter when you're sensing the ends near / There's no way to prevent tears / I can see it in your eyes, the pain that presents clear / I've got your back when you need me / Though it's hard to understand things completely / (Chorus) So don't grow up too fast / This world is a cold, cold place / Responsibilities come too soon / Don't wish your life away / You'll face that pain someday / But for now let's focus here / Coz that's where we're alive / And that's where I want to stay / (2) It's always the same stuff dragging you through it / And I try to fight back using ignorance, stupid / Only you can choose how you react / It's often anger straight on the attack, though I want to relax / And when you can feel your blood boil, spoiling the calm / That's the crux point embroiling your heart / What happens after? (Is it) destroy or restart / The two choices where t'fork road opens apart / And which side you walk depends on your logic / Are you clouded by rage and the prospect? Too hard to engage with the problem, rather stay sane than get lost when / It's time turn instead of facing the nonsense / Not today Satan / I aren't playing that game-station / And everybody's suffering'll plague 'em / When you're feeling stuck you try to pray then / I guess I'm hypocritical, Amen / As a youngster wishing I was older so / I didn't have to go to school and listen to some older folks / Talking 'bout a world I really wasn't ready for / And when you reach the age you wished, you realise that you're ill informed / Like anybody has a clue / Tryna wing it, but make a difference in the things you do / For folks you know and love, I never hoped I'd get owt back / But if I needed help, some'd be there, some I daren't ask / (Chorus) So don't grow up too fast / This world is a cold, cold place / Responsibilities come too soon / Don't wish your life away / You'll face that pain someday / But for now let's focus here / Coz that's where we're alive / And that's where I want to stay /
9.
Last Orders 03:36
(1) Last orders, hear the bell ringing / As if you haven't had enough yet / But there's still topics that you wanna cover / You just haven't brought em up yet / I guess it didn't feel the time to / All the lights on, bright clientele move / 'roaches on the dance floor, eyeing fresh food / Couldn't pluck the courage up to try and tell't truth / A heart to heart after sinking bevs / Always seems to pique my interest, but I'm probly going on a bit / I can never tell if you wanna listen, or it's another topic that you wanna skip / Definitely sick of hearing that one / I'm not surprised it's one you wanna pass on / The crumbs I often latch on / Making summat outta nothin', well / S'pretty much my superpower, in case you couldn't tell / (Chorus) One more at the last chance saloon / I'm on my last drink, only ice left in it / Don't know how I ended up here / Being kicked out too soon, I'm being kicked out again / (2) Coz I never seem to finish up, no conclusion / The same thoughts whiz round, don't pursue them / But that way I won't diffuse 'em, trapped in a hopeless view from which there's no solution / Set about talking through them, selfish, I hoped I'd move on / But what a can of worms I threw from way outta leftfield periphery / Pitching that curve-ball, special delivery / And the lead balloon's an understatement / Probly should have kept my gob shut, instead I couldn't wait to / Throw my spanner in the works / Then came the revelation, strangling my words / Untangling their worth, maybe if I'd waited / My patience would have been rewarded, maybe even sated / Now I'm out the frying pan landing fireside / But when you know it's what you want, its difficult to hide / (Chorus) One more at the last chance saloon / I'm on my last drink, only ice left in it / Don't know how I ended up here / Being kicked out too soon, I'm being kicked out again /
10.
Major 03:30
Some stuff just makes you blue though / Don't let 'em get you down / I know things could be better / But it isn't worth the frown / you can always turn 'em round / (1) First world problems all up in your grill / 3 percent charge left, leave the message, chill / The 12-month contract with the extra bills / You don't need the latest tech with intent to fill / Your time downloading those applications / And no one gets to feel what boredom is / Though love is just a click away, the expectations / Hardly ever living up to what you think / And every one is better on the internet / Protected by a user name or that persona / But I prefer my interactions tangible / A face to face conversation over reading reams you wrote to / Quantify expression of your sentiment / Get to read it ten times again before you send 'em it / And if a picture really paints a thousand words / What's an in the flesh real life interaction worth? / (Chorus) Some stuff just makes you blue though / Don't let 'em get you down / I know things could be better / But it isn't worth the frown / you can always turn 'em round / (2) Why don't we meet for a brew and chew the fat? / Too scared someone sees me with you, who is that? / The book judge and jurors out to pass a sentence / I lack the fashion senses, probly dropping points in their estimations / And it's clear we've got different aspirations / But that's cool. I know I'll never be a rich man in the terms of how you define it / But that's something that I'm fine with / And our time here is finite / Probly should have checked the fine print in hindsight / Coz it's wonderful thing, or so the saying goes / I put my faith in peace and love, you put your faith in those / Possessions that you say you own / If time is money then I guess I'm loaded / They say attachment causes suffering more so I'm letting go / I'm just grateful for the folks I've got to and get to know / (Chorus) Some stuff just makes you blue though / Don't let 'em get you down / And I know things could be better / But it isn't worth the frown / you can always turn 'em round /
11.
Cassanova 04:46
(1) I don't think that I'm asking for much / And just to be loved, one day would be more than enough / On the hunt for a spark that could touch / And ignite my cold heart into firing up / But the embers need stoking as some air gets blown in / The rush and it's glowing again / Though maybe I won't win, I'll chance on the moment / Good luck and here's hoping, my friend / Conversations don't flow in the way that you're used to though / Stay with it's clear perseverance is crucial so / Soon you'll be talking right through to those / Small hours suit it more tired than usual / But today that isn't the case / She said she's got an early start tomorrow / Just for a second there I thought there was hope / I guess there wasn't, now for the silent wall that follows / I'll tell her that I quite enjoyed myself / And that I hope she did too / Ask her if she wants to do summat else / And if I get no response then it's cool / Coz she isn't that into you, dates like an interview / Likes and dislikes, what's your type, all that typical / After that nothing, next swipe for a switcheroo / Clutch at signs that she is, clearly, she isn't dude / I can't say it doesn't fuck with you / All that air you catch is stressful after jumping hoops / Every message and its sentiment I sent was truth / And when you've tried, it's hard to let it go again and move on / (Chorus) Not tryna re-invent the wheel here / Just let you know how I feel, dear / Been there before on the reel, (yeah) / All those fish in the sea but I can't bag one for me / (2) If I did summat wrong, I don't know what it was / (I'd like to) think I'm a gentleman, (did) that come across? / Probably, maybe, but maybe, guess not? / Should have gone for the kiss but the timing felt off / I wouldn't want to impose, though / I'd rather let you take the lead here / I don't wanna get my wires crossed / If you're not feeling it, then that is fine with me, dear / Keep me guessing, rather know the score, though / Sporadic texting when you hoped for more, so / Better chance of telegrams that were wrote in Morse code / Glued to phones but don't reply unless they're forced to do so / I can't say I haven't done it either / Maybe karma's come to bite me, undeservedly but / Silly cupid fired shots and my heart can't keep up / I guess I'm anxious or is that just some acid reflux / Ask my friends for advice again / Sketchy on the details, tryna hide the pain / I guess it's pride, clutchin' at some kind of thing / I haven't felt for a while, now it's gone despite attempts / I made in vain, but then again you've gotta try / If nothing comes of it, at least you've had a chance, surprise / Stop me glancing back at what I had or passed me by / And if it doesn't happen now, maybe next time I'll catch a bite / (Chorus) Not tryna re-invent the wheel here / Just let you know how I feel, dear / Been there before on the reel, (yeah) / All those fish in the sea but I can't bag one for me /
12.
Rookie 02:40
(1) What you watching him for, why you watchin her / Everybody's incomparable walking on the Earth / They've got something that you're longing for / And the difference is you want it more / But opportunity in't knocking for the have nots / They tell you all it takes is hard work / And that's cause / You're born in different circumstances / To that lot / Where doors are opened if you've got the key to't padlock / And know the code word for the bouncer playin' back stop / There to keep our kind of people out o't'clan what / Seem to be in charge of everything and I've lost / Hope again, 'cause we weren't born to the right folks / with the right blood in our veins / And that's bullshit, I'm calling it out / Graft your way out of poverty, turn it around / So quick to condemn black market entrepreneurs / To some the only opportunity presented, I s'pose / (chorus) One rule for them / And one rule for us / And you can try and play it their way / But you'll never run at their pace / It's not a game they made for us / Can't trust a thing / From t'news room to Kings / Tryna figure what t'agenda is / The politics behind the messages / What's the chances that they think we're thick? / (2) Now I'm not saying that I've had it rough / Because I haven't, look / But I can see it in my city where they've had to cut / Or so they say and cover bases 'til they've passed the book / Stretched the services who do their best to handle us / People beggin' more, holding up a card and cup / Sat in heavy traffic islands, breathin' all the carbon up / We're nearing winter now; here's the moral obligation / It's dark at 4, close your curtains on the situation / Slowly brainwash and integrate with telly shows / Another plasticised yet highly polished episode / And here's what you coulda won / I'd rather have a brick wall and bang my head against it, just for fun / And draw a piece with my brain splatter, symbolism / How it feels to see it, too preoccupied with living / While their asset strippin', you can watch the problems grow / Then you wonder why I've lost my hope / (chorus) One rule for them / And one rule for us / And you can try and play it their way / But you'll never run at their pace / It's not a game they made for us / Can't trust a thing / From t'news room to Kings / Tryna figure what t'agenda is / The politics behind the messages / What's the chances that they think we're thick? /
13.
No Comment 02:24
On the hunt for quick money, play the dangerous game / Got that black market sales pitch paying his wage / One where prison, police and his rivals in competition / Are common place on the risk assessment page he fills in, mentally / Can't afford to write it down / And when the raids happen, he won't hear a siren sound / Practice business in the kinda town all the fiction writers hype about / On the grapevine's where he finds it out / From the stash house to where their team's hiding out / Quite engrossed, eyeing grows, keep the bat behind the couch / For when the doors knocking, not a wolf in sight / Handy with the hatchet, Blaskowicz in Wolfenstien / He's still waiting on the documentary / Ross Kemp gets the scoop but NCA's force their entry / Gloves and Ballied in the interview / spying undercovers while he blends it round, stick and move / Cookin' deals up, shiftin' the weight / Stuff the car with that premium product that pays more than regular jobs could / And street knowledge isn't assessed the same way schools or colleges test us / Clock his mood coz often it's stress plus / A lot of his friends aren't friends, they just wanna ingest bud / No thoughts behind the transaction / How's it going? Sound. Sound. That's a tens mush. / Safe. Take it easy. Now he's on his way / Coz money grows on trees and he knows just how to tend the strain / Gettin' too greedy, dabbling with naughty stuff / Different clientele are calling up, even though they know it's poisonous / Paranoia hits and he can feel the heat embroiling plus / ..... Absolutely, coin corrupts / Doesn't know which, if any, of his boys to trust / And it's a risky mission, hoping to avoid the fuzz / And some are turning green with envy / Even though it seems, together, that they're eating plenty / The power struggle here is one that's got him scheming when these / Sharks are circling, out for hurting him; the feeding frenzy / Where he's bitten with a double cross / And now he owes the wrong kinda people more than running costs / When a trip was organised across the border to the North of us / A damn informant tipped the rozzers off / Little did he know who was lying in wait / It was a set up from the get go, they were spying for days / Arrested at the rendezvous, sittin' in cuffs / Keeps it shtum, won't be spillin' his guts, no comment /
14.
Blue lights flash through the rain on the glass / One detained, the radio blasts / Hands cuffed, rests his head on the pane while they ask all the obvious / Remain silent, contemplating the consequence / Caught red handed, left stranded / So-called friends on the graft, guess that's it / Know who your team is or isn't when the fan's hit / Cogs turn to figure who's the bandit / Doesn't listen when they ask him What's in the back of the Transit, found several bags of the bad shit / Someone pulled a stroke and they planned it, he wondered why / Loyal to the cause, bottom rung to the ladders height / A million and one things pass his mind / 'til he clocks a face, out the window, that he recognised / Eyes narrow tryna work it out / Introduced to him through an associate, he heard him vouch / He's a friend of mine, shook hands and nodded heads / And there began the plot unfolding as they planned the venture / Dishonest trades attract a certain type / And honour 'mongst thieves is the only rule that gets 'em by / It's clear he's disrespected that / Tricked by the undercover posing is a simple fact / But what cooks his brain more than being gripped with gear / Is the grass who set him up; and what he stands to gain this year / He ponders all the factors, fuming is an understatement / But the rage consuming isn't showing; keeps his face so vacant / They book him in, he waves the phone call / Looking at least 10 years and that's through no fault / Of his own; always careful with associates / Should have noticed it, something fishy, losing focus with / What was going on; too much partying and being reckless / What's he left with; a gym subscription and some nickel bracelets /
15.
Grand Scheme 04:00
But in the grand scheme of things it's nothing / It doesn't really matter, though it's hard to not react again / Minor things can eat you up to cause eruption / And you can feel the anger but staying calm's the path to win / (1) *deep breath* so what? they cut you up / Not everyone can drive as good as you do, with your double clutch / Is it worth the trouble? Look, feel the anger bubble but / The key's in your reaction; simmer down, delay exploding once / I know keeping calm is tricky when they're pushing you / And now you're probly seeing red, the matador in front pursues / I aren't reacting to it, count to ten, back down to one / Need the patience of a Shaolin monk plus a thousand 'oms' / Coz what is going on won't last forever, no / Good times and bad times, always equal measures both / Necessary, helping you to understand the lessons shown / And heaven knows I'm miserable now until the weathers blown over / And right now it's October / Only got a couple months left to go, focus / On what I need to get done, avoid the bits riling me / While they wanna interfere, I'm trying to align my Chi / But it's hard when summat comes along and turns my peace to havoc / While I'm displaying don't disturb, it doesn't mean I'm napping / Can't they read? Or have at least a thought for me relaxing? / But in the grand scheme of things anger seems too taxing / (Chorus) But in the grand scheme of things it's nothing / It doesn't really matter, though it's hard to not react again / Minor things can eat you up to cause eruption / And you can feel the anger but staying calm's the path to win / (2) Stress won't extend your life's essence / So when you're quite threatened, feeling that fight or flight presence / It's probly best to calm down but despite my efforts / Sometimes it lingers to the point my body can't take it / Better get the kettle on / The first course of action in a crisis is that British one / To sip a brew and seek solutions, that's when the thinking comes / Beyond the peak confusion, talk it over in the sitting room / Boom. Figure what you need to do / It won't involve the rage your feeling, never act whilst being consumed with anger / Always need to plan the way you go about it / What that little break can help you realise is so astounding / I'm not talking moving mountains / Just initial steps you make to get yourself and t'journey started / And I'm still working out if it's the right direction too / Coz while it keeps me guessin', I'm tryna understand their view / (Chorus) But in the grand scheme of things it's nothing / It doesn't really matter, though it's hard to not react again / Minor things can eat you up to cause eruption / And you can feel the anger, but staying calm's the path to win /
16.
(1) As long as you're trying your hardest / To make your little dreams come true / Whether that be grand plans for a mars trip / Or is it learning how to grow your own food / Tomatoes picked fresh off of the vine / Potatoes pulled straight outta the ground / I tend to keep my goals simple on my terms / And just being is something I've found / Helps settle me down, when my shoulders are rounded / Coz the worlds on top of me still / Daydreams got my head in the clouds / And for a brief moment I'm forgetting any troubles at mill / Meditative with the task at hand / If that's not Buddhism defined, well I'll be damned / Fully focussed and not worrying, within the moment / And being in't present's something I'm still tryna get a hold of / And it's easier said than done, is what they told us / They got us wanting more, happiness in't often sold but / All these labels draw you in, the shiny pot of gold dust / If I do X or Y, I'll be happy then I s'pose but / You can't quantify in those terms / To me, a good brew and a natter holds the most worth / It's in these moments when we're sharing what is on our minds / We half the problem and maybe work it out this time / (chorus) Coz no-ones perfect / And I can see that / So don't get bogged down / 'cause we all fall sometimes / (2) To get your head around the problem, it doesn't happen often / And you can hold onto it for how long? / Only God knows if its something you can solve or wanna have gone / The only way that that's done / Is to communicate, but I don't feel like talking, no / And it hurts a little, rather that than be more involved / They say once bitten, twice shy; keep my distance / Not saying I'm right, I can only speak my instance / Well, maybe I'm the issue here? / Cause I'm getting wound up thinkin' 'bout it, yeah / I can feel that knot in my stomach / Keeping clear of confronting, knowing I'll be wrong if I push it / I find it difficult to argue points / Saying something in the heat I shouldn't have, but can't avoid / Know I'd regret it till I'm kicking t'bucket / So for now it's no-mans-land, where I daren't touch it / I guess this chapter staying unresolved / Better that than rushing t'ending, fluff it on some Game of Thrones / They say times a healer, hoping so for those involved / Coz no-ones perfect or so I'm told / (chorus) Coz no-ones perfect / And I can see that / So don't get bogged down / 'cause we all fall sometimes /

about

This album is a follow on from my last release 'Another Somethin'' which I put out in December 2016. More of the same, but hopefully an evolution too.

credits

released December 1, 2020

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

JND/jas0nbeats Bradford, UK

JND (MC name), jas0nbeats (beat-making name) of Flame Griller, Tough Crowd, JNDANZ

contact / help

Contact JND/jas0nbeats

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

JND/jas0nbeats recommends:

If you like Stay Afloat, you may also like: