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There's Gotta Be A Better Way To Do This

by The Flying So High-Os

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1.
Hard Garbage 02:21
I dropped you off at your new start, then I dove right back to our old one And I lay down in the mess, I lay down and I slept. I stopped a lot on the way back, didn’t realise I was going the wrong way Until I calmed down and I checked, So I turned round and I left. It looks a lot like you and me But from afar, And from here There’s not much to see. Sometimes I wish I could see straight, just rule a line and look down. It’s okay now I’m correct, I’m the same now I can rest.
2.
I just figured it out, You’re the foot and I’m the ground. If only you didn’t need to touch me There’d be no friction, you could move freely. But you’re not allowed. Oh, what I’d say if I found out, I’d call ‘you better get back down here’, But all my noise would fall on deaf ears Cos you’d be floating in the stratosphere Just thinking ‘now I’m here, I’ll keep my…’ Big things on the horizon So that I can see all of them, I can see the whole big thing. When big things get too close Man, I can’t see much of ‘em, It feels like I miss all of them, I miss the whole big thing. Such a nice sound, Soft pat off two feet touching down. Then I feel you remove my boulders, Replaced with a kiss on both of my shoulders. Then you say ‘what now? I feel like a spring that’s come unwound. Although now I’m devoid of tension I can’t help but feel I’ve lost dimension. I could be sitting on a satellite bathing in UV light, Keeping my…’ But they use gravity, They’re so damn big, they’re pulling into me. Thermonuclear energy keeping me warm. But I forgot about entropy, And it’s just that I know it will take you away from me. Slowly, but eventually tearing everything from everything. So I’ll use gravity, I’ll get so big I pull you into me. Just enough to keep you beside me, safe and orbiting Your own big thing, And I’ll keep our…
3.
Beach Babies 04:16
You stumbled from the moonlight and you said it was hard to see. The stars outside were too bright and they move at impossible speeds. But then again, possibly, Cos then again so do we. I’m comfortable not knowing that which I cannot see, And I am comfortable not going if you’ll stay in with me. I fumble through the daylight and I sometimes find it hard to see. Strings that bind are so slight that they’d have to be impossible to see. But then again possibly, Cos then again so are we. And you twisted your head and said, ‘I just need some self esteem’, If that’s all you need then that’s all there’ll be. Whoever you are, that’s exactly who you are, And whatever you do, well that’s exactly what you would do. I said whoever you are that’s exactly who you are, And whatever you do, well, that’s exactly what you would do isn’t it?
4.
I never do my laundry right, I mix my colours with my whites But it always turns out fine. Maybe we’ve reached the other side Where detergent don’t dissolve the dye Or maybe I’m divine. But I’m actually another guy I’m just driving this dipshit round tonight, Trying to keep my foot on the break. So I probably should apologise For all the things I’ve thought tonight While these words were taking shape, But that would make them real, And that would make me terrified Of all the horrors that reside behind the rocks inside my mind. Take a break and realise The sun is rising with the tide, and it’s all gonna be fine. I’ve found that it takes too long To floor a lady with a song With full reign on my words, Cos mine are always shifting shape, But the lady’s stay a constant state, So shouldn’t I use hers? So she handed me a list she wrote Of her favourite words I’d ever spoke And said that would make her fall. I sang until I burst my throat And I put my heart in every note But I couldn’t use them all. Shit, how’s she gonna feel? I just hope she’s satisfied by the time it too to memorise, I just hope that that’s enough. Maybe now she’ll realise, although I’m lagging far behind I’m kinda keeping up. But everything fit so well in my head, We were consecutive slices in a load of bread. We were crossed fingers gripping to a ledge. What could we say? The ledge gave way We’re separated with cement
5.
My head is full with falling coloured blocks And when they land they don’t quite interlock. There’s something unsettling about that. My head has fallen and broken through your home, I patched it up with my blocks and left you alone. There’s something I’m not telling you about that. I swallowed my words and they burnt through my stomach And out from a hole at the back of my thigh. I patched it with dirt and I lay on my front, In the sun, In the hopes it would dry. But it didn’t and I’m worried about that. My head is swimming against the current, And the current’s winning. I guess I’m addicted, I guess that’s a thing. I hope that no one talks to me about that. I wrote down some words and I mixed them with rubbish I found in a hole at the base of my spine. I hoped they would work as I stood up the front And I sung, With my friends by my side. I guess I find some comfort in all that. I just love this feeling, It’s like I’m bleeding out as fast as I’m healing, My body makes repairs as I tear it down. Soon I’ll fill up the room, I’m gonna be huge, I can’t wait for it It’s gonna be sick, It’s gonna be sick, I’m gonna be sick, I kinda feel shit, It’s all in my head, It’s all in my wrist, It’s gonna be shit, I’m gonna be.
6.
I see this thing and I know I can’t cut it, I just can’t seem to sound it out. Try and get between the things I say and what I mean, The other day when you just held me You didn’t tell me But I knew. You gotta know your worries And this aint mine. As long as I am under your protection I will make clean water From your old wine, And when you’re weary I will lay it at your side. I see this thing and I know I can’t cut it. To retreat or go around? You visit me inside my cave You call me shame, You say this creature has a name and you know it, I know, I know. There are heads in my bedroom, I wish their bodies were there too. I’ve seen some bodies in your room, Not sure who they belong to. I know the diamonds are in the moments that we spend searching for them, But there’s still heads in my bedroom.
7.
I am walking to the place that I am going, Making haste, blood is flowing, I am walking, wind is blowing. Little packet on my person serves as cushioning my soul, But only from the bottom up So I am checking up myself, And I see birds singing their secrets, Just sounds like songs that I don’t know, And I am walking to the place that I am going. Almost fall but no one sees. I am walking to the place that I am going, Just one step and I’ll be there. A couple more and you can be sure that I’ll be everywhere I said I’d be The last time that you spoke to me, If I keep walking constantly, Hypothetically there is no point I cannot reach. When I get there, I’ll just leave without you knowing And I’ll keep walking to the place that I am going. When I see you driving by, you know, you don’t know what it means. You could run me down Or you could take me anywhere I need. I’ll take one run down please. I am walking to the place that I am going, I am patient, I am growing, I am grounded And I’ve found that I can’t actually do anything, But if I had my time again I think I’d step outside my skin, Or I’d fashion some sort of device That lets out all that I hold in. But it wont matter, Cos I’ll be dull and you’ll be glowing, And you’ll be standing in the place that I was going.
8.
What I need is a consequence, Cos all I know is an accident, I just pass out stuffed up someone else’s sleeve, Feeding them compliments, And I’ll find out in increments The scope of my last incident But it’s alright, it’s alright, Maybe next time I’ll sit tight Or I’ll just say something along the lines of nothing like what’s on my mind. People seem to know what I should do, But if you were me then I’d be you And I’d use your body to get to the top You can’t stop me, cos I’ve got your body. So I concede to a greater incompetence than me, I just hope it accidentally cleans the mess I’m in Before my friends see. Feel like I gotta believe that there are answers to everything Just maybe not in any language that I can speak, I gotta say something different than just Alright, it’s alright, Calm down, It’s fine, I don’t mind. I’m inside out and I’m spinning rapidly So I don’t feel this applies to me. People walk in one another’s shoes And they flex their feet And they destroy the groove, And they judge the things that they wouldn’t do. You can’t stop me though, I’ll get my groove on. If you’re gonna stop me then you better get a move on. I think I’ll make some coffee; would you like me to put two on?
9.
I.C.U.B.U. 03:37
There’s something in a locked door in a locked room That says ‘I’ve done what I told you’. There’s nothing on the outside that could refute, There’s not a hole they could go through. So we can figure out, If you can keep it down, Resist the twist and shout while I hold you, Resist the twist and shout, whatever you do. The feeling that you get, You’re being watched, It’s just a feeling is all it is, Just a feeling, that’s all it is, Best not to focus on it. You Are Being Watched That’s just a feeling that you get, that’s all it is. Just a feeling is all it is, Best not to focus on it. There’s something in your bare skin in the cool wind That says ‘I own what I show you’. There’s something in a backrub, Something in your bathtub, Something in the way you opened up. There’s something in a locked door in a locked room, But I can’t let it out, I just don’t know how, I just don’t know how, could you show me? I just don’t know, how could you show me? How could you? But I can’t control my eyes, No, I can’t control my eyes But you can feel my sight So I know if I’ve been looking at you, then you’ll be looking for me. But you can’t see my eyes. No, you can’t see my eyes. But you can feel them, right? So you know if you’ve been looking for me, then I am somewhere looking at you. I’m looking at you. I’m somewhere looking at you And you know, cos of that feeling that you get.
10.
I’m in crippling social debt, I’m not sure how to get away with it, I’m not sure how you’re all okay with it. Was it different when we met? Is there a point that I could find and make it right? And I apologise for the lateness of my reply. The sun sets And in the morning, We’ll remember them, Unless we forget. I wont bend over backwards to put myself forward, So I’ll just regress. I’ll just check enough to get the jist, If it’s important then I’ll call, I’ll check my phone in the stall, I scroll through all my friends and cast my thoughts on top of theirs, They’ll never see, They’ll never see. If we’re playing pretentious I’ll make you think I’m the best But I’ll never be, I’ll never be. And last night I think I must have drank enough tp be intoxicated retroactively, Cos I went back, and I ruined everything, So tonight I guess I’ll drink until I fix it. Yeah, tonight if I can just think I can maybe fix it. Yeah, tonight, at least if I drink maybe I’ll apologise.
11.
S & H & M 05:16
You’ll find it’s just simple harmonic motion Leading you here And then taking you back again. If I could explain it With basic components Would you be interested? Or are we too different? If we can assume that it’s safe to assume Then I’ll assume that I’m safe in this well defined place, But I’ll die if I move. Still I tend to you, But since I’m encased I just rebound And waste everything I used to get out. But am I resigned to complain? Or just designed to maintain the underlying truth? That we’re caught in a loop. You’ll find it’s just simple harmonic motion When I move to your face And then you move away Because you made a mistake When you realised your time’s just a function of space. But I correlate, You know I’m just a periodic impulse with predictable results I can’t get out. But I remember the night, At least, except for outside what we were holding up. We made nothing to hide Because we both know the night’s just giving in to lust, It’s the morning when we fall in love. And I thought you’d change something. I thought you’d’ have changed something. We took on all that we could And looked down and we stood in the same place. I should’ve done something. I thought there was change coming. We took on all that we could And looked down and we stood in the same place. You’ll find it’s just, simple. You’ll find it so simple.

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The sophomore album from The Flying So High-Os

Available now via YEAH NAHHH WRECKERS

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The Flying So High-Os are:
Jerome Knappett - Vocals & Guitar
Jack Walters - Drums
Ziggy Britten - Bass
Jamie Kemp - Guitar & Trumpet

Brought to you by Extended Family and Yeah Nahhh Wreckers.
Recorded, mixed and produced by Michael Fitzgerald.

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THANKS:
Sianne van Abkoude/Extended Family for doing everything you could to bring this record into reality.
Max Donohue/Yeah Nahhh Wreckers for always supporting us and getting us over the finish line.
Micheal Fitzgerald for recording, mixing and producing the album all while putting up with us.
Dylan Kelson for the album artwork and always providing amazing art at the drop of a hat no matter how dumb the request.
Mick Porter for chucking a sing on Hard Garbage.
Blair McMillan for making every music video with us, you somehow manage to make us look professional.
Harrison Kewley for creating the single artwork for Armagedditdone way back when we thought the album was just around the corner.
The Reverence Hotel for letting us record in your back room, you will live on in our hearts.

The So High-Os would also like to thank our families and friends and anyone and everyone who has:
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housed,
fed,
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or supported in any way on the long road from the conception of this record up to its ultimate release.

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released May 8, 2020

Recorded/Mixed: Michael 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
Mastered: Mikey Young
Cover art: Dyl Kelson

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The Flying So High-Os are a four-piece Hard Folk outfit from Melbourne, Australia.

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