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Bone Dry

by Ess-Em

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"Bone dry, a song about being depleted, burnt out, and on your last legs, consuming resources that aren’t necessarily fueling you in the way that you need to be fueled, it was written in a state of pure overload at a time when songwriting was really the last thing I should’ve been doing.
A song about nothing." - SM

lyrics

LYRICS:

Like a bone-dry well,
no rain for months,
No juice
No gas
Shriveled up cunt,

Like a rusted cog
Can’t lubricate
My wheel’s locked shut
When I go skate

Run a
marathon on
Coke and chips
Fill an empty river
With only drips

Below empty tank
Half the way!
Top up the tank with Gatorade

Bone dry
Can’t hide
The fact that I am
Wilted In the sun
to soon die

Like the Dead Sea I
Am just a corpse,
flogged to the ground
Was once a horse,

Kept just alive
On fish and piss,
My inner drive,
My ‘happiness’

Don’t lose your foresight,
what’s it for?
When all you’ve got is
Given for
Your cause, your future,
What’s at stake?
burned to a crisp in a dry lake?

Bone dry
Can’t hide
The fact that I am
Wrung out, waiting
In the sun to die .

Bone dry, Might as
well try
And achieve something
Fuck it let’s just go
Get high

The pressure is mounting,
The seconds I’m counting,
I’m filling all the time that I have left,
Can I borrow a feeling
That isn’t me reeling,
Some calm, some peace, some time to catch my breath,
this is one hell of a test!

Bone dry
Can’t hide
The fact that I am
Wrung out, wilted,
In the sun to die

Bone dry
Might as well try
And achieve something
Fuck it let’s just go
Get high.

credits

released October 27, 2023
SM: Piano / Vox
Dave Berry: Trombone / Vox
Gavan McDougall: Bass / Vox
Billy Demos: Acoustic & Electric Guitar / Vox
Jimmy Campbell: Drums

Recorded and mixed by Daniel Antix @ Def Wolf Studios
Mastered by George Georgiadis at Little Wing Sound
Produced by Daniel Antix and Ess-Em
Artwork by Jen McDowens
Recorded on Dharawal land.

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Sydney based folk/punk, 5 piece collective.

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