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I Never Wanna Sleep Again

by BrodyGreg

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I recorded this one on impulse with Jude Joseph for the Hobofopo 2019 compilation (hobofopo.bandcamp.com/releases) and I just now thought I might as well impulsively put it here as a single too! My bandcamp site has been a little empty for a while.

This will likely be the opening track on my upcoming album, That will probably feature a different recording to this. I'm being very intentionally non-commital here. Still no set date, still no title. Still changing the tracklist on the rare occasion I write a new song. Still got a real solid aversion to the recording process for any sort of remotely "official" project.

It'll happen one day.
Maybe.

Until then,
Brody xo

lyrics

I never wanna sleep again, I say it every single night
But in the morning you go to work and I go back on my 5am conviction
Hit the kitchen when I wake up
2pm is late enough
To eat and shower and pretend I've had a full day when the others come home

And I'm ashamed of the way I live. Thought by now I'd be the best I've ever been
Nostalgia is a liar but there's a truth that lies within
And there are lessons to be learned from your past self, younger and wiser
There was vision in your seemingly blind defiance
What they tell me I should be doing isn't what I should be doing

I should be planning shows with Lorcán, get out of the house and on the road
Wanna make sure I still believe everything I said I did at 19 years old
Never really meant to grow complacent, should be at war with this world I know
There's always something better to fight than my own eyes every time they start to close.

I never wanna sleep again I say it every single night
Wide awake, 4am as I'm writing this and I believe it
Don't know why I was so reluctant to leave that bed
Always made more friends than regrets
Sometimes it's so easy to forget

When I'm having panic attacks about a bank account
It was easier to cope when you were around
But this feels right, I like the free time and I'm finding some purpose again
And if casual sex and half-hour sets is enough to build a life I'll be alright

Wanna write about more than just breakups and depression, self-imposed isolation and financial oppression
But I will be sentimental to the point of repetition
I don't give a flying fuck if the punks don't wanna listen
I will write about all the breakups and depression, self-imposed isolation and financial oppression
I will be sentimental to the point of repetition
I don't give a flying fuck if the punks don't wanna listen so

I'm glad that we're still friends
We mean that more than just some cliche
I hope I see you in thirty years
I hope you remember my name
But I'll be in Melbourne
You'll probably be in Canada or Iceland or the UK
We can take advantage of the timezones
Any given moment there'll be a better chance we're both awake

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released March 20, 2020
Recorded and mixed by Jude Joseph
judejoseph.bandcamp.com

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BrodyGreg Melbourne, Australia

I play chords and swear about things.
New album will be released at some point (read: when I get around to it) containing super punk songs about how much I love my Mum.

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