Prolong E.P.
Bridie Jackson released her first EP through Urban & Eastern in April.
The Crack said “here’s four songs of rare beauty … Bridie Jackson has a voice that exists to hang in a rarified atmosphere … anti-folk but pro-beauty”.
The EP is a beautiful article in itself, with artwork by 50ft Long Horse, and design by Supanaught, and includes four tracks recorded in November by Sean Taylor.
Lyrics
Lock the doors
And draw the curtains tight
To stop us now from seeping away
Turn your gaze to the floor
And say nothing
But your silence speaks a thousand words
For no sense or reason
When its time you feel it in your bones anyway
Alone together in this endless space
And dissolving fast
Get a snapshot of your life
Without them by your side
There to catch you when you fall
From a great height
Come tumbling down
For no sense or reason
When its time you feel it in your bones anyway
I can only watch in dismay as you climb the walls
Join me you say
“Let’s indulge your pleasure gene”
“Now the time we are so young and easily forgiven
for the blunders you make and the peace you break”
Repeat my mistake
This trap is customised
It takes all sizes, types and shapes
I try so hard to keep my belief alive
And surpress these many doubts
Even tho your cape is back to front and inside out
The boat is sinking and the bomb is ticking
Repeat my mistake
This trap is customised
It takes all sizes, types and shapes
Slow my pace
Put your pulse on hold
Strain my faith
As your weakness leaves me cold
To see these quiet days
To see my pointless moments
Before my grace fades
Into air
Fall to my knees
Hide your trembling hands
As with callous ease
You survey your land
To see these quiet days
To see my pointless moments
Before my grace fades
Into air
But for those who loved you too.
We may follow not so far behind
So we carry on in joy
Everything is quiet now
So leave your small words
They should be done by now
For yours is a story that makes us reach out
While dust gathers
I breathe the silence everyday that you left behind
In joy
Memories never fade by how they change
Into infrequent colours
But in my unfamiliar calm
You untied knots in me
While dust gathers
I breathe the silence everyday that you left behind
In joy
Today I cry for you
