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Black Hand

from I am 1 am by Baby X

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James: I wrote this song thinking about death and how we all try to avoid it. But the original tune came before going on a date with a girl. The date didn't go very well, so I ended up using the tune for something else.

I recorded this song just before Baby X formed. It was one of the first songs I brought to the table when the band started.

At one of our Annandale shows, we decided to sing the keyboard solo without any other accompaniment. Up until that point the audience seemed pretty jaded.

lyrics

You Flying Dutchman, you dirty hostess.
You know you're below even up here.

Get out of my head,
get out of my head.
I see I see but I just don't care.

I tell myself I'm gonna live forever
'doesn't happen that way.
It's pretty good when you don't see me coming,
gonna happen someday.

Come on be honest, don't you say what you think?
Do you want a bag with that?
Do you want to hit the streets?

Get out of my head, get out of my head.
OK, but will I get a receipt?

I'll tell myself in 60 years.
That's what I'm talking about.
It's pretty good when you don't see me running,
it's gonna happen some day.

I hope I find God really soon,
'cause he ain't here and he ain't in his room.
No-one's here so do we need the search?
I'm afraid of dying but I ain't going to no church.

I tell myself I'm gonna live forever.
It doesn't happen that way.
It's pretty good when you don't see me running,
It's gonna happen some day.

credits

from I am 1 am, released August 15, 2013
James Forbes (Vocals, Lyrics and Composition), Drew Courtney (Drums, Vocals and Arrangement), Dean Andersen (Bass and Arrangement)

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Baby X Blue Mountains, Australia

Drew + James,
Post-folk, alternative, subterranean, nuclear blood punk.

We both hail from the Blue Mountains originally. We have played together since late 2009 (high school) and now live in separate cities but jam whenever we visit each other. ... more

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