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L for Lisa - EP

by Phill Vidler and The Farseers

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1.
L for Lisa 04:01
You shouldn’t let the past dictate your future At present, I am just adjusting the sutures I don’t think we’d like each other if we met now With your self-righteousness and bullshit know-how Shadow boxing back and forth I throw the punches but I miss the source What’s it even worth, what’s it even worth What’s it even worth anymore? Just to be able to, to just connect these dots It’s such a luxury, such a luxury Just to be able to, to disconnect these dots It’s such a luxury, a fucking luxury I’m living in a run-down, no-sound dreamscape And I’ve got Lisa on the brain Where is she? I can’t be in two places at once, babe So show your face before I give up the game Shadow boxing back and forth I throw the punches but I miss the source What’s it even worth, what’s it even worth What’s it even worth anymore? Just to be able to, to just connect these dots It’s such a luxury, such a luxury Just to be able to, to disconnect these dots It’s such a luxury, a fucking luxury We’re not gonna be here forever I’m calling out, I’m calling out for you I don’t need to find you in the letters And all of the above equals: nothing is new Shadow boxing back and forth I throw the punches but I miss the source What’s it even worth, what’s it even worth What’s it even worth anymore? Just to be able to, to just connect these dots It’s such a luxury, such a luxury Just to be able to, to disconnect these dots It’s such a luxury, a motherfucking luxury
2.
Stranger 04:04
I got told when I got older “Hold your wandering heart and soul up, boy” No one taught me to be manly I owe my values to my family’s voice Don’t wear your heart on your sleeve Don’t be afraid to leave if you don’t feel secure Don’t be a stranger to grief It’s often cloaked in relief if you wait for it I am so far away from home And I’m so very close to the edge of the unknown I am so far away from home And I’m carrying the world at the base of my backbone Ba da bow, babadaba da ba The man can best the mountain But it’s just himself he’s climbing up these days Reckless abandon Seems to be my standard state These lofty heights that I crave I’ve got far too much to say that I should keep to myself “Don’t see a stranger”, I begged, tearing open my head When all I needed was help I am so far away from home And I’m so very close to the edge of the unknown I am so far away from home And I’m carrying the world at the base of my backbone Ba da bow, babadaba da ba I belong, I belong, I belong here I belong, I belong, I belong Ba da bow, babadaba da ba
3.
Savage 02:57
I’m damaging the atmosphere With cynical views and lack of muse I’m processed, I’m packaged, one drink holds back the savage I don’t want to have to lose this feeling You are stealing me, concealing schemes While I’m grabbing at steam You are revealing, what you’d never been What I wish I’d never seen The 'you' inside the mirror cracks Hazel eyes, a maze of lies Seven years of bad luck, at least a hole where you’re stuck Waiting for a chance to rise and leave it You are stealing me, concealing schemes While I’m grabbing at steam You are revealing, what you’d never been What I wish I’d never seen
4.
Spark 03:40
I never thought I would say “I don’t need someone to make my day I don’t need to fear being betrayed By some girl or something” Now I’m taking opportunities Without the need to feel weak at the knees There are no eyes controlling me With the illusion of loving I think something different is in store Take a look back to the cutting room floor I have no sympathy For any past version of me Who decided to act lonely Just to get some attention I didn’t know how permanent it would be When I first combined you with me It was not my personality Just a gratuitous invention I think something different is in store Take a look back to the cutting room floor Motion to me like a silent tormentor We can still make this a pressureless venture I keep chasing lies and faking ties And I don’t need this anymore Keep raising fires and lighting pyres Where there was no spark there before I think something different is in store Take a look back to the cutting room floor I just need to start to believe this Am I still spinning the same way the world is?
5.
Urban Foxes 03:43
Do you wanna live free, do you wanna live free? Do you want a nice house in the city? Do you like what you see, do you know what I mean? To get anywhere you’ve gotta be pretty Get friends, get love, get what you need Or get money, get clothes, fill yourself with greed Our generation is fucked indeed We’re urban foxes Trying to remember how to be wild We are paradoxes So don’t expect us to smile Do you wanna live free, do you wanna live free? Do you want a nice house in the city? You gotta pay to be seen, gotta live in a screen Don’t go looking for pity Get drunk, get high, if you feel the need Or move on, get by till you succeed You can be a stampede We’re urban foxes Trying to learn how to survive We are paradoxes There’s more to living than being alive You think you’re right, think you’re right Think you’re right, you’re not Go waste your money buying things That you shouldn’t have bought Get up, live life before it’s gone Stop hanging like the gardens of Babylon We are the dawn We’re urban foxes Trying to remember how to be wild We are paradoxes So don’t expect us to smile We’re urban foxes Trying to learn how to survive We are paradoxes There’s more to living than being alive
6.
Tragic 04:42
The point gets weighty While we wait to get to the point My keys are sticking in my thigh, get them out the pocket why Do you keep the unlocking so tightly packed away? Just let it out Turn off the radiator; it’s warm enough in here My ego could heat a family for a year I’m naked under leathers Layers of baggage and pretence They don’t protect I’m sweating and the window’s fogging up I'm open, we couldn’t find the lock It’s open, could you not hear the knock? It’s a shock to the system It’s a twist in the fiction I don’t know about the remedy But all of my worst enemies seem to have had it It’s a little bit tragic There’s a notch in my neck and it reads “tear here” Automate me like a puppeteer All of the strings keeping me at bay Are cutting off the blood to my brain anyway I’m letting all the lessons wash over me I’m hoping to find safe territory I’m coping without a guarantee Perpetuate the addiction Reminisce on the friction I don’t know about the remedy But all of my worst enemies seem to have had it It’s a little bit tragic A shock to the system It’s a twist in the fiction I don’t know about the remedy But all of my worst enemies seem to have had it It’s a little bit tragic

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Some context on the concept of this EP - Lisa is not technically a person. Lisa is just the metaphorical NEXT person you'll be with. If there is one, it's Lisa. Whether you like guys or girls (or both, or neither, or anyone, or water buffalo), it's just putting a name to an idea. I wrote the majority of this EP while I was single, and while I was getting better after the breakup that happened during Heliotropic.

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released June 30, 2016

Phill Vidler - engineering, production, mixing, mastering, songwriting, guitars, bass, MIDI programming, vocals, backing vocals.

Steve Vidler - Bass guitar on tracks 2 and 5.

Robyn Jankowski - Album artwork.

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With a melodic storytelling style matched with evocative lyricism, Phill Vidler paints a dense canvas that is easy to lose yourself in. Phill is a prolific force of creativity and uses a growing inventory of equipment to evolve his sound.

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