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Looking Over My Shoulder

by Sarah Jean

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1.
Regret 03:42
Can’t seem to shake this Empty feeling That settled in when you left I try so hard to Remain distracted But still these thoughts come again. I leave my phone on silent In my pocket but I can’t help to check A message comes and I can’t ignore it so here I go again. Things are over We couldn’t stop it We couldn’t sort it out Still every time I Think about it A part of me regrets.
2.
Take a look at my face Do you know what I'm thinking? This isn't just a phase of mine I'm looking straight ahead With this new direction And asking is this where I want to be this time? Are you listening? Am I making any sense? Are you listening? And am I making any sense to you? Take a word of advice From someone who knows nothing All of your opinions come to zero In the end The look on your face makes me start doubting I'm asking is this where we have to end as friends? You're not listening And I'm not making any sense You're not listening And I'm not making any sense to you and Do you know what it's like To open you're mind for just a while And actually hear what someone else has to say? Could you try to invite a sense of being real Beyond this bullshit small-talk you always say? And do you ever feel like you're speaking another language, And no one else can understand it? I open my mouth it's like I'm from some other planet, Am I speaking another language? You're not listening And I'm not making any sense You're not listening And I'm not making any sense to you and Take a word of advice from someone who knows nothing All of your opinions come to zero in the end
3.
I've got nothing to say Before you walk away So take your coat and take your hat and don't say sorry I don't want to hear another word of that Take your coat and take your hat and don't say sorry I don't want to hear another word of that from you I, I've got nothing left to say So maybe remember something good that I said once And just take your coat And take your hat and don't say sorry I don't want to hear another word of that Take your coat and take your hat and don't say sorry I don't want to hear another word of that from you
4.
I saw you sitting still Safe beside the window sill Counting all the people as they walked on down the street You said 'where are they going?' I said 'what's the use in knowing What difference does it make to you or me?' Well sometimes I've just Gotta get out of my head, she said Sometimes I've just got to get out Looking through a book of thoughts from years before Trying to fix some point you couldn't make Posing cryptic questions and I ask, ‘What for?’ And you've always got excuses for more... Sometimes I've just Gotta get out of my head, she said Sometimes I've just got to get out Oh, sometimes I've just Gotta get out of my head, she said Sometimes I've just got to get out
5.
Time Wasting (free) 03:51
Went to bed with questions in my head Such a cruel waste of the night Sent you a card with a photograph To get a wish out of my mind You can waste your time Waste your time But you won't waste mine But you won't waste mine Everything I choose leaves something else behind And I don't want to turn out the light tonight If you've got nothing you've got nothing to lose If you've got everything there's no need to pick or choose You can waste your time Waste your time But you won't waste mine No you won't waste mine
6.
How Much 04:14
The café window is grey with the rain Cup of coffee to fill the day I don’t know how much to give away And somehow I always make these mistakes How much, is too much To give or take? A knock on my door Just the other day It had been so long I didn’t know what to say You told me you couldn’t remember What you failed to do that day But could I forgive you for it anyway? How much, is too much To give or take? How much, is too much To give or take? Well I sit now In the lounge The television here To talk to me I shut the door on all the faithless ones But I think it turned out that no one was ‘good enough’ How much, is too much To give or take? How much, is too much To give or take?
7.
No matter how much I Scrub the floor it’s never clean No matter how much I Paint the walls they’re Never green No matter how much I take control it’s Never right No matter how much I Think it over it’s never solved No matter where I go in this town Wish I was someone else No matter who I talk to In this town Wish they were someone else Letting go of making up All these problems It could be nice But what would I do then With all of my time then? There’s a silver cloud Between us now And it’s there for everyone The truth is shining out now Brighter than the sun I don’t want to be who your are I want to be myself And I don’t want the things that you want I want something else.
8.
I'm young enough to make mistakes And old enough to know which risks to take And if I slip I'll somehow find my grip What's the use of holding out Waiting round until the sun goes down? There's a million doubts for me to shout out loud But I'll hold my breath Better push ahead just one more mile Before I lose my smile Lose my smile Lose my smile again Blame it on a stupid game Tell me not to lose my faith And just before you go, why don't you tell me that you told me so Yeah you tell me that you told me so As if I didn't know But i just hold my breath Better push ahead just one more mile Before I lose my smile Lose my smile Lose my smile again Better push ahead just one more mile Before I lose my smile Lose my smile Lose my smile again There's a million doubts for me to shout out loud A million doubts for me to shout out loud Better hold me breath Better push ahead just one more mile Before I lose my smile Lose my smile Lose my smile again Better push ahead just one more mile Before I lose my smile Lose my smile Lose my smile again
9.
I’m learning things about the world And things about myself I grew up in the shadow of a mountain In the hands of a broken man And yesterday I lost my best friend It’s lonely here Without him And I find myself In the shadow of a mountain Every time I think about him Yeah, every time I think about him You don’t really see the world Much different when you’re small As when you’re old It’s just that you think you’ve got more control There’s an empty space in me I kept on trying to fill Maybe it’s a shame to blame it On those that raised me Or went away Hey, hey I find myself In the shadow of a mountain Every time I think about them Yeah, every time I think about them And I find myself In the shadow of a mountain Every time I think about them Yeah, every time I think about them
10.
I still dream about you sometimes When my eyes are closed there’s nowhere for me to hide I still dream about you sometimes When my eyes are closed there’s nowhere for me to hide And when you come to me Your eyes are all That I can see The shadows creep Across my head As I lie sleeping in my bed And when the night time comes The day time joys are gone at once Replaced by memories of the past But only while the darkness lasts ‘Cause I still dream about you sometimes When my eyes are closed there’s nowhere for me to hide I still dream about you sometimes When my eyes are closed there’s nowhere for me to hide ‘Cause I still dream about you sometimes When my eyes are closed there’s nowhere for me to hide I still dream about you sometimes When my eyes are closed there’s nowhere for me to hide

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Debut album. Recorded, mixed and mastered over 2013, entirely in Kallista and Upwey, in rumpus rooms and bedrooms, as well as slick home studios.

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released January 6, 2014

www.sjsmusic.com.au

Recording by Jordan Scotney and Phil Smith
Mixed by Phil Smith
Mastered by Dave McFarlane at XTR Audio
Produced by Sarah Jean and Phil Smith

All music, lyrics and arrangements Copyright © 2013 by Sarah J Strachan at Sarah Jean Music Productions Pty Ltd.

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Sarah Jean Melbourne, Australia

Sarah is a composer for film, games, television and songs. She is also a performer and teacher. Sarah has been gigging the Melbourne scene for 9 years, with her own self-titled band, the Deep Purple Tribute band and the Skylarks - funk/jazz band. During 2013, Sarah recorded her debut album "Looking Over My Shoulder". Sarah has since been writing music for various game/film projects. ... more

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