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Welcome to Today

by David Jane

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1.
Complement 03:05
You should take it as a compliment The way I say you made me crazy You should take it as a compliment my love Got me questioning my common sense Don’t know what I said but what I meant was You should take me as a complement my love 
Late up in the evening, summer grind I got bills to pay but you’re on my mind So I tried to write a little song about how I feel Fucking crazy Cuz ever since you left there hasn’t Been someone to save me from This mess I guess I’m not the only one But now I’m singing baby You should take it as a compliment The way I say you made me crazy You should take it as a compliment my love Got me questioning my common sense Don’t know what I said but what I meant was You should take me as a complement my love And I’m hardly above falling in love with anyone Strangers on the subway, figments in the Sun But forget about a consolation Forget about what I said I’m awaiting our consultation baby And the love that lies ahead But in the meantime people change And that love we shared it seems so strange So I tried to put it into words to save that time Damn amazing Cuz no one else knows me so well And I can share my thoughts like show and tell Saying just another night in a lonesome hell And I’ll be half past crazy You should take it as a compliment The way I say you made me crazy You should take it as a compliment my love Got me questioning my common sense Don’t know what I said but what I meant was You should take me as a complement my love …
2.
Velvet Queen 03:53
Is it hopeless to believe in What has proved to be deceiving Once before When there’s nothing more Drowned in shallow water All the lessons that he taught her Turned to stone A crumbling home You’re drifting away on an endless sea Of unknowing insecurity unfree So won’t you trade the tears upon your sleeve For a game of make believe And you can be My sweetest dream My soul’s serene My Velvet Queen My Velvet Queen As timid as a kitten’s paws Which turn from time to time to claws You bend And retract again But if you can’t escape the feeling Well then just embrace the evening Cut the lights You’re so uptight The cold wind meets your breathing Closing eyes untouched by reason, evenly And as I fade into the atmosphere To find that you’re still here I can see My sweetest dream My soul’s serene My Velvet Queen My Velvet Queen Through the cobwebs of your corridors The moldy floors and bolted doors You’ll see There’s a light upon the coupon key That shines for you and me And I can be Your sweetest dream Your soul’s serene Your Velvet Queen Your Velvet Queen
3.
Oh it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy With their hair down raving Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride Well he’s staying out late And she’s staying up waiting Cuz he leaves his baby hanging on read Oh his wildest dreams Are these childish schemes Tryna fake it ‘til he makes it to bed But she knows for certain The coco and the bourbon 
Smell means hell he’s up to something today So she steals his tongue So he can’t play dumb And says ‘baby you know you’re gonna pay’ Oh it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy With their hair down raving Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me feel alive And it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy With their fists up blazing Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride He’s saying chill Greta chill Nah this ain’t Kill Bill You should begin to do some thinking instead But she ain’t even blinking Cuz the thing about thinking Is that thought you know will fuck with your head Oh it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy With their hair down raving Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride And it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy With your slashed Mercedes Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride And the ladies been out talking today As Judy by the moonlight is walking away And her man’s got nothing to say So dazed, so maybe next time he should stay And it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy With their hair down raving Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride And it’s the comeback ladies Who come back crazy Saying look what you made me Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride Oh it’s the comeback ladies Driving me crazy It’s the comeback ladies Baby, makes me wanna ride Makes me wanna ride
4.
I hate the way I say I’m better on my own Meanwhile I’m still practicing
 The smiles I’ve never known And you were like a remedy To save me from the dead ’Til you played me like a melody Stuck inside my head I’ve been trying to get over you But I have been misled By all those things you said Skies falling, I’m calling Promising a lie Worlds of plastic collapsing Right before my eyes I’ve nothing left to say Still trying to deny What seems outlandish - how can this Be the last goodbye? And I still wear that last goodbye Like layman’s wear the cross Cuz the memories could never be A crutch for what I lost So I revel in the revelry A devil in disguise When it’s quarter past eleven And I’m levelling the tides With a new one in the covers And I’m using them to hide From the hurt I keep inside
 Skies falling, I’m calling Promising a lie Worlds of plastic collapsing Right before my eyes I’ve nothing left to say Still trying to deny What seems outlandish - how can this Be the last goodbye? So sorry if I made things weird I was trying to be polite Pardon me, it’s hard enough Just trying to be alright Skies falling, I’m calling Promising a lie Worlds of plastic collapsing Right before my eyes I’ve nothing left to say Still trying to deny What seems outlandish - how can this Be the last goodbye?
5.
Oh welcome to today you know tomorrow can wait I’ve been counting on a prayer to get me out of my fate There ain’t no lady let me love her before saying I’m strange I tell ‘em I ain’t to blame, I’m a victim of change But mean old mister wishes history was happening today He ain’t seen the sun since he scared it away And Mother Nature might take her things and hit a hotel She’s taking the kids so better say your farewell Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I got a half a cup of sanity to get through the day Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I’m just a waiting on the world to take me away Oh I was chasing an angel when she led me to you And I’ve been kind of disappointed but I guess that you’ll do Cuz you know beggars can’t be choosers I’ve been losing a lot And who am I refusing my love, she’s all that I got So I guess here’s looking at you kid if you know where that’s from And if you don’t I won’t be saving you for a sum Cuz life is too short and important to be wasting my time On a love that’s even just a little short of sublime So wa-oh, oh wa-eh I’ve got a half a cup of sanity to get through the day Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I’m just a waiting on the world to take me away Oh when the saints come marching on the fourth of July And there’s no country, God, or lover on whom you can rely It’s easy to accept them, hard to deny So baby take me by the hand cuz hell we might as well try And if you offer me the world I’ll be taking the road Though I appreciate the gesture I just want what I’m owed Cuz there’s no reason to believe in all the grieving and pain When every picture perfect paradise is painted in vain And even you can see that lunacy has taken its toll So goodbye to the asylum, it’s perma-parole Where you can leave me dreaming peacefully alone with myself And when consciousness kicks in I’ll be with everyone else Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I got a half a cup of sanity to get through the day Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I’m just a waiting on the world to take me away Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I got a half a cup of vanity to get through the day Oh wa-oh, oh wa-eh I said a woo hoo hoo come and take me away …
6.
It’s four in the morning my darling Headlights reflect in the snow Christmas will be here by morning And I’ve still got miles to go I couldn’t afford any presents And I don’t got time for a show But hold on tight to my promise And promise to never let go I’ve been miles and miles away chasing The life of a millionaire And winter in the city never looked so pretty But it’s hard when your heart isn’t there There’s nowhere I can run my baby Nowhere left to hide I’ve opened up myself for you My gift is my whole life So hold onto those memories And hold onto my eyes And if you’ll be there waiting for me I’ll be right outside It’s six in the morning my darling The Sun is beginning to rise I hope you don’t mind my calling I’m still chasing that look in your eyes Winter in the city never looked so pretty But it’s hard when your heart isn’t there Just the late memories that the air won’t freeze And for the rest of it I never cared There’s nowhere I can run my baby Nowhere left to hide I’ve opened up myself for you My gift is my whole life So hold onto those memories And hold onto my eyes And if you’ll be there waiting for me I’ll be right outside The negative space I’ve been trying to trace Falls apart in the crisp bitter air So just wait by the window as the winter winds blow And by morning my heart will be there There’s nowhere I can run my baby Nowhere left to hide I’ve opened up myself for you My gift is my whole life So hold onto those memories And hold onto my eyes And if you’ll be there waiting for me I’ll be right outside …

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As achingly contemplative as it is ingenious, David Jane’s debut EP offers an erratic introduction into the mind and world of the Toronto singer-songwriter.

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released December 4, 2020

All songs written by David Matheson (David Jane)
All songs produced by Rob Wells
All songs mixed and mastered by Chris Anderson

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David Jane Toronto, Ontario

David Jane is a singer-songwriter from Toronto, Canada.

David has and continues to indulge himself in music, film, writing and all forms of cultural expression, channelling influences as varied as classic hollywood, hip-hop, philosophy, rock, literature, anime, theory, visual arts and modern pop into the attempted comprehension of his own life and the world around him, fuelling his art. ... more

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