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Two Ticks Loose Bits

by Royce Wood Junior

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Spit Up 03:53
Oh, darling – what’s up? You could place a thistle on the ground in the place of me Oh, darling – what’s up? You could pour my dust, just tip me up and shake me free Don’t mists just disappear? You know all of this just disappears Ooh, darling – what’s up? You could wear that black rose fascinator for a day only Ohh, darling – don’t you wait for me Don’t you wait, don't you wait I’m gone, turn off your phone, no two blue ticks from me I’m all lit up I’m all spit up I’m all shit out already I’m all bit up I’m all chewed up It’s time for me already Oh, darling – what’s up? You just wait for dust to not be dust, if you wait for me Oh, darling – what’s up? You should feel a kiss full up with love, don’t wait for me Don’t mists just disappear? You know all of this’ll just disappear I’m all lit up I’m all spit up I’m all shit out already I’m all bit up I’m all chewed up It’s time for me already I’m all lit up I’m all spit up I’m all shit out already I’m all bit up I’m all chewed up It’s time for me already
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The Gate 02:38
All my faith can wait All my life spent outside the gate All my faith can wait All my life spent outside the gate Everything is right through the gate Just on the other side of the gate Catch up with all my friends through the gate Yeah everything I need through the gate All my faith can wait All my life spent outside the gate
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One lacks the know-how and One lacks the stones to Stand alone and fight One lacks the mindfullness One's too entitled Oh, nemesis of mine One lacks the scheduling One lacks the funny The other can't down a pint One lacks the sweetness and One's just a buzzkill But all of ya cry inside Say ex-brother, brother of mine Here's hoping we're split till we die No regrets this is paradise But do you sleep at night? That time will pass if it's proceeded by hope That time will pass if it's succeeded by love
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When you find out you're an average snowflake – oh, it's a limp balloon to re-inflate Only presiding over your own landscape and a truth that you make I know the writing's at the requisite grade, it's just the intangibles at play And then another bombshell – it's you they hate No coming back from hay made What we doing and where are we going? The commonplaceness to which I gravitate, realized in full and then survived by still more normal snowflakes Why procreate at all? People speak in “plans” and “journeys” and “fates” As hero types, we're drawn I ordered steak, but then it came on a slate Into this life, we're thrown What we doing and where are we going?
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Someone 02:50
You look like a person Who lives on the road You make me uncertain You’re hot then you’re cold Your tinpot philosophies Hang on my wall You say they’re your temporary measure for all You look like someone I should love You look like someone I should love You say that the reason I want you to stay is that we are opposites in every way But ten million reasons won’t keep me afloat, when everything I love has jumped out the boat You look like someone I should love You look like someone I should love
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Once it was all about the slush, babe Yes, it was all about the slush, until we made it dry – all denied And mined it and grind it 'till mummified Once it was all about the plush, babe Yes, it was all about the plush, until we made it die – boned and plied Ploughed it and browned it 'till monetized The holy water, the holy water rolling, and are we giving in? It’s the holy water causing the drought we’re living in And we’re rolling with the water, Should be going against the water Should be going against the water Now that we're all about the crush, babe And now that we're all about the crush ‘till we break inside – sold a lie Balloon and consume 'till the day we die Now that we’re all about the blush, babe And now that we’re all about the blush, can we reconcile our design to snub nose and bulldoze a paradise? The holy water, the holy water rolling, and are we giving in? It’s the holy water causing the drought we’re living in And we’re rolling with the water, Should be going against the water Should be going against the water Should be going against the water

about

After returning from an extended hiatus in amazing form with 2021's 'No Two Blue Ticks' album, London R&B multi-talent Royce Wood Junior still had a few more things left to say (or, more truthfully, a few more things that we begged him to let everyone else hear).

Far too good to be left on the cutting room floor, these 'Loose Bits' now get to further round out the full story of that album's prolific recording sessions.

We had to fight for these songs to be released – so, please enjoy.


RWJ 'No Two Blue Ticks' (FSX-050) – album out now: freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/no-two-blue-ticks

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released September 8, 2022

Produced by Royce Wood Junior

Personnel:
RWJ - vocals, guitars, bass, piano, synth, keys, programming
Ross Hutchison - lead vocals (#5)
Stac - vocals (#2, #6)
Lucey Way - vocals (#7)
Jamie Woon - backing vocals (#5)
Dan See - drums, percussion (#1-3, #5)
Charlie Platt - piano (#5)
Dan Gulino - bass (#1)
Moose Curtis - percussion (#1)

Lyrics by James Luke Wood,
except "Someone" – by Astrid Williamson

Engineered by RWJ and Alex “Lexxx” Dromgoole

Mixed by RWJ and Tim Rowkins

Mastered by Kevin Tuffy @ AIR Studios

Painting by RWJ

EP Sequencing: Kenny / Fresh Selects

FSX-053 © 2022 Fresh Selects. This is what we doing and where we are going.

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