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Defractor

by Paul Jacks

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1.
Laid to Rest 04:05
Won’t you comfort me guide me through this Haven't you noticed we're still dancing I’ll be there by your side Hoping to catch your fall Captured in stereo it’s supernatural. With the lights down let me rest in peace Right where I belong so many souls to mourn Too many thoughts undone now are forgotten When we've turned to dust when I've been laid to rest. Won't you comfort me help me through this Out of this moment comes projection to face your fears Will you hold my cold hand as it fades and it disappears With this defraction we're still dancing I’ll be there by your side hoping to catch your fall Captured in stereo it’s supernatural. With the lights down let me rest in peace Right where I belong so many souls to mourn Too many thoughts undone now are forgotten When we've turned to dust when I've been laid to rest.
2.
Even when I separate fact from fiction I can Imagine the final chapter Eaten out of heart and home by some kind of vulture We're all some kind of vulture I heard your call laughing all the way You know you know you got me busted up And it reeks of new love and it cries like new love And it stings like scorpions Somehow someway I just gotta get out Why must you punish me so deep down I know It’s your last defense drives me wild you do what do I expect It’s your master plan. Oh my heart is a book don’t read with such an air I can’t withstand Oh my heart is a book Don’t read with such an air I can’t withstand
3.
Nightwave 03:07
I want you all to myself Peel right through Coming in on the nightwave One and only nightwave. Ready or not Here I come Sink or swim Coming in on the nightwave One and only nightwave I’ll fight it off Perfect storm Lost at sea Girl I'm your nightwave Your one and only nightwave You’re my nightwave One and only nightwave Girl your my nightwave Girl your my nightwave Girl your my nightwave Girl your my nightwave
4.
Warm heart escort me to the airport with gentle tenderness With no attachments Cold stairs the hardest to climb after midnight What's the difference when nothing else makes sense Off the runway I go In the quick of the night Where everything moves so slow And every turn has a price For a lonely heart at last gasp he's born again It's a never ending hope just walk me home Off the runway I go In the quick of the night I'll stare in outer space For as long as I like I'd rather be at home In the quick of the night I'll stare in outer space For as long as I like Struck by tragedy Lightning lobotomy Lightning lobotomy Lightning lobotomy
5.
Finally we meet at last On this lonely street we pass Ghostly with bated breath Thief for your love For all we know We're changing our process Feel your prowess Thief for your love Whatever you want to know Call me anytime I can be simple simple enough Thief for your love This feeling’s got me on my knees And mad as a hatter As I dare not exist Thief for your love Uncertainty and death by gaslight high Feels much better now Thief for your love. Whatever you want to know Call me right away I can be simple like the snow Please call again Call again call again call again Thief for your love
6.
Spy In Me 03:29
It’s about time to take another chance like a panicked mannequin I saw you looking so afraid I can hear your voice with that lipstick on display the old familiar Come down give me your time I'm calling out your name for us Can't you hear me crying Is this treason enough for love Access denied but I can't stop Will you drive me home on the way get lost Feels like a dream but we know it's not The spy in me lives for the spy in you It's about time to play it down Nothing to lose or gain No more or less afraid So why not Come down and give me your time I'm calling out your name for us Can't you hear me crying Is this treason enough for love Is this treason enough for love Is this treason enough for love Access denied but I can't stop Will you drive me home on the way get lost Feels like a dream but we know it's not The spy in me needs the spy in me The spy in me
7.
Hold my hand to the end No more lies no defense If I read my lines you give me that look again If I swallow my demise I despise that look again Out of fight come and get me come and get me rollercoaster ride Don't tell it to me now How daytime's gonna crash I don't want to go down in flames up in Fahrenheit Daddy come home it's been too long Nothing compares it's time to get well What will you do when the sun's setting down Don't tell it to me now how daytime's gonna crash I don't wanna go down in flames up in Fahrenheit Don’t tell it to me now Don’t tell it to me now how daytime’s gonna crash I don’t want to go down in flames I don’t want to die in pain Don’t tell it to me now I don’t want to go down in flames I don’t want to die in pain
8.
We are the innocence These words on stretchers Broken and busted We are the integers Of a growing difference To keep the balance right And multiply we might but we are divided Are you listening Have I said too much Are you watching Can you feel the touch that comes alive Under your skin I long for us again On light year radio Light year radio light year radio light year radio light year radio Are you listening Have I said too much Are you watching Can you feel the touch that comes alive Under your skin I long for us again on light year radio Light year radio light year radio

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Defractor is Paul Jacks’ first solo album. The album sees Jacks turning away from the indie pop that he embraced with his band, Smile Ease, in favor of a darker synth-based sound. The influence of artists like Gary Numan, OMD, Joy Division, New Order, David Bowie, Simple Minds, and Tears for Fears.

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released November 30, 2018

Music/Lyrics-Paul Jacks
Additional keyboards- Joseph Bourgeois
Recorded at Tritone Anchorage, AK
Produced by Paul Jacks and Joseph Bourgeois
Mixed by Jimmy Deer, Subcutaneous Studios, London
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless

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The city of Anchorage is located at the terminus of the Cook Inlet in the south-central portion of Alaska. With its long, brutal winters and close proximity to active volcanos, the city is as beautiful as it dangerous. Here is where we find the iconoclastic indie-pop auteur Paul Jacks. ... more

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