Bloody Nose VideoSong - Jack Conte

4 May 2009 · 3 min

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Jack Conte performs a stream-of-consciousness song that moves from dark, surreal imagery of confinement and decay to defiant resolve. The narrator counts bones, lies awake in gloom, and confronts physical deterioration with repeated lines like "It casts a spell" and "I'll brave it out," oscillating between bleak introspection and determined bravado.

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Count your bones one by one. Lie awake at night. Underground, boxed in gloom. Left you there forever. All my fears are overgrown. Will someone burn this scroll? Those August nights, they burn hot. And you wake up sweating dreams. It casts a spell. It casts a spell. Welcome home, it's been a while. Do you miss your head? With your tattered clothes and your bloody nose, aren't you glad to be rid of the smell? Not at all. Not at all. Woo! All a mess of fog through headlight wash and bed and breath and time. But I'll brave it out. Yeah, I'll brave it out. There's no reason to stand down.