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from Here Now by Isobel Knight

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You showed up on a Tuesday
With a suitcase and your thousand-watt smile
You said it’d been a hard week
And it had been that way for a while

We talk for several hours
And fall asleep on the floor
I think we’re both kind of mourning
The way we’ve been before

But we build each other’s energy
Make a thousand plans to half-complete
We try our best to just be honest
Burning ourselves out
Telling each other to rest

Hey, babe, what are you making?
Does your head still feel the same?
Me too, oh man I’m still so lonely
I’m tired of my body; it’s been months and I’m still in pain

I called and told you how I once threw up beside the fanciest car I’d ever seen
It was a vintage Jag in gleaming black
The interiors looked pristine
I was kneeling in the rain after throwing myself out of an Uber pool
The perfect moment to abandon any last pretences of being cool

You said hey babe haven’t we all been there?
Well I have, so at least you’re not alone
You can have a key to my place
We’ll talk it over when and if I make it home

Thank God we build each other’s energy
Make a thousand plans to half complete
Both got sky-high expectations that we’re terrified we won’t meet
Drinking cheap champagne and crying in a filthy Sydney back street

We build each other’s energy
Make a thousand plans to half complete
Both got sky high expectations that we’re terrified we won’t meet
Dancing til we’re falling asleep on our feet
Drinking cheap champagne and crying in a filthy Sydney back street

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from Here Now, released August 6, 2021

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Isobel Knight Sydney, Australia

Heart-on-sleeve alt-folk. Isobel wields razor-sharp lyrics and voice that ranges from gentle storytelling to soulful smoothness. Her sophomore album "Here Now" came out in 2021, debuting at number 5 on the independent album charts.

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