Sea of Numbers

from Periscope by Jitensha

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lyrics

Swimming in a sea of numbers
Pushing me backwards and forwards
No I know I don't know the answers
No I know I don't got all the answers

Baby got a backhand from the ocean
Still shocked from the force of the motion
What were you thinking?
Who you been talking to?

Blue skin, bloody toes
Shivering down to the bone
Rising up, shrouded in evening light
And you wanna stop drowning
But you can’t stop diving in

Swimming in a sea of numbers
Pushing me backwards and forwards
No I know I don't know the answers
No I know I don't got all the answers

Jot down, saved by the bell curve
XYs getting their life served up on a porcelain plate
Are they living?
Or waiting to break?

Strung out, open the door
A thousand letters come crashing to the floor
Wanting to commiserate - that's alright but not today
What felt good from the start
can just tear someone apart

Swimming in a sea of numbers
Pushing me backwards and forwards
No I know I don't know the answers
No I know I don't got all the answers

We're 70 miles from home
Destinations always in change
You can argue how much, or how long
But if you ask why, the answers the same

Swimming in a sea of numbers
Pushing me backwards and forwards
No I know I don't know the answers
No I know I don't got all the answers

Swimming in a sea (in a sea of numb)
Pushing me backwards (and backwards and forth)
Swimming in a sea (in a sea of numb)
Pushing me backwards (and backwards and forth)

No I know I don't know the answers
Now I know nobodys got the answers
Now I know I'll never have the answers
No I know I don't got all the answers

credits

from Periscope, released August 16, 2019
Written by David Martinez and Erin Rose Hubbard
Recorded by David Martinez and Erin Rose Hubbard
Mixed and mastered by David Martinez
Artwork by Erin Rose Hubbard

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Jitensha Montreal, Québec

Jitensha is the garage rock love child of Erin Rose Hubbard and David Martinez. The sound is a silvery union of honey sweet proto-punkiness and modern indie that is harmonically reminiscent of 1950s rock & roll. With vocals, electric guitar and drums, stealing a niche somewhere between the White Stripes and the Civil Wars, Jitensha nestles catchy, poignant melodies into hard hitting rock grooves. ... more

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