Near Heaven

from Near Heaven by Courtney Askey

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Recorded and produced by Billy Lunn at YFE Studio in 2022.
Written and performed by Courtney Askey.

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Dropping off the map
I haven't slept through the night for years
I had fitful dreams
of creatures in the midday sun
and disappointing my family again
chaos at all roads ahead

When I go I can take you down to the very bottom
of the deep blue sea where the weeds have rotten
with the strongest currents
and the strangest friends
it'll be near heaven and there's never any begging in it
in a sense there's barely any left of it
but I'll take anything I can get

I'll miss you when you're gone
I know you'll miss me too despite your pleas
who doesn't love a fight?
it's a battle of the wits to win the title
it's a race you'll never miss
you always take the mile

Did you know I've been in on the joke from the very start?
In the wings, playing every part,
stage directing the perfect illusion
there's clown paint right here
underneath my face paint
I'm up on the stage
you've come in late
you'll be watching me from the stalls

Sometimes you're just in the mood to be enlightened
and sometimes you're just screwed
I'll never leave it there

And I'll go to a place where it's warm and it never rains
I know I'm a ghost but the fact remains
you can't be haunted by what was never there
it'll be near heaven and there's never any begging in it
there's a chance there's barely any left of it
but if I don't start now
how will I quit while I'm ahead?

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from Near Heaven, released May 15, 2023
Produced and recorded by Billy Lunn
Written and performed by Courtney Askey

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Courtney Askey UK

Courtney Askey is a musician and artist based in Leicester. Performing both solo and as a band, her music is sometimes riotously noisy, and sometimes contained and reflective. Courtney writes songs imbued with storytelling and melodrama, tinged with influence from folk to shoegaze to garage rock. ... more

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