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Flatlining EP

by Josh Forner

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1.
Flatlining, flatlining… Flatlining in the pejorative present Unable to apply those lessons As humans we rely on instinct And mine faded away long ago CHORUS: So I tripped and I stumbled And I broke my back On a plain-paved path Leading up the wrong track Tried listening with my heart But it doesn’t give a damn Flatlining, flatlining… Flatlining into the common agenda Playing the same part as the great pretender As humans we rely on instinct But yours was never part of my plan CHORUS BRIDGE And I could feel it’s right for me Through the parting fog I’d see Your solid form, intrepidly Rely on instinct and you’ll flee Flatlining, flatlining CHORUS (x2)
2.
Losers keep on living While the prices keep on ticking You lose a house of pain Before you learn to smile again Good times come, bad times roll Don't matter when, gonna take the fall Bleeding heads and stuck on ears Won't you please create more fears? Waiting 'til it's right to say... CHORUS: I wanna give up everything For a ride on the train To somewhere better I'm gonna give it all I've got For my chance but It ain't too clever I wanna give up everything For a ride on the train To somewhere better Sick of being what I'm not Ready to take it It's now or never Those that battled through the lies Have disappeared like flies On a hunger strike to a pile of shit Are we prepared to just sit on it And waste away while the judges say It's never gonna get better But I challenge them to the simple task Of lifting a humble feather Waiting for a time to say... CHORUS The train is coming... Are you gonna get on board? Waiting for a time to say... Waiting for a better day Waiting 'til it's right to say... Waiting but I refuse to play CHORUS (x2) Somewhere better...
3.
Eggshells 04:01
Crawling out the windows They're crawling out the closets Ain't no money in his wallet He ain't making a deposit There's nothing in his home Nothing in his jeans He struggles day by day Not knowing what it means CHORUS: Because the powers that be Are sitting on eggshells They don't care about a thing Unless it sells The powers that be Are sitting on eggshells There's no hope for you nor me Our voices redeem themselves Hear her crying like a banshee Her squeals pierce straight on through Her baby's merely fed And her rent is overdue There's no beating this despair There's just being fed to the wolves A smiling face is rare When you live by different rules CHORUS Fear is just a product Fear is what remains When you're sold into a city Where profits drive the pain Stand up and be counted Where there's a will, there's a way Is there really truth in cliches? Is there anything left to say? CHORUS
4.
You spent one night in my bed And never said sorry You spent four months in my head And gave me this story Now I sit here and wonder why I'm so lonely And I'm contemplating every night If only... My stupid, overactive head Is set on love and perfection My difficult reaction to this Sent you in the other direction It's been years since you left my thoughts But now you're back And it's hit me like a tonne of bricks Feels like I'm under attack, yeah... The rain falls down on me Quick and hard The stupid thing about it all Is my heart The rain falls down on me To drench my love This wasted saving grace in me Lifts above You spent one night in my bed And never said sorry You spent four months in my head And gave me this story Now I sit here and wonder why I'm still lonely And I'm contemplating every night If only... Yeah
5.
Buyer Beware 04:05
Could be the moon shining brightly Could be me smiling politely I don’t know And quite frankly, I don’t care Could be that I’ve submitted Could be that you’re not committed I don’t know And quite frankly, I don’t care ‘Cause when the dust all settles and falls I’ll still be there And in the shadows of it all I’ll be there Could be the new beginnings Could be the hard decisions I don’t know And quite frankly, I don’t care Could be the mental fallout Could be the emotional shut-out I don’t know And fuck knows I don’t care ‘Cause when the sun shines in the morning I’ll still be there And when the bells ring out their warnings “Buyer beware” I could call you a liar I could say you set me on fire But I don’t want to ‘Cause baby, you know I care Don’t wanna be me no more Don’t have any sense in what it’s good for I don’t know And quite frankly, I don’t care ‘Cause when you are on my mind I’m not there And I cannot read the signs: “Buyer beware;” “Buyer beware…”

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Josh Forner returns to the recording space with a 5-track EP, 'Flatlining' which includes 2 brand new songs written in December 2021 and 3 older tunes in contention to make the cut of his next LP release.

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released April 24, 2022

© Josh Forner 2021-2022
Recorded by: Josh Forner
Mixed by: Josh Forner & Ben McNeill
Mastered by: Ben McNeill @ Disco Robot Studios
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Josh Forner Adelaide, Australia

Josh Forner is a two-time Australian Songwriting Contest short-listed artist
originally from Melbourne.

Forner released his first album, the 11 track full-length LP, ‘Leading to
Nowhere,’ in March 2013.

He continues to work towards the creation and release of his
second full-length album, ‘A Crooked Point of View,’ from his new home in Adelaide.
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