Fleeting
from Wake to a Bright Morning by Jack Carty
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Limited Edition Compact Disc
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album"Wake To A Bright Morning" on limited edition CD. Comes in a cardboard sleeve with cover art by Jack Carty.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumA limited-edition vinyl bundle containing "Wake to a Bright Morning' on 12" vinyl, and "The World, When It's Sleeping" EP on 10" vinyl. The bundle also comes with a free digital download of "Wake To A Bright Morning"
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Limited edition signed CD bundle - "Wake to a Bright Morning" & "The World, When It's Sleeping"
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumA limited-edition CD bundle containing "Wake to a Bright Morning" and "The World, When It's Sleeping" on signed compact disc. The bundle also comes with a free high-quality download of "Wake to a Bright Morning" in a format of your choosing.
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Limited edition "It's A Lovely Day" tee
T-Shirt/Shirt + Digital AlbumA limited-edition T-shirt designed by Natasha Carty
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Full Digital Discography
Get all 10 Jack Carty releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Time to Rest, Wake to a Bright Morning, The World, When It's Sleeping, Hospital Hill, Home State, Esk, The Predictable Crisis Of Modern Life, Break Your Own Heart, and 2 more.
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lyrics
A fleeting touch
A fleeting glance
A fleeting fear
A fleeting chance
The knowledge everything will pass
Even, eventually, the sun
So, measure time with dripping taps
And notice as it bends and snaps
Now stretching out
Now springing back
Already past us as it comes
A moment is only a moment
A year is just one trip 'round the sun
And somewhere, from some distant perspective
There’s a way they can be seen as one
A fleeting change
A moments rest
A seconds time for second best
The here and now is all there is
Make a note to future self
To sum my life up in a word
An abstract noun, a gentle verb
An adjective, a soaring bird
I hope it will be “Loved”
A moment is only a moment
A year is just one trip 'round the sun
And somewhere, from some distant perspective
There’s a way they can be seen as one
I see the shadow of a gallows
Some nights, on the back of my eyes
Everyone’s posing for perfect strangers
But all I want’s a simple, honest life
I want it bad
I hope that’s alright?
The fleeting feeling you’re alone
And no one understands your pain
Can spiral you down like a drain
But it's almost never true
Think of the ones who came before
The false belief
The bloody wars
The mad king's reign
The surgeons saw
And yet, still, here we are
A moment is only a moment
A year is just one trip around the sun
And somewhere, from some distant perspective
There’s a way they can be seen as one
There’s a way they can be seen as one
Both fleeting, and ever-long
A fleeting glance
A fleeting fear
A fleeting chance
The knowledge everything will pass
Even, eventually, the sun
So, measure time with dripping taps
And notice as it bends and snaps
Now stretching out
Now springing back
Already past us as it comes
A moment is only a moment
A year is just one trip 'round the sun
And somewhere, from some distant perspective
There’s a way they can be seen as one
A fleeting change
A moments rest
A seconds time for second best
The here and now is all there is
Make a note to future self
To sum my life up in a word
An abstract noun, a gentle verb
An adjective, a soaring bird
I hope it will be “Loved”
A moment is only a moment
A year is just one trip 'round the sun
And somewhere, from some distant perspective
There’s a way they can be seen as one
I see the shadow of a gallows
Some nights, on the back of my eyes
Everyone’s posing for perfect strangers
But all I want’s a simple, honest life
I want it bad
I hope that’s alright?
The fleeting feeling you’re alone
And no one understands your pain
Can spiral you down like a drain
But it's almost never true
Think of the ones who came before
The false belief
The bloody wars
The mad king's reign
The surgeons saw
And yet, still, here we are
A moment is only a moment
A year is just one trip around the sun
And somewhere, from some distant perspective
There’s a way they can be seen as one
There’s a way they can be seen as one
Both fleeting, and ever-long
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from Wake to a Bright Morning,
released March 11, 2022
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Jack Carty Brisbane, Australia
Award-winning, independent Australian songwriter.
"The recently married Carty might well
have found his happy place" ★★★★ — THE SUNDAY STAR TIMES.
“These songs have almost a purity of spirit and certainly an openness of heart. You should own this" ★★★★ — THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.
“A sensational sophomore album. It marks him as a man to watch" ★★★★ — THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN.
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