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TAFE

by Numbat

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TAFE winds its way through itself, revealing glimpses of the song's protagonist. Numbat have beautifully complimented the lyrics with a yearning alt-folk edge. Each verse builds into an epic climax, layered with harmonies and cruising licks. TAFE broods with such ferocity you can picture each moment of the lost romance. In the past year the song has changed its meaning for songwriter Manda after the song's focus passed away in a poetically horrific accident. 

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Solids in suspension
Can’t dissolve into me, Nah
Thoughts in apprehension
Cut and paste the hearts of me

Microscopic tension
Look 100x, refocus and see
Nobody’s intervention
Slides slice thin, cellularly

So we’ll sit and think
And I’ll sit and wonder
Why you wear the same clothes twice
I wish I didn’t care where you slept at night
A world away, but it’s not my place to be here to stay
So I’ll forget your face

Regretful recollections
Intent to burn not to yearn
But fuck your intentions
Clear like mud, who might learn?

But still, we’ll sit and think
And I’ll still sit and wonder
Why you wear the same clothes twice
I wish I didn’t care where you slept at night
A world away, but it’s not my place to be here to stay
And I’d run today if I felt I could
But I think of you and I’ve legs of wood
To run might save my breaking heart
But to abandon a race you did barely start
Is a mockery of all that’s true
So don’t fall into me
But I fell into you

And I can’t forget your face

Can’t forget your face x6

But it’s probably ‘cause I see you three times a week at TAFE

credits

released January 22, 2021
Writer/Composer: Manda Gleeson
Producers: David Warner and Numbat

Vocals and Guitar: Manda Gleeson
Bass: Andrew Cossey
Drums: Jessie Davis
Backing Vocals: David Warner

Mixed by David Warner
Mastered by Cameron Mitchell

© 2020 Numbat

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Numbat Melbourne, Australia

folk-rock trio from "melbourne" telling stories about people, places and things. nouns, basically. we like nouns.

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