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Enemy / Look, Now Look Again

by Public Faces

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1.
Enemy 03:36
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Help is on the way We’re solving all the problems we invent Stirring up the ghosts in our heads The shadow figures play Into our fears and keep us up at night Watch the vermin scatter as we turn on the lights Backed into a corner Ready for the fight But I am not your enemy I am not your friend I am not your means to an end I don’t like this game We’re casting spells to try to break this curse Like we’re the center of the center of the center of the universe No one has to play We’ll chew our words and spit them in the dirt An empty fate, but I can think of worse Backed into a corner, hit them where it hurts But I am not the messenger Or the sentiment you send I am not your means to an end A distant glow We push to the heart of town while all the edges burn The difference grows With every second-hand story that we learn Hold the line, keep the pressure at the gates Help is on the way I am not your innocence Or your guilty conscience spin I am not your means to an end I am not your everything Or your every now and then I am not your means to an end
2.
Look, Now Look Again 02:47
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I thought I saw you in the city today But I know you live some 600 miles away It's absurd what the eyes and ears can tell the brain I took some footage just to test my senses High-resolution and expensive lenses Thank you, stranger, for participating in this unpaid study Who let the wrong one in? My head balloons before caving in Look once, now look again Now look again You said you saw me in a strange location Hanging in the back of a photograph, just a passerby in somebody’s vacation My compass needle spins White flickers in the corner of my vision I look once, now look again Now look again Who let the wrong one in? My head balloons before caving in Look once, now look again Now look again I thought I saw you on the ceiling today In the carpet, in the curtains, in the wood grain I think you’re living in my head these days In my head these days In my head these days In my head these days In my head these days My simulation skipped White-knuckled now I’m holding on for anything Look once, now look again Now look again My compass needle spins White flickers in the corner of my vision I look once, now look again Now look again

about

These songs were written and recorded over the past few years as the world was turned upside down in so many ways. Making this music served as an anchor during waves of uncertainty-- uncertainty that has been all-encompassing and seemingly inescapable for just about everyone.

'Enemy' was written about watching political chaos unfold and the way disingenuous media personalities stoke those fires by propping up cartoonish strawmen to sow fear and division. The lyrics in the bridge are about witnessing the overwhelming response of good people showing up en masse to fight the good fight, to engage with and support their neighbor-- not fear them.

I started writing 'Look, Now Look Again' after seeing a guy ride his bike through Cambridge, Massachusetts who happened to look just like one of my good friends from Akron, Ohio. My first thought was, "Huh, there's Mike." It took my brain a moment to process the dissonance of seeing a familiar face in a setting that made no reasonable sense. It made me think about the different ways our brains are always seeking out the familiar, trying to make sense of and give shape to the noise that often surrounds us. Oh, and the distance between Cambridge and Akron really is about 600 miles. Google it if you don't believe me.

While these songs started as a means to stay creative during the isolating early stages of the pandemic, they've also served as a way to connect and reconnect with some amazing people: Filipe Antunes and Raf Azevedo, who are my dear friends and bandmates in Public Faces; Harshitha Krishnan who has encouraged me to find new ways to develop and use my voice; my wife, Jackie, and my kids, Evie and Colin, who are ever supportive and are always teaching me something new about the pure joy of music.

These two songs are a small taste of what Public Faces has been working on as a band, and we've got much more we're excited to share with you soon. I hope this music speaks to you in some way and continues to be a means of connection.

-Bill

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released August 3, 2022

Written, produced, and engineered by Bill Dunphy
Vocals, synths, guitars, and bass by Bill Dunphy
Drums by Filipe Antunes
Additional drum production and engineering by Kenny Lewis and Filipe Antunes at Mixed Emotions Music, Boston, MA
Additional vocal production on 'Enemy' by Harshitha Krishnan
Mixed by Kenny Lewis at Mixed Emotions Music, Boston, MA
Mastered by Filipe Antunes
Copyright © 2022 Public Faces

Cover artwork by Ryan Ellis, RyanCarlDesigns ©

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