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Just Not There

from A Decade Into Darkness by Shock Octopus

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I still see ‘Roam In Silence’ as ‘Scott’s album’ and certainly his shining moment as a songwriter among the Shock Octopus canon. The EP contains my favourite of Scott’s songs – there is something tragically beautiful to the lot of them – the striking melodicism, the starry eyed existentialism of the lyrics, and the use of space in his songs.

I must admit that I wasn’t too phased by ‘Just Not There’ in the beginning. At first I saw it as a pleasant interlude between Scott’s epics on the album – ‘The Target’ and ‘Die Well.’ But then people kept telling me ‘Just Not There’ was their favourite track. So I had to revisit and then it clicked. The way the song fades out in the end. The exquisite bridge. The BEST opening line to a song lyric, EVER. The way the song works so perfectly with the minimalist production on ‘Roam In Silence’. Looking back I kind of wish this was the single…

- Michael Bayliss
Shock Octopus

lyrics

turn the telescope round if you can take it
point it back on yourself
let the solar system
wait in a hell that you've designed very well
confuse and confound the condition
of interacting with all
of your societal norms
it's not normal at all
i'm just not there
i'll keep you on the line
wake and dress to the sounds of the city
commute into the void of lies
advertise a perception defiled
and realise
i'm just not there
i'll keep you on the line

it's so hard to get things right
when the balance is wrong
and life isn't fixable anywhere at all
heading off towards
the distant shore
working for an outcome
that's just not there any more

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from A Decade Into Darkness, released May 29, 2021
Music and Lyricss: Scott Andrews

Scott Andrews: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Michael Bayliss: Lead Vocal, Keyboards

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Shock Octopus Perth, Australia

Contemplative, Existential, Art Rock.

A collective stream of consciousness and social commentary by Michael Bayliss, David Blair and Scott Andrews.

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