Age Of Blame, by Jen Kearney

Age Of Blame

by Jen Kearney

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Matthew Guy Ibbs Outstanding album. Soulful, expertly constructed and a real blast to listen to. Favorite track: Age of Blame.

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1.	Waiting For It 04:14	lyrics	buy track
We made it happen Still we don’t believe that it did Tied strings to our fingers to remind us To starve our ego and feed the Id Now put all our love in pixels So the flaws are easily hidden We’re just like little kids Playing on the grid Until mama takes it away So schedule me an apocalypse And I will pencil it in And keep taking all my money to save me When you go on and put it in pen Its like you’re flashing your leg For a ride to nowhere sacred And just because its amicably said You justify it all in your head And you walk it on up to the baseline And you chalk it on up And we wait for it Wait for it We wait for it Wait for it So kiss me on the precipice Send me into all of it Build steeples into the stratosphere Tell me why you think you’re here Always trying to sell us some kind of rebirth While we try to stay the salt of the Earth We’ll try to stay the salt of the Earth Yeah we’ll try to stay the salt of the Earth Try to stay the salt of the Earth While we’re waiting for it We’re waiting for it We’re trying not to dissolve Waiting for it, we’re waiting for it Trying so hard to evolve Yeah we’re waiting for it, waiting for it Trying not to dissolve Yeah we’re waiting for it, waiting for it To finally resolve
2.	Too Far 03:32	lyrics	buy track
My bloodshot eyes on the spilled sunrise Can’t believe what I am reading That you said and should be leading To your demise Because all that you say Doesn’t just go away And no context will make it less bizarre It seems to me and I know some might agree That maybe you’ve gone too far The fat cats watching you from the side Are salivating while they’re waiting For their violence to be legitimized Your definitions sure ain’t mine Why don’t you shut down the part of you That keeps imposing on us your views Of what’s divine Because all that you say doesn’t just go away And no context will make it less bizarre It seems to me and I know some might agree That maybe you’ve gone too far
3.	Overwhelming 04:22	lyrics	buy track
I remember the days we were young things Every bit of sun soaked in Through the window panes of your mama’s kitchen Drinking gin and listening Thirty three and a third spinning “Breathe, breathe in the air” And it was Overwhelming Getting carried away The memories flood my mind like a pipeline wave Overwhelming It got in and it stayed Overwhelming I remember muscle cars and street lights flickering I wanted to play house You wanted to play chicken Truth or dare, trumps, gateway drugs and stolen rosé wine And kissing under the big tree On the good side of time It was Overwhelming Getting carried away Memory floods my mind like a pipeline wave Overwhelming It got in and it stayed Overwhelming
4.	Corner Of My Eye 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Sometimes I think I see you Out of the corner of my eye You blend in to the graffiti But I can just make out your lines You flip a switch and send me reeling Like a moth into the artificial light In useless flight You’re cruel and understood and I will watch you Out of the corner of my eye Maybe you’re an apparition Sent here to haunt me ‘til I die And I can say I don’t believe in you But that would be a lie Sometimes you come when I’ve been drinking Sometimes you come when I’m dry Either way, its down deep I’m trying to reach So you can’t creep where I can see you Out of the corner of my eye You flip a switch and send me reeling Like a moth into the artificial light In useless flight You’re cruel and understood And I will watch you and wonder if its you who follows me Is it me who follows you? Do you really take shape or do I summon you? And I can see by your face that you’re loving That I ask why And I can see your sick smile Out of the corner of my eye.
5.	Better 04:01	lyrics	buy track
Ramona makes her way Outside the supermarket she goes preaching Ranting away About new robotic Toms doing the peeping She spends her time running Back and forth from door to door Of course, they all still open But she needs to make sure And she tells me “I will get better, I will get better from here” People walk by and ignore her “I’ll start tomorrow- I’ll get clean, I’ll get clear” But she’s got no one to get better for First Monday in May She stands outside the Laundromat weeping Grey goose in her cup Is spilling on the bag she keeps her speech in She’s got quarters in rolls Today’s the day she said she’d clean her life up Every day her sky is falling just a little more And she tells me “I’ll get better, I’ll get better from here” People walk by and ignore her “I’ll start tomorrow- I’ll get clean, I’ll get clear” But she’s got no one to get better for
6.	What If 04:05	lyrics	buy track
What if you knew the solution? What if you knew the cure? Would you break down the institutions? Turn the polluted back to pure? If you could do it, would you do it? And what would you do with it? Would you come through with it? What would you do with it? What would you do? What if you had the perfect word That would break this curse? Would you say it out loud? Would you write it in a verse? What if you had the perfect muse Who would give you a masterpiece Bring back a golden fleece Would you compose the final anthem That would bring us to peace? If you could do it, would you do it? And what would you do with it? Would you come through with it? What would you do with it? What would you do? Would you get greedy and keep it to yourself? Would you cry needy wolf and kidnap it for wealth? Would you be a hero? Would you be a saint? Would you be of love or would you be of hate? (Chorus)
7.	Age of Blame 04:45	lyrics	buy track
I can’t make sense of it all Are we mending fences or building walls You took the spring from me I took the fall From the crudest instrument you made the call to arms Firing your skill and finding cause for alarm You cemented it and tried to smear my name Into a blur But this age of blame is over I can’t make light through these stones They block my sight They chill my bones The dogs you trained to bite are at your border But they don’t really want to fight Just obeying orders to cause me harm Firing your skill and finding cause for alarm You cemented it and tried to smear my name Into a blur But this age of blame is over So I can’t make sense of it all Are we mending fences Or are we building walls? You took the spring from me I took the fall It never seems to change But that’s your call to arms Firing your skill and causing alarm You cemented it and tried to smear my name Into a blur But this age of blame is over.
8.	Sanctuary in Sabotage 05:31		buy track

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released May 23, 2015

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Jen Kearney Boston, Massachusetts

Boston’s Jen Kearney has spent some time seasoning her particular style of original music. Her sound is truly an amalgamation of musical styles including Soul, R&B, Funk, Rock, and Latin. Kearney’s music and attention to lyrics and has met critical acclaim nationally and internationally.
Kearney is set to release an EP entitled “Atlantic” in March of 2022 and a full-length LP later in the year. ... more