Stay Up Later (4:50)

APPEARS ON: Reality Jockey (2019)

Hit the ground with my head in a splint
Trudgin’ through my urban myth
Labor under misapprehension
That baby in me loves depression

As far as I can see
Nothing good will come of me
Baby what’s come over me?

Sleep if you must
But stay up later!
Put on the cans and then
Rock the faders

Up three flights in concrete boots
That gravity snail loves pursuit
Criss-cross misapprehension
Wind up in a cool dimension

As far as I can see
The future is half bright for me
Baby won’t you join me?

Sleep if you must
But stay up later!
Put on the cans and then
Rock the faders

Sleep if you must
But stay up later!
Roll out the cans and then
Rock the faders

Phone pole’s flyers peeling
Stick to the woo
Banging on the ceiling
Ahh ahh ahh
I don’t care
What you’re feeling
It’s temporal

Sleep if you must
But stay up later!
Bust out the cans and then
Rock the faders

Sleep if you must
But stay up later!
Roll out the cans and then
Rock the faders

I used to be afraid to fly
I used to be afraid to fly

Anne Kay [backup vox]
Margaret Luthar [mastering engineer]

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Notation

Song Notes

In the notes William gave to mastering engineer Maggie Luthar for this song, he used the aesthetic cue “Think Elvis Costello and Steely Dan holing up in an AirBNB with an 808 box and an arpeggiator”.

Collaborators

Margaret Luthar, Anne Kay

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