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Jeremiah Joe

from la Jungla by Suicide Swans

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about

This song was about a book I read titled ‘The Mountains of California’ by John Muir. I read it when I was staying in New York in the East Village on Avenue B between 8th and 9th in an apartment. The fact that outside was this giant city where skyscrapers were like man made sequoia trees and in this book I found this amazing description of landscapes and real sequoia trees where the words in the book were like painted colours on a page where each page slowly built the composition and were so vivid and the main character in the story being this figure that is both separated from the hills but also needs to be apart of it, to protect it, but then realizes they are somewhat failed in their utopian wants. Like living and being swallowed up by a large city where you/people become a spec on every street significant and insignificant at the same time.

lyrics

Well they call me Jeremiah Joe
I lived over yonder a little while ago
And if you didn’t see me how would you know
They call me Jeremiah Joe
Well out in the fields I sowed and plowed
Worked my body into the ground
And if you didn’t believe me, where would you go
They call me Jeremiah Joe

Well I collapsed from under cold lungs
Dropped all possessions that I depend on
And if you could leave me, where would you go
They call me Jeremiah Joe
One day I quit, what I could see
Walked up a mountain to protect what I believe
And if didn’t realise, where would you go
They call me Jeremiah Joe

Well standing on the edge, of what I could tell
As you look out, you look back on yourself
And if you don’t believe me, what would you know
They call me Jeremiah Joe

Well outside they’re burning, everything down
Choking on smoke, their moneys new crown
And if you didn’t see it, how would you know
They call me Jeremiah Joe

Well up on that mountain, that I called my home
Imprisoned to what, I saw as my hope
And if I knew better, I still wouldn’t know
They call me Jeremiah Joe
Well outside the hen house, of black melodies
So many riders, coming for me
And if I didn’t believe it, where would I go
They call me Jeremiah Joe

credits

from la Jungla, track released April 12, 2018
all songs and lyrics by Kyle Jenkins / music by Suicide Swans

Recorded and mixed by Benjamin Lancaster @ By The Living Grace Studio
www.bythelivinggracestudio.com

Mastered by William Bowden @King Willy Sound
www.kingwillysound

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Suicide Swans Toowoomba, Australia

Open the gates & stand clear Suicide Swans are an Australian band through constant live shows display the ragged glory and swagger of rock, laid back country & dashes of pop, that has seen the band grow into a live force they term cosmic country. Their live sound includes waves of keys, textures & a new found penchant for experimentation, tossing in a mix of country, rock and a hint of pop. ... more

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