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Something Louder

from Something Louder EP by Joe Holt

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Hello there friend
It's good to see you again
How have you been?
Do you have an agent, are you on the scene?

Mm what are you up to now?
What's your hustle on the side?
I heard from someone you were working in a hospital
As for me, I'm still
doing the music thing
If I don't have my favourite job then maybe I won't work at all

What's the point of doing what the world just wants you to?
What's the point of helping others if you're vaguely unfulfilled?
Why do we waste our lives away in offices?
Does this cubicle with four white walls and wifi make you thrilled?

I don't know if I'm selfish or self-aware
I don't know if I am welcome or unwelcome anywhere
I don't know if what I want is what I'll get
I don't know if every song I write is worth it in the end

Tell me again
when you made the choice to put your bass away
Since then
How do you feel when you face the day?

Mm you know I'm an artist now
I say it every day
Leave my guitar inside its case and say it anyway
Me and my artist friends
follow the latest trends
strange mix of superfoods but cigarettes on the weekends

All I've ever wanted was to pay back the debt I owe
to music when it saved me from those adolescent struggles long ago
We need a song about how being in love is just the best
that makes a teenager feel tightness in his skinny little chest

I believe in something louder than us all
Don't wanna live inside my shell of self-obsession anymore
I believe in trying as hard as you can
I just don't know if I can

Have we gone insane?
Who's to blame?
Don't let it be me

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from Something Louder EP, released March 13, 2018

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Joe Holt New York, New York

Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more

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