16​,​'91

by The Januariez

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Painting with an abstract of influences including 1970-80s punk, straight forward rock with down and dirty blues, The Januariez have made it work and work well…think T. Rex with a little Thin Lizzy and Veruca Salt fronted by Ani DiFranco.--Jonathan Tuttle Innocent Words Magazine

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released 08 June 2011

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Described by Innocent Words Magazine as "T. Rex with a little Thin Lizzy and Veruca Salt fronted by Ani DiFranco", The ... more Januariez have a little something for everyone. They are working with Critical Sun Recordings and will be recording their first full length album October 2011. The album, Authentic, set to release March 2012 and will be followed with a trip to SXSW and a short mid south tour. less

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Track Name: What I Could Give You
What I Could Give You

This is the rawest thing
I could give you:
a piece of my flesh
thick with the memory
of dirt and tears.
I don't need it anymore,
cause I've replaced it now
with plastic and wires.

See I don't want you to know who I am.
I don't want to know either, but here I stand.

This is the ugliest thing
I could give you:
and why you want it,
I don't know.
cause I couldn't stand it hiding
underneath my clothes.
And I've replaced it now
with ambiguity.

See I don't want you to know who I am;
I don't want to know either, but as long as I stand
here and look around, there's no denying
so I keep trying, to rid myself of me.

This is the worst thing
I could give you:
and I'm not sure
you'd know what it was.
Even if I told you,
it's just awful that way.
I don't need it anymore,
but you seem willing to take it.

So before you go,
I want you to know
that I didn't make you
take this from me.
You wanted to see me;
You wanted me.
Track Name: Dying Man
Dying Man

What
Is it
To wish
Death
On a dying man
Malice?
Cowardice?
Humanity?
Compassion
For the dying man?
Dying man…
Dying man…
Dying man…
And if that
Wish came true
What would
Come of it?
Now I’m
Thinking
Only
Of myself
Here
And not
Anywhere else
Dying man
Death
On the dying man
Dying man
And that’s the nature of the wish
Right?
Is it
Right?
Is it
Wrong?
Wrong?
Someone please tell me
If I were to wish this
What would it mean?
Death on the dying man.
Track Name: 16
16

Sixteen years ago I met you
In a parking lot outside the DMZ
I was rather taken by you, and you
By me, or so I thought it seemed
But what does a young girl know anyway
About anything
The night caught up with us
And I found myself giving you the power I need

Not again
Will I be that girl
Again

Sixteen years ago it snowed in my room
We were so dangerously bored
What were we to do?
You covered my nose; you covered my mouth
So I couldn’t sing.
You said I love you, you said I hate you,
You said I love you
What the hell did that mean?

Not again
Will I be that girl
Again

Sixteen years have passed and somehow I managed to survive
The trouble is that I never intended to have a life
There are no words for teenaged fear
There are no cures for teenaged pain
Life is life; it is what it is.
It’s only myself that I can change.

Not again
Will I be that girl
Again
I am strong now
I have a place to stand
I live now
That other girl is dead.
Track Name: What I Could Give You
What I Could Give You

This is the rawest thing
I could give you:
a piece of my flesh
thick with the memory
of dirt and tears.
I don't need it anymore,
cause I've replaced it now
with plastic and wires.

See I don't want you to know who I am.
I don't want to know either, but here I stand.

This is the ugliest thing
I could give you:
and why you want it,
I don't know.
cause I couldn't stand it hiding
underneath my clothes.
And I've replaced it now
with ambiguity.

See I don't want you to know who I am;
I don't want to know either, but as long as I stand
here and look around, there's no denying
so I keep trying, to rid myself of me.

This is the worst thing
I could give you:
and I'm not sure
you'd know what it was.
Even if I told you,
it's just awful that way.
I don't need it anymore,
but you seem willing to take it.

So before you go,
I want you to know
that I didn't make you
take this from me.
You wanted to see me;
You wanted me.