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Agony

by Practical Lovers

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1.
I hadn’t seen you in a while and we were reminiscing about the way things used to be and what we used to say you were used to me. murder mystery in the background we were feeling pretty ropey but it was good to be with you and do the things we do not on a Sunday and it had never happened before small miracle believe me I wasn’t digging for a nerve to strike I never thought I’d find an opening but I had to put it bluntly I never see it in the subtext just take it as it happens ride a wave of small talk with me just pleasantry and triviality you couldn’t look me in the eyes and you turned your body away it was plain to see you were upset with me I made you angry and it had never happened before small miracle believe me I wasn’t digging for a nerve to strike I never thought I’d find an opening I haven’t seen you in a while and I’ve been reminiscing about the way things used to be and what you used to say when you were used to me now there’s tension in the background I’ve been feeling pretty ropey it would be good to be with you and do the things we do every Sunday and it’ll never happen again I’ll make a miracle, believe me I’ll never dig for a nerve to strike I’ll never try to find an opening I’ll never put it bluntly
2.
Never Again 02:28
let’s take a little trip down memory lane maybe we can feel a little familiar pain that was never resolved when I think about the way that we acted then it was clear to me that we could only ever be friends and if it broke you up so bad then never do it again it was clear we had both been hurt before should have known that I just couldn’t afford to get involved looking back it was always fundamentally flawed you were only hitting play but I was hitting record and after what I thought we had I’ll never do it again
3.
Inside Job 03:12
I’m in love with a memory so old that all I can remember her by is this love and now it’s such a big part of me it seems the one thing on my mind is this love and if I speak your name when noone’s there who am I talking to? is this love? and if I still can’t look at anyone but you is this love? I try not to let it get to me I fill my life with things that she might like days go by it’s only love because I let it be because I let it grow so deep inside the days go by and if I’m holding on by fingertips to keep this thing alive is this love? and if I pledge my heart to someone who’s not mine is this love? your face is getting blurry all I see when I look back in time is this love and I can’t tell no more if I’m still seeing you or just a lie is this love? there is so much of you in me made indistinct through entropy that now I can’t pretend to be half the man I used to be I hope there’s some of me in you that if I looked I could see through the ground this earth your heart and to the truth is this love?
4.
Full of You 04:45
I’m not sleeping well these days my head keeps grinding on and on my head’s all full of you pills and bottles leave a haze my breath keeps scraping in and out my chest is full of you when my bones are aching eyes are heavy like the curtain that came down right after our show my resolve is breaking every sleepless night is pushing in the only direction I know and I’ve been building things just to burn them down just to get my head clear I’ve been making something out of nothing just to tear it down to tire me out enough to get my head clear and I’m not tired I’m not worn down and though I’ve tried I can’t lie down and my poor mind it won’t slow down my heart’s on fire I can’t lie down My life’s a daydream imagination throwing shapes and figures they’re always the same they’ll take your curves and angles imitate your grace and wonder something I can’t tame I’m running out of ways to occupy myself the devil’s making work for idle hands and every time I feel a little pleasure it reminds me how I felt when we held hands and I’ve been building things just to burn them down just to get my head clear I’ve been making something out of nothing just to tear it down to tire me out enough to get my head clear and I’m not tired I’m not worn down and though I’ve tried I can’t lie down and my poor mind it won’t slow down my heart’s on fire I can’t lie down
5.
Nobody There 04:10
It’s funny how your world gets smaller when you can’t just get into you car and drive it’s like when you find a feeling that you didn’t realise was inside you said that there was somebody there and you had to get out you said it felt like someone was there and you had to get out you had to get out it took me 25 years to tell you that I loved you I wish I’d known how easy it was going to be I think you knew about me all along though I never found it that easy to see inside me you said that there was somebody there and you had to get out you said it felt like someone was there and you had to get out there was nobody there but me
6.
I’ve been worried about my health I’ve seen the symptoms on tv I haven’t talked to you about it and I can’t talk to noone else but you will work around it like you always do I’ve been talking to myself just to keep things crystal clear surround myself with friendly voices even when there’s noone here but you will work around it like you always do it’s not easy being yourself when there’s so much else to do when I make time to think about it I wish I was as strong as you because you will around it like you always do
7.
No Reply 04:45
I waited for days no reply yeah I waited for days no reply I phrased it seven different ways no reply I waited four fucking days no reply no reply and I knew in the beginning you were special and when I met you for a second so was I and now I see you on the backs of my eyes and I can’t stand another second going by with no reply I tried you more than I should more than was good for my pride and I found myself drifting off I thought that we could slip away if we tried but now there’s just tangled wires between us and I can’t reach you from where I lie no reply now there’s just static between us and I can’t reach you from where I lie no reply I thought that you were made of something different I thought that you could make it right but you just lied you just lied and now I’m clawing at the backs of my eyes and I’m hoping that the blood can wash you from my life as I cry I waited for days.
8.
Restless 01:41
I’m restless no I’m not feeling comfortable with love today and I bet this is coming from the feeling I have lost my way and I bet this is coming from in my head yes it’s coming on, it’s coming strong and I bet this is going to feel a lot like I did yesterday I expect less from myself healing is taking my time away I can’t fix this there’s something wrong with my head yes there’s something wrong with me if I don’t know myself how can I string someone else along with me what’s wrong with me? I’m desperate to find a feeling that will stand up to my gaze but it’s hopeless I’m staying here to think it over once again it’s hopeless
9.
if I fall in love this time I’m going to check it out thoroughly I’m going to scope out all the angles and look for all the things that worry me I’m going to look into your background I’m going to stare into the distance I’m going to check up on your family and go to where you spend Christmas I’m going to buy every textbook ever written on romance my love is going to be perfect I’m getting out of this no man’s land I’m going to plan every evening down’ to the last detail I’m going to write every menu and pre-mix every cocktail I’m going to script my conversations and I will always be charming I won’t make any faux pas and I will never be alarming because I’ve read every textbook ever written on romance my love is going to be perfect I’m getting out of this no man’s land so now I’m looking for that someone to target my affections but I don’t want somebody difficult I’ve had enough of rejections so if you’re practical and organised and you’re tired of being lonely we can plan our love together but would you please apply only if you’ve read every textbook ever written on romance our love has got to be perfect we can get out of this no man’s land
10.
Falling Down 03:50
If you said what you meant I’d probably resent it if I said what I mean then I think you’d leave me and then where would we be? alone in misery so we’ll try to ignore the feeling that we’re falling down together we’re falling down if I could pull myself together would that help? if you could relax and just act more like yourself then we could return to the life that I yearn to live with you but it’s not the same and together we’re falling down together we’re falling down I remember when I made you happy and you understood me but when you look at me it’s not how it should be we’re scared to face this we hide in complacence and we’re never changing we’ll stay here forever we’re falling down together we’re falling down
11.
Quick they’re pairing off better find a match before the music stops and you’re left alone quickly sell yourself or be a customer for someone else or be left alone you’re the one for me or are you just a product of the urgency to bring someone home? it’s getting hard to tell is that love or just another trap I fell into? they say romance is dead I think I found the corpse in my bed they say romance is dead but the ghost is living on and on in my head who needs a symphony when I can woo to R&B from my mobile phone you try to play the game it seems like every day the rules are changed and you’re left alone why would you look inside when you could just revel in the boasts and lies I can’t believe you say it’s sink or swim does that mean the current that I’m drowning in was made by me I can’t believe they say romance is dead I think I found the corpse in my bed they say romance is dead but the ghost is living on and on in my head

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Our first full length LP - released on I'm Not From London records November 2015

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released November 27, 2015

All songs written, sung, arranged, recorded and produced by Jack Wiles. Bass by Mark Connell, recorded at The Lab by Miles Clark. Piano on Grave of Romance by Miles Clark. Artwork by Victoria Umansky

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Practical Lovers London, UK

"Nottingham's answer to your darkest moments. Hearbreakingly honest and lyrically poignant" - Famyard

"A really enjoyable update on the 1980s electro-pop template." - Leftlion Magazine

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