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Here Was Then

by Mouse

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1.
Exist In Me 04:04
blue hair, blue hair when we met knew you were in love like me with something so consuming something that’s everything but still empty i wished it/you would never change never change if here was then then here we are locked on only what you thought of what you were exists in me i love you more than I hate seeing people i know and the conversations i love you more than you hate you I love you more than I love myself never change red hair that we made it’s still here, and you can still hear a suicide pact that’s something so consuming something that’s everything and still the same i wish we would never change never change
2.
Pinned to an avalanche I’m pinned to the point Pull me down What’s really real? Control, control Pull me down What’s really real? Control, control Pull me Head down, to the seams You can jump over yourself/selfish Seems good in talk but put it in real life It’s pinned to an avalanche I’m pinned to the point Pull me down What’s really real? Control, control Pull me I was always what i wanted Now i’m here It’s not too late
3.
I don’t know what I’m doing but I know I don’t like it I know what I mean but I don’t know what I’m saying I know what i'm doing and i know that i wont say it I don’t know what I mean I just want a good line Sleeping through the night again But I don’t want to jinx it coming off a mark again You can talk a lot of ways Coming off a mark again Drugs only work if you’re okay Sleeping through the night again Yeah you talk a lot of ways
4.
Puck 03:50
I had a dream Lenard Cohen Killed me I laughed and screamed Could a voice kill me? Keep telling me all about me Now I’ve got it I don’t want it Pretty sick had a good EP It was my favorite for a week Wanted to talk but I talk enough I know you get it and won’t let me forget it I wanted to be enough I’m gonna rebel look after myself You got it I want it I got it (he’s got it) You want it You got it i want it I got it you want it You want it? I got it
5.
Pea 90 03:52
Straight through all can see all can do Must of hit you with the silent issue Grab my guitar to go outside It’s getting late so I don’t try Pull me down to push you up I’ve been around for too long (too long) Got an idea of what you like But it’ll break if you hold it tight You said you’d go, but If you go I’ll go Walking home to the only place i want to be All out the door I hoped to win the end is spinning all rubbed in I’ll blow out to hear you out (you out) You need to effort to go try You said you’d go, but If you go I’ll go Walking home to the only place I want to be (my room) I’m not asking i’m just saying
6.
Joe said to his mother He’d like a little brother Cause daddy’s here but he’s not good Cut your hair Catch a man Cut your hair Catch a man (fuck hair) Joe said to his mother He doesn’t want a brother Cause he’s embarrassed to be a man Cut your hair Catch a man Cut your hair Catch a man (Cut your hair, Joe said he wants him dead) Up, down, up, down Again Up, down, up, down Don’t cry Up, down, up, down
7.
Today’s my day Today I’ll wait Unpetal my head Unsettled I forget Today’s my day Today I’ll change Unpetal my head Unsettled I forget As far as I see I killed you in my dream
8.
Got something Wash me clean Wrapped in your bladder To feel it better? Alone in the mirror With the shit in my room Lost in any other Parents father Carpet on the floor Closet, who’s in the closet I don’t wanna know I wanna know
9.
Kitty 03:18
Ask something, then ask something louder than Pack some belly, then pack something harder than Straight to the hall again with all of them Yell something, then hear me screaming Breathing in, then help me breathe out again Straight to the hall again with all of them throw out your thoughts or throw them in I’m fine just leave me here this time Straight to the hall again with all of them Always was, and always will be Always was, and always will be Straight to the hall again with all of them
10.
The Picture 02:51
Is this what you wanted? Forward to the skin you talk a lot Did I say that how you wanted? Pleased you so long it makes me sick Over and under the picture of me Is a picture of you Is that what you wanted? And are you sure? Cause you change your mind Do I look how you wanted Couldn’t say but I think it’s shit Over and under, the picture of me Is a picture of you Is that what you wanted? Is that what I wanted?
11.
Don Napier 03:44
I guess I don’t wanna be Like this but I need to be I think I don’t wanna think The last thing I’ll ever see I’m less of what I should be Like this but not really Nothing like what I’m supposed to be Girl in a girls body When I swim I kick down When I dream I wear this gown Green eyes turn brown Androgynous, from born to wrong She said she’s only like this Cause she’s scared Of what she’d let herself be If I’m dumb look who’s under my thumb I bet it weighs a to
12.
Waiting for your call Please be there Ramona touched my hand in slomo She’s into nothing Talks about pavement and titanic She like to watch the re runs Cow is bad don’t listen to your brother I cannot take another Down to ground always the start Threw her bass into space Out of sight tall in night Yes I guess to feel this kiss She’s into nothing Talks about pavement and titanic She like to watch the re runs Cow is bad don’t listen to your brother I cannot take another I’m going to lose you if I don’t catch you She’s into nothing Talks about pavement and titanic She like to watch the re runs Cow is bad don’t listen to your brother I cannot take another Ramona touched my hand in slomo Ramona touched my hand in slomo
13.
Straight to the door He’s scared He’ll buy you more All pleasure is relief

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im gonna rebel // look after myself

'here was then' is us placing a timestamp on our youth.
it's urgent but not rushed: we wanted to record an unfiltered reflection of this time, first encountering the world thru critical eyes - desperate for change, but filled with optimism. the songs on the lp reflect our relationships with gender identity & masculinity, love & mindfulness. we tracked the record over ten days in may 2021, at our friend matt's house in meanjin/brisbane, australia. we're so happy to be sharing it w/ the world. love mouse <333

credits

released August 5, 2022

All songs written by Caleb Anderson

Arranged by Mouse

Caleb Anderson - Guitar, Vocals
Kate McGuire - Guitar, Vocals
Riley Brown - Bass, Vocals
Jamie Clive - Drums, Vocals

Additional performance

Matt Cochran - Percussion, Synth
Adam Leng - Synth

Produced by Matt Cochran & Caleb Anderson
Engineered by Matt Cochran & Chris Antolak
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Cochran
Recorded at Birthday Boy studios in Meanjin
Additional engineering by Caleb Anderson
Additional Recording at Kitty Records

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