Take A Picture, by Popes Of Chillitown

Take A Picture

by Popes Of Chillitown

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Evan Riddile The Popes once again prove they're a band to be reckoned with by creating yet another fresh take on the Ska scene by dropping the best album of 2023. Favorite track: Colin Firth's First Birthday.

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1.	Calm 04:20	lyrics	buy track
You could have asked any single one of us It’s so sad Communication is a must The one who punished us is now just shadows and dust Why should I try when I get nothing done? I’m the kinda guy who likes to listen to his mind You calm down then I’ll listen to your point I’m stupid but I’m also kinda kind You don’t even know your own mind Got your legs up staring at the wall Ambassador of proper fuck all Now you’re judging me and analysing every flaw This means war This means what? Tell me you’re trying Tell me that I’m not This means you’re fishing for what? I’m just fresh out of what you want What do you want? T.R.O.U.T.? You could’ve asked any single one of us It’s so sad Communication is a must Why should I try when I get nothing done? So who am I but a fly in the ointment? I know that it’s ridiculous You’re taking the piss out of us And I got more energy than you know Yeah this is fucking typical You’re taking the piss out of us And I got more enemies than you know Stop taking the piss out of me I’ll see you when you all fall down This means war This means what? Tell me you’re trying Tell me I’m not This means you’re fishing for what? I’m just fresh out of what you want Can’t you see it’s useless? I’ll clean up everything of mine Clean up everything and I’ll clean up everything, start again
2.	Crashmat 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Crash mat Allow that Time is linear the world’s still flat Life’s life That’s that Gonna stand on my feet Not die on my back No safety net No strings attached Man, it’s real as it gets So please stand back Lateral thinker, casual drinker One-dimension I meet my end You think you’re in but they pull you back out In at the deep end No messing about No stress push out the chest And we hope for the best Lest we forget Yeah just allow it brev Yeah just allow This floor’s invisible I’m sure that I’ve been here before; sipping on port, sitting in shorts Run home like a road runner I’ve never been caught Focused on my own survival Right now well you know that it’s vital Be mindful, not self-entitled Once in a night, more than eye-full So, so sorry A thousand apologies Blessings to be on your house Come quietly Calm down Give it a try and you might find out Night crawls my life’s not insured But I’m dying Climbing the walls But allow it allow Yeah allow it allow (Full metal allow) Arms down to the side Just guns No hands no knives this time Raw tunnel vision Know I’ll survive I’ve been tired all of my life Group chat Laudat Chinese New Year fear for the bat White lion Death trap 9 lives one down 8 more cracks My mind’s occupied with the sound of the hats My eyes so tired man I’m bound to collapse Lateral drinker, casual thinker See that I’m close the to the brink my “friend” You think you’re in but they pull you back out In at the deep end Come quietly Come down When I say come around come around This town (my mind) Mine now Give it a try but you might find out I’d take my own life but it’s insured Man I’m dying I’m climbing the wall Not gone. Still me Full metal and harsh yeah Allow allow allow Yeah Allow it allow Full metal allow Is there any room left for me here? Can I get a seat on the floor of the train to nowhere? Well it’s the same every day I’m just going through the motions I’m talking, yeah I’m bleeding my soul And you’re sucking it up through a straw Sucking it up through a straw (Long ting)
3.	Short Straw 03:38	lyrics	buy track
Stop trying to act like you’re blameless Panties round ankles Be thankful for the brain police You signed up to the mailing list Controlled by them lizards and aliens You seem to care what they say, right? For a good cause at the right price It’s only 40 more years but it feels like a life time I didn’t plan this The gods laugh in my face when I face life seemingly for the first time at each new light Short straw Long ting Long ting 5 4 3 2 1 Jump in with the sharks One too few wetsuits Don’t be alarmed Black doesn’t suit you We’ll do to you what the sharks exclude to do Is this a viable risk? Who decides who dies and who lives? A great white light strikes twice inside Trying to survive but I thrive on a diet of lies Where do you go? It’s kinda unavoidable but somehow you’re still out of control If I wanted to be dead I wouldn’t be alive Can’t I just let myself decide? Short straw Long ting Long ting What fucking planet are you on? Which one do you think I come from? What planet are you on? Where do I come from? Long ting Short straw Long long long long ting Short straw Long ting Long long long looooooong Reach for the sky gimme 5 gimme 10 Hands down if you know that you’re innocent Reach for the sky gimme 5 gimme 10 Put your hands down if you know that you’re innocent Long ting Long ting Long ting Short straw Long ting Short straw Long ting Short straw Long long long long long long long long
4.	Chicken 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Chicken tastes just like human Can’t tell me it’s the other way round cos you’re wrong Cave paintings prove it Yeah man’s been a cannibal from day one Can’t run can’t hide from the truth yeah Man I got your eyeball sticking in my tooth You roll your eyes I bite my thumb Oh what have I become? Don’t gimme the cold shoulder I’m a leg man I must say that I’m back from the dead And I’d apologise for what it’s worth but I know that it’s too late Chicken tastes just like human Pure mad man say that it tastes like pork Well that’s all tall tales and it’s just pure lies Conniving fish wives’ porkie pies Before man learned to read and write He cut off a leg with a fork and a knife You roll your eyes I bite my thumb Oh what have I become? Don’t gimme the cold shoulder I’m a leg man I must say that I’m back from the dead And I’ll apologise for what it’s worth Chicken tastes just like puma Can’t tell me that’s not true man you never caught one tastes just like a tuna Man, if you cook them they will come You like your meat well done. Well done! Well it only takes one for a movement son You roll your eyes I bite my thumb Oh what have I become? Don’t gimme the cold shoulder I’m a leg man I must say that I’m back from the dead And I’d apologise for what it’s worth I know that it’s hard to swallow but you can’t deny your past anymore
5.	Damage 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Talk to someone Talk to anyone Think outside of the box for once It can take some time So strap yourself in I know that the damage is done Count your blessings and run away Don’t run Look at me I’m happy because I want to be Look at you you’re sad and confused and decidedly lonely Yeah I know that the damage is done Count your losses and run away Don’t run All that I know is not enough Ah now babe don’t you worry your pretty little head about such things Why always in a hurry to change all of that which cannot be changed? Yeah I know that you just want to run away I hope you find a new man or a plan that helps you rely on yourself Cos it’s all we’ve got So be thankful for your lot And I know that the damage is done Count your losses and run away Don’t run I’m tired of this shit and I want to go Cos I’m running out of patience You shoot from the hip only low blows As if you’re trying to make a statement I get violently sick I don’t want to know How much you really hate me It’s all excuses anyway Run run run as fast as you can Don’t hold back and please understand There’s nothing for you here anymore
6.	After Everyone Had Left 03:25	lyrics	buy track
I cried for you after everyone had left Scarred and bruised just like when we first had (sax) Like a movie with too many sound effects this life has become non-diagetic and I’m pathetically depressed Tried to prove that you’re not living in my head I feel so dutifully ignorant and yet I expect much more for the evidence I put my faith in a truth that no-one else accepts cos I got nothing else left. Oh girl won’t you run away with me We can start our own utopian community Just me and you, you and you and me We set sail upon the Devil’s sea Bananas I tried so hard to consign you to the past Thinking I could make new memories and laugh it off, pass it off but it’s hard because you’re never far from my thoughts and therefore you’re sure to endure So you, well you’d best be on your guard Please try but please don’t try so hard And me, well I’ll be careful with my heart Well never mind yours cos you never minded mine. I don’t know why it’ll be different this time
7.	Do I Really Have To Show You 04:08	lyrics	buy track
We’ve never ever felt so lonely and we can’t believe our luck This game for you and me is over and we’d both be better off outside of the ridiculousness in which we persist to exist I talk to myself more than I do to you, so what’s the use? Well if I knew I’d tell you, but I haven’t got a clue I find myself just drifting and not knowing anything anymore Did I ever know anything, anything at all? Do I really have to show you all the ways that you hurt me? I wanna show you what we do to people like you round here I’ll never ever love again This hurts too much I’d rather just do myself in or cut it off I deserve this You were worth it Yes, you were perfect and I deserted you Well I’m a mess without you and It’s eating me up
8.	Apologise 03:36	lyrics	buy track
Of course if I’m forced to admit it, my thoughts are awkward and sort of distorted Not what I wanted and not what I ordered from a brain. Oh well, yet again Of course if I’m forced to admit it that living in a prison is not how i envisioned my position in life and yet here I am stuck inside my own mind There’s a throbbing in my jaw from the sobbing upon the floor I grind my teeth when it’s time to sleep I snore My mind’s not mine and my mind’s surely not yours anymore Why do I try when I chat pure chaff Chat pure crap and I chat bare hype Chat like an ejit not clever not bright Like an arsehole I’m never not right Never ask me how I am I’ll say I’m fine Do you want the awkward truth or the beautiful lie? Take some time off Have a little lie down Have a little cry now Give it a try You’ll feel better when you let it all out Talk to someone with a frame of reference that’ll sort you out Focus on the daily that’s all for now Friends at the end of the phone don’t charge for call out so make the call now Make the most of your closest core crowd Don’t be ashamed don’t be more proud Last chance Don’t pass it up. What are you, a mug? Separate the wheat from the chaff Deck chair fans from the hardcore fam Strong back chaps with advice and a nice place to cotch when it’s a bit too much Never ask me how I am Don’t expect me to apologise for things that I ain’t even done Or cut me down to size Never never take away my freedom No way None of that now
9.	Colin Firth's First Birthday 03:30	lyrics	buy track
Got a new smirk Making much mirth Cutting up my face in the mirror cos I wanna look like Colin Firth I weren’t born first Runt of the litter you can roll me in glitter but I’m still a fucking turd Special like an early bird Back to the Ireland People digging up dirt Burn pon fire Sleep and I eat And I’m digging up peat til a man retire Spade, call it a spade Stick it in the ground til I dig my grave More money in the hand watch the paddies get rich Stick us in a corner tell us take our pick Big like mountain Shouting, spouting Ruining the family outing Dash shrapnel coins at the fountain Get my willy out It’s a miracle. I’m at the pinnacle now problems are mounting Tell me why the Thomases are doubting Some people just wanna do nothing Me, I wanna do less Churches are worthless without the people inside, all the servants Serves no purpose Silent murmurs resonate loud with a certain nervous ardent fervour Cash make money go further (Give it to me) Man I can save in the Vatican way, Got bare cash stashed in the tabernacle anyway Another soul, another lump sum Another stealth tax coming from a healthy income I’m feeling kinda lazy I don’t know if I should get up and try life or stay in bed until the sun retires I’m feeling mildly crazy Blame it on the light I should stay away until the sun retires Answer the dark truth inside of you
10.	Not About You 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Maybe it’s not about you Not about you, not about you Maybe it’s the path you choose How you taste the truth How you walk in your boots Maybe it’s all fake news What they say about you Man it leaves you confused And you just take the abuse Because of who you are Who you are.... Trying to think of something that’ll give your life meaning Show no sympathy behind closed doors Trying to count the dots on your eyes you believe in more But you’re not sure Experiencing life without any feeling Rank and Number, man Numb to the core Romantic death well it seems so appealing A simple impulse of the bored Time to exaggerate your dreams and your achievements and row your boat to a distant shore Trying to conflate your presence and your essence and there’s so much less in store The merest of setbacks it leaves you in pieces Glass half smashed on the factory floor Your nearest and dearest they tire of your unloading You’re broken, eroded to the core No-one wants to fix you anymore
11.	Gosh 03:52	lyrics	buy track
I had it all. I didn’t know I had to fall just to know what I call home I took a stroll down a rabbit hole Ah you don’t wanna go down that road There’s a whole lot of corridors And what lies behind a claw-marked door I’m not sure. I wish i didn’t know Now I’m here I’d better clear some shit off the walls Now I’m here I’d better smear some shit on the walls Now I’m here I’d better clear clear smear and then clear it off Well no-one’s gonna help me at all Don’t give me the guilt trip I’m the same as when you found me Don’t tell me I’m different Please don’t talk to me If you’ve got no kind words at all Please just let me be I’m sick of disguising my life Please don’t talk to me If you’ve got no kind words at all Just let me be Céad míle fáilte I didn’t know how much this would escalate Thought it’d get better but it’s just got worse of late And this could never be ok Thought it was over but I guess I’ve sealed my fate I had it all but I didn’t know I had to fall just to know what I call home I took a stroll down a rabbit hole Don’t go down that road Make way for the chosen one
12.	Piotr Noster 00:33		buy track
13.	Take A Picture 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Take a picture it’ll last longer I don’t need that part of my soul anymore Making plans with the Lord our God Looking above man I’m saying Our Father, I know that when we all fall down I’ll be inclined to pick myself up You made me strong Well I’m stronger than you know Take a seat at the table Make yourself comfortable, sip from the cup I can see that you’re able Ah you know how to rise above How to get yourself on top The man who puts himself down, that’s the man that shall be exalted But you see when I was down You didn’t come to me, comfort me, come to my aid, no Take a picture it’ll last longer I don’t need that part of my soul anymore Making plans with the Lord our God Looking above man I’m saying Our Father, I know that when we all fall down I’ll be inclined to pick myself up You made me strong I’m stronger than you know Take a leaf from a good book This book, any book Man will you tell me if it’s any good Should I take a look Oh tell me what’s inside I never understood the mystery of this life Make my own name, own front page my own legacy and that’s how they’ll be remembering me What will they say about you when you’re gone? Take a picture it’ll last longer I don’t need that part of my soul anymore Making plans with the lord our God Looking above man I’m saying Our Father, I know that when we all fall down I’ll be inclined to pick myself up You made me strong I’m stronger than you know Take a seat at the table Make yourself comfortable, sip from the cup I can see that you’re able Ah you know how to rise above How to get yourself on top The man who puts himself down, that’s the man that shall be exalted But you see when I was down You didn’t come to me, comfort me, come to me, comfort me, come to me, comfort me, come to my aid, no Take a picture it’ll last longer I don’t need that part of my soul anymore Making plans with the lord our God Looking above Man I’ve said my Our Fathers I know that when we all fall down I’ll be inclined to pick myself up You made me strong I’m stronger than you know
14.	Don't Follow Me 04:00	lyrics	buy track
I’m not man enough to make this leap of faith. My love, it’s not a strong as yours I’m sorry And I can’t take all this weight on my shoulders. I can’t stay Days don’t come any worse than yesterday They don’t come any worse than yesterday I know you said that I did you wrong I never promised you Never promised you anything You knew it all along I didn’t want this, I never wanted it It’s not my design But all will be fine Show the world that you’re made of stronger stuff than this You’re following me While I was following you And you were following him So where the fuck are we going? And it’s so hard to see why no one’s following me And we’re looking for what? We’ll never find out Cos no-one knows the way Don’t follow me I don’t know where I’m going Just cos I’m lost doesn’t mean I don’t want a home I’m trying my best, so can you help me form a plan? Footsteps in the sand tell me that I’m just not like every other man Tell me I’m special How could you think I would stoop so low? I never wanted to Never wanted to embarrass you You’ll need a parachute the next time you try to fly from a great height How was your fall? How did it go? Did it ache you in your soul? Any part that’s left of it anyway Tell me I’m special
15.	What If Next Time Never Comes 03:29	lyrics	buy track
What if next time never comes? If tonight is all we have? I’m still waiting for love to replace what I once had You’ve got a face I know too well And an all too familiar smell I’m wishing you were someone else Oh man I’m sick of being by myself It seems that all we do is sit around hoping for someone new To fall out from the blue And they never do I know I don’t want to start again Can’t replace her she was my best friend Things I liked about her well I’m missing them Try to erase them but I just can’t pretend It’s all artifice and subterfuge And with an iron fist I was abused I don’t want to fucking start anew So I pine and whine I don’t want anyone I don’t want any you Please just hold my hand Try and help me to be the bigger man Cos there’s nothing I want more than to be adored once again I know I can’t erase the past I’ve been a fool but I’m learning fast It’s not much and it’s all I ask Man it’s all I ask That this love will be the last Well I know that we all make mistakes But these wise eyes and ears have seen and heard the tears of the worst and the great Please just hold my hand Try and help me to be the bigger man Cos there’s nothing I want more There’s nothing I want more There’s nothing I want more than to be adored once again

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released June 30, 2023

Produced and mixed by Jack Ashley
Mastered by John Webber @ Air Studios, London
Engineered by Rob Wilks @ 123 Studios
and Jack Ashley @ Hackney Road Studios
Artwork by Thijmen Geluk

All words and music by Popes of Chillitown
© & ℗ Popes Of Chillitown 2023 under exclusive license to Criminal Records UK Ltd
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Popes Of Chillitown London, UK

Popes of Chillitown play ska/dub/punk with a progressive edge. Impossible to tie down and with enough energy to power a small city, their songs drag you through punk, two-tone, rock, hip-hop, reggae, drum & bass, dub, metal and more.

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Dec 10

Dingwalls

London, UK
Feb 23

Brudenell Social Club

Leeds, UK
Feb 24

Bootleg Social

Blackpool, UK
Mar 08

Suburbstheholroyd

Guildford, UK

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