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Shut Up and Be the Light

by JATK

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Baby blue vinyl in full color jacket + 12 x 24" folded insert w/ linear notes and lyrics.

    Includes limited edition "Shut Up and Be the Light" Button Pack with 4 damaged donut designs. Button sizes 1.25"

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    CD in full color wallet, 8-panel folded insert with linear notes and lyrics. Printed using green friendly ink, recycled board stock, packaged in clear re-sealable eco-bags.

    Includes limited edition "Shut Up and Be the Light" Button Pack with 4 damaged donut designs. Button sizes 1.25"

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    "Shut Up and Be the Light" Button Pack with 4 damaged donut designs. Button sizes 1.25"
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Easy to Kill 04:15
Honey bee, sticky sweet Make it all for you and I will take for me Grass is green, whatever that means Cut it with machines, to grow is but to be Kill it easy Kill it easy Kill it easy It's easy to kill I had a dream, a simple thing Waking up is hard, but so is everything The tiger kills, the lion sleeps The pig dies quietly and soon becomes the meat But you will never ever know why dreams die And you will never ever know why I cry Kill it easy (one o'clock in the morning) Kill it easy (coming in without warning) Kill it easy It's easy to kill But you will never ever know why (like a dove in morning) Dreams die And you will never ever know why I cry Know why (one o'clock in the morning) Dreams die And you will never ever know why I cry Like a dove in morning Like a wolf without warning One o'clock in the morning Coming in without warning One o'clock in the morning Coming in without warning
3.
Never gonna be your girl, friend Girlfriend is a word That I very seldom heard So I split it into two Cause I’m not that into you Boyfriend is a guy Who's mysterious and shy But it's never gonna do Cause I'm more of that than you Never gonna be your girl, friend I thought you were the one Why can't love just be for fun? Will you love me til the end? But platonic as a friend Sorry you won't do I have complicated views Want me to be your girl But I want to be your man Never gonna be your girl, friend People gonna frown When I turn it upside down Am I confounding? I think I'm gonna cry I don't know the reason why Misunderstanding Misunderstanding me
4.
Don't Call 03:41
I live alone, been alone for a long, long time I don't wanna live alone no more But I see you smile when you see me cry and I don't know what you're thinking You can't come upstairs cause I don't live alone no more Because my thoughts are here and my fears don't hide no more These are my things Sitting all alone on the weekend Thinking ‘bout the gifts I've been given, sh** I've been livin’ I'm inspired and I'm driven Don't call, don't come I'm fine here now Don't call, don't come I'm fine here now, been fine for years so now My tears are drying and I've been finding some truth To make it through Spiderwebs like a spider, man I screen my calls like my name was Gwen Hey, kk ― don't wake me Time to get it cause I'm giving a f*** Gotta get it now I'm giving you up Hey, kk ― don't wake me
5.
Come down To the ground From the cloud Show him some love And when they tell you it’s easy, it’s really hard You flew in on a breeze with a silver cup He learned Japanese just to say what’s up But he never believed that you would come this far Taking off is easy You show him how to start By letting go of secrets In caterpillar hearts Your chrysalis is changing For better or for worse Paint colors on your wings Now you're dying in reverse You tell him that it’s all right To be the bigger man But he is just a dumb boy Without a coffee can
6.
My wake, ain’t been nothing but mistakes Ain’t got nothing but heartache Ain’t got nothing But nothing from something is something that I want to be, babe And I ain’t coming in there cause I think that I’ve been there Bears repeating, repeating a pattern then patterning out once again Babe, I want you to stay We’re just having good times like we’re counting the days Making love til we’re breaking up Making love til we’re breaking up Making love til the sun comes up Making love til we’ve had enough Making love til we’re breaking up Hallways in the back of a dark place Money walk on a cheap date Ain’t got nothing But money means nothing and nothing is cheaper than this And I ain’t hanging out, I’m just filling with doubt Making out, staying in, waiting to stop until it can begin again Babe, I don’t understand it There’s a card up your sleeve and I’m still empty-handed Baby, baby, don’t you cry (no babe, don’t cry) Lovers lost in a lilting lullaby Come and give me your heart (give me your heart) Keep your eyes open wide while I rip it apart
7.
Gas Station 03:27
Anybody looking to ride? Anybody looking tonight? You hear the girls on the street, they're going bang, bang, bang! You put the gas in the tank, they're going boom, boom, boom! I love you, but I got no money Not looking for a discount honey You hear the boys on the street, they're going bang, bang, bang! You put the gas in the tank, they're going boom, boom, boom! I love you, but I got no money Not looking for a... uh-oh, let's go!
8.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! This thing is heavy Just let it come down The stars were heavenly But now they're earthbound Tomorrow's coming I see in ultrasound This thing is heavy Just let it come down Yesterday There was nothing up in the air The sky is full today Yeah now there's something that wasn't there When tomorrow comes When tomorrow comes When tomorrow comes Let it come down on
9.
Come ride the wind with me all night Just take my hand, we'll be all right Once we were young, but tonight we live long And I won't ride the wind holding hands with a stranger again Maybe love makes you cry Maybe love makes you never die, never die Maybe what you were looking for Is what you were looking for We're gonna live again Until it begins again Maybe love takes you low Maybe love takes you where you just gotta go Maybe the darkest place Is that which you gotta face The stars stretch across the sky And to them we're gonna fly My child, you know me well I've been so sad and ill Before I go to sleep One promise you've got to keep
10.
Easy come, easy go Slide back down Easy come, easy go Slide back down Can't believe that this dream's gone away Can't believe that I'm in the same place Try to wander to know where you're going Try to know what you know without knowing I believe in a God up above I believe in a Mother's true love Like a star in the sky you will shine Burning out on a journey through time Nothing up at the top of the mountain And the fear of the fall never ends Nothing left at the end of the summer And the fear of the fall never ends Nothing stays if you wanted to keep it Nothing leaves if you want it to stay Easy come in a world turning backward Easy go, easy come, easy, easy!
11.
Are you conscious anymore? It makes me wonder Even the calm before the storm Can't hide the thunder Try to ride the wave That takes you under Are you conscious anymore? I wonder, I wonder My baby sold me to the cops, cops They tried to put me in a box, box But when a teardrop wants to drop, it drops I know that anything that dies, dies A little baby that cries, cries But there's a magic living in your eyes Afraid of anything that comes near Praying that anything will come in clear Watching you die is like my biggest fear Hearing that melody that comes down I can't believe it now you're underground The grass is greener but my heart is brown My baby says you don't die My baby says it's all right I'm chillin’ in the sunshine Chillin’ in the sunshine Chillin’ in the sunshine Freezin’ in the sunshine
12.
Leave You 03:37
I don't wanna leave you now But I'm gonna leave you now Before I go this I know was a one way trip Which is more than I thought that it was So when I leave just believe that it's all a trick To put smiles where before there were none There are moments that will make you cry And there's a time and place for things to die From what I've seen, not serene, but a blackened sky So uncertain you gotta ask why But when you ask just relax cause the answer is That it's all just a blackened sky There are moments that will make you laugh So you can write this as my epitaph My heart, my soul, my love, my home My kids, my hands, my thoughts, my plans My hopes, my dreams, my whispers, my screams Shut up and be the light for me

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released April 15, 2022

JATK is Matt Jatkola and friends

This album was conceived during Matt's recovery from Hodgkin's Lymphoma and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was recorded remotely in over a dozen locations across the United States during 2020-21. Most of the musicians were never in the same room.

Dedicated to the memory of Ben Ruggles and Mike Denneen.

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JATK Boston, Massachusetts

JATK (pronounced “Jack”), the power-pop project from Boston-based songwriter Matt Jatkola and his circle of collaborators, cranks up an arsenal of hooks and riffs with affecting jolts of guitar-rock reflected through a knack for pop melody. After the release of a number of eclectic singles, the debut full-length album 'Shut Up And Be The Light' is out now! ... more

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