Stunts

by sure thing

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Yoda was wrong - there is try.

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it’s a one hundred horse town
even if all of them are cops
you’d think I could find one person
to fill my emptying cup
or a couple friends to call
when it’s as late as it gets
and I need someone to tell me
to get a grip

I’m a bad actor but I do my own stunts
and it's all method all the time
from alarm to melatonin, I’m trying
from light to night, I’m asking
who are we? wrong answers only

making elaborate wishes
on ordinary things
putting faith in fountains
shining with copper currencies
in small snapping bones
small flames easily extinguished
it’s much safer than believing
in anything big

I’m a bad actor but I do my own stunts
and it's all method all the time
from alarm to melatonin, I’m trying
from light to night, I’m asking
who are we? wrong answers only

in the winter of 2000
the computers kept on
at my parent’s new year’s party
I let someone call me pretty
maybe that was the beginning of the end
being introduced to my reflection
they say lie in the bed you made
live with the bets you made
even if you made them at 12
or didn’t make them yourself

I’m always white lying
thinking I’m getting away with it
making you apologize
for things you did in my head
making up scenarios
in which I’m dying to death
and you’re at my gravestone
your cheeks wet and red

I’m a bad actor but I do my own stunts
and it's all method all the time
from alarm to melatonin, I’m trying
from light to night, I’m asking
who are we? ask Jeeves or somebody
ask a priest, tax-free
ask goddamn Mercury
just don’t ask me

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released March 8, 2024
Written, performed, recorded and mixed by sure thing
Additional production by Derek DeVinney
Mastered by Andrew Jambura at Silver City Studios

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sure thing Milwaukee, Wisconsin

sure thing is Milwaukee’s Casey O’Brien (Cinnaminiatures) and Stephen Strupp (solo, Sat. Nite Duets, Soda Road). Songs for sure thing’s self-titled debut were written and recorded between late 2019 and 2023.

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