Name: This City
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: ‘This City’ is a story about returning to Manchester after visiting family and struggling to find purpose there, while reflecting on the fleeting and fragile nature of life as a whole.

This City

by Bake Gently

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‘This City’ is a story about returning to Manchester after visiting family and struggling to find purpose there, while reflecting on the fleeting and fragile nature of life as a whole.

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I’m heading back up to Manchester,
I’ve seen my family,
All out of funds for public transport,
But dad could take me.

He turned to me as we were leaving:
“I just can’t seem to shake a sinking feeling,
Do you ever feel the same thing,
Or am I the only one in This City?”

I'm looking for a ray of sunshine,
In rainy weather,
Wishing I could only rewind,
‘Cus it’s getting wetter.

Scattered fragments like a jigsaw,
We all search high and low for the pieces,
There doesn’t have to be a reason,
But there has to be enough of a meaning.

Always on my mind, restless nights, when I wake up,
Shiver down my spine if I think ‘bout it too much,
Precious ticking time, more goodbyes, more I’m restless,
Tell people I’m fine ‘cus I can’t find the right words,
If there was a way to get free then I’d take it,
Show me different things that will change how I’m thinking,
Help me understand everything has to finish,
Nothing I can do, just relax, keep on living.

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released March 25, 2022
Music and lyrics - Jacob Bentley
Producer - Jacob Bentley
Mixing engineer - Jacob Bentley
Mastering engineer - Jake Cartwright

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Yung Samurai

Oct 2023
12

Nov 2022
Questions in My Mind

Aug 2022
miss you

May 2022
This City

Mar 2022

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