Name: Careful
Duration: P00H04M35S
Description: A slow burn on piano, this is me trying to unravel my parents as human beings, reflecting on what they must have gone through raising kids. I’m currently trying to solve that puzzle with my own kids. It’s one of the most personal songs I’ve ever written.

Careful

from The Problem of Other Minds - EP by January Son

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A slow burn on piano, this is me trying to unravel my parents as human beings, reflecting on what they must have gone through raising kids. I’m currently trying to solve that puzzle with my own kids. It’s one of the most personal songs I’ve ever written.

lyrics

My mom is a hoot
She never opens up her mouth except to shoot
My mom is a hoot

My dad is a blast
Never leaves the house except to get gas
Had him a girl once, she kicked his ass
My dad is a blast

My mom is a stone
Reach out to give a warm embrace and shatter the bone
My mom is a stone

My dad’s an old poop
Got a head as hard as petrified wood
And lord knows I wouldn’t change him if I could

And he says finish what you start
Careful what you ask
Nothing good or bad ever lasts

And I’ll keep a hold of that side of him
Everyone here knows what I mean
And I can’t stay mad at the sight of her
Broken down on the I-17

My mom never cries
But the tears pour down to split the sky
My mom never cries

My dad cries all night
I never hear the sound, it’s empty and wide
And it’s the loudest sound in my life

And he says finish what you start
Careful what you ask
Nothing good or bad ever lasts
Nothing good or bad ever lasts

credits

from The Problem of Other Minds - EP, track released May 30, 2019
Alexander Lewis – lead vocal, backing vocals
Nick Perez – piano

Produced by
Bozho Lasich and Alexander Lewis

Recorded and mixed by
Bozho Lasich at PST Studios, San Francisco

Mastered by
Jonathan Burnside

All songs written by
Alexander Lewis

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January Son Lincoln, California

january son is Alexander Lewis, a solo artist from the California Bay Area. His 2014 self-released debut album entitled Occitan Reverb embodies january son's mission to make lyrically dangerous, emotionally driven music. Inspired by the likes of Damien Jurado, Spoon, The National, Bon Iver, january son is lower-case country flavor, rock with a folk spirit, melodic darkness, and killer harmony. ... more

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