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WE PREFER the NIGHT

by K-ESSENCE

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Mariusz aka DarthDvN God of the Trinity of all the K-E albums. A masterpiece from the beginning to the end with level of vibes you won't get anywhere else. The in-your-face opening with We Prefer The Night turns into the dark, smokey valley of reflection, sadness, dreams, memories (my fav part) until Come Home and Stay. Then Every Black Shirt comes in, making you feel like "now I'm over 9000!". When the Tails Lights fade, you find yourself looking for that goddamn replay button. Thanks for having Olga on the album. Favorite track: This Party Isn't Over.
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moniq78 Majstersztyk 😍 Favorite track: Those Summerdays.
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1.
_______________________ My pawns have all expired The prince is out of sight The rules have changed The tables have turned That's why we Prefer the night (this part is not included in the studio version) ********************************** Blessed is he who in the name of me Spreads the word of positive insanity Blessed is he who is not afraid not to sleep Blessed is he who in the name of me says all these things Well the future doesn't look so bright That's why we prefer the night That's why we prefer the night Your all shaky and your vision's blurred Your hands are sweating and you're over concerned Before you lie things you just can't fight That's why we prefer the night This bands performance too theatrical I'd rather listen to some techno minimal All the girls here read good poetry And you can't stand a chance if you know nothing 'bout the 19th-century When it's dark all pussy seems so tight That's why we prefer the night When she says: I had this dream I'm just switching off You see, it's quite different when you're listening to our songs So if you can just sit down and receive I say: fuck you please leave I say: fuck you please leave
2.
The train for Hammersmith has left the station All that is left is a pile of ash We're both bruised and bleeding, baby #you, #me, #fuck Was it so hard to press the delete, babe Was it hard to throw it all away The rings have rusted, the pictures are fading But as of today I claim the world to myself again I claim the world to myself again London is mine Hammersmith is mine I claim the world to myself again I claim the world to myself again I claim the world to myself again London is mine Hammersmith is mine I claim the world to myself again The last plane home has left the airport The whole Stansted that is covered in ice You know we could've been the greatest #you, #me, #fuck Was it so hard to press the delete, babe Was it hard to throw it all away The rings have rusted, the pictures are fading But as of today I claim the world to myself again I claim the world to myself again London is mine Hammersmith is mine I claim the world to myself again
3.
THIS PARTY ISN'T OVER You look at your best in your favorite party dress That's when I want you most You look a bit depressed, You smell like a terrible lack of rest That's when I want you most Your taste on a Sunday morning In another person's house On another person's couch This party isn't over In another person's house On another person's couch You're so young and high That's when I know that you're mine That's when they want you most Hey, let's do a line, amphetamines and sedatives intertwine That's when they want you most Your taste on a Sunday morning In another person's house On another person's couch This party isn't over In another person's house On another person's couch Don't say you won't be sorry What you're trying to escape will catch up with you one day You're so young and high That's when I know you're no longer mine That's when I love you most Babe, don't do this line, amphetamines and sedatives shouldn't intertwine That's when I love you most Your taste on a Sunday morning In another person's house On another person's couch This party isn't over In another person's house On another person's couch Don't say you won't be sorry What you're trying to escape will catch up with you one day
4.
You're drunk almost every night Thinking of the could'ves and left behinds Sharing your bed with some maggot That's not even worth mentioning in this song You could've had it all The Little House of the two dogs you've always been dreaming off The fights over dishes, the kids, and the help That you could never use You keep washing away the blood off your face No medication could ever help You keep washing away the blood down the drain You bathe and you forget The problems you've had The shit you've been through None of this is really gone for good Now that I can see clearly what it was like You know, what is left is a slimy trail of lies You keep washing away the blood off your face No medication could ever help You keep washing away the blood down the drain You bathe and you forget You keep washing away the blood off your face No medication could ever help You keep washing away the blood down the drain You bathe and you forget You bathe and you forget You bathe and you forget You bathe and you forget
5.
Swim Says 04:06
Swim says: Pull up the blinds It's time to get up It's already five Swim says: Order some food You've got to eat Just look at you Swim says: Check all the drawers See if there's anything left And let's start the day Swim says: Don't waste your time on the things that just aren't worth your while Swim says: You're growing week, mate and you know why Swim says: I'm feeling much better now Though still kind of sad And it's only Sunday night Swim says: Take a shower Put on some perfume And let's have some fun Swim says: Don't waste your time on the things that just aren't worth your while Swim says: You're growing week, mate and you know why Swim says: Put on a jacket Let's call some friends Reach down your pocket And let the night begin
6.
There we were Staring bluntly at our shoes Exchanging vague opinions on trying to Figure out What our next step should be It was late So you stole a pack of condoms from a local store I was thirsty so you spat into my mouth And back then It all felt so natural I never swore And you could never tell So don't forget those summer days When sedatives where nothing I would need Don't forget those summer days When sedatives where nothing I would need Dawn broke Forcefully on me As you tears were flushing your make up and down I pushed the hair out of your face It was wet And the birds broke out in the chorus Don't forget those summer days When sedatives where nothing I would need Don't forget those summer days When sedatives where nothing I would need Remember that I was there I picked you up I really cared When it all breaks down it seems unfair What can you do Better leave it this way
7.
I know you Wearing the saddest smile The most beautiful eyes in the world I know you Wearing the saddest smile The most beautiful eyes in the world And all they could do Was turn off all the lights in Paris And all they could do Was turn off all the lights in Paris Look at my baby, How she bends her feet That's my favorite photo of her We took in Venice Look at my baby, How she bends her feet That's my favorite photo of her We took in Venice And all the white sheets of Prague Cannot soak the blood And all the white sheets of Prague Cannot soak the blood And all the white sheets of Prague Cannot soak the blood And all the chambermaids of France Cannot clean the love I know you Wearing the saddest smile in the world
8.
Come home and stay We'll play your fantasy Until you're sick of it Come home and stay We'll play your fantasy Of a perfect family Come home and never leave I'll show you what it means to live with me Come home and never leave I'll show you what it means to vet, stalk and deceive Just before you reach your perfect equilibrium I'll throw you off balance I'll kick away all of your dreams I'll show you what it means to get it on with me Come home Come home and stay We'll play your fantasy Until you're sick of it Come home and stay We'll play your fantasy Of a perfect family Come home and never leave I'll show you what it means to live with me Come home and never leave I'll show you what it means to get it on with me Just before you reach your more or less state of mind I'll kick away all of your friends I'll crush down all of your dreams I'll show you what it means to be with a girl like me
9.
Every black shirt that I own Bears conspicuous white marks Cannot wash them off Cannot scratch them off But that's how she knows That's how she knows She knows She knows She's the prettiest girl That I've ever known Though she leaves me dying For three days in a row She rides my head all night And I have to beg her to stop She wears the most expensive clothes Just one blow is enough And they all drop Every black shirt that I own Bears conspicuous white marks Cannot wash them off Cannot scratch them off But that's how she knows That's how she knows She knows She knows I took her out last Friday night We never eat, we never sleep Oh, but things didn't go quite well as I expected This time I asked her to take me higher Then ever before We jumped skyscrapers But this one last time she faked And I was falling alone Every black shirt that I own Bears conspicuous white marks Cannot wash them off Cannot scratch them off But that's how she knows That's how she knows That's how she knows She knows She knows She knows She knows She knows
10.
A murder of crows surround him He smells like human flesh He never rides the horse He beat him to death long ago You better look away when you cross his path He ain't down here to make friends He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered He's a dangerous Man Don't like to be looked at He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered, no, no, no There was once a barkeep That spilled whiskey on the floor The man, he didn't say anything And the barkeep Says nothing no more Just before he realized That he had gone too far He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered He's a dangerous Man Don't like to be looked at He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered, no, no, no 3. There was once a girl That fell for his hat Her daddy was an evil man He did not approve of that The man made a lampshade of his head And some candles of his fat Just before he realized That he had gone too far He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered He's a dangerous Man Don't like to be looked at He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered, no, no, no The girl was in distress She had no place to go The man real good care of her She's the most expensive whore Just before that bitch realized That she had gone too far He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered He's a dangerous Man Don't like to be looked at He's a dangerous man Don't like to be bothered, He's a dangerous man, You better look away, you better look away
11.
Tail Lights 04:24
How many times did we walk through this door How many times did we climb these stairs How many times did I tell you: I love you How many times did you sit on my lap How many times did we raise this glass How many times did we say it was forever I fell off a running train You reached out to pull me back in Then the trains started speeding up And all I saw were the tail lights How many times did we know not what to do How many times did we get so lost And how many times did we fix it all How many times did you think it's all gone And how many times did we pick each other up So many times, baby But not this one I fell off a running train You reached out to pull me back in Then the trains started speeding up And all I saw were the tail lights I threw out my ticket for this ride In the end it was you who walked away So you have become what you despise Now tell me babe How fucked-up is that

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It's 9pm. You shave, put on your favourite perfume and your best jacket. You walk into a dingy hotel and get out in the morning with a five-o'clock shadow on you face. Something blue, brutal and royal happens in between. But we don't speak of it for fear of it not happening again. For we prefer the night.

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released April 29, 2016

Recorded live at Katofonia Jazz & Blues Club and Katofonia Recording Studio
Recording: Dred Pietrzak | Magazine Mobile Studio
Mixing: Bartosz Księżyk & Bartosz Pokrywka | K-essence
Mastering: Marcin Bociński | Legato Mastering
Cover art: Ryszard Czop

Bartosz Księżyk - vocals, guitars
Iwo Nowak - bass
Bartosz Pokrywka - keys, guitars
Krzysztof Kot - drums

All songs written by K-essence

Come Home+Stay and Tails Lights feat. Altra Volta String Quartet (Leszek Sojka - violin, Jacek Dzwonowski - violin, Aleksandra Marko-Lech - viola, Michał Lech - cello)
This Party Isn’t Over feat. Olga Naliwajko

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K-ESSENCE Katowice, Poland

They call their music narco-pop. There is an amazing stage energy in K-ESSENCE's music but also decadence and melancholy that come together in an explosion of beautiful notes. When the band is on stage, it's hard to find a more diverse set of emotions. This is one of the most mature examples of the art of songwriting in recent years - the music of a wounded and angry soul. ... more

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