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Nobody Gets Hurt

by Jack Henderson

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Shooting sharp lyrical observations through a haze of gossamer synthesizers and lilting acoustics, ‘Nobody Gets Hurt’ is at once hymnal and haunting.

Mulling over notions of fate and destiny, success and failure, the universe and our place in it; Henderson delves deep into the human psyche with probing philosophical purpose. Like an intimate session with a shrink for the first time, Henderson’s thoughts impact with frank, incisive and ultimately constructive honesty.

As Henderson says of the track:

“Giving up on a dream often entails the painful acceptance of a perceived failure. Having set ourselves goals and applied ourselves to them we finally come to acknowledge there’s no cosmic certainty to how things work out merely because we dedicate our efforts to notions of being true to ourselves. What then remains for us is finding new meaning for our lives and reassessing what being true to ourselves might look like in light of a new reality.”

Reminiscent of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan or Tom Waits at their most pared-back, vulnerable and thought provoking, with Jack’s earthy vocal at the forefront lyrics like: “You can trust me every inch on this one Darling, you can have my word, just put the dream down darling, And nobody gets hurt.” are sure to send shivers.

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NOBODY GETS HURT
You can take the decorations down
Bring the chairs in off the lawn
This party’s good as over now
Everybody’s going home
You can trust me every inch on this one darling
You can have my word
Just put the dream down darling
And nobody gets hurt

We’ve done everything we could here
Gone right out on the wire
You sang just like a nightingale
But they still won’t have you in the choir
We could stick around forever darling
But it’s never gonna work
So put the dream down darling
And nobody gets hurt

The sky is turning
The sky is turning red
So leave the silent to the almost being said
The rain falls on the living and the dead
And the stranger sleeping in your bed

It’s not what you hold onto
Doesn’t matter what you lose
You can give it all away
It only matters what you choose
You can trust me every inch on this one darling
You can have my word
Just put the dream down darling
And nobody gets hurt

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released August 21, 2020
Written and Performed by Jack Henderson
Recorded at Big Mono
From the forthcoming album 'Where's The Revolution' on Fretsore Records

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Jack Henderson Glasgow, UK

Jack Henderson is a Scottish singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Performing and recording across N. America, Europe, Australia, including multiple tours with Americana band Over The Rhine, rootsy Canadian outfit Cowboy Junkies. Shared stages with Buddy Miller, Sarah Mclachlan and Ron Sexsmith, and recently performed on stage with Patti Smith at Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. ... more

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