Ahistorical, by Jabin Law

Ahistorical

by Jabin Law

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1.	Get Out Of Your Bed 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Wake up wake up, get out of your bed There's a place we have to go instead Look up look up just above your head Someone staring at the same star Listening to the forest whisper Yeah Baby baby, we can go nowhere There's a time we were always looking sad Maybe maybe, cherubs are feeling bad One day we will open our eyes Shine the rivers and catch the night sky Yeah
2.	Have You Ever Felt The Blues Of Jimmy Lee Williams? (ft. Jonathan Chan) 03:36	lyrics	buy track
Have you ever felt the blues of Jimmy Lee Williams? Have you ever left home thinking if you are the only one? But we don't do it here anymore We only share our jokes No more teachings, no more preachings Or reading your second-hand books Even though the crisis here is new Nothing wrong to prove my point of view Someone else will shake your sunshine Someone else will know It's too risky to be sober Take off all your clothes There's a beach in Somalia Locking up fishermen's souls I wanna see how life's been there This is where I will go Even though we never have a clue The dream is made-up but the fear is true Now we're so lost - what you gonna do? How much longer til we make it through? You can be my guest today Help me blow my blues away in time Have you really felt the blues of Jimmy Lee Williams? Have you told the hobo about The prize that you have won? You can dial back to the number If they can stand your jokes They'll wish you luck and turn you aside Without a second look Have you ever, have you ever..
3.	Let It Rain On Me (ft. SuiChing@kejulito) 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Sleeping for Ten thousand years or more All in all I hear the final call I’m knocking at your door I am free In your galaxy Moonlight freeze In the misery So let it rain on me The dream is never that entertaining When I wake up I’ll lose everything My world is never that wonderful The night is always black and cold My heart is full of jealousy So won’t you just Let it rain on me Sleeping for Ten thousand years or more All in all I hear the final call I’m knocking at your door I am free In your galaxy Moonlight freeze In the misery So let it rain on me
4.	Serenade 04:11	lyrics	buy track
Midnight is the hardest time alone if you know I lie on my bed, turn on my radio Hunger, superstition, rebellions and the bombs How I wish I had a heart of stone Many times I’ve tried to hide the pain inside Many times I’ve heard the voice I need again Take away the noise of your song I will not listen to the sound of your harps But let justice roll on like a river And rectitude like an ever-flowing stream Every time they say, “You look much better than before.” Whatever they praise I don’t believe anymore Darkness never invades you by itself Until your light dies out from where you dwell Many times I’ve tried to hide the pain inside Many times I’ve heard the voice I need again Take away the noise of your song I will not listen to the sound of your harps But let justice roll on like a river And rectitude like an ever-flowing stream
5.	Inside Your Room 03:01	lyrics	buy track
I wish I could give you everything I owned I wish I could tell you everything I know The brightest star at night might be gone tomorrow But we've been here long enough to let it go So we will find out how much time we love wasting Believing inside your room I need a voice to read the lines I've loved the most I need a place to stay with all the friends I've known Too many we can see, so little we could have cared The weather's looking good, play hide and seek somewhere When our world is turning to the shade we can always lie here Dreaming inside your room I used to be away from the busy streets I used to be afraid of their rolling heat But now our time has come To be alive together The pain we felt today They don't have to be remembered I long for life in here, I long for a brand new day We'll be starting inside your room Inside your room Inside your room
6.	Song From The Shore 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Her curly hair and Her leopard eyes She was trying to tame me and Take me for a ride Her glassy raincoat Scattered by the fog She can summon the forest From the closest shore When my silhouette crumbles Please hold it in your hand Her sailors were gone and Her boat had docked My drifting soul was Staying on the sea Finally you broke the silence Told me the place you've been My mind was entangled In your gallery How could she let my heart decide? How could she tell me that I was one of a kind? So would you help me find a way? When I was hoping you had something else to say How could they leave me drowning here? How could they forsake me in despair and in tears? Though I don't know when it went wrong Though I don't know how much I need you when you were gone How could they leave me drowning here? How could they forsake me in despair and in tears? Though I don't know when it went wrong Though I don't know how much I need you when you were gone
7.	Don't You Hear The Children Calling Me? 03:25	lyrics	buy track
Bricks are falling off the walls Bibles waiting to be read I guess they'll call it remedy When we surpass history Tomorrow is our only God The sacred ritual to death Don't you hear the children calling me? Don't you see I'm trying to disappear? Don't you know that things are not they seem to be? Someday I will need my broken wings Someday I know it won't mean a thing Someday we will understand why we're lost in spring Carnival in an empty street No one seems to care Midnight saints are feeling small You'd better cleanse yourself The foreign scouts are looking good They're ready to march tonight Don't you hear the children calling me? Don't you see I'm trying to disappear? Don't you know that things are not they seem to be? Someday I know I’ll need my wings Someday I know it won't mean a thing Someday we will understand why we're lost in spring This is how it goes Within or without the signals You can break it down And tell your neighbours not to make a sound Don't you hear the children calling me? Don't you see I'm trying to disappear? Don't you know that things are not they seem to be?
8.	Hidden Tracks (ft. Steven Lai) 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Wonder what I'll be Would you go with me? No more good times here Only shame and fears Hidden tracks are long Shadows shattered in pieces over me I should hire some friends To admire my band Someone bring some chairs They don't have to stand Enter my new password Undo my disguises one more time Full of pride and doubts I can't live without Days are getting dull What's this all about? Secrets vaporising I don't share my feelings anymore
9.	The Past Is Over 04:32	lyrics	buy track
This is the end Here I stand Playing this betting game The song it is sung The work it is done A new life has begun The world can crumble Overnight The soldiers come home Before their fight Lovers embrace Loners encounter in the street again The past is over, it is now Your voice still matters, say it loud If you are weary, lay down your heavy load to me When you go Uncanny distress In your head But sometimes you can take a rest Everyone knows Where the stream will flow If the story remains untold You can carry the news To the shaky graves Or leave them stranded Waiting to be saved The chimes of freedom Linger for a while in the street again The past is over, it is now Your voice still matters, say it loud If you are weary, lay down your heavy load to me When you go I'm back on the hill Where the winds are still There's nothing else to conceal Face what you love Love what you face There's no way to escape The weeds are trampled The crops are reaped Between the two sides There's a ship With the flag of glory Fluttering in the hurricane my friend The past is over, it is now Your voice still matters, say it loud If you are weary, lay down your heavy load to me When you go
10.	Hey Do You! (ft. The People) 03:09	lyrics	buy track
Hey do you need someone to comfort you? Hey are you too lazy to break the rules? There is no one coming by There is nowhere you can hide Maybe we can say goodbye To our crazy little mind You can tell me how Every time is now In the end we won't be here around Hey do you lose control when you have to choose? Hey are you so confused, don't know what to do? If you're early, you can wait Turn your head and go your way Make them suffer and make them pray When they find out it's too late What you doing here? What you fear is near Someday you will vanish from your tears Hey do you need someone to comfort you? Hey are you too lazy to break the rules? Hey do you lose control when you have to choose? Hey are you so confused, don't know what to do? Hey do you need someone to comfort you? Hey are you too lazy to break the rules? Hey do you lose control when you have to choose? Hey are you so confused, don't know what to do?
11.	Out Of The Blue 02:25	lyrics	buy track
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12.	Vacant On A Shelf 04:12	lyrics	buy track
I'm vacant on a shelf I don't know if this is hell Looking for a long vacation Running away from my starvation Crawling under/ a falling sky Your invitation is just a goodbye I was alright/just in time/I don't mind You can live through all the Sundays You can live through Easter too You can rearrange your order You can split your life in two Many times I've tried to fight The demons in my mind is only you It's always you I'm horny as a cow I just need a hole to plough I can bury my affection When I've lost your precious attention Party's over/ we had to flee Your segregation/ is all I need I don't miss/ Nine to five/ I'm fine You can live through all the Sundays You can live through Easter too You can rearrange your order You can split your life in two Many times I've tried to fight The demons in my mind is always you It's always you
13.	Blow (ft. Rocky Lo) 03:20	lyrics	buy track
Blow the lonesome horn Play it all night long Soon we can go on Dancing in the storm Stories born and told Candies bought and sold Drive me fast and slow Easy come and go Not exactly over Not entirely censored You are passerby You don't ache inside Parrots spreading lies Fucking up your mind Maybe we are done You're the only one Always lost and won Let your misery come Not directly closer Not absurdly further
14.	No Paintings On The Wall 02:27	lyrics	buy track
Tonight I'll stay by your side And I wonder when we will rise Holidays are over Our friends are home Put out the candles Leave us here alone Sunday serenade closes the night When we look up we see no skies No paintings on the wall Headlights are numb Hiding in the corner Til the morning comes Lunchtime parade smells like a mine Postmen and old men catching up in time Microscope is broken Cars squeezing in We can never tell if this is A mirror or a screen I heard she has lost her mind today She said she would never fade away She pushed the sofa out the window Her king size bed too Two minutes ago Those were brand new Tonight I'll stay by your side And I wonder when we will rise Holidays are over Our friends are home Put out the candles Leave us here alone
15.	Staring At The Rotting Sun (ft. Jonathan Yang) 02:58	lyrics	buy track
Staring at the rotting sun Suffocating from the debts of borrowed freedom Terror stories in your mind With the darkened sky buzzing like chimes Maybe it's too late to break away Maybe it's in vain to skip a day Drop the anchor to the sea I don't need to hear about your fantasy Take a nap on Christmas Eve Many colours have swallowed me deep Maybe you are my partner in crime Maybe you are my despair supply All my love has shaken down Planet earth go round and round somehow Staring at the rotting sun Staring at the rotting sun
16.	Part Of Me 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Come to the place where we never belong I can’t tell if I’m right or if I’m wrong You are the one who never exists Paying my rent for the rest of the kiss All in all, behind the door I lose my sight Feeling the country song closing the night Part of me, part of me Sings to you Way too long, way too far, way to get home Fly above, fly below, fly to the gloom Trapping the rabbit and shooting your gun Fading into the sun and spitting your gum I wanna tell you that I’m not fool But after I say those words I know it’s true Part of me, part of me Sings to you Under the pale blue skies I know your mind Shining like stars and waiting like thyme Part of me, part of me Sings to you Sings to you
17.	Blackout In Adelaide (ft. Belinda Chan Lamyan) 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Blackout in Adelaide The bugs were singing louder than before Lagging behind I was kind of missing my home Heavens for sale I've been dying from mortality Starlight ramble Tossing all the tide Tide Tender as shoreline Diving in the good old days Catching the sparkle They were staring back at me Tide
18.	Same Old Morning 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Is it the same old morning? Is it the same old evening? One of these days you'll see the grain Is it a light that's shining? Is it a bird that's listening? One of these days you'll wear the chain One of these days you'll hear me sing Push me like an ocean wave Pull me when the moon is sinking Keep me in your sight and every pace Bring me dead flowers, call my name Will there be a new morning? Will there be a new evening? One of these days we'll catch the flame One of these days we'll meet again Push me like an ocean wave Pull me when my heart is aching Keep me in your sight and every pace Bring me dead flowers, call my name One of these days you'll see the grain One of these days we'll wear the chain One of these days we'll catch the flame One of these days we'll meet again
19.	Every Now And Then 02:35	lyrics	buy track
I am back to the light I burn bright just in time Washed away by sea of stars Follow me We can wake up every now and then I am dead inside I can never see Judgement day no more, no more Stay with me We can wake up every now and then
20.	Like I Used To Be 03:21	lyrics	buy track
It’s another day In another world I see you growing Where the light is low Where the heat is cold I hear the mumble There’s nothing to do Nothing to say Let’s just stay awake Like I used to be Like I used to be Let the sound be sweet If the time is right Why should we interfere? Million tons of regrets Can’t turn into words Keep them where they are Maybe my life is flawed And so is yours Carry that feeling Like I used to be Like I used to be Like I used to be Like I used to be

about

After more than a year of isolation and quarantine, what remains?
Solitude. Restlessness. Devastation. All the feelings are dragging us down. The global turmoil is so overwhelming that our emotions seem insignificant.

Hong Kong singer-songwriter Jabin Law endeavours to answer via his double album Ahistorical. We might be forsaken by the wheel of history. All we can embrace, nevertheless, is the status quo.

Law’s fourth album Ahistorical was not only a testimony of his emotional transformation but a process of self-reflection. During the hard times of isolation, he invited new friends and acquaintances to express their desperation, which eventually turned into this 20-song double album.

The first part Songs Are Ashes I Am The Wind was a banquet of collective anxieties. Law rearranged his old compositions which resonated with his desolate experience; The second part Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night digested contemplation of many lonely nights. But who could sleep well during times like these?

The day we can take off our masks seems forever to come. May we find each other through songs of melancholy.

一年以來的隔離狀態，將留下什麼？
寂寞、孤獨、崩潰，種種感覺是那麼的重。在世界動盪面前，卻那麼微不足道－－但那又怎樣？

雙專輯《Ahistorical》是Jabin Law的回答：即使終被歷史遺忘，痛苦狂喜……此際活著的重量，是我們的全部。

沉澱一年，第四張專輯《Ahistorical》既是情緒翻騰的紀錄，也是沉澱思緒的過程。漫長的隔離狀態之中，Jabin一改以往獨攬創作及錄音習慣，連結好友新知演奏、合唱，完成上下兩部共二十首歌。

第一部「Songs Are Ashes I Am The Wind」，是一場關於集體焦慮的盛宴。十首歌當中，包括未發表舊作，Jabin回溯後發現與當下新創作的聯繫，「一切都是累積」。第二部「Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night」則是亂世夜晚的內省－－祝你夜夜安眠，但誰能坦然安睡？

當毫無阻隔的日子仍遙不可及，讓我們暫且在歌中相逢療傷。

credits

released April 17, 2021

Music
Jabin Law - vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, piano, synth
Jonathan Chan - backing vocals on i2, i10; electric piano, synth on i8
SuiChing@kejulito - backing vocals on i3, i10
Dawn Tsoi - backing vocals on i3
Steven Lai - vocals on i8, i10, acoustic guitar on i8; drums on i3, i8
Leon Chiu - cello, double bass on i7, ii1, ii9
pure_plain - Drums on i10, ii3
Jonathan Yang - vocals on i10, backing vocals on ii5; drums on i10, ii5
Belinda Chan Lamyan - backing vocals on i10, ii7
Rocky Lo - backing vocals on i10, ii3
Jeremy Bearimy - bass guitar
Heidi “Yoko” Kwong - backing vocals on i10
Corvus Kwok - violin on ii1, ii9

Album Design
Sophie Cong

Special Thanks
Beatrix Pang, Dion Leung, Chloe So