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Hidden in Plain Sight

by The Moment Killer

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1.
All I Know 03:27
I’m not swimming any oceans – for you And I’m not climbing any mountains – it’s true I’m sitting here on my own – feeling blue Writing this is all I know – what to do It’s all I know Clouds join and form teardrops in the sky Falling down in time with my beating heart While you’re in another land – far from me A flood of love like a king tide – washes over me Elements I can’t define – are taking over me Images in my mind – to ease the pain
2.
Start Again 03:43
Every time you lie you cannot hide We can see right through your thin disguise Symbolic of your silent lonely cry It’s hard to swim against a king tide And I Imagine you’re feeling rather scared You gotta now how much we care The pain from every cut, we all share Our emptiness when you’re here but you’re not there No matter what it is you say or think The walls are paper thin and devoid of all bricks If you let us help to end the pain Every life can start again
3.
Parasite 03:49
Sometimes my heart feels the passion of a stone Inside of my mind, I’m empty and alone No speech no touch, no feel or appeal No strength no drive, no feeling I’m alive And I can feel this weight There's nothing you can say Make this go away Its sticking to my skin – like a parasite The wrecking ball, takes over all my thoughts Crashing through walls, avoiding all my doubts I’m heavy I’m light I’m laughing and crying I’m up I’m down I’m standing I’m foetal on the ground Its inside my skin – burning within Its inside my veins – unbearable pain Its inside my brain and I can’t stop this train And I have become – what got me undone
4.
An idle thought, for one brief moment Skies capturing my past lifetime Filtering all the unhappiness Love comes falling from the sky One more look around One glance to a life left behind The photograph I never forgot Held in my hand Pictures from a million yesterday’s Held up to a minor role that I was cast A scene that will forever last Conclusions are illusions by stark contrast Imagery held in my hand Memory held in my hand Joyfully held in my hand Regretfully held in my heart
5.
Noble 04:37
I felt the warmth between the sheets As the sun baked against the bricks I healed inside your hidden walls You were my very soft place to fall And all the while you felt my pain My deepest secrets hidden far away You became my one and only voice There never was a second choice So goodbye, to my noble memory You helped me to write each verse My companion in my lonely universe It was you who made me see Pain is eased through creativity As the bond began to grow The seed within began to sow All I needed was the space you gave Inside plaster walls and architraves There’s only one thing that I regret That together we face our last sunset You will always be a part of me Written in these words eternally
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The sun blazes in the sky And the clouds just run and they hide And the perfect blue of the bay Every minutes just like the perfect day And as we look out to another mile And gaze and marvel at each and every tide Beauty surrounds us with an awe we cannot hide Here on Western Beach Where our hearts will soar And the boats sway out in the breeze And the palms flap elegantly And the birds are singing in the willow tree And the puppy’s sitting smiling at our feet I will remember
8.
Jean Bernice 03:01
You’re trying to get through one day I’m dreaming of you in old age Breaking every rule along the way The shortest story one glorious page Loving eyes of Jean Bernice Got us falling for you Everyday a smile Jean Bernice Its you’re calling I wonder what it would be like To watch you flying high as a kite With all the love that you could bring To everyone and everything Innocence and eyes so bright Turn the darkness into sunlight Stop the world to hear you sing Your life is the gift you bring – Jean Bernice
9.
If you’re broken, I will be your glue Within our bubble, nothing can hurt you And if I see you cry, my heart will break in two Until the flood subsides, I’m just a mirror image of you There aint no guarantees The grass wont bend in the breeze There aint no guarantees So if you wanna run, lets reside on the moon Or we can stay and dream of lazy afternoons Keep the curtains drawn, inside our love cocoon Whatever it takes to make, our heaven from this gloom I’ll be your glue Inside our love cocoon Until the flood subsides Our heaven from this gloom (whatever it takes)
10.
Wrote a thousand words or more To a girl that I had yet to meet Just a picture inside my youthful head Oblivious to what this all meant Dreams never last Adolescent love will never last Just a dream left in the past Tried to look so hard and cool As we meet underneath the tree My cigarette swirling in the morning breeze Our eyes meet and its destiny Our today is forever Who we are for each other First love and last An end that meets the start First love and last You can’t deceive your heart (dreams never die, dreams) Together forever, at last
11.
What is Left 05:06
Out of the darkness, I can hear my heartbeat softly And each and every bitter pill never tasted so sweet If messages fail to get through behind these closed walls I will create some happy thoughts and make my world seem small Angels meet with cowards Behind this human zoo You shield yourself from crying Anger and the truce And you ask yourself, what is left Familiar voices echo through this long dark hallway That magnifies my fear, my instincts I shall obey And in this light and in this day I recall every tear As if I had relived the past so long ago, it seems quite near

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released December 1, 2023

Hidden in Plain Sight was recorded in Wurundjeri country Melbourne Australia between July 2019 April 2021.
Produced, & mixed by Dan Vertessy
Mastered by Gabe Wolf
Arrangements by Dan Vertessy & Jan (John) Myszka
All music and lyrics written by Jan (John) Myszka P&C

The Moment Killer are:

James Kirk – Drums
Daniel Myszka – Bass
Jan (John) Myszka – Electric, Acoustic, 12-string, Flamenco Guitars, Lead & Backing Vox

Guest Killers:

Dan Vertessy – Guitars, Drums, Keyboards & String Arrangements
Craig the Gardener - Harp on Start Again Reprise, An Idle Thought, First Love & Last and Slide Guitar on What is Left

Album Artwork & Photography – Adrienne Myszka

We would like to thank:
Amanda Buivids & Frank Iorfino – Two truly beautiful friends
Adrienne Myszka & Carmel Kirk for the love, patience and understanding
Dan Vertessy – Without whom…..

Mr. Boogie Man Bar, Charla Hodge, Father Karl Marx, Leppa, Team America, Trevor, Derek, Murphy Dave, Daisy Dave, Eva Myszka and to all those who have supported us over the years - our heartfelt thanks

And finally, 13 Briggs Crescent, Noble Park. 3174 - Most of the album was either written or about our time living in the wonderful cultural melting pot that is “Nobes.”

Jean Bernice is dedicated to Jean Bernice Gotch who touched many hearts in her wonderful but short life

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The Moment Killer Melbourne, Australia

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, The Moment Killer Formed in September 2015 playing original material that might loosely be termed as folk post punk dream pop. Sometimes it is a three-piece band and other times it is a solo acoustic act. Some of the songs are political, observational and about life and love - but always with our heart firmly on our sleeves ... more

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