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Beloved Naarm/Melbourne art rocker Lewis Coleman (he/him) proudly reveals his new single and video “Courts”, a delicate and deeply personal chronicle through love and loss in real-time, rippled with Colemans’ idiosyncratic and clever observations. Co-produced with his good friend Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music), “Courts” lays bare the anxieties and feelings of detachment and vertigo that arise from losing love.
A staple of the Naarm/Melbourne music community, Lewis Coleman makes music that is “heady, bewitching, and ultimately immersive” (Clash Magazine). Following last month's “Indigo”, a bop that “touches a nerve” (Dave Ruby Howe, Triple J), “Courts” is the latest from his sophomore album Offline, due out on October 27 via Beloved Recordings.
Reflecting on the song, “Courts is the stage of grieving when you desperately try to clutch back at something that has gone, washing over anything that was wrong”, says Coleman. Lyrically, it speaks to a disconnected state of mind, an intersection between limbo and self-realisation - “Wait a minute, don’t you love me as much? What if I just changed it up, made it work?”. Coleman journeys through inner dialogue, delicately reconciling moments in his past and arriving with bittersweet clarity as he ponders “Love’s not that clear / Love’s not that fair”.
lyrics
WOKE UP TO A JOLT OF LOVE
REALISED I DIDN’T WANT TO BE PARTED
I COULDN’T WAIT TO HEAD AROUND FOR DINNER AND SAY
THAT ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE IN THEIR ARMS AGAIN
IT DIDN’T ROLL OUT LIKE MY SIMULATION
I COULD FEEL MY BODY FILL WITH A SADNESS
IT BOILED UP AND MADE ME SPEW OUT QUESTIONS
FAILING TO STICK TO ONE THAT I REALLY MEANT, LIKE
WAIT A MINUTE, DON’T YOU LOVE ME AS MUCH?
WHAT IF I JUST CHANGED IT UP, MADE IT WORK?
I THINK THAT I’M IN LOVE WITH NOSTALGIA
I WANT EVERYTHING TO BE OPEN-ENDED
I WANT TO PULL THE PAST FROM OUT OF NOWHERE
AND WALK AROUND IN IT LIKE I STILL LIVE THERE
IN THAT MOMENT, THINGS ARE ALL IN THE SWEETEST GLOW
QUICKLY FORGETTING THINGS YOU KNOW THAT WERE BLEEDING SLOW
WAIT A MINUTE, DON’T YOU LOVE ME AS MUCH?
WHAT IF I JUST CHANGED IT UP, MADE IT WORK?
LOVE’S NOT THAT CLEAR
LOVE’S NOT THAT FAIR
LOVE’S NOT
LOVE’S NOT
THAT CLEAR
Over the course of a few years, multi-instrumentalist Lewis Coleman has been quietly building a collection of songs; writing, playing, recording and producing them at home in Melbourne
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