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  • Missed By Half

    Missed By Half



    VESURA

    Close enough to hear it.
    Not close enough to understand.

    Missed By Half is about the small misunderstandings that seem harmless until they start accumulating. A word is misheard, an intention is guessed and both people carry on rather than stopping to check. Eventually the disagreement isn’t really about what was originally said at all; it’s about everything each person has been filling in for themselves.

    Missed By Half



    ► Vesura • Missed By Half • Clean Break
    AS SAID

    You spoke fast, I caught half
    Filled the rest, guessed the path
    You said left, I heard right
    We both paused, let it slide
    Small thing, leave it there
    But it stayed in the air

    We don’t say what we mean
    We just nod and agree
    Then it shifts underneath
    Missed by half, every time
    Missed by half, every line

    Later on, same mistake
    Same words, different take
    You correct, I push back
    Now it’s more than the fact
    Not the point, not the phrase
    Just the way that it plays

    We don’t say what we mean
    We just nod and agree
    Then it shifts underneath
    Missed by half, every time
    Missed by half, every line

    Say it clean
    Say it straight
    Don’t adjust
    Don’t translate

    We don’t say what we mean
    We just nod and agree
    Then it shifts underneath
    Missed by half, every time
    Missed by half, every line

    say it again

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Routine Echo

    Routine Echo



    VESURA

    Keep everything predictable
    and nothing gets a chance to return.

    Routine Echo is about using the ordinary mechanics of a day as a form of control. The same route, the same habits and the same carefully maintained boundaries leave little room for unwanted thoughts to get in. It works, mostly. The problem is that whatever the routine is keeping out hasn’t actually gone anywhere.

    Routine Echo



    ► Vesura • Routine Echo • Clean Break
    AS SAID

    Same time… same steps

    Wake up, same side of the bed
    Same thoughts, nothing new said
    Coffee goes cold in my hand
    I don’t change anything I planned
    Keep it tight, keep it small
    Don’t think past it at all

    If I don’t drift, I don’t slip
    So I stay inside it

    I keep it straight, I keep it clean
    No space for what it used to mean
    I lock it down, I don’t let it move
    Nothing gets through
    Routine echo… step by step
    (Oh-oh) nothing left

    Same route, same turns in place
    I don’t look up, don’t change pace
    Phone lights up, I let it die
    No need to check or ask why
    If it stays out of sight
    Then it stays out of mind

    Every line I draw holds tight
    If I don’t rewrite

    I keep it straight, I keep it clean
    No space for what it used to mean
    Routine echo… step by step
    (Oh-oh) nothing left

    Same route, same turns in place
    I don’t look up, don’t change pace
    Phone lights up, I let it die
    No need to check or ask why
    If it stays out of sight
    Then it stays out of mind

    Every line I draw holds tight
    If I don’t rewrite

    I keep it straight, I keep it clean
    No space for what it used to mean
    I lock it down, I don’t let it move
    Nothing gets through
    Routine echo… step by step
    (Oh-oh) nothing left

    If I stop for even a second
    It comes back in
    So I don’t stop

    I keep it straight, I keep it clean
    Still feel it under everything
    I lock it down, I hold it still
    But it leaks through
    Routine echo… (tight loop)

    Same steps

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Didn’t Say It Back

    Didn’t Say It Back



    VESURA

    Sometimes the answer
    is the one that never comes.

    Didn’t Say It Back is about a small omission that makes everything suddenly obvious. One person says something that matters and waits for the simplest response; instead, the conversation moves on as though nothing happened. There is no confrontation needed after that. What isn’t said has already answered the question.

    Didn't Say It Back



    ► Vesura • Didn’t Say It Back • Clean Break
    AS SAID

    I said it once, not even loud
    Didn’t push it, didn’t drag it out
    You looked up, then looked away
    Like it didn’t land, or didn’t stay
    Phone lit up, you checked the screen
    Said “one second” in between
    Came back different, tone gone flat
    Like you’d already moved past that

    I waited there for something back
    You just let it pass

    Didn’t say it back, just left it there
    Like it wasn’t even worth the air
    I don’t need a speech or a line
    Just don’t leave me hanging mid-time
    Didn’t say it back, that’s enough
    Don’t dress it up or call it tough
    If it’s gone, then let it go
    Don’t stand there like I don’t know

    You kept talking like it’s fine
    Same pace, same tone, same lines
    Didn’t break, didn’t bend
    Just skipped past it to the end
    I could stop you, pull it back
    Make you deal with what you lack
    But it’s clear in what you don’t
    That you won’t say what you won’t

    No need pushing for a word
    I already heard

    Didn’t say it back, just left it there
    Like it wasn’t even worth the air
    I don’t need a speech or a line
    Just don’t leave me hanging mid-time
    Didn’t say it back, that’s enough
    Don’t dress it up or call it tough
    If it’s gone, then let it go
    Don’t stand there like I don’t know

    Say it now
    No, don’t bother

    Didn’t say it back, that’s the sign
    Didn’t need more than that one time
    I won’t wait for something late
    You already made it clear enough

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Leave it Like That

    Leave it Like That



    VESURA

    Not every ending
    needs improving.

    Leave It Like That catches the point where two people have exhausted every version of the same conversation. One of them is almost out of the door, but familiar habits keep threatening to pull them back into it. There is no dramatic final argument and no attempt to rescue what is already finished; sometimes the cleanest ending is simply refusing to have the conversation again.

    Leave it Like That



    ► Indi-Glo Blue • Leave it Like That • Clean Break BUY
    AS SAID

    You stood there with your coat half on
    Like you hadn’t picked a side yet
    Keys in hand, not moving still
    Like you might forget why you left
    I said nothing, watched you wait
    You kept looking at the floor
    If there’s something you need to say
    You’ve already said it before

    We don’t need another round
    Same words, same way down

    Leave it like that, don’t fix it now
    Don’t turn it back into something loud
    We both know where this one goes
    No need to spell it out slow
    Leave it like that, just let it sit
    No clean ending, just call it it
    You don’t have to make it right
    Just don’t stay and drag it out tonight

    You sat down but didn’t stay
    Just long enough to change your mind
    Said my name like it still worked
    Then dropped it like you lost the line
    I could push, I could ask
    But it’s already worn thin
    If I pull at it again
    We just end up here again

    Nothing new gets said this time
    Just the same in different lines

    Leave it like that, don’t fix it now
    Don’t turn it back into something loud
    We both know where this one goes
    No need to spell it out slow
    Leave it like that, just let it sit
    No clean ending, just call it it
    You don’t have to make it right
    Just don’t stay and drag it out tonight

    If you stay, we go again
    If you go, that’s how it ends
    There’s no version we haven’t tried
    So just don’t change your mind

    Leave it like that, don’t fix it now
    Don’t turn it back into something loud
    We both know where this one goes
    No need to spell it out slow
    Leave it like that, just let it sit
    No clean ending, just call it it
    You don’t have to make it right
    Just don’t stay and drag it out tonight

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Same Loop Again

    Same Loop Again



    VESURA

    Routine is useful
    until you notice you’re inside it.

    Same Loop Again catches the repetition of an ordinary day once it becomes impossible not to see it: the same alarm, journey, gestures and tasks, performed almost before there’s time to think about them. Even the smallest attempt to interrupt the pattern somehow finds its way back to the beginning.

    Same Loop Again



    ► Vesura • Same Loop Again • Clean Break BUY
    AS SAID

    Alarm goes off, same time again
    Same route out, same train in
    Screen lights up before I think
    Thumb moves first before I blink

    Different task but same result
    Click it through, don’t interrupt
    Try to change one small thing
    Still end up repeating

    Same loop again, don’t step out
    Know the turns without a doubt
    Run it once, run it clean
    Nothing here I haven’t seen

    Miss a step
    Lose the pace
    Back again
    Same place

    Same loop again, don’t step out
    Know the turns without a doubt
    Run it once, run it clean
    Nothing here I haven’t seen

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Second Floor Lights

    Second Floor Lights



    VESURA

    Sometimes distance
    is only one floor away.

    Second Floor Lights sits in the strange period after something has ended without either person actually leaving. They still occupy the same familiar world and occasionally cross each other’s path, but neither reaches across the small distance between them. Nothing dramatic happened and nobody needs to be blamed; they simply stopped being part of each other’s lives.

    Second Floor Lights



    ► Vesura • Second Floor Lights • Clean Break BUY
    AS SAID

    Second floor, lights still on
    Same time every night it’s on
    I don’t knock, I don’t call
    Just watch shadows hit the wall

    You stay in, I stay out
    We don’t talk it through or shout
    Same place, different view
    Nothing here to get into

    You walk past, I don’t wave
    Feels too much for what it gave
    It’s not wrong, it’s just done
    No big loss, no one won

    You stay in, I stay out
    We don’t turn it round about
    Same place, different view
    Nothing here to get into

    If I tried, would it change
    Or just feel a bit more strange

    You stay in, I stay out
    We don’t turn it round about
    Same place, different view
    Nothing left to hold onto

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Just Say It Straight

    Just Say It Straight



    VESURA

    When getting to the point
    becomes the whole conversation.

    Just Say It Straight is about the frustration of listening to someone repeatedly approach what they want to say, only to soften it, rephrase it or pull away at the last moment. The problem isn’t what the answer might be anymore; it’s having to drag it out of someone who clearly already knows what they mean.

    Just Say It Straight



    ► Vesura • Just Say It Straight • Clean Break BUY
    AS SAID

    Go on
    No, just
    Just say it

    You start talking, then you stall
    Half a sentence, nothing at all
    Look away like that helps it land
    I’m still waiting, say it again
    You rewind, then change the tone
    Same point dressed up, still not shown
    If it’s simple, make it clear
    Don’t drag it out, just say it here

    Just say it straight, don’t dress it up
    You’ve said enough without saying much
    I don’t need it soft or vague
    Just say the line you’re trying to say
    Just say it straight, don’t step around
    You keep lifting it off the ground
    I don’t need another take
    Just say the line and let it stay

    You keep looping back again
    Same start point, different end
    Every version almost lands
    Then you pull it from my hands
    You say “it’s fine” then pause too long
    Like that word’s already wrong
    If it matters, let it hit
    Don’t keep softening all of it

    You’re right there, I can tell
    You just won’t let it land

    Just say it straight, don’t dress it up
    You’ve said enough without saying much
    I don’t need it soft or vague
    Just say the line you’re trying to say
    Just say it straight, don’t step around
    You keep lifting it off the ground
    I don’t need another take
    Just say the line and let it stay

    Say it
    Stop
    Say it
    Now

    Just say it straight, don’t dress it up
    You’ve said enough without saying much
    I don’t need it soft or vague
    Just say the line you’re trying to say

    Clean Break Vesura
  • Backseat Anthem

    Backseat Anthem



    VESURA

    Some bad ideas
    are better left running.

    Backseat Anthem catches two people in one of those nights where getting anywhere stops being the point. The car barely works, the petrol is running out and there is absolutely no plan worth mentioning, but for once none of that needs fixing. It is Vesura at their most carefree: choosing the wrong direction deliberately and enjoying it while it lasts.

    Backseat Anthem



    ► Vesura • Backseat Anthem • Clean Break BUY
    AS SAID

    Keys in my hand, engine won’t turn
    Laugh it off like I never learn
    You kick the dash, say “try again”
    We’re already late, we’re not going in

    Backseat anthem, windows down
    Drive it nowhere out of town
    No plan, no map, no end
    Just don’t make me stop again

    Petrol low but we push it far
    You film it all from the passenger side
    Street signs blur, we don’t read them
    We don’t need to justify

    Backseat anthem, windows down
    Drive it nowhere out of town
    No plan, no map, no end
    Just don’t make me stop again

    If it breaks we’ll leave it there
    Walk it off like we don’t care
    Say it once, don’t say it twice
    This is bad but it feels right

    Backseat anthem, loud and clear
    Didn’t think we’d make it here
    No brakes, no slow, no bend
    Don’t make me stop again

    Clean Break Vesura

  • Minimum Wage Nirvana

    Minimum Wage Nirvana

    Sometimes survival
    feels suspiciously like routine.

    Minimum Wage Nirvana looks at the strange normality of low-paid work, where exhaustion becomes part of the job description and tomorrow always arrives looking exactly like today. It’s about finding humour in the grind, even when there’s nothing particularly funny about it.

    ► BUY
    ON PAPER

    Clock in early, brain still dead
    Force the smile, tilt my head
    Hours stretch like cheap elastic
    Working just to stay pathetic

    Manager says “stay positive”
    Like that pays my fucking rent
    Tips won’t cover gas or food
    Still clap when I act like it’s good

    Another shift, another lie
    Trade my time just to barely get by
    Minimum wage, maximum drain
    Laughing through the same shit again

    Break room coffee tastes like rust
    Microwave hums, covered in dust
    We all joke but nobody quits
    Just rotting here, calling it a shift

    I keep telling myself next month
    I’ll find something better, something real
    But the rent’s due and the tank’s empty
    So I clock in again like a fucking wheel

    Another shift, another lie
    Trade my time just to barely get by
    Minimum wage, maximum drain
    Laughing through the same shit again

    Another shift, another lie
    Trade my time just to barely get by
    Minimum wage, maximum drain
    Laughing through the same shit again
    (Same shit again… same shit again…)

    See you tomorrow
    Yeah… I’ll be here
    See you tomorrow

  • Maybe One Day

    Maybe One Day

    Hope doesn’t always arrive
    with certainty.

    Maybe One Day is the album’s quiet turning point. Instead of looking back at everything that’s gone wrong, it allows itself to imagine a future where ordinary happiness might actually be enough. Not a perfect life, just one that finally feels like it’s moving in the right direction.

    ► BUY
    ON PAPER

    Mmm
    What if we actually made it out

    We could pack the old Civic with whatever fits in the trunk
    Leave the city lights behind us, chase the horizon till we’re drunk
    On cheap gas station coffee and the radio playing low
    Windows down, your hand on my knee like we both already know

    I keep picturing mornings where the silence isn’t heavy
    Just sunlight on the kitchen table, your laugh cutting through steady
    No more waiting for the other shoe, no more walking on cracks
    Just us figuring out tomorrow with the map we draw on our backs

    All the broken pieces we’ve been carrying finally start to fit
    In a future that doesn’t scare me when I picture it with you in it

    Maybe one day we’ll wake up somewhere the past can’t reach
    Build something simple and stubborn with the lessons that we teach
    Every scar we collected turning into stories we tell
    Under string lights on a back porch where the wishing works as well
    Yeah… I can almost see it

    It’s scary how much I want this, how real it starts to feel
    Like the static in my chest might finally learn to heal
    If we just keep driving forward, not looking in the rear-view
    Some quiet part of me believes we could make it true

    Maybe one day we’ll wake up somewhere the past can’t reach
    Hold each other like the future’s something we both deserve to keep
    Every quiet promise spoken like it’s already ours
    Under open skies and endless time, healing all the scars
    Yeah… I can almost see it
    I really think we’ll see it

    Mmm… we’ll see it
    Somewhere out there