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Up De Flats

by Gemma Dunleavy

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  • UP DE FLATS limited edition cassette
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    Side A
    PhilShanahan Soul
    Up De Flats
    Cruisin

    Side B
    Setting Son
    Stop The Lights
    Return

    Design by Oscar Torrans
    Photo of taken by Richard Kelly in Sheriff street flats in the 90s

    These songs are dedicated to the people of Sheriff Street flats and the North Wall Community

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  • Limited Edition UP DE FLATS Deluxe 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Deluxe Limited Edition Green Vinyl

    Includes lyric and photo booklet, folded UP DE FLATS Poster and printed sleeve with additional poem and photos from Colm Pierce's Sheriff Street collection

    Design by Oscar Torrans
    Cover photo of Leon Preston in Sheriff St flats by Ricko Kelly
    Back cover and booklet photos by Colm Pierce

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1.
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Up De Flats 04:58
Will you always have me like I do you ? I engraved me name on the pillars of the arch So that when I left I'd always leave me mark Everything I am I owe to you The soundtrack of the summer gettin' played by the sirens We found laughs in the middle of the violence See I’d be nothing without you I find comfort when I'm feelin' blue Wrapped in the curves of your avenue I’m talking long days, summer nights Rolling over to the next Blue lights through my window Help me to calm down Always feel at home with you Could never feel alone with you No one understands how it feels to be with you And I'm never looking back no more They said we had nothing but we had it all Shouting up the flats from the roof tops Shouting up the flats from the rooftops I engraved me name on the pillars of the pillars of the arch So will you always have me? have me like I do you I wanna share your flaws and I wanna share your truths Remember I was younger and you were shining through I wanted to fit in so I had to bury you I was never one to take instruction I was never one to fall in love Sometimes I can lack direction I feel I'm never good enough But I still find comfort when I’m feeling blue Wrapped in the curves of your avenue I’m talking long days, Summer nights Rolling over to the next Blue lights through my window Help me to come down Always feel at home with you Could never feel alone with you No one understands how it feels to be with you And I'm never looking back no more They said we had nothing but we had it all Shouting up the flats from the roof tops No one understands how it feels to be with you And I'm never looking back no more We coulda had nothing but we had it all Shouting up the flats from the roof tops I engraved me name on the pillars of the pillars of the arch Every time I hear them call my name Something bout it makes me feel a way, I feel a way For all the times I said I'd move away I'm thinkin' Gemma were you going insane? We'll be shouting up the flats from the rooftops We'll be shouting up the flats from the rooftops
3.
Cruisin 04:24
I was waiting up all night to see you boy (to see you boy to see you boy) You were telling me I’m on your mind I feel ye now (I feel ye now) So spin over and touch it right Feel my body brushing up against your body you can do it 'Cause you know your not just anybody to me We go way back foot on the gas now for me So hold tight were about to go cruising me and you All night 'til the morning Its what you do to me, yeah You’re the only one I wanna give my loving to Life's just sweet, yeah Put your hands around me waist, you know I'd take a chase for you And when you're drivin' I love ridin' with your affection on me Now put some direction on me I wanna be flying down the Boundary feeling the breeze Revving up the gas with your arm around me We're going cruising cruising (into the morning) C’mon we go flying down the Boundary feeling the breeze I'll let you do a donut if you bring me for a spin And they can keep on talkin' Until the morning we’ll be keeping everybody up See I was swiping through me memories to see you boy (to see you boy to see you boy) When were apart you know I miss that energy And that’s something they just can’t deny No matter how many hours have passed How many miles apart Nothin' else ever lasts 'Cause no one can make u feel like me (like me) See you could wash any man right out of my hair I could make you wish to god that she was never there (never there) So lift me up on top of you and call me your girl (your girl) We're hitting 4th gear I’m on top of the world So many men just wanna touch it and I see them girls they’re try'na love ye Try'na butter you up with all this hard talk but you know They’ll never make you feel like me no no no no no no no I wanna be flying down the Boundary feeling the breeze Revving up the gas with your arm around me We're going cruising cruising (into the morning) C’mon we go flying down the Boundary feeling the breeze I'll let you do a donut if you bring me for a spin And they can keep on talkin' Until the morning we’ll be keeping everybody up I wanna be flying down the Boundary feeling the breeze Revving up the gas with your arm around me We're going cruising cruising (into the morning) C’mon we go flying down the Boundary feeling the breeze I'll let you do a donut if you bring me for a spin And they can keep on talkin' Until the morning we’ll be keeping everybody up Into the mornin' They say he’s read hot I say so what It's what you do to me Keepin everybody up We drive into the mornin'
4.
Setting Son 02:30
I lift the sweat soaked sheet from the bed You said that it would be the last time we'd see you like this And I know, I know. How did I believe him? You know why I believe him It's 'cause i'll never leave him My beautiful setting son Why can't he change? He'll never change But I made him this way He'll never change He'd take a child's last breath He'd bleed the ocean dry And he's the only one who ever makes me cry Still I can't walk away and leave him on his own Walk away, and watch him go down like a beautiful setting sun He'll never change But I made him this way He'll never change He'll never change
5.
Every time you stress me now I'm coming down You know that you'll never see me backing down I live for the thrill of it 'Cause I'm seeing things that you don't see I know how you think I know how you feel Now watch me sink my teeth into the pain I'm not backing down So shower me with blue lights flashing through the night And when you come around Then I'm like what the fuck stop the lights No stop the lights and let me out I'm hearing voices inside my head Saying 'It's alright son' I get tunnel vision when i see you now I can feel the fire burn inside me and theres no coming back from it I walk around like no one could ever touch me I'm gonna live up to their expectations I think I saw too much when I was small They thought that I was numb no I felt it all Now watch me drown my demons in all your tears I'm not backing down So shower me with blue lights flashing through the night And when you come around Then I'm like what the fuck stop the lights No stop the lights and let me out I'm hearing voices inside my head Saying 'It's alright son' I was never gonna move for you See I enjoy the blue lights flashing through the night 'Til you come around Then I'm like what the fuck stop the lights I said stop the lights and let me out I'm hearing voices inside my head Saying its alright son And I'm not backing down Down down down It's alright son You don't need to carry all your pain around Don't fear I'm here and I won't ever let you down It's alright son It's alright son Hold on Stop the lights and let me out I'm hearing voices inside my head Deceiving eyes live under Dublin skies Working hands that work for the man I feel them tighter around me neck They're closing in until I hit the deck Then i'm like what the fuck stop the lights
6.
Return 05:55
Mind your little self, 'cause the world is scruffy Look i know where to go to look i know where Do you think about it often? Do you think about packing up and escaping all your problems? You know I do I'm fed up with the system I'm fed up doing the same thing I need something different Wanna be my company? You know you do Do you think you could handle it do you think you could Do you think you could handle it do you think you could Take this feeling? Keeps me up all night, keeps me up all night Just come into the night we'll stay until the suns up We'll be getting higher escaping all our troubles now Do you think you could handle it, do you think you could? Cause look I know where to go to free all your feelings Look I know where to go you don't need a reason Lets go nowhere together lets go nowhere I don't know oh I don't know And in the morning I'm struggling I can't see the light I feel like I'm broken 'cause somethings not right Then the night time comes over, paints everything black If they suss something different I just say I'm grand I lost your face inside the haze in the smoke from your cigarette They said it was a mistake I don't believe them They're all fucking liars Lately I feel I'm struggling I think my past losses are surfacing Sometimes I wish I could reset me brain but I worry I'm boring without all the pain Sick of the Thursday to Thursday Home on a Monday never a good day Sick of the cycles sick of the fighting Sick of them telling me I'll be alright They'll never know, they'll never know, don't let them know Just come into the night we'll stay until the suns up We'll be getting higher escaping all our troubles now Do you think you could handle it, do you think you could? Cause look I know where to go to free all your feelings Look I know where to go you don't need a reason Lets go nowhere together lets go nowhere I don't know oh I don't know And when we grow up we're wondering why we're not the same It's the cyclical patterns in our DNA I've seen so much stuff that I just can't un see It's like my biggest strength could be the death of me I don't believe them oh no no I can see the flames up in your eyes Oh no no I can see the flames up in your eyes I don't believe them oh no no I can' see the flames up in your eyes

credits

released October 7, 2020

Lyrics, composition & vocals - Gemma Dunleavy
Production - Gemma Dunleavy & Brendan Jenkinson
Mixing & Mastering - Chris Pawlusek

Brendan Jenkinson
Synthesisers, drum programming, sampling, electric guitar

Daniel Mc’Auley
Synthesiser, drum machine & backing vocals

Roisin Berkely
Harp

Solow The Austronaut
Bass guitar on Cruisin, Stop The Lights & Up De Flats

Mike Blackburn
Guitars and co-production on Cruisin

Jacob King
Co-production on Stop The Lights & Return

Brendan Doherty
Drum kit on Cruisin & Stop The Lights

Made with support from Dr Martens

Special thanks to Anne Grimes and the community and children of Sheriff St and the North Wall community who can be heard throughout this record.


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