Jess Cornelius - Laps in the Drugstore (Official Music Video)

► Listen to "Laps in the Drugstore" and order Jess' new record 'CARE/TAKING':
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► Jess on "Laps in the Drugstore": "I started writing Laps in the Drugstore several years ago, but it was just the opening chords and melody, and the line “I can’t believe that I was so scared”. It wasn’t clear how to finish it or what it was really about – some songs are like that; they have to wait for the right time. But it stuck in my head and eventually I came back to it in the middle of making the album. And then it made sense — I’d been so scared of changing a situation even though it was crushing my self-esteem. And once I finally did, the future opened up. Something comes behind, every single time.
This was the only song on CARE/TAKING that we didn’t demo at all, because it came in so late in the process. Steven Urgo, Mikal, and I just got in a rehearsal room and nutted it out. It also took a while to get it right arrangement-wise, but I liked the really simple 60s girl-group drums that Steve landed on, and once we took out the guitar chords in the chorus and I replaced them with a Strokes-ey single note guitar line, it gave everything a lot more space to come together."

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► Directed and edited by Jess Cornelius

► Lyrics:
I can’t believe that I was so scared
‘Cause I’ve got time on my hands now
My mind on my plans now
I can’t believe it took me so long
‘Cause I’ve got thoughts in my head now
Blood in my legs now

And when you think there’s something’s wrong you tell yourself
Don’t trust that feeling, it’s never been real
And when you’re crying on the bathroom floor
You say, well pain has always been part of the deal.

You’re taking bad advice
Watch below the line
Tell me everything will work out right
‘Cause something comes behind
Every single time
Day will follow
night will follow
Day will follow

I get out early with my best girl
‘Cause she’s got nothing but time now
She puts peace in my mind now
We take our shoes off in the long grass
Run laps in the drugstore
Take naps on our friend’s floor

So if you think you’ve got it wrong and tell yourself
You’re wasting time, you’ll never be real
And if you’re running out of ideas cos your life
Doesn’t fit with the current ideal

You’re taking bad advice
Watch below the line
Tell me everything will work out right
‘Cause something comes behind
Every single time
Day will follow
night will follow
Day will follow.