People Like Me

by Porpoise Spit

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‘People Like Me’ is a thumping challenge to the status quo with frenetic guitars, ethereal vocals and the iconic thundering crash home that we have come to expect from the ‘Spit.

The track follows O’Sullivan’s plaguing self doubt in a time of transition and is a powerful NO to systems that expect you to conform. Holding flags high for the people who choose to inhabit the spaces in between, ‘People Like Me’ is for anyone who has had to explain themselves for simply being who they are.

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What would you rather me do
Be just like them or be just like you
What should I say
To make these thoughts go away

Melbourne’s getting much smaller
And I’m not getting any taller
Should I smile
Or stay asleep for a little while

Because I’ve got all my names in the all the wrong files
And I’ve got all my skin in all the wrong piles
And I’ve got all this spit in my throat that’s turning into bile

People like me
We’re not anything like you
Despite what you think
I don’t wanna be anything like you
You see me?
I’m just trying to make it through

People like me

It’s been raining all summer
And I’ve been pulling a runner
Not trying to make things hard just trying to get far
Away

I’m getting further away
From wanting to go but don’t want to stay
Because there’s been too much rain and I’ve got all my clothes in the back of my car

But despite what you think I’m not trying to make things hard
I’ve got all this fight but you won’t believe me til you see the scars

People like me
We’re not anything like you
Despite what you think
I don’t wanna be anything like you
You see me?
I’m just trying to make it through

People like me

Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh

Passion burnt behind my eyes
Time went slow but now it flies
and the edges get a little rougher still

My rage and empathy are numb
Your mind is old but mine is young
And nothing’s ever full until it’s filled

The men they came with boots and beer
But what they wanted was quite unclear
They tried to make it white that once was brown

And I see it there behind your eyes
The ghosts that scratch and burn and lie
haunting sounds like healing this far down

And I want it to be simple
But it’s still unclear
I wanted to be there
But I’m still here

Despite what you think I’m not trying to make things hard
Despite what you think I’m not trying to make things hard

credits

released April 28, 2023
Porpoise Spit is:
Mill O’Sullivan - guitar/vox (they/them)
Rory Saba - drums (they/them)
Elly Hewitt - guitar/vox (they/them)
Ivy Craw - bass (she/her)
Dom Buckham - drums (on recording)

Engineered and mixed by Vince McIntyre at Taste Police Studios throughout the lockdowns from 2020-2022
Mastered by Guy Faletolu.

Artwork and photography by Kalindy Williams
People Like Me will appear on Porpoise Spit's debut album, Don't Quit, out October 13 2023 via www.psychichysteria.com.

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Porpoise Spit Melbourne, Australia

Porpoise Spit generates a stirring brand of rock that merges heartfelt ballads, raucous energy, thrashing guitars and a socially progressive punk spirit. This group of Melbourne mates carve out the best bits of intimate and uncharted, cosy and chaotic. With new music coming out throughout 2023 and a recent signing to local label Psychic Hysteria, it is fast becoming the year of the Porpoise. ... more

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Apr 28

Northcote Social Club

Northcote, VIC

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