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Window Dressing

by Peter Wise

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Window Dressing is about staying true to who you are, and not conforming to who others want you to be. I wrote this song two months ago after getting a stream of feedback and opinions on my career and where my sound should go, among other things. In response to a lot of this feedback I was motivated to write an anti-pop song, something very long with a lot of chord changes, a low melody, and a guitar solo, more or less the antithesis of the modern pop song. Go figure, when I played through the idea I had in my head in a voice memo, the song ended up being pretty anthemic and pop-y. I ended up self producing and mixing Window Dressing, so the whole thing came together as a statement on holding onto who I am regardless of the opinions of others.

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If you’re gonna read my sentence
Make sure you read every line
You booked me on breaking and entering
Had no place up in here tonight
This party’s for the undercover
And I tried to enter with my name
I’ve done everything to hear my number
But you keep me out all the same

Cuz in a world of
window dressing
Glow up like the others and
you’ll get your blessing
Don’t keep it as you are
Or they’ll leave you behind
But I got

Me and mine
In a corner all ours
They think I’m down for the count
But we still got time
Yeah I’ve got a case
To hold to my point of view
Cuz at the end of the day
I always find a way through
So I’d rather fall than to
Rise up fake

If you’re gonna read my sentence
Make sure you read every line
You booked me on a past due notice
You’ll seize what I can’t provide
This neighborhood is changing hands now
And you got no need for my kind
My dreams haven’t given a payout
Should’ve learned when to change my mind
Cuz in a world of
window dressing
Glow up like the other and
You’ll get your blessing
Don’t keep it as you are
Or they’ll leave you behind
But I got

Me and mine
In a corner all ours
They think I’m down for the count
But we still got time
Yeah I’ve got a case
To hold to my point of view
Cuz at the end of the day
I always find a way through
So I’d rather fall than to
Rise up fake
Rise up fake

They say
Window dressing
Come get your blessing
Follow what we do
And we’ll take you to the moon
But no
I’m gonna listen to myself alright

They say
Window dressing
Come get your blessing
Follow what we do
And we’ll take you to the moon
But no
I’m gonna listen to myself alright

Cuz all I’ve got is
Me and mine
In a corner all ours
You think I’m down for the count
But we still got time
Yeah I’ve got a case
To hold to my point of view
Cuz at the end of the day
I always find a way through
So I’d rather fall than to rise up fake

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released April 16, 2021
Music and lyrics by Peter Wise
Produced and mixed by Peter Wise
Mastered by Phillip Klum
Album artwork by Sayaka Dew and Sophie Wise

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Peter Wise New York, New York

Peter Wise is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based out of Brooklyn, New York. His sound marries introspective lyricism with bluesy guitar lines, laid back rhythms, anthemic hooks, and soulful vocals. His new single, Let Me Be Clear, is out now! ... more

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