'In My Room' With Fletcher Kent

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00:00Hi, I'm Fletcher Kent and this is for Rolling Stones in my Room Series.

00:04We're here in the beautiful Damien Girard Studios in my home region of the Central Coast

00:08and this first song we're going to play is my newest single, going to play with the band.

00:11It's called Are You Ready?

00:12Are You Ready?

00:27Well I'm a day in a plan and my big plan ain't get old now

00:35Where I was heading I'm no longer heading now

00:41Lace up my shoes, feel my feet against the floor

00:46So I'll start walking, then I'll walk a little more

00:51And I'll sing, are you ready?

00:58Are you ready? The train's coming now

01:02And I'll sing, are you ready?

01:09Clean your head cause it's bouncing, come on down

01:19Well I'm a kid and I'm bored and I can't say that it is more

01:26Do I pay homage to the suckers of before?

01:30And if I take in a load, think my mom will understand

01:36And I'll come back to my hometown, plant my lips against the wind

01:41And I'll sing, are you ready?

01:49Are you ready? The train's coming now

01:53And I'll sing, are you ready?

02:00Clean your head cause it's bouncing, come on down

02:27Well I'm a push of a button from just blowing up the ride

02:33If I'm not running, I'm just waiting to collide

02:38But every step that I take now, oh I'll take and take one more

02:43Till I'm high up on that rock and my momma fucking roars

02:49I'll sing, are you ready?

02:55Are you ready? The sun's coming out

02:59And I'll sing, are you ready?

03:06Clean your head cause one day it's going down

03:11Are you ready?

03:18The sun's coming out

03:20And I'll sing, are you ready?

03:26Clean your head cause one day it's going down

03:43Are you ready?

03:48Clean your head cause one day it's going down

04:18You know, songwriting and the idea of a career

04:22and the points that you set for yourself that you want to get to

04:25and keep raising the standard all the time

04:28and when I sat down to write this song with Eric Jay

04:30who I've been making the record with, I just had this moment of like

04:33all I can do is be present in the moment, be grateful that I'm making music

04:38and alive and healthy and moving forward and receptive to creativity

04:45and ultimately open to the light, as the song's called.

05:05Oh I know

05:12Something wasn't right

05:21Oh I know

05:27I got swept up in the night

05:35I try to manage the panic

05:40With language I'm not sure how to use

05:50I pray the beauty will choose me

05:55Truly I get to do what I gotta do now

06:05Maybe it's something

06:13I just need to find

06:20Maybe it might be

06:27Open to the light

06:36When I'm gone

06:43Jumping in the light

06:51When I go

06:58It's too late to decide

07:06I try to manage the panic

07:11But dancing's just way too late

07:21I pray I'm making a way that I cherish

07:28It's feeling in my chest now yeah

07:37Maybe it's something

07:44I just need to find

07:52Maybe it might be

08:00Open to the light

08:25This is my last song.

08:26Thank you so much Rolling Stone for having me.

08:28I'm really, really stoked to play this series.

08:31This is a song called I'll Be.

08:32It's the first single I put out as Fletcher Kent late last year.

08:35And I've actually played it live in this room with a band before,

08:38but for today and for this series we're going to do it solo on piano.

08:47I won't be impatient, I won't be kind

08:50I won't fly spaceships, see the lights

08:54I won't make memories, I won't drink water

08:57I won't be ready, I won't have daughters

09:01I won't wake early, I won't sing yet

09:05I won't pull back when I'm not needed

09:09I won't breathe deeply, I won't look up more

09:12I won't stand upright when I stumble

09:16I won't be giving, I won't be grateful

09:19I won't love her, I won't stay faithful

09:23I won't make friends, I won't absolve you

09:27I won't die slowly when I want to

09:30I won't try yoga, I won't be in love

09:33I won't work out, I won't get buff

09:37I won't use diaries, I won't make plans

09:40I won't grow up, be a man

09:44Say yeah baby, Austin Powers

09:47I won't eat clean, take cold showers

09:51I won't be graceful in this daydream

09:54I'll give thanks to those who made me

09:57I'll stay young like my grandparents

10:01I'll grow old and tell my grandkids

10:04All I know, 2000s vintage

10:08I won't be careful, I won't be careless

10:11I'll make movies, I'll go dancing

10:14I'll write songs and people chant them

10:18I'll make love and I'll end war

10:21I'll be better than before

10:24I'll jump head first, I'll say fuck it

10:28I'll stop swearing, mom won't love it

10:31I'll stay close with my parents

10:34I'll squeeze tightly, I won't cherish

10:38I'll be happy like my brother

10:41Hold him near me, feed my water

10:44I'll say sorry, I'll keep trying

10:47I'll be honest, I'll be silent

10:50I'll find beauty in this bullshit

10:53I'll be present through the cool shit

10:57I'll stop fighting, it's not worth it

11:00I'll stop fighting, I'll have purpose

11:03I'll go faster, I'll go higher

11:06I'll be your best friend's messiah

11:09I'll get rich to throw a party

11:12I'll burn down the Illuminati

11:16I'll have sex, I'll stay focused

11:19I'll cry freely, I'll be broken

11:22I'll be a triumph, I'll be a failure

11:25I'll jerk off on all my haters

11:28I'll square up, I'll deserve it

11:31I'll get down until I've heard it

11:35I'll be tired, I'll be nothing

11:38I'll turn this life into something

11:41I'll go surfing in the dark

11:44I'll watch over Gabby's heart

11:47And I'll be brave when I'm scared

11:51Not to hurt this shit I've said

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