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42

by Exploring Birdsong

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"42 is a song about paranoia, conspiracy theories and confirmation bias - it is written from the perspective of someone who has lost touch with reality, seeing patterns in their day to day life that are leading them to some answer, or a warning - but never quite getting the full picture of what it could all mean. Thematically, the song was drawn from personal experience in childhood, where a few coincidences with numbers could spiral into a feeling of being ‘followed’ by a number or symbol, and like the storyline of the rest of your life was being written with this at the centre, or as a clue. This concept can sound pretty jokey or funny but can get pretty dark pretty fast. That same confirmation bias can lead to being more susceptible to conspiracy theories and paranoia as a whole, and a tendency to think of your life as a storyline or a plot, heading towards some greater purpose. This kind of thinking can be damaging and dangerous to one’s self and the relationships with those both close and peripheral to them, especially if life hasn’t turned out how you might have expected. Conspiracy theories are more rife than ever, especially after spreading like wildfire during the pandemic. We wanted to present this as a sympathetic look at how something so simple can go so wrong, and where that desperation can lead; a state of anxiety, isolation, and losing touch with the world around you. The great irony is that, to some degree, we have now become the people in the story. We each notice the number 42 so regularly now that we update one another every time it pops up somewhere unexpected."

lyrics

Stop
Look behind your back
It stopped you in your tracks
I know you know you’ve seen this thing before
(Look)
There can’t be a mistake
I said it wasn’t fake
I think I’m gonna break

Spies
The look that’s in your eyes
It isn’t a surprise
That you were telling lies like everyone
(Wait)
Cus you don’t understand
You don’t know what they have planned
It’s all been in their hands

(Dead or alive)
Someones after you
They’ve left another clue don’t ask me who
(Dead or alive)
Beginning or the end
The angels always send my number friend
The story’s taking shape
I know this is my fate
It’s all for me
I hate to say I told you so
(Dead or alive)
I’m getting deja vu
The number 42 is nothing new

I know that you still disagree
Well I’m sorry your eyes refuse to see
That all your pleading is in vain
Cus you aren’t able to explain

The start that came and went
The middle that was sent
You try to tell me you know what it meant
(No!)
The story’s getting old
The show’s been oversold
And the ending was foretold

(Dead or alive)
Someone’s after you
They’ve left another clue- don’t ask me who
(Dead or alive)
Beginning or the end
The angels always send my number friend
The story’s taking shape
I know this is my fate
It’s all for me
I hate to say I told you so
(Dead or alive)
I’m getting deja vu
The number 42 is nothing new

Dead or alive
Someone’s after me
The number is the key
It has to be

(Dead or alive)
Someone’s after you
They’ve left another clue- don’t ask me who
(Dead or alive)
Beginning or the end
The angels always send my number friend
The story’s taking shape
I know this is my fate
It’s all for me
I hate to say I told you so
(Dead or alive)
I’m getting deja vu
The number 42 is nothing new

The number 42 is nothing new

credits

released February 4, 2026
P&C 2026 Long Branch Records

Music by: Lynsey Ward, Jonny Knight, Matt Harrison
Lyrics by: Jonny Knight
Produced by: Lynsey Ward, Jonny Knight, Matt Harrison
Mixed by: Connor Sweeney
Mastered by: Grant Berry

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