Numb (feat. Sarah Kershaw)

by Tim Arnold

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Tim Arnold and pianist/performance artist Sarah Kershaw have re-recorded U2's 1993 classic 'Numb'. This new rendition, echoing themes from Arnold's new album 'Super Connected', offers a fresh take on the song's original commentary on media overload and its relevance in today's digital era.

“Numb captured how we were becoming desensitised by everything we consumed in the 90’s. The song is even more pertinent today, now that we're all actually signing up for, subscribing, and choosing to live in a desensitised state. We’ve gone from commenting about it to clamouring FOR it.” - Tim Arnold

In 2023, the 'Super Connected' album garnered praise for its insightful look at technology's influence on society, including issues like social media addiction and mental health, earning accolades from The Times, Mojo, Clash and others. The reimagined 'Numb' aligns with those themes.

See Tim and Sarah LIVE in Super Connected this year: superconnected.technology/superconnectedlive/

lyrics

Don't move
Don't talk out of time
Don't think
Don't worry
Everything's just fine

Just fine

Don't grab
Don't clutch
Don't hope for too much
Don't breathe
Don't achieve
Or grieve without leave

Don't check
Just balance on the fence
Don't answer
Don't ask
Don't try and make sense

Don't whisper
Don't talk
Don't run if you can walk
Don't cheat, compete
Don't miss the one beat

Don't
Travel by train
Don't eat
Don't spill
Don't piss in the drain
Don't make a will

Don't
fill out any forms
Don't compensate
Don't cower
Don't crawl
Don't come around late

Don't hover at the gate

Don't take it on board
Don't fall on your sword
Just play another chord

If you feel you're getting bored

I feel numb. I feel numb.
Too much is not enough

Don't change your brand
Don't listen to the band
Don't gape Don't ape
Don't change your shape
Too much is not enough
Have another grape

I'm Super Connected
You can have my should for free
I'm Super Connected
So. you can sell it back to me

I feel numb.
Don't plead
Don't bridle
Don't shackle
Don't grind Don't curve
Don't swerve
I feel numb.
Lie, die, serve

I feel numb
Don't theorise, realise, polarise
Chance, dance, dismiss, apologise
Too much is not enough

Don't spy
Don't lie
Don't try
Imply
Detain
Explain I feel numb.
Start again

I feel numb.
Don't triumph
Don't coax
Don't cling
Don't hoax
Don't freak
Peak
Don't leak, I feel numb.
Don't speak

I feel numb
Don't project
Don't connect
Protect. Don't expect
Suggest
I feel numb
Don't project
Don't connect
Protect
Don't expect, Suggest

I feel numb
Don't struggle
Don't jerk, Don't collar
Don't work
Don't wish
Don't fish
I feel numb
Don't teach
Don't reach
Too much is not enough

I feel numb.
Don't borrow
Don't break
Don't fence
Don't steal
Don't pass
Don't stress
I feel numb
Don't try
Don't feel

I feel numb.
Don't touch
Don't dive
Don't suffer
Don't rhyme
Don't fantasise
Don't rise
Don't lie I feel numb

Don't project
Don't connect
Protect
Don't expect
Suggest
I feel numb

Don't project
Don't connect
Too much is not enough
I feel numb

credits

released March 1, 2024
Performed, arranged, produced and mixed by Tim Arnold
Featuring Sarah Kershaw
Violins by Jonathan Hill

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Tim Arnold London, UK

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, film-maker and social activist – Tim Arnold is a maverick artist whose work stretches the boundaries of the imagination and defies genre and category. In recognition of Tim’s constant change of musical direction, Iggy Pop compared Tim to David Bowie during their collaboration on the film 'Blood Orange'. ... more

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May 9

Anthony Minghella Theatre, Quay Arts

Newport (Isle of Wight), UK
May 17

The Florrie

Liverpool, UK
May 29

Chapel Arts

Bath, UK
Jun 4

Cockpit Theatre

London, UK
Jun 20

Isle of Wight Festival

Newport, UK

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