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Julianna
03:34
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and I’ve been listening to the stereo
as the rain falls down my window
and I think there’s something I can say to liberate us from this wreckage
oh, don’t be so naive
we’re always stuck like this forever ‘cause the truth is
The art can’t express how we feel
and I don’t know what to sing for you
‘cause I’ve been so out of touch with you
the art can’t express how we feel
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2. |
Betsy
01:20
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her skin is dark and rough as I approach,
I think she may be dead.
“No, Betsy!” I yell.
She is too young to die.
From the looks of her, physically, y’know like, her condition,
i’d say, mid-80’s.
she’s got long arms and legs, a long neck too.
she’s a little tall for me but i like her anyway.
i don’t think she’s dead.
some of her skin is just falling off
but that’s okay. she never really moves,
that’s what made me think she’s dead, you see.
but she’s not dead, just lazy and skin falling off.
all her hair is gone.
it was probably caused to fall out because of seasonal depression.
i ask even though i shouldn’t and she says,
“ya, but it will grow back soon, i think.” i shope she’s right.
poor betsy looks so sad, and lonely.
but she isn’t dead yet, so it can’t be that bad.
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3. |
Roots
04:04
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when i was a kid we used to be best friends
you helped me grow
showed me how to love myself
but lately i’ve been feeling strange
(i hate that) in a minute, so much can change
instead of being happy to see you
I just want to cover my green eyes
I can’t un-see what’s burned into my mind
the doctors say the depression’s seasonal
why are you over staying your welcome?
I used to call you sunshine
sunshine
sunshine, you’re getting to me
back in the 60’s i was hot shit
now my skin’s all dry
cuz you’re exhausting me
you’re making my blood boil today
and yesterday you were meant to go the fuck away
you bring me down
you make me wanna drown
but if you can’t bring me to the sea
then just dig me a hole and bury me
from your burn I’m guarding this orange tent
cast on the side is my dark silhouette
I used to call you sunshine
won’t you save your rays
for another time
sunshine
sunshine
you’re hurting my eyes
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4. |
Koi Pond
03:24
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KOI POND
Koi pond, I’m staring at your insides: aquamarine and the death of a beauty.
Koi Pond, this is what you’ve shown me: a fish in the lake and a tragic ending
and so it goes. it isn’t something that I would go out of my way for. I just need a few drinks to get loose. The night has fallen in isolation. and so it goes
Koi Pond, we’re falling underwater: conversation is the start of a drowning.
Koi Pond, I’m looking past the surface and ask myself: Could I ever get out of here?
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5. |
She Says "No"
03:02
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i want to
rollerblade,
i want to stay out late
mom please lift my curfew
you’re ruining me
i want to go on dates
i wanna drink my weight
in bad decisions
so catch me living it up
in this city
where there’s more people in
cemeteries than
in the fucking buildings, but that’s ok
i wanna fuck shit up
maybe adopt a pup
we’ll walk around
all over town
And we’ll be barking a lot
doing things like graffiti
And skateboard tricks
mom please raise my allowance
so i can be a kid
i wanna disappear
i want this to be my year
twenty-seventeen was a fucking bitch
she wouldn’t stop pulling my ear
i can’t do anything right
this year I’m putting up a fight
mom please give me some advice
i need to find a fucking light
gotta shake my tambourine
gotta find that in-between
somewhere halfway between
being gay
and totally straight
i gotta call my dad
i gotta be less sad
gotta get a job
join the mob
stop being such a sob
gonna find that pot of gold
my bread’s got tons of mold
on the crust and in the middle
it’s just everywhere
I’m throwing this OUT
in the rain where i belong
shaking in my skin
don’t know where to begin
but ill find that place
if i keep running away
from my fear of being forgotten
and getting in the way
but then i’ll dye my hair
n get attacked by a bear
he says i taste good n sweet
when he bites down with his teeth
and so we talk about our lives
n then i break out in hives
from all the milk
that was spilt
on the driveway this past may
mom please tell me you’re proud
that i wake up every day
ride a tandem bike with me i wanna
take out out on a shopping spree
ride a wave away with me
we can run away from this town and be free
she says no
she says, “i don’t wanna go.”
mom please
comfort me
my heart is broken
feels like I’m choking
mom please
mom please
mom please
love me
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6. |
Rover Shore
03:42
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Everyone comes from somewhere.
At this point, we’re strangers
but I wanted to meet you ‘cause
something screamed interesting and personable too,
Your image was clear to me
Maybe some courage would push me to stand up
and find out if we were alike in thinking
We talked of our childhood
We slept in the living room
We walked in the rain
and sang under our umbrella
even though, it was only meant for one single person
I fell in love with you and your presence did satisfy
but something went wrong, and then nothing felt right
you let go of the handle
and ran somewhere else
none of it made sense
oh, it wasn’t so clear
and since then I’ve waited for your image to walk by
and since then I’ve waited through autumn and winter
and since then I’ve shivered through everything cold
and since then our umbrella broke free from our hold
I’ve been showered in decay beneath watered down leaves
my friend, you’re unaffected and unfazed?
I wanted us to go back home, but you had wandered away
Oh, I’ve reached out to you! Yes, I believed we were close
so tell me, what else would my thinking consider?
I found you at the shoreline, I’ve been looking for years
*For someone who never existed outside my brain.
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7. |
Purple/Blue
03:59
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When the odds are against us,
and it’s too hard to try,
will we both still feel the same
when we kiss goodbye?
When the candles’ burnt,
and the light goes out,
promise that you’ll try to remember how
good it felt to be
held close, embraced by a smoke,
that never let you down
Will you call me,
when you find yourself thinking about
When we fell in love,
it was hard to believe but,
you and me honey,
we were just meant to be like:
coffee and cigarettes,
my left hand and the back of your neck,
singing loud from the seat of your car,
these songs on my first guitar
like
purple and blue,
me and you,
we were fine on our own
but together we just
felt more at home.
and will you call me,
when you find yourself lost without
the love we found
when we were just nineteen
you and me baby
clicked just like lock and key
like
coffee and cigarettes,
my left hand and the back of your neck,
singing loud from the seat of your car,
these songs on my first guitar
like
purple and blue,
me and you,
we were fine on our own
but together we just
felt less alone
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8. |
Chicken bone
02:14
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I meet him in the field.
His face is already red
I sit to his right,
There I find a fire ant climbing up my pants
Our hands search through the grass
Looking for our things.
Then our fingers stumble across
Something that we weren’t expecting.
“A bone,” he says, “what could it be?”
“Who’s flesh did it once hold”
It used to be a chicken,
But now,
It’s just a bone.
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