1. |
Atlantic (i)
05:41
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I’m gonna scroll til it’s not June anymore
I’m gonna scroll til it’s not June anymore
Space and Time fuck me up through July
August is weird
Ghosts of affection in my ear
You lent me your tongue that day
It was enough that I knelt and prayed
To be with you for the rest of my life
Fuck the ocean, fuck the ocean, look how it waves
This love I need
But with the Atlantic between
I feel that’s not understood
The ocean’s stronger than me
The ocean’s smarter than me
The ocean’s a better man than me
The ocean’s a better lover
[a glimpse of the shore]
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2. |
Something to Tell You
06:42
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So, of course in heaven there was this old king
And of course there was his daughter, a beautiful thing
She was "woman who weaves cloth" and I wanted to meet her
She was "woman who weaves cloth" and I wanted to be her
So, one spring day when she went out walking
She met "cow herder" and they got to talking
He didn't know riches, he didn't know gold
But that night, he said, "If I may be so bold, marry me."
They laugh, they talk, two closest friends
When they look at each other they can't see the end
Why couldn't they stay in this place forever?
When it comes to love, you know it's now or never
You can't stop just cause the shock is too much
You can't stop just cause the shock is too much
Up until this point, there was no conflict
But because the narrative of a tragedy demands it
The king saw their love and ordered to disband it
Relishing destroying the bond, ripping it, tearing it
Across the Milky Way he sent their souls
Screaming and crying, pole to pole
And they'd only be allowed to meet once each year
In the time between there was this burning fear
Of lost love, blame it on the distance
Of lost love, blame it on the distance
Of lost love killed by the distance
Of lost love killed by the distance
They laugh, they talk, two closest friends
But the moment they look away that is the end
These hollow promises to meet again
Well, Imma go and Imma fill them in
Yeah you can go, but know that I need you
And I think that you need me, too
[the ocean widens]
I just remembered something I need to tell you
But can I save it for when we meet again?
I just remembered something I need to tell you
But can I save it for the next time that I see you?
Baby
If I don't follow through
Never ever forgive me
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3. |
Belly Button
01:30
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Please let me see it
I can’t quite believe that you are for real
I am your doctor
Take off your shirt, girl, so I can feel
You’re so important
Your body’s a nation I’d never leave
Where is your navel?
What is your origin?
Belly button.
I wanna sleep in there!
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She touch me
She touch me not
These days
She touch me a lot
It’s a sixth sense to know where to go from here
But if
You’re here
Then I’m there
That’s not hard!
I’m your man
Oh, I long to be one of those singers that can sing about having sex
Cause I think about the cool, consensual sex we have all the time, drives me wild
And I feel your body when you are dancing around
I taste your smile when you like me blonde
I smell when you listen to my favorite song
We get touchy feely if we’re drunk or not
Oh, baby, you and I
We both know so little
So why do (we talk like) we know so much?
Why can’t you just stay in this place?
Yours is the face I see when I get down on the floor
But I want more
(I asked you watch Elly and Olly
We’re waist deep in that same story
We missed for all the making out
Was there a message to think about?)
God is here they’re on the floor
Buying drinks for the whole world
Why would I stress, why would I care
If I’m right here and you’re right there?
Being old seems like it sucks
Lost for lust and short on luck
If you’re scared, too, I’ll keep you young
If you’re scared, too, I’ll keep you young
I think of the past when I thought that’d I never, ever, ever play around with love
Well, baby, I was wrong
I was wrong
We’re young, we’re young, and we’re having fun
We’re dumb, we’re dumb, it’s been such a good run
We’re young, we’re young, and we don’t wanna die
We’re dumb, we’re dumb, no time for lies
If I lost both my arms and lost both my legs
Do you think you’d love me the same?
Cause I know you wanna hug and you wanna dance
So, would my heart be enough to love?
[the ocean can be fun to play in, don't worry]
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5. |
I'm a Cancer
03:20
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I’ll do what I can to get any compliment
I’d do something weird to the moon just to hold your hand
As much as it is for you, it’s also for me, baby
There are two ways I get off and one is when you praise me
I’m only funny cause I want to you to say I’m funny
And I only look brooding cause I want you to see I’m brooding
I mean what I feel
That’s still the deal
Baby girl I don’t do this for anyone
But to be real
I get such a thrill
When you think that I’m one in a million
I worry sometimes I’m a psychopath
That I’m only being sweet for personal gain
I know I'm so full of it and it really shows sometimes
But I'm full of desire to make you glide, to make crows walk round your eyes
That's why
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6. |
Do You Wanna Hang Out?
01:06
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Do you wanna hang out?
We haven’t talked in a while
But we were pretty good friends
Do you wanna hang out?
We had fun in our time
So full of surprises
Do you wanna hang out?
I miss you a lot
I miss how we talk
Do you wanna hang out?
I wanna hang out with you
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7. |
Superstar
05:49
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I met her when she was walking, two weeks from running the race for fame she and her dayfriends were planning
She always said the world owed her that much
Here’s an embarrassing thought:
Could I come along?
I believe in the brand and you know I’d eat right out of your hand
Got drunk in the empty house that smelled like summer
I want you close
I want you familiar
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop
You keep me on my toes
I keep you bored
Selfish denial that you deserve one who gives more
Infectious laugh
This is faith I can’t fake
Jesus died and I’ll love all your mistakes
[take the lifeboat]
Hey, Superstar
I’m so scared to be alone
But you’ve always been fine on your own
Hey, Superstar, I wanna be your friend
I wanna be a part of this til the story ends
You left without me but, hey, no hard feelings
The world is big and I can’t be greedy
Hey, Superstar
It’s been one year since you left
I never got/When will I get/I’ll never get you off my chest
My Superstar!
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8. |
Little Alien
01:05
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Little alien
Far you flew
But for what?
Everyone loves you
But nobody really knows you
Knocked on my door
Came inside
You said you were sick and tired
Of feeling like nowhere could be home
I will never know what it’s like to be you in a crowd
Never know what it’s like for them to take my holy crown
All I can say for now is that I’m confused and I’m scared
That I’m the one you came to when it felt like no one’s there
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The scars on your back are black and blue
I could never survive what you go through
When you’re alone you’re never alone
Those motherfuckers always try to follow you home
Why can’t this country just let you dance?
It does what it can to suffocate romance
Not romance with kissin’ and lickin’
The romance where you look forward to livin’
[Pain is only symbolic for those not suffering it]
Men in power wanna kill you dead
But have they even met you?
If they ever loved somebody in pain they wouldn’t be acting this way
We all love you
We won’t let them touch you
Fuck ‘em!
Who am I to point fingers and say what’s right?
I don’t think I know what’s best
Only speaking to a feeling in my chest
People are people, why is that so hard?
People are people who cry in their car
People are people who worry about their mom
People are people are people are people
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Here is a story of a teen named Kevin
Who had a crush on Julia since he was eleven
She grew up to be in the more popular crowd
He grew up to make his parents and teachers proud
Then one day after class
She went up to Kevin and held his hand
Julia said she always found Kevin cute
“Let’s start dating and tell the whole school”
Can’t buy me love
Everybody tells me so
A month went by and Kevin was the happiest guy alive
He was sure that he was in love
That night he was gonna tell Julia
His friends were all asking why they hadn’t kissed yet
Kevin said Julia wasn’t like that
They said they heard she had had sex
If Kevin played his cards right, he could be next
Kevin started sweating, his eyes were wide
Finally, a piece of the American Pie
His first time with the girl he loved
A girl he knew, a girl he could trust
They met in her room at 10 at night
After her dad had turned off his lights
Small talk had run out, the moment was here
Kevin had to conquer his greatest fear
He began to lean in but something was off
Julia in that moment had started to laugh
What she said next broke his heart in two
Kevin couldn’t believe that this was true:
“My friends thought of something that was pretty funny
They gave me a hundred dollars to be your honey
I never liked you and I never will
I just did it for those dollar bills”
Our whole relationship just a bet to you?
I loved you
Nothing about this rang true to you?
I loved you
I’ll be honest
I’m glad for anything I could get
Cause I love you
And I still do
Even though our whole relationship was just a bet to you
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11. |
24
01:16
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When will I sing about having a good time?
I don’t think you need me to sing about me
I think you need something with positivity
When will anyone stare?
When will anyone actually be there?
If there’s no encore
I’ll be dead before I’m 24
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12. |
Ever at All
07:25
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If something bad happens to me it’s your fault
I can be petty like that
Baby miss you bad
But were you ever there?
If you were right here
You’d tell me that’s not fair
And I have to admit you’re right
Wanna workshop this tonight?
All these stupid words that I save up to say
I know that they’d be null if I saw your face
That actually sounds really nice
Can I FaceTime you tonight?
Sometimes I wish your heart was full of hate
Much easier to take
I lost it all and it was nothing I could control
I was never in control
I fantasize
I’m in a movie where I die
The camera shows her eyes
At last, I’m wanted
I felt so good
Now inside I feel so bad
These lyrics suck
My heart is broke
And you’re the winner
Are you sure that you are who you were?
Because I don’t recognize the mouth that says these words
I wish that you are who you were
Oh, won’t you come for me?
Or at least the things you left in my house
They’re haunting me
The smell won’t leave however long I clean
Can I tell everyone that you didn’t leave?
(I miss feeling vulnerable to the art
I miss feeling wanted in your arms)
I don’t care what happens to me
(I miss feeling vulnerable to the art
I miss feeling wanted in your arms)
Masturbate then go to sleep
I fantasize I don’t make songs that trivialize
Our feelings are complex
But that’s not catchy
You were always fair
I’m just petty and I care
“Are you good?”
Yeah, I’m okay
And getting better
You still are who you were all along
Maybe I don’t recognize that mouth, but I recognize that heart
I hope that you are who you were
It’s over
Rest easy cause there’s nothing I could have done
Catharsis
Satisfied we ever loved at all
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13. |
Atlantic (ii)
05:14
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Relive small moment while lying in bed
Hot bolts of memory sneak past my eyelids
Not to be trusted once they mix with desire
Boxes of photographs too close to the fire
Think of what could’ve been our very own summer
Man, what a pleasure, man, what a bummer
There’s a life that’s out there where we’re our own masters
And we see our friends everyday, see our friends everyday
Given the power I’d build us a kingdom
Of crystal and blood and all kinds of funny stuff
And Gwan is playing all in the air for my friends
The house that Dickens built, her skin in the stone
Mama’s been wondering why her son’s all alone
Why he spends so much energy on things that aren’t there
He whispers sweet nothings and caresses the air
He’s our friend and we just want him back
His head’s underwater, he’s grown too obsessive
About things that he cannot change, the way that things are
Screaming obscenities at the unflinching stars
He bought us small trinkets to fit in our pockets
Anxiously asking we remember who gave them
And he has a gash that couldn’t be mended
Phantoms of tenderness serve their reminder
He just wants a piece of her, voice ain’t enough
The heart’s in the body and trust’s in a touch
He loves being vulnerable but this world makes it tough
When the safety he found just got up and left
They were flesh touching flesh that felt like completion
Ideas and witticisms clever and charming
Rubbing her back and laughing into darkness
The other end of the world…are we forgotten?
No!
Look to the sun, boy, this ain’t the end
Just call them up again, your lovers and your friends
Odds are they’re thinking just as much about you
The Atlantic is scary, but the reflection is true
I love you all forever
I love you
[the ocean is pretty today]
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