1. |
Backscatter
06:18
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When you fall asleep with lights on
And the windows all are closed
Then you'll never know what time it is
Until you wake and check your phone
And draw the blinds
See the moon outside
In the afternoon
When you're lying in the feeling
Of a book that's overdue
And you get stuck
And panic sets in
And you know that someone's waiting somewhere
Disappointed
Left the porch light on
So don't wait up
Lock the door
I've got a spare key
So don't lose sleep
Over something
As insignificant as (me)
I'd never lie
Or tell you something I don't feel
I guess that I don't see myself in that way
Anymore
When your starry moon-eyed friends
Are all out glittering and happy
And you try not to resent them
Cuz you know you'll never be
That happy
So don't wait up
Lock the door
I've got a spare key
So don't lose sleep
Over anyone
Especially not (me)
I'd never lie
Or tell you something I don't feel
I guess that I don't see myself in that way
Anymore
I'll never try
Or tell you not to feel
Something that I don't see in myself in that way
Anymore
I guess that I don't want to see myself
Anymore
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2. |
Call Me By My Name
04:10
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Call me by my name
I like it when I see it in your mouth
Or on the page
Write me by the way
I like it when I see the way your mind
Begins to change
Give me something good, I want it
Give me something to believe in, I need it
And though I’m out of sight
You know that I would never leave you all alone
Turning off the blue light so you don’t have to go
I don’t really know you but I might
Turning off the blue light, never saying goodnight
Let me count the ways
That I can rearrange the thought of you
Inside my brain
Let me be the rain
That keeps you in the house and in my head
And makes you stay
Give me something good, I want it
Give me something to believe in, I need it
And though I’m out of sight
You know that I would never leave you all alone
Turning off the blue light so you don’t have to go
I don’t really know you but I might
Turning off the blue light, never saying goodnight
But if you believe in me too
Then I could be your someone
A glimpse of better days
A pen pal for the new age
And if you would take a chance
Then I will do the social dance
That tells us what to say
And makes us feel a new way
If you just call me by my name
I like it
Give me something good, I want it
Give me something to believe in, I promise that
I would never leave you all alone
Turning off the blue light so you don’t have to go
I don’t really know you but I might
Turning off the blue light
And just saying that I would never leave you all alone
Turning off the blue light so you don’t have to go
I don’t really know you but I might
Turning off the blue light, never saying goodnight
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3. |
Green Mountain
04:39
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My green mountain, I can see you
Over solar panels and white picket fences
That they said we should dream for
Girl next door
My green movie on the television screen
Saving me from lazy summer
Feeling like I should be somewhere else
So tired of feeling tired
One day you’ll make it
If you just believe
That’s what they said to me
But I’m not dreaming
I am the dream
Climbing so that someone sees me
I’m the highest, I am the peak
Growing tall, growing lonely
My green mountain, what a pretty photograph
Capturing the moment just so we can see the next one
From the future looking behind us
At the past
My green mountain
I am you and you are me
Everyone come climb us on the steep and uphill battle
For a picture or a story
One day you’ll make it
If you just believe
That’s what they said to me
But I’m not dreaming
I am the dream
Climbing so that someone sees me
I’m the highest, I am the peak
Growing tall, growing lonely
No man’s an island
Everyone needs someone
You’ll only make it
If you’re next to me
That’s how we’ll get to sleep
When I’m not dreaming
I am the dream
Climbing so that someone sees me
I’m the highest, I am the peak
And I’m lonely
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4. |
Seashells
05:20
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I had a job at the
Corner store gift shop selling
Seashells to tourists and giving directions
Although I didn’t know myself
What is the best place to go
And what is the fastest route
How much is bus fare
Can I walk from here
Say, you’ve got a pretty mouth for someone
So unsure
Me and my friends took our
Driving tests at the same DMV
Licensed for making our world a bit wider
Although we didn’t know it would be the same
What is the best place to go
And what is the fastest route
How much is bus fare
Can I walk from here
Say, you’ve got a pretty mouth for someone
So unsure
I had a job at the
Corner store gift shop selling
Fantasies to strangers and buying one for myself
Although I didn’t know
What is the best place to go
And what is the fastest route
How much is bus fare
Can I walk from here
Say, you’ve got a pretty mouth for someone
So unsure
Being in public, the most exciting thing
Was getting people on streets to notice me
Even though we only craved the attention
Because it was something new, all of the pretense of
Being an adult and making decisions
Knowing what hurting is, being provisional,
Having a secret that never escapes the mouth
And feeling guilty for knowing what hands are about
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5. |
The Census
04:16
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It hurts me when I cry and you don’t ask why
Cause I’d never show you
I replaced every pillowcase, shook the sheets clean
And I might have thought my comment was clever
When you liked my wordplay
Now the letters are dead and I can’t tell
If I’m funny or mean
My will is stronger than chemistry
My love is bigger than sadness
Not apathy
The census wants to know what I’m feeling
Drop down list
It’s not anger, I never yell
It’s not pleasure, at least as far as I can tell
But maybe I never felt it
My will is stronger than chemistry
My love is bigger than sadness
Not apathy
It’s not me
It’s not me
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6. |
SUPERNOVA!
03:25
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I took a breath of the sea and I got mad when it choked me
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
I took a nail to the arm and I got mad when it scarred
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
I lied and I said I was fine
And when nobody asked me I gave no reply
I tried trust and I tried serious
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
I threw my plans in the trash because I gotta go fast
(I didn’t want it, because I’m Sonic)
I lied and I said I was fine
And when nobody asked me I gave no goodbye
I could think it over
Or I could be a SU-PER-NO-VA
Mento, Coca Cola
I just wanna SU-PER-NO-VA
Cheat at the game and I will learn not to play
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
Stick your needles in me but don’t get mad when I bleed
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
You can forfeit your right to be wrong
You can outsource the blame
Doesn’t make it any less lonely
I could think it over
Or I could be a SU-PER-NO-VA
Mento, Coca Cola
I just wanna SU-PER-NO-VA
If you don’t have a heart, then I don’t care if you’re smart
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
Take an incel’s advice and pay the human price
(I didn’t want it, I didn’t want it)
Free will to self-destruct
Hello world, I’m not your manic pixie dream girl
I could think it over
Or I could be a SU-PER-NO-VA
Mento, Coca Cola
I just wanna SU-PER-NO-VA
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7. |
uncapitalized
04:12
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Cut my hair but no one noticed
When I touched the air, found nothing there
But humidity and mist
To clean myself of all the rotten sweat
Left over from the night
The morning wet, I wouldn’t know it
Stuck beneath the fitted sheets filled with static left to dry
And like the laundry I would fold it
To hide the stain, to hide the shame
To be the one who never lied
I don’t know if I want this
I don’t know what I’m allowed to want anymore
I want my name all in lowercase
And a quiet dorm room
I don’t want to be the bad one
I don’t want to limit
How anybody feels
But I’ve been reading between the lines my entire life
So why are mine ignored
When all your needs are uncapitalized
Then you can’t blame the dyslexics
Who only want the best for you
Who only want to get you off
Your mind
I don’t know if I want this
I don’t know what I’m allowed to want anymore
I want my name all in lowercase
And a quiet dorm room
But I never told you
You asked and you asked and you tried
But I did not reply
And lying by omission is still lying by design
I lied, I lied, I lied
And for that
I apologize
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8. |
Blue / Cinema Boardwalk
05:36
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I know things that I can’t put words to
Only tell you how it feels on the tongue
Feels like spring and it sounds like a funeral
Though I’ve never been to one
And when the mourning’s done
You’ll wear your true colors
In summer
You look good in blue and in love
And I don’t know what to say
Something’s blooming, something’s dying
But you look like change
Let’s go down to the city on the ocean
Neon nightlife of arcades
Roller coasters scraping sky
Let us go then, you and I
As you zoom in, the orchestra swells
Pan out across the waves
You’re the close-up and the lead
And I’ll play the starlet, honey
You look good in blue and in love
And I don’t know what to say
No one’s moving, no one’s crying
To the movies no one’s buying
But you look like a change
(you look like a change)
How to love when the city’s on fire
How to live within the lens
How to wish for a smaller story
When the screenplay never ends
Let me give you a thought to hold onto
If I can’t give you a hand
Pick the place where we will go when
People touch and time is golden
You look good in blue and in love
And I don’t know what to say
No one’s moving, no one’s crying
To the movies no one’s buying
But you look like a change
(you look like a change)
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9. |
Dream Song
02:59
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I saw you in the store
You did not quite look the same
You changed your name
I’d known you in the past
You looked good then, but good things
Don’t always last
You’re always taking new shapes
A tree or a face
A poem I’ve read
Or a dream in my head
I saw you on the screen
In the eyes of an actress
Who did not look like me
I’ve seen you everywhere
But never getting clearer
And never in the mirror
You’re always taking new shapes
A tree or a face
A poem I’ve read
Or a dream in my head
I lost you when you were needed most
From reaching out to second hands
And holding time so close
I’ll find you at someone else’s wedding toast
You’ll look like empty coffee cups
Familiar as a ghost
I saw you in the store
And I called you by your name
You waved
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10. |
Ceiling Fan
05:04
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I quit the game and dropped the cards all at my feet
For you I’d break into my reserves of sincerity
Wanna be the ceiling fan that puts you to sleep
On nights when you can’t stand the summer heat
And I’ll try, I’ll try, I’ll try, I’ll try
To believe a word could mean what it did before
And I’ll let it take control like an onset
Of something I have felt but don’t fear anymore
Ooh, is it you or is it loneliness
Ooh, is it me or have I changed
I keep seeing the future, dreaming a past that never was
Oh, but you could be the bridge between what’s real
And what I feel
I think my life has just been growing up so far
Writing love letters from the backseat of my parents’ car
Someday I’ll want to shield my daughter from this ache
But now I’m ready to make her mistakes
And I’ll try, I’ll try, I’ll try, I’ll try
To believe a word could mean what it did before
And I’ll let it take control like an onset
Of something I have felt but don’t fear anymore
Ooh, is it you or is it loneliness?
Ooh, is it me or have I changed?
I keep seeing the future, dreaming a past that never was
Oh, but you could be the bridge between what’s real
And what I feel
Turn the light on, I’m coming home
Turn the light on, I’m coming home to you
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11. |
(voice memo)
03:59
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I’m alone and I’m lonely
But I’ll see you in the morning
If I sleep in till noon
And I know that I’m restless
I can see it in the breath that stains the windowpane
And every glass surface of you
Take me home, touch and go
Be the light of my screen
And take me home, touch and go
I don’t know anything anymore
I am young and I don’t know you
But I might if I figure out myself
Where should I go and what is the fastest route
Where do I want to be when the time runs out
On being allowed not to know what you want
So take me home, touch and go
Be the light of my screen
And take me home, touch and go
I don’t know anything anymore
This is the bluest moment
When I miss the sound of a human voice
And you leave me a memo
And my reaction is a pictograph of a tiny star
Exploding as I am
Feeling as small as a lowercase letter
So take me home, touch and go
Be the light of my screen
And take me home, touch and go
I don’t know anything anymore
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