1. |
The Freshman
02:39
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Not supposed to be like this - y’know I used to be a real big fish
Never thought that I would miss being in high school
Nothing really feels the same, wasn’t ready for this change
But no one else is even phased, feel so uncool
All my friends are blending in, wish I was adapting
But my socializing hours are just chock-full of undead men
Wish I didn’t have to feel like such a freshman
Soon as I made one nice friend, campus vamps they fed on him
Seems a slayer just can’t win for losing
Can’t believe they cornered me, I escaped them very narrowly
Did anybody see-ee-ee where my moves went
Frat guys giving Jell-O shots to incoming women
Yes I see the patriarchy’s alive and kickin'
Wish I didn’t have to feel like such a freshman
And did I mention! Giles has a girlfriend!
Or something, or something
And did I mention! Giles has a girlfriend!
It’s fucking weeeeeeird
I went to The Bronze round ten, hey Xander’s back in town again
Spent his summer stri-i-pping for some ladies
He told me I was strong, he said
I have the strength & power to send
Sunday to her knees to beg for some mercy
Dropped a bunch of psych books on a teacher’s assistant
Everyone’s into Monet or else they’ve gone Kilmt-ing
Wish it didn’t have to suck to feel like a freshman
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2. |
Living Conditions
02:27
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Labels her eggs, flosses in bed
Borrowed my sweater without asking
What the shit, she got ketchup on it
Kathy sucks
Kathy sucks
Kathy really sucks
and I hate her guts
Irons her jeans, loves her capris
Only listens to the divas
On repeat for infinity
Kathy sucks
Kathy sucks
Kathy really sucks
and I hate her guts
Do you believe in life after Kathy
I have to believe in life after Kathy
Poured animal blood right down my throat
And sucked out sections of my soul that
She tried to keep while I was asleep
Kathy sucks
Kathy sucks
What the fuck
Kathy really sucks
Kathy sucks
Kathy sucks
Kathy sucks
Kathy really sucks
and I hate her guts
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3. |
The Harsh Light of Day
03:23
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I thought I knew what I was getting into
Took a deep breath, leapt out of the window
Looking for an updraft, updraft
I didn’t get to catch that, catch that
Will it always feel like this
Where it starts off with a kiss
Then leaves me licking my wounds
and thinking of you
Way back before I ever saw your face
I thought that love was something I should chase
I thought it’d fade but what do I know
I’m darker underneath your shadow
Will it always feel like this
Where it starts off with a kiss
Then leaves me licking my wounds
and thinking of you
Wanna see the world without you but I don’t know if I’m able
The demon in my bedside table
You left a mark on me that’s feelin kinda fatal
The demon in my bedside table
Will it always feel like this
Where it starts off with a kiss
Then leaves me licking my wounds
and thinking of you
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4. |
Fear, Itself
04:02
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I feel like a pumpkin, they’re living it up in the sun
Til somebody cuts them, carving their hearts out for fun
One in a million, you made me feel like I was
But you’re just a villain, making a game outta love
Try to shake you, tonight I’m going out
But the curse on this party’s not what I need right now
Halloween night, night I’m supposed to have off
But all these demons never know when to back off
Drag me down in their haunted house like I got nothing better to do
On Halloween night, when all that I wanted is just to be haunted by you
Down at the frat house everyone coming undone
Tarantula party, people screaming and covered in blood
Whatever your worst fear, it’s coming to visit tonight
At least there’s no demon reptile waiting for a co-ed sacrifice
Usually I’d drive a stake through, and be sound asleep by ten
But the tonight the evil is fucking around in our heads
Halloween night, night I’m supposed to have off
But all these demons never know when to back off
Drag me down in their haunted house like I got nothing better to do
On Halloween night, when all that I wanted is just to be haunted by you
Maybe what you’re scared of can fit in the palm of your hand
Sometimes you gotta put your fist through a pentagram
Halloween night, night I’m supposed to have off
But all these demons never know when to back off
Drag me down in their haunted house like I got nothing better to do
On Halloween night, when all that I wanted is just to be haunted by you
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5. |
Beer Bad
03:28
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Well it’s a lousy time in a young girl’s life
I spent one night, it didn’t go right
I been paying for my feelings with interest
For just one night, with the wrong guy
Now I’m staring at the TV, cause I was at the pub last night
Drowning all my feelings, drinking until I was like
BEER GOOD, FIRE BAD
BEER GOOD WHEN BUFFY SAD
BEER GOOD, FIRE BAD
BEER GOOD, BUFFY GET MAD
WHEN THERE’S NO BEER
Bad time, young girl’s life -
BOY SMELL NICE! BOY SMELL NICE!
Parker sucks, Parker lied
BOY SMELL NICE! BOY SMELL NICE!
Miss the people on the TV, miss the people in the pub last night
Drowning all my feelings, drinking until I was like
BEER GOOD, FIRE BAD
BEER GOOD WHEN BUFFY SAD
BEER GOOD, FIRE BAD
BEER GOOD, BUFFY GET MAD
WHEN THERE’S NO BEER
want beer, want beer, want beer, want beer
BEER GOOD, FIRE BAD
BEER GOOD WHEN BUFFY SAD
BEER GOOD, FIRE BAD
BEER GOOD, BUFFY GET MAD
WHEN THERE’S NO BEER
Parker sucks
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6. |
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How can you leave me
How can you go
What were we, even?
I used to know
My heart, my center, oh it cannot hold
Was it ever real? Where will I go?
How can you leave me
How can you go
What were we, even?
Did I ever know?
I was your lighthouse here to guide you home
Without your north star, now where will you go?
I thought you’d hold me, keep me safe from harm
But now I’m broken and you feel so far
I thought you’d hold me, keep me safe from harm
But now I’m broken
How can you leave me
How can you go
What were we, even?
Did I ever know?
How can you leave me
How can you go
What were we, even?
I’ll never know
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7. |
The Initiative
03:14
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Ayo defeated by some fro-yo today
I know my preternatural grace ain’t always in play
Who has time for ballpoint pens
When you’re trying to support your friends
Cause Willow, she’s been mopin’ and you know that I was hopin’
We could dance until she smiles again
I don’t mind the cemetery grind
But this is one of those times
I need to party please
I need to party please
Ayo looks like there’s some commandos to chase
Don’t know what’s underneath that ski mask but this task ain’t great
I don’t have time for teutonic men
It’s more important to support your friends
Cause Willow, she’s been gloomin’ but you know I’d been assumin’
That we’ll dance until she smiles again
I don’t mind the cemetery grind
But this is one of those times
I need to party please
I need some party cheese
I want a night off - Xander and Harmony they could fill in for me
Every headliner needs a break so they don’t break
Ayo Spike got into the dorms oh my god
Willow my best friend she ain’t gettin’ bitten on my watch
When will Spike learn that this is my town
I’ll kick his ass and still have time to get down
I don’t mind the cemetery grind
But this is one of those times
I need to party please
I want some party cheese
I need to party please
Bring me some party cheese
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9. |
Something Blue
03:36
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Have you met my boyfriend — I mean, my fiancé?
Who needs a living boy when you have a vampire bae
He’s not the kind you take hometo open arms and hearts
But when he gave me his skull ring, I knew we’d never part
He’s oil, I’m holy water
I’m the chosen one, he’s a cold-blooded killer
But we’ll be cozy forever
in a crypt with a picket fence
We’ve got nothing in common
I like doily pillows, he sleeps in a coffin
And though it might interfere with my calling
Somehow this just makes sense
Doesn’t it?
I’m ninety-eight point six-ish, he’s room temp til the end
But y’know we heat up real quick cause he’s my ride-or-undead
I can see him in our future whittling my stakes
And every night I’ll feed him
Blood from a mug til we’re old and grey
I mean, blood from a mug til *I’M* old & grey
He’s oil, I’m holy water
I’m the chosen one, he’s a cold-blooded killer
But we’ll be cozy forever
in a crypt with a picket fence
We’ve got nothing in common
I like doily pillows, he sleeps in a coffin
And though it might interfere with my calling
Somehow this just makes sense
Doesn’t it?
Spike, so dreamy
Spike, your trench coat
Spike, don’t ever change
Spike, peroxide
Spike, your black nails
make me go insane
With the love that pounds inside my chest
And you breathe me down like a Morley’s cigarette
He’s oil, I’m holy water
I’m the chosen one, he’s a cold-blooded killer
But we’ll be cozy forever
in a crypt with a picket fence
We’ve got nothing in common
I like doily pillows, he sleeps in a coffin
And though it might interfere with my calling
Somehow this just makes sense
Doesn’t it?
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10. |
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I’ve been up, up all night
I’ve been pacing, lost and tongue-tied
What’s the word to reveal
All the unsaid things I feel
But I keep quiet, can’t even try it
If you knew, knew the truth
Where I go at night without you
If you saw, saw the scars
And heard all the ugly parts
Would you still want me? How it haunts me
Darling, whenever I try to tell you
My voice gets caught
I’ve been breaking down doors to reach you
But the words stay locked
But we need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
When I woke --
...
Darling, whenever I try to tell you
My voice gets caught
I’ve been breaking down doors to reach you
But the words stay locked
But we need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
So we’re here, hear me out
Here’s the part that I’ve left out
I’m gonna tell you—
Okay, I’m gonna tell you—
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11. |
Doomed
02:29
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It’s the end of the world again
I don’t know how this keeps on happening
There’s no rest for the wicked
Even less for me and my friends
It’s the end of the world again
It’s apocalypse time again
A bad time to commit to new boyfriends
He wants a beginning
But my calling never ends
And it’s apocalypse time again
Oh what’s the point of loving
When it seems like there’s always somethin
Trying its hardest to summon
The end of times, and this burden’s mine, all mine
It’s the end of the world again
Feels like a rerun that I’m watchin
And every time, my disbelief
Gets harder to suspend
When it’s the end of the world again
Oh what’s the point of loving
When it seems like there’s always some demon
Trying its hardest to summon
The end of times, and this burden’s mine, all mine
I stopped the end of the world again
And hey nobody even wound up dead
If my heart’ll beat for another week
I can open it to him
Cause I stopped the end of the world again
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12. |
A New Man
01:51
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No, I don’t know everything
Even though I’ve acted it
Held the torch, I know you did
Lighting up the worst of it
Searching through the long night that my life turned out to be
You stand by me
Spend your life protecting me
Helped me find the best of me
Never knew I needed you
Til I couldn’t lean on you
We don’t have the blood to show but know you’ll always be
My family
My family
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13. |
The I in Team
03:23
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Professor Walsh, hey don’t you reckon
If I could neutralize all your best guys in 28 seconds
Maybe I’m not just the Slayer you’re stuck with -
Maybe I’m the Slayer that you shouldn’t fuck with
Come on
I thought it’d be fun to join the army
Or to be more specific, let the army join me
Go to work with my boyfriend, what could the harm be?
But I was mythtaken, unfortunately
Cause Maggie, you’re an evil
*ahem*
Professor Walsh, I’m feeling insulted
You think 2 Cthulhu Swamp Monster Dudes are worthy opponents? (For me?!)
Honey I’m not just the Slayer you’re stuck with -
Believe me I’m the Slayer that you shouldn’t fuck with
For sure
I thought it’d be fun to join the army
Or to be more specific, let the army join me
Go to work with my boyfriend, what could the harm be?
But I was mythtaken, unfortunately
Cause Maggie, you’re an evil
Bitch monster of death
Bitch monster of death
Bitch monster of death
Bitch monster of death
I thought it’d be fun to join the army
But I was mythtaken, unfortunately
Cause Maggie, you’re an evil
Bitch monster of death
Bitch monster of death
Bitch monster of death
Bitch monster of death
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14. |
Goodbye Iowa
03:23
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There isn’t any easy way out of this
You know, and I know
Something got a hold of you but what is it
You don’t know, you said so
I’m feeling your, feeling your grip
Starting to starting to slip
How can I help you hold onto this
You were the one thing that I knew I could count on
but you’re all shook up, all shook up
You know I was ready for someone holdin steady
but you’re all shook up, all shook up
I don’t really know how to reach you now
It’s scary, what could be
I don’t really know how to calm you down
Heart racing, hands shaking
I’m feeling your, feeling your grip
Starting to starting to slip
I just want to help you hold onto this
You were the one thing that I knew I could count on
but you’re all shook up, all shook up
You know I was ready for someone holdin steady
but you’re all shook up, all shook up
I know you don’t know who you are anymore
I know you don’t know but I won’t let you go
You were the one thing that I knew I could count on
but you’re all shook up, all shook up
Come home yeah I’m ready to just hold, hold you steady
cause you’re all shook up, all shook up
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15. |
This Year's Girl
03:31
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I didn’t think we’d meet again
They all said you wouldn’t wake but still I held my breath
Maybe we gave each other wounds that couldn’t mend
But I always hoped we’d meet again
It’s like oh, no one else could ever really know me
Oh, in the way that only you could know me
Oh, and it doesn’t have to be the way it seems
When you see me in your dreams
I didn’t think we’d end up here
Reunited but still pulled apart by hate and fear
If I’m honest, I’d rather burn than disappear
But I never thought we’d end up here
It’s like oh, somehow I knew this day was always comin
Oh the endless strain of always fighting something
Oh, it doesn’t have to be as hurtful as it seems
I’m not your enemy
My girlfriend’s back
My girlfriend’s back
My girlfriend’s back
And we’re gonna be in trouble
Yeah we’re gonna be in trouble
You left your world, came back to mine
But part of me was on the lookout this whole time
I guess it’s true, no one else could ever really know me
Ooh, in the way that only you could know me
Ooh, bad girls do the things they have to to survive
And I’m feelin… FIVE … BY … FIVE!
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16. |
Who Are You?
03:30
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I been waiting for this day for a very long time
I thought I might sleep for the rest of my life
But now I’m wide awake and revenge is mine
Both of us were Chosen, so far as I see
Don’t know why you seem to think you’re better than me
But now I’m gonna find the fun inside of you B
Seems like you think you’ve been living
Your best life, so I’m feeling driven
To test drive the one you’ve been given
While I was sleeping I dreamed about you
And all the ways I’d make you pay
For taking my whole life away
All that I wanted to do
Was find a way to make you see
That you are just the rest, the rest of me
I used to think there wasn’t any difference between
A killer and slayer, they both do the same thing
But it’s looking kind of different now from under your skin
Seems like you think you’ve been living
Your best life, so I’m feeling driven
To test drive the one you’ve been given
While I was sleeping I dreamed about you
And all the things I’d want to say
If I ever got the chance someday
Thought I couldn’t do what you do
But when I’m you, it comes easily
Maybe you’re the best, the best of me
Well I used to think I really had you all figured out
But now I feel the weight that you carry around
Maybe one day we’ll be standing on common ground
I thought it would mean less to me
To feel like you’re the best of me
I’ve been believing secretly
That I’m all bad, but now I see
it differently
While you were sleeping I dreamed about you
The things I want to say and how
I might never get the chance to now
I need to tell you what’s true
I know that you’re the rest of me
And you could still be the best, the best of me
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17. |
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BUFFY:
There goes Jonathan, he’s so cool
Protector of Sunnydale High School
Always ready with great advice
For slaying and also my love life
There goes Jonathan, he’s so fine
Defeated the mayor that one time
Crushed the bones of The Master too
There’s nothing that he can’t do
XANDER:
I don’t even mind
That my girlfriend says his name
When we’re lying in my bed
I mean who could really blame
GILES:
How can I choose between
Misters July and January
Don’t make me choose between
Every month he’s equally dreamy
Master of strategy
Fighting demons or playing chess
Picture of suavity
In black tie or turtleneck
WILLOW:
He’s the perfect height at five foot six
How I adored him in The Matrix
Love his book and every song he sings
And just when I thought I was done with men
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18. |
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Never you mind what I did today
Never you mind what I did today
None of your business, look away
(Never you mind what I did today)
I keep hearing bout the stuff I missed
Spin the evil bottle and ghosty kids
But where was I? Well I plead the fifth
(Never mind why I was oblivious)
They say there was some paranormal
Melee over at Lowell
Sex-based?! I can’t confirm, but I can’t deny
Cause I been occupied
Never you mind what I did today
My whereabouts? Well I couldn’t say
Why are you so interested anyway?
(Never you mind what I did today)
Slay life, always with the action
Hey what rhymes with “poltergasm”?
And why does the wall make you have ‘em?!
Never you mind what I did today
Never you mind what I did today
It’s none of your business anyway
(Never you mind what I did today)
Can’t a girl have a little privacy?
I’d prefer to take it to my grave, okay?
...But have you ever been a human battery?
(Never you mind what I did today)
They say there was some paranormal
Melee over at Lowell
Sex-based?! I can’t confirm, but I can’t deny
Cause I been occupied
I been occupied
You’re asking where was I
Just you never mind
Hallelujah, I was occupied
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19. |
New Moon Rising
02:57
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A shoebox hidden underneath your bed
Filled with parts of you you can’t confess
This world was made to make you feel alone
But I’m forever in your corner, don’t you know
Whatever your song, I’m singing along with you
Whatever your path, I got your back, you know that i do
Nothing that comes could ever divide us
You know I’ll be right by your side
Whatever your song, I’m singing along with you
If you think that I could ever judge you
Let me break that gavel in two
This world will play you like a domino
But I’m forever in your corner, don’t you know
Whatever your song, I’m singing along with you
Whatever your path, I got your back, you know that i do
Nothing that comes could ever divide us
You know I’ll be right by your side
Whatever your song, I’m singing along with you
I can’t imagine anyone holding up a candle to you
And when I need somebody, I know that you’ll be there for me too
Whatever your song, I’m singing along with you
Whatever your path, I got your back, you know that i do
Nothing that comes could ever divide us
You know I’ll be right by your side
Whatever your song, I’m singing along with you
With you
With you
With you
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20. |
The Yoko Factor
03:10
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My boyfriend and my ex
I never thought that they’d be friends
But the tension’s serious
Between my boyfriend and my ex
Cause they fight like two alpha dogs
I guess i’m the bone
I got not time for this
I should be on patrol
Tall drink of water and a
Tall drink of blood
Angel’s got an attitude and Riley’s got a gun
And I don’t want to be near either one
My boyfriend and my ex
And their pissing contest
Makes me barely want to have sex
With my boyfriend or my ex
Yeah they fight like two beta fish
All worked up in a bowl
I got not time for this
I should be on patrol
Tall drink of water and a
Tall drink of blood
Angel’s got an attitude and Riley’s got a gun
And I don’t want to be near either one
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
Willow could you spare a hex
For my boyfriend and my ex
Yeah they got me like thank you next
M-m-my boyfriend and my ex
One’s a tall drink of water
One’s a tall drink of blood
If they’re so thirsty
They should drink the other one
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
My boyfriend and my ex ex ex
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21. |
Primeval
03:08
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I made my mistakes
You made yours too
How can it matter
When we have what we do
I know it was wrong
To fight like we did
And now that I have you back
I just want to forget
Can you forgive me, I wasn’t quite myself
Was it a dream, that had to be someone else
I was a fool
We’re better together, I’m better with you
I was a fool
How did I get so
Far out of my head
So many wrong things
That can’t be unsaid
How could I let go
For even a blink
My hope and my anchors
My everything
Can you forgive me, I wasn’t quite myself
That wasn’t me, it had to be someone else
I was a fool
We’re better together, I’m better with you
I was a fool
The heart and spirit, hand and mind
I need you all to win this fight
I was a fool
We’re better together, I’m better with you
I was a fool
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22. |
Restless
02:55
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Killed the demon cyborg
Shouldn’t I be rewarded with forty winks
Pass out on the sofa
Anybody know what gives with these dreams
Got me so restless
Followed by a shadow
Anybody here know why she wants to fight
Even in my slumber
I’m caught up in the kill or die every night
Confounded by cheese man but this much i know
I’m lucky in my friends, especially as slayers go
But if I am unconscious
Is it too much to wish that I dream of cowboy guy
Got me so restless
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23. |
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I’ve been up, up all night
I’ve been pacing, lost and tongue-tied
What’s the word to reveal
All the unsaid things I feel
But I keep quiet, can’t even try it
If you knew, knew the truth
Where I go at night without you
If you saw, saw the scars
And heard all the ugly parts
Would you still want me? How it haunts me
Darling, whenever I try to tell you
My voice gets caught
I’ve been breaking down doors to reach you
But the words stay locked
But we need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
When I woke, woke today
My heart was racing from a dream where
I was whole, wholly yours
No more secrets, no more trapdoors
Underneath me to defeat me
If I cut out my heart
Is it one more ugly part
Or if it’s out in the light
I can’t say for sure but it might
Just reveal me, oh the real me
Darling, whenever I try to tell you
My voice gets caught
I’ve been breaking down doors to reach you
But the words stay locked
But we need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
Listen: Don’t listen to me
When I’m fishing for what I might mean
Let my actions speak for me
Free me, let’s dream of a dream
Where it’s easy to say what we mean
Not these empty words
Where everything hurts
And all I can do is scream
Darling, whenever I try to tell you
My voice gets caught
I’ve been breaking down doors to reach you
But the words stay locked
But we need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
So we’re here, hear me out
Here’s the part that I’ve left out
I’m gonna tell you—
Okay, I’m gonna tell you—
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by Jenny Owen Youngs
supported by 11 fans who also own “Songs From Season Four”
Nostalgia, sadness, longing. The whole album feels like autumn: the first crisp mornings, the smell in the air, driving home late on the highway with your window open. It's chilly, but you don't mind. The album encapsulates how you feel as a 20-something reflecting on your childhood, the people you knew, your hometown, longing for a feeling you won't have again. I could listen to this album on repeat forever.
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Get groovy with the new one from Orions Belte, an album bursting with lithe basslines and hooky melodies.
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