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Ash
02:27
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You pity me and I turn my head
Am I upset?
Well how would you like me to answer that?
The heart the sleeve the cards the chest
I do my best
And cry till the cat doesn’t look impressed
Oh no
The living room’s on fire
Too bad
My coat was on the floor
You love me I believe you
Please don’t say it anymore
No
The date was bad the hope was worse
Decide I’m cursed
Nice guy, one hell of an introvert
And you’re beautiful but it’s too bright
Undo the light
Perfect, I’m soft and you’ve lost your mind
Oh no
The living room’s on fire
Too bad
My coat was on the floor
You love me I believe you
Please don’t say it anymore
No
Oh no
The living rooms on fire
Wait until
It settles into ash
My asbestos-cut confessional
Out loud to you at last
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2. |
The Well
03:18
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He breaks the fourth wall, winks into the camera
I must’ve missed it poking out the flower pot
Whatever film me
He can air my grievances
I’d do whatever really
Just, to be seen with him
Terms of endearment loose in definition
He calls me sweetheart, almost splits his side
They nailed the casting
The actress looks a lot like me
I hover just above her
Touch my sneaker to our cheek
And say:
Attention is finite
The well won’t be full
If it is for a minute
Hope you did it alone
And mold grows from missing
His laugh on the phone
The well only fills on its own
Turn on the AC open up the window
Just like a princess, I run up the bill
And mix the breezes
Shiver like a little dog
You wanna fuck me
And I wanna read your palm
My brain is stupid all the nerves are fraying
Pink like a salmon swimming underneath my hair
I must’ve known him from a lifetime way before
I think I was a customer
I think he owned the store
And said:
Attention is finite
The well won’t be full
If it is for a minute
Hope you did it alone
And mold grows from missing
His laugh on the phone
The well only fills on its own
He holds my hand in contempt
Says the second meanest thing he’s ever said
O’ tender fistbump goodnight
Squints like I can’t even touch his knuckles right
Attention is finite
The well won’t be full
If it is for a minute
Hope you did it alone
And mold grows from missing
His laugh on the phone
The well only fills on its
Well only fills on its
Well only fills on its own
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3. |
Altitude
02:56
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Waiting at the gate the say “the plane’s too hot to fly”
And “folks we know and folks we’re sorry
But it’s 85 degrees inside”
“Too hot for who?” I think
Like 85 is painless
If I’m cozy slowly dozing off
to seat-back entertainment
Wake up we’re over Akron
A place I’ve never been
Just an hour north and east from
Where I used to sleep with him
What good does the altitude do
When I’m taller than ever and tiny to you
What good are the tailwinds today
When I’m almost always facing the wrong way
Lowering the landing gear and putting up the trays
And folks it’s 40 in Manhattan
Folks we hope you’ve had a pleasant day
Eyeing on the cabin crew
Who patiently deplane us
Through the gridlock in the aisle that the guy behind me finds outrageous
Long week and I’m exhausted
Missed you but not a lot
So he took off my newest dress in Austin at the Marriott
What good does the altitude do
If I’m taller than ever and tiny to you
What good are the tailwinds today
When I’m almost always facing the wrong way
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4. |
Need Me
03:32
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Please explain the movie to me
You saw I watched it through my hands
I can’t bear the bloodshed but you can
Ahhh
Our hero hits the ground it’s over
Just the carnage you don’t mind
You’ve always been a braver man than I
Doesn’t have to be
A dichotomy
But either or is easier than both
Lock eyes i know confidence is key
If you knew me better you’d need me
It’s big talk and a resolute belief
That if you knew me better you’d need me
We could play a show together
I’ll go first and warm the crowd
You’re standing by the soundboard looking proud
Ahh
I unplug and join the public
Hustling to get up front
You dedicate the set to me, I’m done
It’s not a bad walk home
But late to do alone
You offer me your company, we start
Lock eyes I know confidence is key
And if you knew me better you’d need me
It’s big talk and a resolute belief
That If you knew me better you’d need me
Take me out of my apartment
Any place that we can chat
You’re closer than your brother to your dad
You’ll get wine and I’ll get water
Red is fine the white’s not great
Decide if I’m the city you’re the state
For conversation’s sake
Is that a vanity plate
Or a lucky way the letters got arranged
Lock eyes I know confidence is key
And if you knew me better you’d need me
It’s big talk and a resolute belief
That If you knew me better you’d need me
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5. |
Bug
04:57
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I’m not your girlfriend
But I’m a lot of little things
Like the bug inside the bathtub
With wet wings
Like a play
Within a play
Within a play
Within a scene
Or the look you shot your father
When he asked if I would sing
Oh come on
Just one song
I’m not your baby
But I’m a lot of moving parts
Like a piston in an engine
Or the whole car
Like my hand
In transit landing
On the handle of your jaw
Like the work it takes to keep me
At the length of both your arms
I can go
Just say so
Actually if you’re around come by
It’s late but if you’re awake then so am I
And I can’t cut it out
I’m not my envy
But I’m a bunch of stuff instead
Like the top sheet in a tangle
At the bed’s end
Like the weeds grown out the sidewalk
In a cluster from the crack
Like my fist inside my pocket
When you talk to me like that
He persists
Just one kiss
Actually if you’re around come by
It’s late but if you’re awake then so am I
And I can’t cut it out
What would you do to me
If you could do anything to me
What would you do to me
If you could do anything to me
What would you do to me
If you could do anything to me
What would you do to me
If you could do anything
To me
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Annie Blackman Montclair, New Jersey
singer-songwriter
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