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Compromise
03:36
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You're breaking my back
You put too much weight on my backpack
You're dragging me down
With the noose
With the use of a leash
Then you dare to death stare
At our aggravating crease
Think of me when you release
The flow from your sword
That you just can't get out of me
Get the scissors and cut this umbilical chord
It's not because I'm getting bored
But you're dragging me down
And I know that it would be better to escape
But I can't leave your soul
And I can't let you go
So can we compromise
If you don't jump off the roof
I will stay with
I will stay
We can hibernate
It will be great
Get the scissors and cut this umbilical chord
It's not because I'm getting bored
But you're dragging me down
And I know that it would be better to escape
But I can't leave your soul
And I can't let you go
So can we compromise
I don't want to feel pain
But I don't wanna be numb
But I can't take off my chains
Can you take off my chains?
No, don't take off my chains!
Get the scissors and cut this umbilical chord
It's not because I'm getting bored
But you're dragging me down
And I know that it would be better to escape
But I can't leave your soul
And I can't let you go
So can we compromise
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2. |
Just a little more
04:12
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The sunken leaves at the bottom of my tea cup
Told my morning hair that I need to grow up
But everyone who's higher seems pretty low
We have the same Swedish furniture
Let's be friends, here's the contract for your signature
Everyone's watching so let's give them a show
So hey, since you seem okay
Do you mind if you pay just a little more than the rest of us
Hooray! you saved the day
Now we can play til our metal lungs start to rust
But you're buckled up in your car seat
And you're headed towards the highway
So hey, I'm not okay
With how much I gotta pay
I'm vanishing into dust
Wiggly tooth wiggling from my hair brush
Is unstable in the midst of the rush
But everyone who's higher seems pretty low
Oh look, we have the same eyebrows
Let's be friends you're the chosen one from the crowd
Everyone's watching so let's give them a show
So hey, since you seem okay
Do you mind if you pay just a little more than the rest of us
Hooray! you saved the day
Now we can play til our metal lungs start to rust
But you're buckled up in your car seat
And you're headed towards the highway
So hey, I'm not okay
With how much I gotta pay
I'm vanishing into dust
(x2)
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3. |
Silky Water
02:27
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Silky, silky water
Warming up my extremities
Hanging off the plank
Like ornaments on Christmas trees
I wish good moments would never end
But time likes to twist and time likes to bend
The trees are the pillars to my castle
You're such a business, such a hassle
Don't you wonder about the end
At the beginning of the trend
I notice you too much and too often
The mystery will lead me to my coffin
Silky, silky water
Warming up my extremities
Hanging off the plank
Like ornaments on Christmas trees
No one understands what I'm saying
F-f-frustration is the price that I'm paying
I'm a slut for change and I know it
But I try to be consistent when I'm a poet
They'll only listen when I sing a song
It's the only way for us to get along
Silky, silky water
Warming up my extremities
Hanging off the plank
Like ornaments on Christmas trees
Silky, silky water
Warming up my extremities
Hanging off the plank
Like ornaments on Christmas trees
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4. |
Garlic Breath
02:51
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I ordered garlic breath
Cause I know that I'm a mess
I will be your death
I like you more or less (x3)
If nobody ever cared
Then why hide behind your hair?
If nobody ever cared
Ever dared
Then why order garlic breath
When you know you're enough of a mess
I like you more or less
Only myself to impress (x3)
If nobody ever cared
Then why hide behind your hair
If nobody ever cared
Ever dared
Dared to get near
To where you are (x2)
Where in the universe are you? (x2)
They will smell the mess
When they see my garlic breath
And that will be my death
Only heaven to impress
They will like me more or less
I'm not the worst but I'm not the best
If nobody ever cared
Then why hide behind your hair
If nobody ever dared
Ever dared
Dared to get near
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5. |
Mister mister
02:14
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Mister mister wanted to travel the world
But his asthma held him back
From there everything went downhill
No need to be on a plane to crash
Then I picked up his old wooden guitar
And asked him to play it
He responded with his raspy voice,
"No."
He packed his life up and whispered he had places to go
He promised he'd stay with us but now
Nobody knows
Where he's gone (x4)
Now he's got a pair of wings so he can fly away, fly away
Then I mutter under my breath hoping he won't shy away, shy away
So I picked up his old wooden guitar
And learned to play it
Because I'm desperate and in hopes to know
Why he packed his life up and whispered he had places to go
He promised he'd stay with us but now
Nobody knows
Where he's gone (x4)
He packed his life up and whispered he had places to go
He promised he'd stay with us but now
Nobody knows
Where he's gone (x4)
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6. |
Forks and Knives
01:34
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I don't like people who don't like people
How could you hate such a great group of apes
Let's kill animals for our fun and pleasure
We've got guns we're better
My god is real
He pays for my meals
Your parents sins are the reason for your hunger
Don't speak too much
You don't speak enough
I'm right and you're wrong
Because you are younger
We're a sophisticated bunch
Every Sunday out for lunch
We're civilised
Forks and knives
Give me a pretty woman
Who does my pretty cookin'
And tells me that I'm pretty lookin'
Dear daughter be a wife
To live your life
That's all that you're meant to be
That's all that you're meant to be
We're a sophisticated bunch
Every Sunday out for lunch
We're civilised
Forks and knives
We're a sophisticated bunch
Every Sunday out for lunch
We're civilised
Forks and knives
We're a sophisticated bunch
Every Sunday out for lunch
We're civilised
Forks and knives
Yeah baby.
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7. |
One be Two
03:01
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Poked the air out of my lungs
Sucked the red out of my tongue
Electric chills haunt my blood
Diving into the flood
Diving straight into the mud
How does it come so naturally for you?
Give me a hint, give me a clue
I'm ugly but I am true
How does one be two?
How does one be two?
Counting rhinestones stuck on my skin
Where would you even begin?
Fogged up my mind
Can't tell if it's kind
Is it evil or is it kind?
How does it come so naturally for you?
Give me a hint, give me a clue
I'm ugly but I am true
How does one be two?
How does one be two?
How does it come so naturally for you?
Give me a hint, give me a clue
I'm ugly but I am true
How does one be two?
How does one be two?
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8. |
Your Hero
03:21
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Don't go walking alone in the woods (x2)
Be careful (x2)
Protect you from the harm and not destroy the harm itself (x2)
Take your whistle (x2)
I'm not a hypocrite
I'm your hero
Can you appreciate just a bit your super hero?
I'll lock you in a cage
Don't worry it's for your sake, now
Never show your rage
Only psychos have breakdowns
Don't go walking alone in the woods (x2)
Be careful (x2)
Men like me we harm
We like the fresh, fresh meat of dog
I'm not a hypocrite
I'm your hero
Can you appreciate just a bit your super hero?
I'll lock you in a cage
Don't worry it's for your sake, now
Never show your rage
Only psychos have breakdowns
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9. |
Talk to me
02:50
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You're the toughest person to be around
But you're the one I love the most
When I see you breathe
I'm so relieved
That you haven't turned into a ghost
I've been developing this anxiety
Under the mask of my veil
No matter what I say
It will not make you stay
My eyes start to hail
I've tried everything to save you
But you've dug your scars too deep
And you know that I crave you
And I know that you crave me
You're the ring dangling
On my ear
I cannot hear
In the midst of your tears
But we need each other's shoulders
Though they seem to be getting colder
You're the toughest person to be around
But you're the one I love the most
When I see you breathe
I'm so relieved
That you haven't turned into a ghost
Talk to me...
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10. |
Nutritious
01:57
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You ate Nutella from the jar
You taught yourself guitar
The red bandana that you wore on your forehead
Would cover up your stars
You'd count the mini cooper cars
And spread olive oil and tomato on your bread
And now you're slowly slithering out of your skin
But how will you know what you'll grow into?
And the monsters salivate over your existence
Because your energy is so nutritious
Ahhh
Your energy is so nutritious
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Cristina Berting Vancouver, British Columbia
they / them
total liberation!
music made on the occupied, traditional and ancestral land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations
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