1. |
Sedative
03:14
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so it seems you’ve
come around to me
must be nice to
have the option
cuz it seems I’m
rather stuck with me
until I’m in a coffin
until I’m in a coffin
until I’m in a coffin
yeah it seems I’m
rather stuck with me
it’s unsettling
but settle in
take it all
swallow it
like medicine
cuz this life is
gonna kill you
after all
well I’ll do anything to escape
all my blatant limitations
even when the truth
is screaming out
I’m rolling up the window
turn it up and drown it out
turn it up and drown it out
turn it up and drown it out
it’s unsettling
but settle in
take it all
swallow it
like medicine
cuz this life is
gonna kill you
after all
there’s no
sedative
strong enough
to numb all that
you’re running from
this life is
gonna kill you
after all, after all
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2. |
Back To Me
03:26
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You don't give me what I need, no
But I know nobody can give me everything
Lately I've been thinking you don't see what I see
I get so impatient when I really should just breathe
Gotta give a little back to me
Oh cuz it's so lonely running circles in my mind
Gotta give a little back to me
Adore myself instead of f* wasting all my time
Can't depend on nobody to make me happy
There's beauty inside that I'm understanding now
Can't see it reflected until it's within
And the way that it's been, been wearing me thin
All of the tension up under my skin now
I don't know quite what to say
But I know I'm done pretending everything's okay
I been overcompensating trying to appease
But I gotta remember I'm deserving of relief
Gotta give a little back to me
Oh cuz it's so lonely running circles in my mind
Gotta give a little back to me
Adore myself instead of f* wasting all my time
I gotta pull down the curtain
Take an intermission
Is something amiss or am I only tripping?
Floating in space, all the hypotheticals
Think I got it then I let it go
Catch and release, there's a peace that I'm missing
I better be sweet to me, better just listen
Harder to handle, I hold myself close
Gonna love me the most
Gotta give a little back to me
Oh cuz it's so lonely running circles in my mind
Gotta give a little back to me
Adore myself instead of f* wasting all my time
Gotta give a little back to me
Oh cuz it's so lonely running circles in my mind
Gotta give a little back to me
Adore myself instead of f* wasting all my time
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3. |
Heavy Hands
02:52
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I got heavy hands
But I’ll still play for you
Cuz nothing is promised
With my heavy heart
Dangling down in my body
I waited, I waited, I waited
’Til I would feel lighter
But it’ll never happen
Not the way that it’s been
Waiting has just weighed me down
So I guess it’ll let it out
I can’t fake it no more
I can’t be someone else
No escaping myself
I got heavy hands
But I’ll still sing for you
Cuz nothing is promised
With my heavy heart
Dangling down to the bottom
I waited, I waited
But something inside me expired
Maybe it’s a dead dream
Holding court inside me
A shadow of the girl I’ve been
And all the things I’m keeping in
I can’t fake it no more
I can’t be someone else
No escaping myself
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4. |
All My Weight
03:46
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I feel paralyzed
by my phone these days
feels like all I can do is scroll
oh so terrified
by the news these days
I get rigid and hopeless and numb
when the ticker tape strips away
the little that we cling to
our hands are raised and fists are made
cuz only we can save us
I try to do my best
but it never feels like
quite enough
I push all my weight against it
But it never feels profound
The boulder always rolls back down
Just an inch off the top
Of what’s crushing me
Small steps to the edge of the world
I’m armored up against it
Fighting back with every breath
It barely seems to make a dent
Just an inch off the top
Of what’s crushing me
Small steps to the edge of the world
The edge of the world
The edge of the world
We’re so sterilized
Hyperanalyzed
And it’s by design
Keeps us pacified
Exhausted to the point
That we feel like giving up
So distractible
So we don’t know
The lives that they’re erasing
It’s genocide, I close my eyes
And light my medication
I’m choking on the smoke
But it’s all I got to soothe me now
I push all my weight against it
But it never feels profound
The boulder always rolls back down
Just an inch off the top
Of what’s crushing me
Small steps to the edge of the world
I’m armored up against it
Fighting back with every breath
It barely seems to make a dent
Just an inch off the top
Of what’s crushing me
Small steps to the edge of the world
The edge of the world
The edge of the world
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5. |
Croak
02:01
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Croak
Some people say
It’s all in your head
The way you’re afraid
That soon you’ll be dead
And some people laugh
At all your neurosis
Tell you to smile
Start smelling the roses
Day by day
Day by day (just take it) Day by day
Day by day
We’re all gonna die
As I’m sure you’re aware
And some people cope
By saying a prayer
Some people cope
Putting keys up their noses
And some people cope
By smelling the roses
But smelling the roses
Won’t change nothing
All I can tell is
The world is rotting
Day by day
Day by day (just take it)
Day by day
Day by day
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Hollis Los Angeles, California
melody lyric story. my debut full-length Subliminal out now. <3
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