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I'm Not Scared of You
02:51
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I’M NOT SCARED OF YOU
guess who's back in town? back for his crown?
i can't stop looking for you
guess who's back in state? won't this be great?
i can't stop thinking about your taste
in girls, the ones who act so insecure your
best conquest is always the one you haven't taken yet
I'm not scared of you—but are you scared of me?
you can't take us all. all castles fall, it just might take a while
don't be fooled by grins; you know your end would really make me smile
what's he here to see? oh is it me?
what does he think i did this time?
it will be fine, will it be fine? will it be fine? will it be…?
i'm not scared of you—but are you scared of me?
this is all a trick. you make me sick
the things you say the things you think
mouth so pink and hands so cold - you never grow up it's so old
i'm gonna let you know it, you're no poet, you're a joke
baby you're so boring, here's your warning
1, 2, 3, here’s your warning:
i'm not scared of you—are you scared of me?
you're an awful poet, no you don't deserve a song
yeah you're back in town but you won't be here for long
I'm not scared of you—but are you scared of me?
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I can’t believe I’ve written so many songs about you
I can’t believe that I’ve focused so much energy on you
Hell, I don’t even like you
I only love you
God dammit, fuck you
God dammit, fuck you
I am not sad anymore
I’m only angry, resentful, and irrational
You are the poison that is running through my veins
And I need a pretty girl to bite my neck and suck it out
Suck it out, suck it out, suck it out, cause
I hate complaining about girls
But maybe this is the healthy way to get it out
Not a vague self-deprecating facebook status
With all the names left out
I’m left out
I'm left out
I'm left out
I'm left out
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Dried Up
03:34
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i drew a perfect circle in my notebook then i
filled it with the rain
the ink is blotched, my drawing botched and i know that i
can’t do it again
my shoes are turning black from all the presents that
my little plants rejected
my socks are full of dirt
and i don’t see
why i can’t be just... unaffected
i can’t help but feel sorry for the trees i snapped behind the ivy fence
i just heard that the bendy ones would pick you up
and throw you to the sun
i’m so sorry, but what’s the difference?
burning up
is starting to sound fun
//
he left his car behind the church, i watched it rot while he’s away
i held her hand and let her
slip inside
it smelled like mold and marigold which keeps the bugs away
i told her that i knew how we could fly
i can’t help but feel sorry for the trees i snapped
behind the ivy fence
i heard the bendy ones would throw us to the sun
i can’t help but feel sorry
but what’s the difference?
burning up is starting to sound fun
the sweat drips down my legs, it smells like mud and secret meetings
but my heart it is a desert and i feel the hot sun’s beating oh
don’t let yourself dry out, a little circle glass can set me into smoke
the lever’s broke
the lever’s broke!
the greenest trees in the world won’t
spring you like you want ‘em to
the greenest trees in the world won’t
spring you like you want ‘em to
you bend what you break
you break what you bend with
branches and friends
the ground’s where you’ll end—
let it happen
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It's hard sometimes to remember our start, but it seems that lately you've grown so dark.
Soaked in the moonlight, you sometimes still glow and I recall the gentleness that you often can show.
Lunar auras help me out
Give me that strength that I heard you're about.
There's power in silence, but I find it hard to wait.
And my energy is waning so let's cooperate.
You say please be gentle, I try and I try, but my eyes have turned red from a long night of crying.
The daylight is too bright and it fills me with dread
Cause I feel like I’ve got a target on my head
Lunar auras help me out
Give me that strength that I heard you're about.
There's power in silence, but I find it hard to wait.
And my energy is waning so let's cooperate.
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You're So Nervous
02:28
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YOU’RE SO NERVOUS
i can tell from the way your hands shake that you're nervous
i can tell from the way your smile breaks that you're nervous
i can tell from the way you spill things
in your car you almost kill things
oh but
don't be nervous about me
oh don't be nervous about me
i can tell from the way you giggle that you like me
i can tell from your little scribbles that you like me
so excited for the day that
you'll just come out and say it oh
don't be nervous about me
no, don’t be nervous about me
too shy for even dinner and a movie
i think everything about you is unruly
but baby, you're not boring
yes I'll say that in the morning
oh don't be nervous about me
i can't
say
i
will take my own advice
hand
in
mine
never felt something so nice
and so scary
i can tell from the way my legs shake that I'm on it
you're the only thing I see if we're being honest
i've never seen such a creature
pretty soul and pretty features
oh I'm a little nervous about you
oh I'm a little nervous about you!
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Hellfire
03:21
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gm dm sometimes a
it's not fair of me to drag you off the boat
i can't even swim well and you've got - nothin to show for it
maybe i just want to crashing waves to - take me away
there's no earthly reason you could want to stay
i don't often write songs that i mean this bad
it's just i can't even give you what little that we had
there's no way that i can hold on my little parachute
but i see you falling gently in the moonlight
there's no reason, no reason that i can see
why you should feel so willing to be listening to me
sure it's nice to have you hear, but i have other concerns
do you know if hellfire warms you while it burns
It only takes a short phone call from her
My toes can find the bottom I feel so much more secure
sure the rocks can scrape up on my pale bare feet
sure that stopping cars with friction tears me up along the street
aphsalt stings but you still brake
isn't this my millionth mistake
i don't know if i am mad at me or maybe mad at you
and i'm not sure why you're here - but thanks
ooooooooo
i've been breathing oh so hard hard and my hip bones start to hurt
i don't think that getting older made it any easier
so after all of the circuis and the bright lights go away?
in the gray light of the morning oh who is the clown to stay (who is the clown to stay who is the clown to stay x2)
there's no reason, no reason that i can see
why you should feel so willing to be listening to me
sure it's nice to have you here, but i have other concerns
do you know if hellfire warms you while it burns
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LYRICS
c - my friend billy writes weird song
fm - and puts out weirder albums
a - billy puts these minor chords
a - in unexpected places
c - here's a song of billy's
fm - about pennsylvania
c - i moved to allentown
fm - eastern pennsylvania
c - i'm worried about the water
fm - i like being near my family.
a - i like the forest here i like the mountains here
c - i walk to the grocery store
fm - when i feel motivated.
c - i moved to allentown
fm - eastern pennsylvania.
a - it's a little different this time.
a - it's a little different every time.
c - i hear they're building
fm - some real tall buildings
c - i'm worried about something
fm - i'm worried about something
a - these rents hikes are alarming but i like the mountains here
c - do you read the newspaper?
fm - sometimes i do
c - i moved to allentown
fm - eastern pennsylvania
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she kissed him under the mullberry bush and she kissed him under the stars
she kissed him on his parents' couch and in the back seat of his car
she kissed him in the pouring rain even though they got so wet
but she was a flaming lesbian she just didnt know it yet
she looked in her teacher's pretty eyes and said "that's really cool"
this woman was the only reason the girl came to school
the girl figured that role models were supposed to be that hot
but she was a flaming lesbian who couldn't connect the dots
she said to her wife, do you have to dear / she cried to her wife every night
she asked if she'd made herself crystal clear, that she never wanted a wife
her girl couldnt cry, she just hung her head, said that this was the best she could do
no it wasnt the plan but i'm just not a man, else i'd never do this, would you?
yeah dance with hot girls go on fast tilt-a-whirls wear the prettiest stuff you can buy
your wife is too straight for your ultimate date, so lets hope she finds a real nice guy
you can find some cute girls and hold their cute hands, and smile at each other a lot
cause you are a flaming lesbian and sadly your ex-wife is not
they smiled at the sky and at all the fireflies like it would end up meaning something
but her heart was calm and still while he felt constant thrill, yeah his heart was steadily pumping
boom boom boom and his hand was inching up her thigh what what oh what, what oh what could she do
she said "Dude I'm a flaming lesbian and way way too cool for you."
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First Year
03:14
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I was in love and you were understood how
could that be anything but good I
knew all your beauty marks and knew all your flaws how
did I end up between two jaws?
Now I'm a ghost the ghost who haunts her
your mouth was warm but you're not a monster
Now I'm a hypocrite all grown up now
you are the tea leaves in my tea cup.
oooh-- now I understand, stepping back from those old plans
fresh off a trip polaroids still faded
Hard sweet amber, I'm still jaded.
I can see the world it's a cool new place
but it's quiet and cold here in outer space.
oooohhhhhhh
You can call me doctor, you can call me captain
looking through the glass in real time action
Came to see the meteor streak through past
and I left foggy breath on the window glass.
Clouds like Judy sings like candy
Princess stories come in handy
Astronauts and firefighters were so cool
But the cold war and factories invented school
oooooh-- now I understand, but I love spreadsheets and holding hands
fingers are gloves or a globe on a t-shirt
big happy smiles make my face hurt.
ooooohhhhhh
Sometimes I'd ask when I'd feel lost
Were those things really a part of me
I like spreadsheets tallying costs
But I'll ask that to the amber trees.
Boxes boxes numbers numbers/ I sure missed those as a plumber
I saw houses kitchen sinks/ I met real people and they made me think.
ooooh--- gather round the table
space station thanksgiving are we able
Those bad feelings were our fathers' fight
We are new people in brand new daylight
Smile eat and let things go we were all a little wrong and we'll keep being so.
ooooohhhhh
There are feelings there is knowledge
I learned a lot in my first year of college
I get intense and I get stuck and my grades are mostly google and good luck.
I thought I knew you cover and back but I always skipped the chapter with the shark attack
Now I can name it, Carcharodon but
my sharks need wrinkles from now on.
Slow slow moonwalks, waking up to dawn
drinking tea and taking breaths and remembering I'm wrong.
Slow morning walks wet grass lawn--
I don't wonder anymore where I've gone.
Slow slow growing, waking up alone
drinking tea and taking walks and knowing that I'm wrong
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Alice
03:37
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If you were a shopping cart
I wouldn't know when to start
Shopping for summer clothes
If you were my first child
I wouldn't know when you first smiled
Cause I don't know how it usually goes
If you were my first kiss
I wouldn't know where to put my lips
Well I guess I still don't
If you were my first love
I wouldn't compare you to any hard drugs
So I guess I won't
But you're not. But you're still special.
Well you're not but I still care how you're feeling today
You're not any of that stuff which makes you a new kind of tough and I'm
something but I'll try anyway
If you were a winter wind
I wouldn't want you to ever end
Ruffling my petals.
Cause I'm a flower on a windowsill
And I'm tired of being still
Solving all the moonlight's riddles
I wanna sunbathe on hot sand
A little like Alice in Wonderland
Was she dreaming the whole time?
She was surprised when someone woke her up
Guess I think she'd had quite enough
No I don't think that I'd mind
So does that mean you're going?
Okay maybe that makes my chest crunch a little bit
But look outside my dear it's started snowing....
I'll go. I'll go. I'll go.
If you were a shopping cart, I've returned you to the car park
Grocery bag in each hand
And I know you wouldn't mind
Spending all that trippy time
Like Alice in Wonderland.
Grocery bag in each hand
Like Alice in Wonderland
I guess you weren't my man.
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