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Birdhouse
03:54
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You pull me in
A bit too close for comfort
My body doesn't know you
But my mind pretends it does
And we make jokes about the movie
I feed you my pad Thai
But in my heart you're still a stranger
I don't want to spend the night
Sunday morning and my head hurts from that wine
You surround me with affection that feels mostly like a lie
But I'll buy it like a knockoff that I know will wear with time
The label's fake but it took effort to sew on
So isn't that fine?
Can we craft love like a sculpture
Make it sturdy and reliable?
Can we fold love like an airplane
Throw it further than we know how to go?
Can we build love like a birdhouse
Small and safe and so predictable?
Is it love that we are after
Or just something we can control?
3 weeks of dinner and we're running out of lines
Cuddling isn't very natural but it's nice to be entwined
You know I like sharing entrees
I know you're always on time
We've got a decent thing here going if the moments weren't so dry
But let's focus on the positive
Like your manners are nice
And an arm feels good around me
And I think that you like mine
Let us fill what we need filling
There's no need to be surprised
You can't find it all in one
Isn't it selfish to even try?
Cause if we craft love like a sculpture
Make it sturdy and reliable
If we fold love like an airplane
Throw it further than we know how to go
If we build love like a birdhouse
Small and safe and so predictable
Is it love that we are after
Or just something we can control?
But if we craft love like a sculpture
Make it sturdy and reliable
If we fold love like an airplane
Throw it further than we know how to go
If we build love like a birdhouse
Small and safe and so predictable
Is it love that we are after
Or just something we can control
Cause if we throw it all together
If we keep it nice and close
If you listen to my problems
And I giggle at your jokes
If we make it nice and pretty
Though it's hollow like a ghost
Will it be love?
Or close enough?
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2. |
Chamomile
04:00
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It tastes like you
And our apartment too
The yellow walls
Our dying basil
It sounds like you
Boiling water to brew
Lunch is ready
Set it for two
I'm not saying that I want it
Because I don't want it back
But I can't tell myself it's over
'Cause I'm still not over it
It's a weird and painful in-between
To be in love with what has been
But at a place where you and I
Don't fit quite in
But the songs and the dreams and the chamomile tea
Will always bring me back to bright walls and cities
Where you and me
Were 'we'
It feels odd not to ask how you are
All these unspoken rules to obey
I am told to keep my distance so as not to confuse this
As our history falls wordlessly away
I'm not saying that I want it
Because I don't want it back
But nostalgia is a wrecking ball
And I'm a wall of glass
It's a weird and painful in-between
To be in love with what has been
But at a place where you and I
Don't fit quite in
But the songs and the dreams and the chamomile tea
Will always bring me back to bright walls and cities
Where you and me
Were 'we'
I'm not saying that I want it because I don't want it back
But we built a life together and it's hard to forget
It's a weird and painful in-between
To be in love with what has been
But at a place where you and I don't...
But the songs and the dreams and the chamomile tea
Will always bring me back to bright walls and cities
Where you and me were 'we'
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3. |
Games
02:57
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I like the way you move
Further and further
It keeps my heart burning
I like the way you do it
Little by little
It keeps my heart yearning
I like the way you groove like the sea
You don't touch
Not too much
But your eyes are on me
It takes a bigger man
To know the value in all these games
To look at me and say I know how to play
I like the way you move
Your body's a breeze
And it keeps me off balance
I like the way you prove
That gettin' it easy only feels good for fools
It takes a bigger man
To know the value in all these games
To know that it takes me losing to want to play
So keep on pulling those strings, I'll stay aflame
'Cause baby it's just a game
Just a game
Just a game
Yeah I know it's just a game
Just a game
Just a game
I said I know it's just a game
Just a game
Just a game
So why do I feel so strange?
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4. |
Honey
01:01
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Don't call me sweetheart
If I'm not being sweet to you
I'm not the kind of girl you knew
When you were little
And dreams seemed like they came true
Don't call me baby
If I'm being a child to you
Don't treat me like an angel who can do no wrong
When I'm doing wrong to you
Don't call me honey
If I'm not talking smooth to you
You listen and your mind coats what you hear in sugar
But I know I'm guilty too
'Cause it's not the truth
It's not the truth
I'm not your truth
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5. |
Our World
04:16
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Baby
Are we looking for a way out?
We are tired
We are searching
For the truth
But baby
Call me crazy, I think it's time now
For a little r&r
This is a symptom
Not a scar
It gets old
The fighting, the bickering
The walls of this building
Your tone and my stare
The neighbor's affairs
The stress of this island
The pressure inside it
A world is out there
But ours is in here
So baby
Let's try writing a new story
We are loving
And we try so hard
And baby
When it feels like things aren't working
It can seem like too much
Can we pause
And restart?
And I know
It's easy to want that
It's hard to realize it
The sadness and swears can make us feel scared
The news is unending
Our phones unrelenting
The world is unfair
But ours is in here
Ours is in here
Our world is in here
We forget the way we used to be
The fire when you looked at me
The first time that we fell asleep together
I cried because I knew back then
The sacredness of what we had
Before the way I sighed felt like a trigger
Now we tiptoe like we're made of glass
Unnerved each time we see a crack
Unable to let go of all our grudges
But in our flaws and tenderness
How funny that we judge our mess
As if we'd want a world without these edges
So baby
Will you hold me for the evening?
I can give you a song and a home
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6. |
Slow
03:55
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Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Like my body's the first you ever touched
Can we take it slow
Like we did in our basements
Clothes on lights out breathing on the rug
Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Let the wings flutter
Let the heart pump
Once upon a time
Romance was alive
We didn't have rules
So we carved new grooves
No expectations
All exploration
What you give is welcome
What you don't, forgot
Now, love is flustered
All rushed and cluttered
Grabbing what's familiar
We are all too eager
I just met you
Don't wanna kiss you
Let's make our own rules
Treat me like I'm new
Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Like my body's the first you ever touched
Can we take it slow
Like we did in our basements
Clothes on lights out breathing on the rug
Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Let the wings flutter
Let the heart pump
Now, it's like we're all afraid
What's under getting laid?
I take my layers off
But my skin is tough
Feeling like a puppet
Eat it grab it suck it
Let's try something new
Let me look at you
Take our layers in
Eyes and breath and skin
One finger at a time
There is no finish line
We can be more than bodies
More than getting lucky
More than always rushing
Just look at me
Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Like my body's the first you ever touched
Can we take it slow
Like we did in our basements
Clothes on lights out breathing on the rug
Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Let the wings flutter
Let the heart pump
Can we take it slow
Like we did in our basements
Clothes on lights out breathing on the rug
Can we take it slow
Like we did back in high school
Like my body's the first you ever touched?
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7. |
Take Me
03:13
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Tell me what you know about love
And I will tell you all the things that I don't know
I am just a beacon from above
Shining bright before I run you into a wall
But maybe you can teach me
How to love and to love freely
I am hopeful I am waiting
Come and take me take me take me
Tell me where your road is gonna go
And I will tell you all the circles I've been around
I know that I've got to let it go
And let love in before I turn myself into stone
So maybe you can teach me
How to love and to love freely
I am hopeful I am waiting
Come and take me take me take me
It's hard to drop a part of you you know
A dose of darkness is what keeps me enticing
But cynicisms funny 'til it's not
The dark is healthy 'til you use it to not see
So maybe can you teach me
How to love and to love freely
I am hopeful I am waiting
Come and take me take me take me
Maybe can you teach me
How to love and to love freely
I am hopeful I am waiting
Come and take me take me take me
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8. |
Zoo
01:52
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Every passing day I feel a little worse about zoos
I was good for a while, filled my schedule with classes
Got dressed, did my makeup, even curled my eyelashes
But a slump is so close it might be here already
I watched 10 episodes of Community last night
And my screenwriting class is a great group of people
But I don't think I'm a writer, I'm more of a sleeper
In my dreams I can float, I don't feel any pressure
I am light as the weather
Is it morning already?
Where is the sun?
I lost my marbles somewhere in the bathroom
I can feel all my atoms are shaking with what can't be done
It's hard to feel lucky without feeling guilty
A soundtrack of sirens haunts and connects me
The future feels heavy
And I miss my mom
I've got no room to pace
So my mind is what's running
But it's more of a stumble
With no distance I'm covering
I know Now Is The Time To Create
But I'm hungry again
Is it morning already?
Where is the sun?
I lost my marbles somewhere in the bathroom
I can feel all my atoms are shaking with what can't be done
I know that something has ended
And something's begun
I just wish someone could give me more answers
Or tell me "just close your eyes and then open when I get to one"
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Connie Shi Brooklyn, New York
Singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn.
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