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Play Nice

by Louise Page

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1.
If I told you I loved you, I meant it You need emotional change, and we spent it Your heart isn't broken it's dented Two kids in plastic crowns just pretending I'm so lonely all the time and I don't know how to say that right Gold clouds cut the sky and you keep dancing through my mind Plastic crown aglow with all that golden light If I told you I loved you, I meant it You need emotional change, and we spent it Your heart isn't broken it's dented Two kids in plastic crowns just pretending I'm so lonely all the time and I don't know how to say that right I'm so lonely all the time and I don't know how to say that right Everything is multiplied Like the ripples in the lace of the shadows where the edge of the lake meets the sky And you keep dancing through my mind Plastic crown aglow with all that golden light and you're dancing like a fire and you're dancing like a fire liked the ripples in the lace of the shadows you're dancing like a fire
2.
Mirage 05:09
There's no oasis it was just a mirage So now I'm alone and I'm overexposed and that polaroid of us is in the garbage So I kept getting closer you tantalized me so near but so uncertain Is there a reason I can't reach You're just a mirage Pure self sabotage and I hope it was worth the applause I hope it was worth the applause You seemed refreshing Like you'd be worth my time Like if I wandered through your hell and held out through the dry spells you'd be finally comfortably mine So I kept getting closer you tantalized me so near but so uncertain Is there a reason I can't reach You're just a mirage True self camouflage and I hope it was worth the applause I hope it was worth the applause There's no oasis it was just a mirage So now I'm alone and I'm overexposed and that polaroid of us is in the garbage You're just a mirage Pure self sabotage and I hope it was worth the applause I hope it was worth the applause I hope I was worth the applause
3.
Does it always have to hurt? I hear great love carries great pain inside it Maybe it is a package deal Maybe I’m a fool for trying But I believe that love can heal a sacred intertwining I want a love that doesn’t hurt, hurt, hurt me I want a love that feels like flying The last thing I wanna do is hurt hurt hurt you But I’m worried it’s still on my list Understand I can’t quite trust trust trust you close yet You’re my little Icarus Little Icarus You can always steal a kiss Little Icarus I want you close but not like this The last thing you wanna do is Hurt hurt hurt me but I worry it’s still on your list I’ve been burned and I’m still burn burn burning badly but I’d sure love to steal a kiss Little Icarus You can always steal a kiss Little Icarus I want you close but not like this
4.
Stranger 04:49
I know you think she's strange Better than morally ambiguous Boring or betrayed But the truth behind our certainties either grows or it decays It's changed, it’s exactly the same What if she had stayed? Could she have explained? Or would you just have just felt strange? Stranger C'mon and lemme see your face Stranger It's getting stranger every day Stranger C'mon and lemme see your pretty face Stranger it's getting stranger stranger every day It's strange You know she think you’re strange heart strings tangled up on a puppeteer stage somehow intact when she flies far away One night is a lifetime; all those years were just a game and then there’s her face and You feel suddenly Strange Stranger C'mon and lemme see your face Stranger It's getting stranger every day Stranger C'mon and lemme see your pretty face Stranger it's getting stranger stranger every day It's strange She's exactly the same She's irrevocably changed Her heart may have grown but It may have decayed It’s strange Stranger every day My, my it's stranger It's stranger every day Stranger every day
5.
you know I live impulsively You’ve got me so terrified that I had to leave There are holes in my hands sighing I can’t sleep I'm afraid you might be right for me Right for me Right for me You don’t wanna keep me We both want to be free And paradoxically That’s why you might be right for me Your heart has a her shaped hole and you keep leaking She’s got you so terrified that you had to leave hide your pain in your debauchery wrap it up in papers, up in pussy, up in your little schemes Right for me Right for me Please don’t try to keep me We both want to be be free Paradoxically That’s why you might be right for me Love isn’t always discord Love isn’t always hurt I could love you gentle love you kind love you like you deserve Love isn’t always hateful Love isn’t always blue I’ve got you cracking up and all confused cause I know you know I might be right for you Right for you Your opaque heart I still see through Remains of faded love to be exhumed They’re blistered and twisted and no longer true I still might be right for you Right for you Right for you id never try to keep you Fuck the clock our timings off It’s all too fast it’s over due I still might be right for you
6.
My body’s betraying me But don’t worry I’m fine Don’t push it when you ask how I’ve been We both want me to lie Chorus: Cause Treatment is delicate and Treatment takes time Most people are broken or breaking So try to play nice It’s a sick cell block tango And there’s nowhere to hide The worst kinds of prisons are the ones That we carry inside My body’s betraying me And so is my mind It’s hard to feel beautiful and strong It’s hard to walk with pride Chorus I don’t need no aggression I don’t need well intentioned advice. Just love me and hold me and understand that some things just won’t be alright Cause treatment is delicate Treatment takes time I'm sorry i'm broken and you’re breaking Let’s try to play nice
7.
I can’t be your simple sugar anymore I can’t be your simple sugar anymore I’ve been burning myself to the ground to keep him warm and Every time it rains I drown cause I’m his shelter from the storm I can’t be your simple sugar anymore I can’t be your simple sugar anymore And I’m just trying to save someone But I’ve gotta stop making humans my home So I’m learning to let him go If there’s a soul to save it might just be my own If I’ve got light to give I might just have to glow And I can’t ever bloom if you won’t let me grow Oh I can’t be your Simple Sugar Let me go And I’ve yet to meet someone who’s comfortable With a woman who won’t be tamed If you dare to be bright and wild they wanna domesticate you And put you in a cage I can’t be your simple sugar, Babe I can’t be your Simple Sugar Babe Your saccharine kisses are exhausting me Sugar packets littered on your scarred settee I’m tired of shrinking into paper packaging Darling, quit your sugar high I want some lonesome sleep And I’m just trying to save someone But I’ve gotta stop making humans my home So I’m learning to let him go If there’s a soul to save it might just be my own If I’ve got light to give I might just have to glow And I can’t ever bloom if you won’t let me grow Oh I can’t be your Simple Sugar Let me go Simple Sugar, let me go Simple Sugar, let me go

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released November 13, 2021

Original music and lyrics by Louise Page. Vocal and piano performance by Louise Page.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Calvin Lauber at Young Avenue Sound in Memphis, TN.

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Louise Page Memphis, Tennessee

Louise Page is a singer/songwriter based in Memphis, TN. Her raw vocals, intricate lyrics, and piano prowess create a genre bending musical chamber punk experience.

She is backed by a classically trained eclectic band that includes violin and horns. For fans of Fiona Apple, St. Vincent, and Amy Winehouse.
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