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Little Coast
03:12
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I want to cut and run away
I want to rewire my disobedient brain
I want to move to a little house on a little coast where
I know nothing and nobody knows
Me.
I want to spit in his smirking face
I want him to feel ashamed
I want to cry my salty tears into his salty mouth til
He sputters I can’t
Breathe.
I want to find my way back home
I want to be totally and utterly alone
I want to find the boys that tied me down and tie them down
And whisper I’m finally
Free.
I want to cut and run away
I want to rewire my disobedient brain
I want to move to a little house on a little coast where
I know nothing and nobody knows
Me.
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Slow Burn
03:12
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Chorus:
Illuminated with an underglow of joy
I saw you coming little fire,
I saw you burning silly boy.
Anticipated just another flash in the pan.
I saw the spark but not the embers,
You’re a slow burning man.
And these days have really been testing my integrity.
Wayward friends and ex lovers getting charged with felonies.
And I still don’t know what they mean to me.
*What do you think you mean to me?
Chorus
Instrumental Break
And these days have really been testing my legacy,
Am I onto something good or am I just avoiding lethargy?
And I still don’t know what they mean to me.
*What do you think you mean to me?
Bridge:
Which fears do we fight?
Which fears do we embrace?
Do you let the spoon cool first?
Or is the burn part of the taste?
x2
Chorus
You’re a slow burning man. x3
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Music Box
03:43
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I was your little
Music box baby
I’d wait for you to wind me up
Cause I thought you could save me
But you closed my lid and you tucked me away
Cause you knew I’d still sing for you on your rainiest days
And I’ve grown so accustomed to whistling your tune
My throat closes up when I try to sing something new
And it’s not that I lost you, it’s that you never were mine
And I’m mourning the fact that I thought we had time
I was your little
Joke of a music box
You hoarded and hid me
And picked all my locks
And yet I still spun for you, danced, smiled, and sang
I was your sunshine on your rainiest days
And I’ve grown so accustomed to whistling your tune
I might just give up on singing something new
So I sit here and wonder in my small velvet bed
About all the heartbreaking songs that I might have learned instead
I was your little
Music Box, Baby
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Cherry Friend
02:16
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I loved you then, and I love you still
If I didn’t know you then I doubt that I ever will
Cherry Friend
Doo Doo Doo Doo
If it’s all fun and games then are you ever really laughin’?
Cherry Friend
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Wish you’d stay off the pills and stay out of his sheets
Wish you’d find something other than apathy to eat
Cherry Friend
Doo Doo Doo Doo
My sweet cherry friend
I know it hurts now just like nothing hurt then
But if I don’t hurt now I’ll just stay numb
Til the end
Like my sweet cherry friend
I loved you then, and I’ll love you still
If i didn’t know you then, I doubt that I ever will
Cherry friend
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Sweet First
04:06
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Sweet first love of mine,
I’m really trying to ease my mind
So if you would kindly take a step outside
Give me some peace for a while
So tell me you’re cast down and hurt and confused
And I’ll tell you I’m completely consumed
With a firey sadness still coming to bloom
Cause…
Chorus:
Maybe, Baby, I broke your heart first
But just think, Honey, you broke mine worse, worse, worse
Sweet first love on the coast,
I’m trying to decide what I hate the most
I think it’s that I let you get so close.
Gave you a piece of my soul
So tell me you’re cast down and hurt and confused
And I’ll tell you I’m completely consumed
With a firey sadness still coming to bloom,
Cause…
Chorus
Sweet first love of mine,
I think it’s time we say goodbye
I really need the peace of mind
Please…
Chorus x2
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Terrified
04:03
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She’s made of ocean, or sapphires or maybe sky
All she knows is that she’s terrified
The Ocean roils and speaks to me
It whispers “it’s all just a dream, it’s all just a dream.”
He’s made of wishes and fears and pride
All he knows is that she’s terrified
He’s seen her inches from the sea tiger’s jaws- his dear-o
And all he wants is to prove that he’s a hero
The ocean boils and screams at me
It shouts “This is all just a dream! She’s only a dream!”
They call her mermaid, siren, nymph.
In the corners of smilin’ eyes you might catch a glimpse.
She’s made of ocean or sapphires or maybe sky
All I know is that she’s terrified
Sea-tiger, shark, demon, restless tail flashing,
He’s hunger incarnate, and he hasn’t eaten
He sees her dancing before his flat black eyes
He smells her blood and knows she’s terrified
The ocean boils and screams at me
It shouts “This is all just a dream! She’s only a dream!”
Just a breath away from the sea-tiger’s teeth
Spiraling in his head like a great deadly reef
We snatch out our sapphire catch of the day
She writhes on the deck like a dried up wedding bouquet
She shrivels to nothing and stinks of decay
The result of our dreams and our fears and our toil?
A tinned sardine leaking Spanish olive oil.
The ocean roils and speaks to me
It whispers “it’s all just a dream, it’s all just a dream.”
I whisper back
“Which one was me? Oh, which one was me?”
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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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