Lyrics

Songs from The GLOW Ep:

Somedays We Sin
Hang Up
There’s nothing left to see here,
Our trial’s over
and you’ve been
released on your own recognizance

Sail a sea
Fifty cameras deep is all
I get to notice
that my head
hasn’t been screwed back on straight

Why now?
I ask so many times now.
You think I’d see a cycle now.
But then it turns out

That we could never survive this,
It’s going to take everything we’ve got just to hold the punches
We have got to be blind

Somedays.

Burning down
Fists trembling uncontrolled
We’re getting nowhere
and the party line
Isn’t cutting it

Why now?
I ask so many times now.
You think I’d see a cycle now,
but then he turns around
and says, “Somedays we sin, man” but

We could never survive this,
It’s going to take everything we’ve got just to hold the punches.
We have got to be blind
if we
think this’ll work now

We could never survive this,
It’s going to take everything we’ve got just to hold the punches.
We have got to be blind.

Somedays.

—

After All (This Time Tomorrow)
These shoes have seen it all
I imagine them appalled
But still they follow
like a lemming to my fall

Been labeled second best
All lights are comin’ red
I’m in trouble
It’s the clearest thing you’ve said
and by tomorrow
there’s a bounty on my head.

Bad news
Follows
I’d try to
apologize
but no one has ears
Sad news
It hollows me out
till I’m bonless
and petrified
And who has time for all of that?
Not me.

In a barely noticed grave
We can learn now to behave
but don’t bathe in sorrow
it’s a path we shouldn’t pave
By this time tomorrow
There’s no question that I’ll stay

Bad news
follows me
and I try to
apologize
but no one’s got ears
Sad news
it hollows me out
till I’m boneless
but never really petrified, see

I’m all about this now
(You’re a fool for being here)
I’m such a crowd please, now
(You’re embarrassing yourself)
I’m all about this now
because after all, it’s midnight
and we’ll have time for all of that

You’ll see.

—

Yesterday I Watched The World End
I closed my eyes and turned my head
to a warmer sigh
I block out all the cold

I feel old.

So I downplayed all the hype
These scenes replayed in rewind
in which everyone’s a criminal or dunce
at least once

Graceful
You thought I’d be stable
but I’m a handful
and these things that I’ve seen now kill

Every I hope I smashed in my tomorrow
I’ve got a meaningless weight trollin’ if tomorrow never comes
and this treasure trove of course explodes in my face
Always
and there’s one way out
but I failed her

I’ve raced by all the warnings
Like
I hadn’t done it before
My blood pressure shoots high
It’s goodbye

So I downplayed all the hype
This First-come-first serve ain’t right
I mean, Yesterday I Watched The World Collapse

On my back

Faithfull
A word that we made real
but I’m a handful
and at least I can say with pride that

Every I hope I smashed in my tomorrow
I’ve got a meaningless weight trolling when tomorrow never comes
When I say “enough”, let’s get out of here alive
but there’s one way out
and I failed her

—

Secret Lives of Retail Monkeys

Next
In Line
Heartfelt smiles
I’m forcing them down and
This place is
Praising the faceless
In ways I never thought I’d have to explain
Surrounded by
neatly tucked shirts
Oh how it must hurt
when

Time
Stops
and I wouldn’t change a thing
I can barely see through this hazy grin
That’s slapped on my face
Now everything’s great
If only just for eight hours and
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
What’s that all about?
We’re like second class citizens
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
What’s that all about?

What’s that all about?

Next
In Line
Seem amazed
When we’re out of our cage
This place has
Addled me senseless
And the cubicle alternative is no help.
Surrounded by
neatly tucked shirts
Oh how it must hurt
with

Lines long
and I never miss a beat
We can barely feel through
this mask of defeat
with deafening ears
It’s not a career
It’s only just for a few years and
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
What’s that all about?

We’re not done, but we’re givin’ up now
We’re not done, we’re givin’ up now
What’s that all about?

We’re bright second class citizens

This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
This can’t last but we’ll do it for now
what the fuck is that?

—

Making Circles Square

Lift my bloody face
off the table
You’re readin’ it wrong

We’re all in this together
We’re all in this as feathers

Up and Away.

So roll me up a cliff

that isn’t stable
It’s so precious how
Impossibility’s nurtured

When our volatility’s perfect
Up and Away

and I thank those who came first