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Goodbye
03:23
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Have you got the feeling it’s the end of the world?
It’s creeping like the shadows at the edge of a girl.
We’re walking on the tightrope of a fucked up circus show
Where the grand finale ends in a crashing fatal blow.
You haven’t seen me round, ‘cause I’ve been inward bound
And introspection’s something for which I’ve been well renowned.
And I’ve been taking score, more eager than before
To see which flaws I can accept and which I can’t ignore.
Everything’s shades of grey, it’s all the same to me
With no distractions I just sit in insecurity.
Been wrong all along, my vulnerability’s strong
Can I turn this crisis into a banging song…
Well it’s goodbye to the summertime, goodbye to the summer wine
Goodbye to the summertime.
So helpless is this feeling, at the end of the world.
It’s been this way since that butcher’s apron was unfurled.
Can we turn the tide of this already raging sea
Or will I simply turn my head deny responsibility?
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I’ve been hard to love lately
I’ve been hard to love for years
I’ve been living sedately, all my kindness in arrears
The only way I knew to let you in was skin on skin
But I’ve been trying…Yeah I’ve been trying!
Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Even if it isn’t true?
Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Cause a girl like me would want you to?
All the frustration building seemed to explode above tonight
As the sky was turning violet in that pulsing strobing light
I’ve just been a stranger seeking shelter from the storm
Just another lonely human trying to keep warm.
Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Even if it isn’t true?
Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Cause a girl like me would want you to?
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The world is on fire
02:42
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It’s too late to be calling, it’s too early to be falling
So I keep my heart in a cage, and act my age.
It’s too easy to be angry I’ve been practicing for years
Avoiding this release but now I’m squeezing out my tears
And there’s no use pretending, don’t know who I’m defending anymore
The body keeps the score.
Yeah the world is on fire but I still want to feel alive.
I don’t wanna just exist I wanna melt on your fingertips.
On your fingertips.
He said ‘it’s like breathing underwater’ and I had to agree.
In that single gold-lit moment he’d seen that secret part of me.
That’s the beauty of letting someone in, mirrored reflections of yourself in them.
So yeah the world is on fire but I still want to feel alive.
I don’t wanna just exist I wanna melt on your fingertips.
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Let's Dance
02:38
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The short time which you’ve known me,
Is a lifetime for a honeybee,
So let’s not underestimate this thing.
You’ve got me writing poetry, I don’t know what’s got into me,
But I’m smiling at the boy who tagged my bins.
In the beginning I tend to lose myself,
So I’m determined to end up on the shelf
‘Cause I always want to be my number 1.
You’ve just been *like* such a star, so I left this locked-up heart ajar
Standing on the Crags under a blood red moon.
It’s too soon to tell, so we might as well
It’s too early to say, so just spend the night anyway.
No clue in advance, I still took the chance;
‘Cause if we’re gonna dance, then let’s dance.
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GLAMBAM
03:27
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They say a friend to all is a friend to none, but we’ve been having so much fun
I can’t deny the way I feel.
We could do the maths and let the numbers divide us,
Patter’s too good to let others define us.
Maybe it’s just a fling, but I like this thing.
Spray together misbehave in the moonlight
Laugh together as we dance under streetlight
Happened fast but man we got so tight
I guess the rules don’t apply when it feels right.
Can’t explain I hope it makes sense in hindsight
We sparked up this poor man’s dynamite
So be my Cali girl and I’ll be your brave knight
Guess the rules don’t apply when it feels right.
Looking into your eyes was like looking into mine
I’m not afraid ‘cause it’s different this time
As they turn from green to blue.
Breathing you in, you’ve got me up in the wee hours
Growing our feelings like a couple of wildflowers
So even if this world’s demonic, maybe this is just the tonic?
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Lou Mclean Edinburgh, UK
LOU MCLEAN is a singer/songwriter who sprang from the GRS Edinburgh collective. Taking her place as the riot grrrl scene’s token pop princess, she writes darkly comedic feminist bangers, always focussing on lyric & melody. Her musical journey has been as eclectic as her influences, spanning genre and ignoring convention. She is currently studying MA in Songwriting at UWS. 'Killjoy' is her 4th EP. ... more
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