ST. VINCENT
BIRTH IN REVERSE
Oh what an ordinary day Take out the garbage, masturbate I’m still holding for the laugh The dogs will bark, so let them bark The birds will cry, I’ll let them cry Here’s my report from the edge
VERSE Like a birth in reverse What I saw through the blinds You could say that I’m sane In phenomenal lies I’m the cause; make a turn Near the party line Like a birth in reverse In America This too will haunt me through the war Laugh all you want, but I want more ‘Cause what I’m swearing, I never sworn before VERSE X2
PRINCE JOHNNY
Prince Johnny you’re kind but you’re not simple. By now I think I know the difference. You wanna be a son of someone. Remember the time we went and snorted. That piece of that berlin wall that you extorted. And we had such a laugh of it. Prostrate on my carpet. You traced that andes with your index. And brag of when and where and who you’re going to bed next. Oh we’re sons of someone’s. Oh we’re sons of someone’s.
I saw you pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy. Saw you pray to oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy. Prince Johnny you’re kind but do be careful. By now I know just when to stand clear. When all your friends and acolytes. Holding quiet in bathroom stalls. Where you pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy. Saw you pray to oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy. But honey, don’t mistake my affection. For another spit in penny style redemption. Cause we’re all sons of someone’s We’re all sons of someone’s I’ll mean more than I mean to you. I’ll mean more than I meant to him So I pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make me a real girl. So I pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make me a real girl. So I pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh.
PSYCHOPATH
Running down the highway like a psychopath All the flames and fury coming out my back Wanna make a bet whether I make it back? ‘Cause I’m on the edge of a heart attack You said, “Honey quit you’re worryin’, Distance is exactly like a blowing wind We’re puttin’ out the embers and the tiny flames And keeping the big ones burnin’” So I am standing in the sand where we said “It’s the best day of my life” and meant all of it
Keep me in your soft sides, When all of the rest have moved on And I’ll keep you in my soft sides, When all of the crowd has gone home Keep me in your soft sides, When all of the rest have moved on And I’ll keep you in my soft sides, When all of the crowd has gone home
DIGITAL WITNESS
Get back, to your seat Get back, gnashing teeth Ooh, I want all of your mind People turn the TV on, it looks just like a window, yeah People turn the TV on, it looks just like a window, yeah VERSE Digital witnesses, what’s the point of even sleeping? If I can’t show it, if you can’t see me What’s the point of doing anything? This is no time for confessing I want all of your mind People turn the TV on, it looks just like a window, yeah People turn the TV on, it looks just like a window, yeah Digital witnesses, what’s the point of even sleeping? If I can’t show it, if you can’t see me Watch me jump right off the London Bridge This is no time for confessing People turn the TV on and throw it out the window, yeah Get back to your stare I care, but I don’t care Oh oh, I, I want all of your mind Give me all of your mind I want all of your mind Give me all of it Digital witnesses, what’s the point of even sleeping? If I can’t show it, if you can’t see me What’s the point of doing anything? What’s the point of even sleeping? So I stopped sleeping, yeah I stopped sleeping Won’t somebody sell me back to me?
HUEY NEWTON
Feelings, flashcards Fake knife, real ketchup Cardboard, cutthroats Cowboys of information Pleasure-dot-loathing-dot-Huey-dot-Newton It was a lonely, lonely winter Fuck-less, pawn sharks Toothless but got a big bark Live children, blind psychics Turned online assassins So Hale-Bopp, Hail Mary Hail Hagia Sophia Oh, it was a lonely, lonely winter
Entombed in the shrine Of zeros and ones, you know You know Oh, we fatherless features, you motherless creatures You know Oh, perpetual lying, always terribly frightening, you know You know Oh, you got the pop in the hiss In the city of misfits, you know Safe, safe, and safest Faith for the faithless Oh, dim, dim and dimmer Sucker for sinners I’m entombed in the shrine Of zeros and ones, you know
ST. VINCENT Rattlesnake 1 2 Birth in Reverse Prince Johnny 3 4 Huey Newton Digital Witness 5 6 I Prefer Your Love Regret 7 8 Bring Me Your Loves Psychopath 9 10 Every Tear Disappears Severed Crossed Fingers 11
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