SELECTIVE LISTENING

JASMINE BAKER

PEPPER MAGAZINE

s e l e c t i v e listening

Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me? Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me? Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me? Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me? Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me? Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me? Do the people whisper ‘bout you on the train like me? Saying that “you shouldn’t waste your pretty face” like me?

And all the people say “You can’t wake up, this is not a dream You’re part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline”

(Oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, oh) I think there’s a flaw in my code (Oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, oh) These voices won’t leave me alone Well my heart is gold and my hands are cold

Are you deranged like me? Are you strange like me? Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me? Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me? Pointing fingers cause you’ll never take the blame like m

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a little bit lonely And you’re never coming ‘round (Turn around) Every now and then I get a little bit tired Of listening to the sound of my tears (Turn around) Every now and then I get a little bit nervous That the best of all the years have gone by (Turn around) Every now and then I get a little bit terrified And then I see the look in your eyes (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I falls apart (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart (Turn around) Every now and then I get a little bit restless And I dream of something wild (Turn around) Every now and being then I get a little bit helpless And I’m lying like a child in your arms Turn around Every now and then I get a little bit angry And I know I’ve got to get out and cry (Turn around) Every now and then I get a little bit terrified But then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I falls apart Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight And I need you more than ever And if you only hold me tight We’ll be holding on forever And we’ll only be making it right Cause we’ll never me wrong

Together we can take it to the end of the line This love is like a shadow on me all of the time I don’t know what to do and I’m always in the dark We’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks But I really need you tonight Forever’s going to start tonight know Forever’s going to start tonight you