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Sweet Release
01:38
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You tried to kill your shadow cause it wouldn't let you go
On the walk up the moonlit drive in the early autumn snow
You left all the pretty people waiting at your gate
No matter who they were they would just have to wait
The sweet release of death is all we have to look forward to
Knocking on a hollow rock is like talking to you
To give an answer would betray our most expensive truth
And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried too
No matter who you are you'll just have to wait
You'll just have to wait
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2. |
Newly Minted Coin
02:39
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The moon fit in your palm like a newly minted coin last night
It slipped into your pocket as you slipped between streetlights
You spent it up as quickly, as quickly as you could
Your friends came round to help youjust like you knew they would
They knew you were taking them for a ride
But no matter where you wound up was better than
being at home last night
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There's too many songs about New York City
It's full of overpriced real estate and jerks
Everyone's landlord is a crazy asshole
There are loose pills floating around in your purse
No one gets enough time
And no one gets enough space
But the way you look when you're laughing at me
Makes me wonder if I might be in the right place
But you talk too much out on the dance floor
You can't stop kissing all the pretty girls goodbye
You seemed surprised when the sun came up
But now you're laughing cause it happens
at the end of every night
What do you think we've been doing
Making these sounds to amuse ourselves
Have you ever heard of grace under pressure
Or a secret that you knew you could never tell
But you talk too much out on the dance floor
You can't stop kissing all the pretty girls goodbye
You seemed surprised when the sun came up
But now you're laughing cause it happens
at the end of every night
You talk too much out on the dance floor
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4. |
Fuck Your Feelings
02:13
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Hey, fuck your feelings
They just get in my way
And it's embarrassing to listen to your vanity displayed
Hey, fuck your feelings
I think you made them up
And why do the privileged always act like they got it rough?
All your sorry stories
And all your half-learned facts
Your closely held convictions
Turned out to be an act
Hey, fuck your feelings
Before they go and fuck you
It seems like your mommy and daddy love you more than we do
Hey, fuck your feelings
Will you ever shut up?
I've never heard someone who knows so little talk like they know so much
With all your sorry stories
And all your half-learned facts
Your closely held convictions
Turned out to be an act
Hey, fuck your feelings
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5. |
We Don't Wanna Be People
02:54
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We will turn away
From the things that we don't say
On the fire escape
It's gotta be the closest way
We don't wanna be people
Feel your fingertips
And the breath across your lips
The way your mouth tastes
And the light that strikes your face
Getting sick of headcolds
Getting up for work
Every story ending
Covered up with dirt
We don't wanna be people
Gotta take the laundry
Gotta make new keys
Gotta pay the phone bill
Help me darlin please
We don't wanna be people
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6. |
Baby Psycho
03:20
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Stretched out in a bikini
On an inflatable swan all summer
Drinking the blood of little rich boys
Through a straw in a champagne flute
The things that she's let slip
Might make you blush forever
But when the blood rushes to your face
It's that much closer to her mouth
Baby psycho, all of a sudden I can't sleep
Baby psycho, I think you slipped something in my drink
What's behind the glitter
Won't be easy to uncover
And no one will be laughing
When it all comes out
Baby psycho, all of a sudden I can't sleep
Baby psycho, I think you slipped something in my dreams
All alone
You could hear the voices taunting her
She waited all night long
But the stars never came out
Slipping from her dress
She becomes tonight's religion
Falls above and all around you
As you're blacking out
Baby psycho, all of a sudden I can't sleep
Baby psycho, I think you slipped something in my dreams
Baby psycho, I think you slipped something in my dreams
Baby psycho, I think you slipped something in my dreams
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House Full of Orchids
02:59
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Sitting in your white room
The sunlight shuffles in
Waiting on that miserable bastard
Our most merciful friend
To feel your feet beneath you
To have seen the wind
Keep at least one eye on the moon
Wear your pearls until the end
And over and over and over they tell us
That this is just what people do
But someone has filled your house up with orchids
And I hope there wasn't anything they forgot to say to you
She never meant to leave the ocean
There should always be champagne
Tender green shoots are hanging down
Gets so quiet when it rains
The two of you in your convertible
They had it so good, they said
Charmed everyone at every dinner
Now you're like a broken baby bird in your bed
And over and over and over they tell us
That this is just what people do
And someone has filled your house up with orchids
And I never thought this would happen to you
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Cape Cod
03:43
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We were set upon by bandits
That we made ourselves from garbage bags and sticks
They fell on us while we lay sleeping
I said it was just a bad dream
You said it hit harder than a brick
And I never didn't love you
But no one likes to be left waiting round
And we'd better make a couple of decisions
While we're still this far above the ground
Last night you were a sad old lady dying
And this morning you woke a laughing little girl
Sometimes I can't hear you when we're drinking
Even though I know your voice is the loudest in the world
And I never didn't love you
But no one likes to be left waiting round
And we'd better make at least one or two decisions
While we're still this far above the ground
While we're still this far above the ground
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9. |
No One Was There
03:12
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She is sure to talk you up
They let you know they care
They bring you drinks and envelopes
And he pulls up a chair
You start to unravel
The words can't come fast enough
The lights dim and flicker
As the meaning explodes
What you remember the most
Is her bright long green stare
She will carry your fairweather ghost
Until you're halfway there
That's when you suspected
That's when you realized
That's when you noticed that no one was there
You hollered at the house plants
Convinced all the furniture
Made an attempt to fall in love with thin air
What would make you miss me
If you don't know I'm gone
I can't recall the days we spent together
Like the memory went wrong
That's when you suspected
That's when you realized
That's when you noticed that no one was there
You hollered at the house plants
Convinced all the furniture
Made an attempt to fall in love with thin air
That's when you noticed
That's when you realized
That's when you noticed that no one was there
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10. |
Get Me off of Me
02:55
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She was just waiting til summer was over
Til something better came along
She knew there was no reason that they would suspect her
With a smile that went on for that long
She was just thinking a little bit louder
Wouldn't be such a bad idea
That way she could drown out the sound of her own voice
Sometimes it's the only thing she hears
Get me off of me
Drag me out of bed
Take me to some beach
And please, please, please, please,
Get me away from my head
He only had seconds to make his mind up
Decision was long overdue
But he was just looking for space between minutes
To give him some reason to move
Everyone's growing increasingly anxious
And no one bothers asking why
And if you only had two weeks left
What reason would you have to try
Get me off of me
Drag me out of bed
Take me to some beach
And please, please, please, please,
Please please please please please please
Get me away from my head
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11. |
Disaster
05:02
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Are you sure you wouldn't call this a disaster
Cause that's exactly what it looks like to me
And I'm not sure what it is you were after
Or what would make you think you could get it for free
Ah, where you're going
Is so much worse than where you've been
And the life that you had known
Soaked through until it caved in
Are you sure you wouldn't call this a disaster
Cause that's exactly what it looks like to me
And I'm not sure what it is you were after
Or what would make you think you could get it for free
I was asylum
Bouncing off of your gold tooth
Didn't linger for a minute crying
Didn't look like it was the one to move
Are you sure you wouldn't call this a disaster
Cause that's exactly what it looks like to me
And I'm not sure what it is you were after
Or what would make you think you could get it for free
Are you sure you wouldn't call this a disaster
Cause that's exactly what it looks like to me
And I'm not sure what it is you were after
Or what would make you think you could get it from me
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Willis Willis Brooklyn, New York
Willis Willis is a solo project from Jeremy Willis a New Orleans native and longtime Brooklyn resident. Willis is an acclaimed painter and one of the owners of Nicky;'s Unisex in Williamsburg. He was the singer/songwriter of Brooklyn based bands Cathy and The Listeners. Full length album "Predazzled" out now!!! ... more
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