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The Listeners​-​Sweet Release

by Willis Willis

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1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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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Baby Psycho 03:20
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
7.
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
8.
Cape Cod 03:43
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Disaster 05:02
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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released April 12, 2020

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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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