1. |
Burden
03:24
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I don't want to be a burden
So, off I go
I'll eat my tofu
And make cloud cushions
Without the nuisance of you
Cos I'd rather be a dandy tree hugger
Than an acid drunk shell
I'd rather build something or go swimming
Than get plastered
I don't want to be a burden
I can see I'm a burden here
I'm just normal and so are you
But I don't want to follow your friends around
Cos I'd rather be a dandy tree hugger
Than an acid drunk shell
I'd rather build something or go swimming
Than get plastered
I'm gonna melt plastic onto my skin
In the shape of an asterisk
That way you'll know
There's something else to find
When you find me living in a treehut
In the reserve by my house
Feeding the fish pine needles
That they just spit out
I don't want to be a burden
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2. |
Sunglasses
05:48
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Please wear sunglasses
And coloured contact lenses
Just cover your eyes
I can't see them
Cos if I see them
Down I go
Tinted goggles
With heavy duty suction
Would be sufficient
There's no danger of them
Falling off
Cos if I was to even catch a whiff
Down I go
I don't understand what is happening
Incarcerated
This was fucking predicted
Now I eat paroxysm with my porridge
I taste vomit five times a day
I taste vomit five times a day
I taste vomit
In a cringe
Incarcerated
This was fucking predicted
Now I eat paroxysm with my porridge
Cos if I was to even catch a whiff
Down I go
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3. |
Cathartic Rant
03:23
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Weakness
You're overflowing with weakness
You are the definition of
Just give me a couple of years
To be selfish, he says
Just give me a couple of years
To be selfish, he says
Just give me a couple of years
All I want is a couple of years
To be selfish
Weakness
You're overflowing with weakness
You are the definition of
Weakness
You're overflowing
You are the personification of
Why do you care
If it doesn't effect you, he says
Why do you care
If it doesn't effect you, he says
Why would you care
If it doesn't effect you
Weakness
You're overflowing with weakness
You are the definition of
Weakness
You're overflowing
You are the personification of
It's people like you
That make me want to go and live in a fish bowl
At the bottom of a deep fucking concrete well
It's people like you
Weakness
It's really quite offputting
It makes me not want to talk to you
Ever again
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4. |
Feet
02:59
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I had a dream it was illegal to have feet
So the man came and cut my feet off
I remember the tendons
I remember the veins
I remember my blood
Gushing and gushing and gushing
He was unforgiving
Thought he was doing the right thing
The blade was sinking through my skin
Hypovolemic shock
The concrete was stained with my burgundy
I remember the tendons
I remember the veins
I remember my blood
Gushing and gushing and gushing
Now I have no feet
How inconvenient
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5. |
Goodnight
03:56
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Counting all the times your sorry arse has left me behind
Underneath the tarmac you hid
And god knows I hate my mother
For bringing me to this world
But a self conducted exit
Would be all too consuming
There's no time for that
Slipping, slipping
Goodnight
Slipping, slipping
Goodbye
The empty pockets of the crown won't get me out
It's tit for tat
I'll just keep grating my skin against the gutter
Cos god knows I hate my mother for bringing me to this world
There's no time for this
Slipping, slipping
Goodnight
Slipping, slipping
Goodbye
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6. |
Pyjamas
04:00
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You have to try try
Come on, get out of bed
Life doesn't happen in pyjamas
So, you get a job
And you get a flat
You get fired cos you're sick
And then they sell your flat
Cos no, you can't have this I was kidding
You have to try try
Come on, get out of bed
Life doesn't happen in pyjamas
So, you go out
On a Friday night
Maybe the joy of all the youth
Will rub off on you
But no, you can't have this I was kidding
What do I have to do
I've done everything they've told me to do
You have to try try
Come on, get out of bed
Life doesn't happen in pyjamas
But you can't try try
Can't get out of bed
Cos you feel like a sedated walrus
Cos no, you can't have this I was kidding
What do I have to do
I've done everything they've told me to do
What do I have to do
I've done everything they've told me to do
I've done everything I can possibly think of to do
I've done everything the medical professionals have told me to do
What do I have to do
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7. |
Elephant Friends
02:52
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I'm moving in with the elephants at the park
We're both herbivores
We're both chubby
It will be great
We'll sing ouch ouch
Sometimes things hurt
But it's ok
Cos we're elephants
I'm moving in with the elephants at the park
We're both herbivores
And we both have a lot of feelings
It will be great
We'll replace self indulgence with chivalry
We'll swim in the witches pond
It's dirty, it's muddy, it's icky
I'm moving in with the elephants at the park
We're both herbivores
And we both have a lot of feelings
It will be great
We'll sing ouch ouch
Sometimes things hurt
But it's ok
Cos we're elephants
They'll keep me warm
They'll keep me going
I'll keep them safe
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Treenurse Auckland, New Zealand
I'm Lucy and these are my songs.
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