You’re the tick I found at summer’s end crawling around the back of my neck.
I thought you were a sun spot I’d have memories of,
But you’ve embedded yourself and you’re sucking my blood.
I wish I was the kind of girl who sat in cafes mid day smiling with all my teeth showing.
Maybe I’m just a parrot on your shoulder, maybe I’ll be your next favorite placeholder, or maybe-
I’ll just shine.
Like fog that’s grazing mountain tops, you barely even touched my arms.
And I knew I wasn’t your girl and I knew you weren’t my girl.
And I wish I was the kind of girl who danced and played these games smiling with all my teeth showing.
And I’ve been practicing my party tricks,
Moving the knife between my fingers while I make my friends all nervous.
Moving it faster and faster all the while hoping I miss.
And I know that I’m the kind of girl who’s fire cannot be smothered.
The kind who would meet their god, my Mother.
Maybe I’m just the parrot on your shoulder.
Maybe I’ll be your next favorite placeholder.
But baby, I’ll just shine.
i forgot how good this record is, i picked up the vinyl at a record store figuring i would listen again eventually, and here i am the same night enjoying every track. definitely worth listening!! katt2
Julien Baker is an acquired taste - assuming of course you’ve acquired great taste in singer songwriters… beautiful, devastating, honest, insightful… I’ve not heard a single song of hers that hasn’t left me in absolute awe. crisbroadhurst
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