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Charlatan
03:21
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I wish that I could read your mind
Cause I’m so tired of what’s in mine
It’s the same old story
And it’s getting boring
I’m stuck inside this box you’ve made
Waiting to be cut in half with your blade
The crowd’s ecstatic
So why are you panicked?
You’re a charlatan with everything to lose
Your world comes crashing down with a single wrong move
Open your third eye and look at what you've done
Cut your heart out in front of everyone
The whole world thinks you’re so sublime
Bending spoons with your beautiful mind
But a black cat told me
About your gross skulduggery
You’re a charlatan with everything to lose
Your world comes crashing down with a single wrong move
Open your third eye and look at what you've done
Cut your heart out in front of everyone
And karma’s a bitch, and she’s coming for you
Grab all your lucky charms and say a prayer or two
Your smoke and mirrors won't save you tonight
Too bad you can't disappear and be all right
You’re a charlatan with everything to lose
Your world comes crashing down with a single wrong move
Open your third eye and look at what you've done
Cut your heart out in front of everyone
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2. |
Girl in the Background
04:13
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If snark is my oxygen
Self-doubt is my H20
And right now, I think I’m drowning
I thought you might want to know
Life’s not a pop quiz
I’ll keep my Q’s to myself cause you’ve got no A’s
I’ll just go through the motions
And wait for you to requite your awkward malaise
I’m so used to being ignored
But this is ridiculous
I don’t mind attention at the right place
The right time — that might be right now
Now the spotlight’s on you
And I’m just the girl in the background
Before I’ve started I’m through
Cause I’m not down with the right crowd
I’m the girl behind you
In this thing that I don’t want to do
When the thing that you wanted isn’t the thing that you get
That’s when life gets weird
What’s the use of trying when for all anyone cares
I might as well’ve disappeared?
I know I should learn to speak up
But I’m not the only one in this room
If I am clueless, then shame on me
If you say nothing, shame on you
Now the spotlight’s on you
And I’m just the girl in the background
Before I’ve started I’m through
Cause I’m not down with the right crowd
I’m the girl behind you
In this thing that I don’t want to do
I’m so sorry — not sorry
I don’t meet your expectations
I didn’t realize I wasn’t even worth
A single two-way conversation
Now the spotlight’s on you
And I’m just the girl in the background
Before I’ve started I’m through
Cause I’m not down with the right crowd
I’m the girl behind you
In this thing that I don’t want to do
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3. |
Scars
04:56
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I'm stuck in a wall
Barely able to breathe
Or let alone crawl away
I'm stuck here with you
And you're not gonna leave
Is there something that you'd like to say?
Pretending the past was wiped away
Living lies of convenience every day
I wear my scars like precious stones
But I won’t do it alone
Come on and show me your scars
Show me the ugly parts of you
Show me the parts you hate the most
What’s the one thing you'd never do?
You've made things nice for yourself
And left me in the dust
But I won't stay on the shelf for long
The walls are closing in
So just do what you must
The air's getting thin — what's wrong
With letting your demons all hang out
Leave it all on the table so there's no doubt
Of where you stand or who you are
Lies won't get you that far
Come on and show me your scars
Show me the ugly parts of you
Show me the parts you hate the most
What’s the one thing you'd never do?
Diamonds are forever, so are scars
(Words are a weapon, be careful how you use ‘em)
Diamonds are forever, so are scars
(Words are a weapon, be careful how you use ‘em)
Scars are like diamonds, so let yours shine
If you'll show me yours, I'll show you mine
The dark is for schmucks who can't take the heat
Tell all your secrets to me
Come on and show me your scars
Show me the ugly parts of you
Show me the parts you hate the most
What’s the one thing you'd never do?
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4. |
Detonate
03:44
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Go away, I need to think
Think I’ve made a big mistake
My idols are horrific men
Look at the mess it’s got me in
How long until I detonate?
Ten years or just a day?
How long until I cross the line
Between dysfunction and heinous crime?
Disturbed the dead, I’m sick inside
Called the police, so I don’t hide
Suburbia’s my holding cell
Will I snap? Will I get well?
How long until I detonate?
Ten years or just a day?
How long until I cross the line
Between dysfunction and heinous crime?
How long until I detonate?
(I’m still a human, aren’t I?)
How long until I detonate?
(I do bad things I don’t know why)
How long until I detonate?
(Is it nature or nurture?)
How long until I detonate?
(Do I even have a future?)
Caught a pretty bird and clipped her wings
Throw a fit each time she sings
She wants to fly, I keep her caged
An outlet for my gutless rage
How long until I detonate?
Ten years or just a day?
How long until I cross the line
Between dysfunction and heinous crime?
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5. |
The Drive
03:57
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This is the end of the world as we know it
The spiderwebs show it
In black and white
Time once stretched out like an eternity before us
But now it’s upon us
Like a hawk
The highways laid down in our youth
Turn to landslides of hard truth
A ticking time bomb in your head
To try to dull the gnawing dread
We’ll go for a drive
And we’ll have the night
If tomorrow the world falls apart
And it breaks both our hearts
We’ll be all right
Waiting — kill anxiety with magazines
While our future’s hanging
On threads of hope
What should have been a remedy
Was an ersatz lobotomy
Long days fade to lonely nights
I do what’s right and fight this losing fight
We’ll go for a drive
And we’ll have the night
If tomorrow the world falls apart
And it breaks both our hearts
We’ll be all right
Lightbulb on the floor that awful night
Who’s that at the door — are you all right?
White room — destination that we never wanted
But our house is haunted
By ghosts of despair
My tired heart sinks, you slip away
On one sunny July day
A haunted house, an empty bed
I pack our things and move ahead
We’ll go for a drive
And we’ll have the night
If tomorrow the world falls apart
And it breaks both our hearts
We’ll be all right
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6. |
Struck
05:05
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Struck by the hand of a false god
I'm writing down my feelings so no one knows
That I'm such a square peg
I don't fit in
Sand off my edges
I'll never win
Old anxieties always get the best of me
If you want my heart, you'll always find it on my sleeve
Old anxieties always get the best of me
If you want my heart, you'll always find it on my sleeve
You think that I'll just give up trying
But, honey, I don't think you know me at all
I'll keep crawling back
Though things may look bleak
I may be quiet
But I am not weak
Old anxieties always get the best of me
If you want my heart, you'll always find it on my sleeve
Old anxieties always get the best of me
If you want my heart, you'll always find it on my sleeve
So just shut your mouth
And hear what I say
You talk, talk, talk but don't listen
But not, not, not, not today
Old anxieties always get the best of me
If you want my heart, you'll always find it on my sleeve
Old anxieties always get the best of me
If you want my heart, you'll always find it on my sleeve
On my sleeve
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I feel like I’m so broken
I think I’ll stay in bed
And I leave so much unspoken
Wish you could hear what’s in my head
It’d change you
But I don’t know what to do
And I stand outside in plain view
People I know just pass me by
And they say that they don’t mean to
But I know it’s just a lie
And that’s why I hide
And keep this all inside
Cause I’m the queen
Of awkward situations
Endless hesitation
I never can reveal
How I really feel
It’s a crown that I don’t want
Her majesty the mousy savant
I neglect everyone I care about
Cause I don’t want to be a pain
I think I’ve got it figured out
But I’ve got the rules for the wrong game
And I lose every time
A victim of my own crime
I’m the queen
Of awkward situations
Endless hesitation
I never can reveal
How I really feel
It’s a crown that I don’t want
Her majesty the mousy savant
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8. |
Where's Suzy?
03:18
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Where are you, Suzy ChapStick?
Don't make me do something drastic
To recoup
My long-lost youth
How’d it get away so fast?
Where is my conversion van
And my stash I kept hid inside a Tab can
It's all just rust
And I'm almost dust
Good times don’t last
On the shag carpet floor
Watching Mary Tyler Moore
Time drags by
Like clouds across the sky
In my apartment I
Stare at the wall and wonder why
Years just slipped away
Without saying all I wanted to say
Where are you, Suzy ChapStick?
Don't make me do something drastic
To recoup
My long-lost youth
How’d it get away so fast?
Where is my conversion van
And my stash I kept hid inside a Tab can
It's all just rust
And I'm almost dust
Good times don’t last
In the back of a dirty van
When the Challenger crashed you held my hand
Days go on and on
And nights never turn to dawn
In my gray corporate cube
Pushing paper as the years accrue
Living for the weekend
When it all becomes so clear
Where are you, Suzy ChapStick?
Don't make me do something drastic
To recoup
My long-lost youth
How’d it get away so fast?
Where is my conversion van
And my stash I kept hid inside a Tab can
It's all just rust
And I'm almost dust
Good times don’t last
Why did I have to wait so long
To figure out where I belong?
Watch the Brady Bunch, procrastinate
Wake up to find it’s just too late
Where are you, Suzy ChapStick?
Don't make me do something drastic
To recoup
My long-lost youth
How’d it get away so fast?
Where is my conversion van
And my stash I kept hid inside a Tab can
It's all just rust
And I'm almost dust
Good times don’t last
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9. |
Rotten
04:37
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So I’m just the wallpaper at my own party
You come over to be with people who aren’t me
In a blaze of awkwardness, you blurt out the dumb things I do
You take my friends and self-esteem and all the beer, too
I always have to learn dumb stuff the hard way
I’ll circle the drain while you continue lying
Since you've come along
You're all anyone talks about
It's too bad they don't know
You're rotten at the roots
Since you've come along
I haven't seen the sun come out
But you’ll never grow
Cuz you're rotten at the roots
The party was lame, but it was mine and now I’ve got nothing
But empty bottles, insecurity, and endless loathing
I’ll clean up the mess, I’ll take out the trash, but I won’t forget this
Days like this can make the sanest person superstitious
Don’t say yes unless you really mean it
Don’t make a mess unless you wanna clean it
Since you've come along
You're all anyone talks about
It's too bad they don't know
You're rotten at the roots
Since you've come along
I haven't seen the sun come out
But you’ll never grow
Cuz you're rotten at the roots
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10. |
Grace and Poise
04:28
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I feel like a walking punchline
Go ahead and laugh if it makes you feel good
But I’m invisible most of the time
When it's not that I just feel misunderstood
When the people who stomp me into the ground
Are adored for their exquisite lack of decency
After I’ve eaten all the chocolate in the house
I will accept this karmic inaccuracy
With grace and poise
Ignore the noise
Of them applauding while my self-esteem just circles the drain
Grace and poise
Girls and boys
Behold what happens if you ever dare to go your own way
I’ll be your doormat, make yourself at home
Beer’s in the fridge, my self-worth’s on the floor
Bring all your friends even though I know
The knife’s in the back before you’re through the door
When they come over and stomp me into the ground
And are praised for their blatant lack of decency
And they’ve destroyed what remains of the house
I’ll accept this karmic inaccuracy
With grace and poise
Ignore the noise
Of them applauding while my self-esteem just circles the drain
Grace and poise
Girls and boys
Behold what happens if you ever dare to go your own way
When they come over and stomp me into the ground
Are praised for their exquisite lack of decency
After I’ve burned down what remains of this house
I’ll accept this karmic in accuracy
With grace and poise
Ignore the noise
Of them applauding while my self-esteem just circles the drain
Grace and poise
Girls and boys
Behold what happens if you ever dare to go your own way
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