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Saw you today on your new bike
lyin now in my new room
With someone new, but my mind's
lost in clotted thoughts of you
When I saw you on your new bike
in our old hood
and I choked
And you looked good in your helmet
And I'm weeping like a willow
And you hug me like an old friend
And your calm, water smile
And I wonder if it will ever feel like it's been a while
You're so lovely, and so blue
And oh, it hurts to look at you
Cause I left you on your stoop
And we bade our goodbyes
Saw you today on your new bike
tried to hold my heart intact
We shared a moment and it passed
Then I saw you on your new bike
in our old hood and I choked
Got a new life, and a new love,
but your gaze was just so soft and slow
And you held me like the ocean
Like the moon that soothes the tides
All a sudden it coursed through me,
You, the cool breeze that just passed me by
And I stumbled back to him
with my heart awash with grief
So I stayed inside our basement and avoided that street
Saw you a while ago on your new bike
lyin now in some new room
There's always someone new,
but that's the life I chose when I left you
Still I can't help but remember
us dancing in your room
In our sunglasses and undies
And you still spinning me
All the sand dunes
And the cold tents
And your laughter in my ear
Your soft eyelids under my lips
And all over I'm in tears
Cause I woke up in your arms
And just cried
Knew I'd leave you on your stoop
And we'd bid our goodbyes.
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Beets
03:09
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I wait for you here
To be back
With those groceries
You promised me
So I could make my favorite soup
You said you’d bring
Beets
From our New York City streets
But the Chinese grocers
Know more about you
Than I do now
But why you gotta leave me alone
With my paper thin hair
And this bucket of bones
I think I’m
Better off dying alone
I wait on your bed
Trying to whisper sweet words
Into your pillow
Cause I want you to think about me
When you rest tonight
I put on my tights
So I’d look my best
Cause I need you to think you’d
Miss me
If i left
Tonight
But why you gotta leave me alone
With my paper thin hair
And this bucket of bones
I think I’m
Better off dying alone
(Bridge)
I’ve heard that love is all about
Letting go of things you love with grace
But i’m so bad at goodbyes
I’d have us sink into the wall here
Ify you’d only stay
Youre back in the door
And I can tell that theres no more
The seasons over and theres no more beats you say to me
You go to your room shut the door and I pick up your shoes
And I go back to mine and try not to think about you
But why you gotta leave me alone
With my paper thin hair
And this bucket of bones
I think I’m
Better off dying alone
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3. |
Emily
03:16
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I moved out of the annex and in with a man
Kept coming back just to see you
Maybe already searching
And anxiously lonely
Lucky he wanted you too
The dark in your softness
The cloud in your gaze
Haunting before we began
There was always a pain in the curve of your smile
Invited, I floated right in
And the smell
The smell of your neck in their old room
And I'm deep under water
Not caring I'm drowning
Want to see you every day
Back at home
He wants answers, a sense of control
But I'm back at the old place
Embracing you wholly
And hoping I'll know what to do
Oh I cared and I loved you through rose-covered eyes
And didn't consider red flags
Just the taste of your thigh
The nape of your neck
Your curls, and the clutch of your hand
Then you trapped me, or tried
And to my own dismay, and to yours
Life just isn't that fair
I'm surviving without you
And wonder about you with spite
And a smite of despair
And your smell
The smell of your neck in their old room
And you ripe like the blossoms
Unfolding around me
Unscathed by the hate in your voice
And the creeping sensation of silent goodbye
Last time you laid in my arms
How you blossomed around me then
Clutched back your hand
Never to hold on again.
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4. |
Baby, I love ya!
01:58
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I wish I could write you the song you deserve
With pretty poetic phrases and big fancy words
Something for you to get stuck in your head
When you're working long shifts and your boss is a dick
To get through the day, think of waking up in bed
The sun creepin in and me kissing your head
Squeezing you tight, saying 'baby, I love you, I love you!"
The mole on your left cheek, the little gap between your teeth,
I adore them
Your hair when you wake up, that sticking straight-up, funny tuft
I want you lyin next to me every morning
You say you like my groovy hair
And you don't care if I don't shave
That you'll eat the food I make
And you'd eat me out all day
I want to nourish you
Explore the world and flourish with you
Cause baby, I simply adore you
We could shake bangles in India, rattle some snakes
Watch desert sunsets floating over our heads
I'll f**k you under the stars
On snow-white sand bars
We'll make love in a tent
And get sand up our butts
Through the trees of Yoesemite,
Thailand's lagoons,
Himalayan mountains and Mexican dunes
I'll be holding your hand
And shout as loud as I can,
"Hey baby, I love you, I love you!"
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Do you still love me when I'm far away
All the way on the other side of Bathurst
Do you still love me on the days when I slip on the cracks on the pave
And my knees hurt
What happens when I stop being new
And cute
And the things I say are honest
And painfully true
Will that finally scare you?
Would you still love me when I'm losing my shit
Snot down my face and my jeans ripped
Will you still be here when you see who I am
A naked and renegade mess
I've never been so scared in a new love so fast
I've just never hoped that something so perfect could last
But what happens when cute things I do
start to just plain annoy you
And my baggage starts to visibly fill the whole room
Will that finally scare you?
Do you still love me when I'm far away
All the way on the other side of Bathurst
Cause I can't believe you could feel the same way
But I guess they say love fucking hurts.
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6. |
The Popsicle Song
02:48
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Your sticky popsicle kisses
melt like magic on my tongue
So I tell you this by running across your chest
with my fingers.
Your laughter bubbles like orange crush
when I kiss those lips of your I love
Then you take my hand
and I melt like an icy
And I look at you towering above me
and I think
Oh my god,
This can't be real
Oh my god,
There's so much sweet to feel
You're grinning at me like the Cheshire Cat
so I push you in the sand
You're kind of a turd, but I really don't mind
because you're doing the best you can
And I'm a big mess today
In complete disarray
But you like me anyway
I can't help but smile, it's been more than a while
since I've been this blown away
Oh my god,
I'm numb with joy
Oh my god,
I think I've got it hard and heavy for my popsicle boy
I wish that I could hold you and bring you to my gaze
And show you how you've got me in this sticky, happy haze
Oh my god,
you're just so tender and so sweet
You're good enough to eat!
Oh my god
Know, to me, you're becoming really dear
and I hope you stick around for another popsicle year <3
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