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1. |
Memento
08:13
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Here you are on my mind once again
It's been a while but somehow it keeps happening
These good times we had they keep flashing back
And I nearly have an anxiety attack
I think of awful things you said to me
And awful things you did to me
And how this dark side of you
Only tries to take shit from me
Poisoning this hard-won beautiful history of mine
Like when I think of
My heart racing
Running, wondering where you'll take me
Where will we go from here?
Our eyes meeting
Sunset peeking through the window
A light in you appears to me
As a gentle laugh that filled the room
This perfect little memory of you
Sitting here on the shelf
What's done is done
What's gone is lost
And spending time with you ain't worth the cost.
Just let me lay here by myself
With this memento
This souvenir from the time
I thought your world could be mine
When I was young and naive
And I thought you wouldn't leave
But you left me all alone
And I thought I'd never move on
I got done living in a sunset
And waiting for a darkness I know will come
I got done living in a sunset
It's beautiful a moment but then it's gone
I got done loving in the moonlight
And seeing a face I thought I could trust
Only to wake up in the sunlight
And see a million reasons that I should run
At least I'll have
This memento
This souvenir from the time
I thought your world could be mine
When I was young and naive
And I thought you wouldn't leave
But you left me all alone
And I thought I'd never move on
But the door you closed on me
Was just the push I'd need
To feel the love I deserve
And make my voice be heard
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2. |
Anything You Want
05:41
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I'm standing in a crowded room
And now all I see is you
Are my secrets showing through
I'm so scared to know the truth
You bring your focus onto me
Infinite anxiety
Do you sense my need to please?
Please just tell me what you'll need.
Cause
I'll be anything you want x4
I'll overcome these things I'm not
Open my heart for you to haunt
I'll be anything you want x2
Now I'm standing in your glow
So many ways that this could go
Build it up until I blow
Guess I have to let you know
Now it sees the light of day
Do you feel a different way?
Prepare myself for what you'll say
If I knew it'd make you stay
I'd do anything you want x4
I'd overcome these things I'm not
Open my heart for you to haunt
I'd do anything you want x2
And I wish that you knew
How it feels to never be enough
And I wish I could show you
What it's like to just feel stuck
Inside this place where I'm only incomplete
Fetishized, but love is out of reach
And pressured
To be anything you want x4
To overcome these things I'm not
Open my heart for you to haunt
Be anything you want
I'd be anything you want
Anything you want (Anything you want) x8
I'd soften my skin
To reel you in
Cut off my dick
That makes you sick
Box in my world
If I could be your girl
And I'd shave my head
To share your bed
Make myself numb
To make you come
I'd paint my colors grey
If you'd just stay
The night
With me
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3. |
Just Enough / Not Enough
02:25
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And I hate how I'm just enough
For you to find me in a crowded room
And try to put your hand into my mouth
But with subtlety so noone sees what you're all about
Just enough to make me feel so gross and weirded out
Just enough for you to deflect it if I point it out
A crystal clear reminder that I'm not enough
For a guy like you to love me
The way you'll love that girl who'll meet your father someday
I'm just the girl you'll force your shame onto then run away
I guess it's good to know that's all you're good for anyways x3
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4. |
Good Old Boys
03:51
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He was a good old boy
Blond-haired, blue-eyed, daddy's little man
Blue-collared, calloused hands
He was a good old boy
And I was like 13, he was like 15 when
He saw me in that crowded room
You all were watching
He was a
Good old boy x3
He was a good old boy
Who forced his crotch on my head
He was
A good old boy x2
A blessed child of God
Who who looked in my eyes
And made sure I knew I was less
Why don't you hit him in his face?
(They said)
If you'd just stop being so gay
(They said)
It's just the silly games we play
(They said)
I guess it's hard to argue with the
Good old boys x3
Tried to be a good old boy
So I shaved my head to look like one of them
But I guess that that was bullshit
'Cause another good old boy
Brown-haired, brown-eyed, camo jacket on
Approached me in that crowded gym
You all were watching
He was a
Good old boy x3
He was a good old boy
Who forced his crotch on my head
He was
A good old boy x2
A blessed child of God
Who pushed me to the ground
And made sure I knew I'm a fag
You wanted it 'cause you're that way
(They said)
Those pussy tears run down your face
(They said)
You're acting like a bitch, you're gonna take it like a bitch
(They said)
I guess it's hard to argue with the
Good old boys x3
I saw their profiles
They're still good old boys
I bet they make their mama proud
The type of guy you'll probably have a beer with when you're back in town
They're good old boys
And if your daughter brought them home you'd be delighted
'Cause boys like them are rare these days
They're good old boys
You ask me why I'm dredging this up now
Should they have to pay for all those years ago 'till they're in the ground
And I don't know I say
I'm too busy crying to myself and feeling afraid
Of
Good old boys x3
Good old boys who look just like yourself
Good old boys x2
Blessed children of God
Looking out for good old boys
Saying "Fuck everyone else"
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(screaming)
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6. |
Alien
05:16
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And you
Youāre too scared to get to close to me
Youāre scared of what everyone else would think
If they saw you saw something you love in me
So you
You trick me just to come inside of me
Live out your temporary fantasy
And leave me feeling empty once again
Cause
Youāll love me just for a minute
Get it out of your system
Then settle down inside your picket fence with her
You say Iām just petty, but
Sheās great
And youāre great
And youāre both great together
I just wish that you could see this pattern
That
Iām just an alien
In Area 51
Pull me apart
Dissect my heart
Anything you want
Prod me and torture me
Like Iām just a new species
Another of your conquests
And even with that context
Iām stuck in your gravity
And why
Am I convinced I need someone like you
Who always tries to pull me back in to
This loves-me-loves-me-not
When you donāt love me enough to just tell me the truth
And why
Do I get my hopes up every time
You make me think that you can see my light
Only to lose your appetite
Then move on to someone else
Cause
Youāll love me just for a minute
Get it out of your system
Then settle down inside your picket fence with her
You say Iām just petty, but
Sheās great
And youāre great
And youāre both great together
I just wish that you could see this pattern
That
Iām just an alien
In Area 51
Pull me apart
Dissect my heart
Anything you want
Prod me and torture me
Like Iām just a new species
Another of your conquests
And even with that context
Iām stuck in your gravity
And I just canāt break free
I stay up till the crack of dawn
You message back, but then youāre gone
I ask you what Iām doing wrong
You say you donāt know what you want
Convince myself to pull away
But here you come; youāre begging me to stay
The night
So I say, āAlright.ā
But all we do is fight
I ask you what this is all about
Itās an experiment to figure yourself out
You say
So that makes me your lab rat then?
Okay.
Fuck you
(Instrumental)
Yeah
Youāll love me just for a minute
Get it out of your system
Then settle down inside your picket fence with her
You say Iām just petty, but
Sheās great
And youāre great
And youāre both great together
I just wish that you could see this pattern
That
Iām just an alien
In Area 51
Pull me apart
Dissect my heart
Anything you want
Prod me and torture me
Like Iām just a new species
Another of your conquests
And even with that context
Iām stuck in your gravity
Iām stuck in your gravity
And I just canāt break free
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7. |
I'm Gonna Be Ok
03:30
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I was so young
I was so naive
Gave you the rawest part of me
Then you tried to cut me deep
You'd always put me down
So many times swear I almost drowned
I was a people pleaser
Trying to keep you around
& You'd push me away
But you kept me on a string
Losing you had me so afraid
I couldn't do a thing
So I broke down crying
Out of desperation
I was sick from trying
I had this revelation
My pain and insecurity
Were the only things that drew you to me
A voice of reason came through to me
I could finally see the light
But it was hard 'cause
When I left you
You'd call me names
You'd run your mouth
And it hurt
But I learned
To tune you out and I've
Finally reached the day
I don't give a fuck what you say
Finally reached the day
I don't give a fuck what you say
Feels good just to walk away
Done with your games
Didn't come to play
Should have left you sooner
That's a fact
Took a step forward
Took too many back
But I've finally reached a place
Where I know I'm gonna be ok
And
I always tried to see the best in you
But you'd never do the fucking same for me
I always tried to see the best in you
But you'd never do the fucking same for me
I always tried to see the best in you
But you'd never do the fucking same for me
A cycle just doomed too repeat
No
I ain't going through this routine no more
'Cause
My pain and insecurity
Were the only things that drew you to me
A voice of reason came through to me
I could finally see the light
But it was hard 'cause
When I left you
You'd call me names
You'd run your mouth
And it hurt
But I learned
To tune you out and I've
Finally reached the day
I don't give a fuck what you say
Finally reached the day
I don't give a fuck what you say
Feels good just to walk away
Done with your games
Didn't come to play
Should have left you sooner
That's a fact
Took a step forward
Took too many back
But I've finally reached a place
Where I know I'm gonna be ok
And you just want to take us both backwards
Fighting over shit that don't matter no more
Want the last word? You can have it.
I'm ok.
'Cause
My pain and insecurity
Were the only things that drew you to me
A voice of reason came through to me
I could finally see the light
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8. |
BANG!
04:28
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I love you
Yeah I love you
& You look so beautiful tonight
& I want you to
Put your make-up on
Don't you wipe it off again
Bust that mirror into pieces
We ain't gonna let it win
'Cause it's our night
Facial hair is feminine
I'm high on adrenaline
There might be a bulge sticking out my skirt
I don't give a shit
I ain't seeking validation from anyone else in the world but you tonight
'Cause stars like us come together and they burst
World keeps taking from us time to put ourselves first
Fuck everything they say they're either incels or they're TERFs
&We've got
Diamonds on our neck 'cause they make the dress sang
Barrel of a gun, try to stop us we still bangin'
They don't understand us
We ain't gonna change
Diamonds on our neck 'cause they make the dress sang
Barrel of a gun, try to stop us we still bangin'
They don't understand us
We ain't gonna change
Cause we're
Bangin x8
A love like ours is gonna make the world change
They try to beat us down; they don't get it we ain't breakin
They'll get it through their heads or we'll just keep making scenes
And nights like these hate to see them go to waste
Wake up in the morning seeing everyone's still hating
Coming down is hard, but I need you to stay
Cause
We're bangin x8
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9. |
Entity
05:19
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Hey dude
Over there
I can see you starin'
You're wondering what I'm wearin'?
Well let me lay it out for you
Pink shirt, leggings, skirt, lipgloss, and I didn't have time to shave today
'Cause you've got
Opinions
And you ain't scared to share 'em
It's clear that I ain't carin'
But still you're gonna yell 'em anyway
Well before you kill my mood
There's just one thing I feel the need to say
So listen close
I spent 20 years in your state of mind
'Till I finally realized it's a waste of time
And I pray to god you see the light of day
But until then, stay the hell out of my way and
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
(You are too)
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
(So are you)
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
(Let's be friends)
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
(Make this end)
There's a child
In you
I'm postulating
Who found it so frustrating
All those expectations placed on you
&Did it ever occur to you those rules are bullshit? You don't need them.
'Cause you know
And I know
You don't fit that image
It's clearly caused you damage
I don't know how you've managed this long
And I'm holding out hope for you that you'll finally get that taste of freedom
And I'm here for you 'cause
I spent 20 years in your state of mind
'Till I finally realized it's a waste of time
And I pray to god you see the light of day
But until then, stay the hell out of my way and
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
(You are too)
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
(So are you)
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
(Let's be friends)
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
(Make this end)
&You know
All the things they said to you back then were wrong
So why then
Do you always choose to play along?
You even feel the need to change all of the words in all of your favorite songs.
This is your chance to say your done.
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
(You are too)
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
(So are you)
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
(Let's be friends)
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
(Make this end)
Don't you mind me
I'm an entity
(Entity)
Don't reduce me
I'm infinity
(Infinity)
And I wish that you could see
I'm not your enemy
(I'm not your enemy)
And I wish that you could feel
The serenity
(Serenity, serenity)
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10. |
Ready (Space Waltz)
04:32
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Enigma
Enigma
Let go of the stigma
Grab hold of the hand under your nose
Malignant
Malignant
Guess I'm just the cancer
Infecting your beloved status quo
But it doesn't have to be this way
Wish you'd just hear me out
'Cause
Take a step back and I can teach you all the words you need to know
Let me inside and I can show you all the places we can go
Tell me that the world's not ready; listen to me we can make it so
You've just got to be ready though.
Are you fucking ready though?
Take a step back and I can teach you all the words you need to know
Let me inside and I can show you all the places we can go
Tell me that the world's not ready; listen to me we can make it so
You've just got to be ready though.
Are you fucking ready though?
Reject me
Reject me
Guess I'm just reflecting
Your insecurities right back at you
Correct me
Correct me
You want to direct me
'Cause you only want to love someone like you
Wish it didn't have to be this way
But you just won't hear me out
Wish you'd just
Take a step back and I can teach you all the words you need to know
Let me inside and I can show you all the places we can go
Tell me that the world's not ready; listen to me we can make it so
You've just got to be ready though.
Are you fucking ready though?
Take a step back and I can teach you all the words you need to know
Let me inside and I can show you all the places we can go
Tell me that the world's not ready; listen to me we can make it so
You've just got to be ready though.
Are you fucking ready though?
I don't know x14
Just
Take a step back and I can teach you all the words you need to know
Let me inside and I can show you all the places we can go
Tell me that the world's not ready; listen to me we can make it so
You've got to be ready though.
Are you fucking ready though?
Are you fucking ready though?
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11. |
Dear John
03:13
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Thereās nothing I hate more
Than the detached manly man
So many of yāall try to be
And when I first met you
I thought youād fit that archetype
But you pleasantly surprised me
You clean-shaven Lone Ranger
Portland weird Virginia sweet
And the more I came to know you
The more I felt at home in our midnight conversations
When youād smoke your cigarette
You loved a part of me
That I was so scared to see
I never will forget
Three years one ocean later
I finally feel free
So thank you once again
Dear John
Had you pinned down before I met you
But you proved me wrong
Tried to paint you in a corner using black and white
Till I saw you flashing rainbow right before my eyes
You shined your light on me
Opened my eyes to see
That love takes many forms
Itāll wash up on any shore
Never felt one like this before
I love you for loving me like you did.
And when that summer ended
I thought weād grow apart
And youād just forget about me
And leave me all alone
To find your face in every mushroom in the park that Iād see
But you kept tabs on me and helped me to realize this girl Iām fucking trying to be
And maybe I felt some type of way
That I was always just too scared to say
Projected loneliness that I felt back then
Stuck in my head playing pretend
Time to let this fantasy end
Youāve done enough by being my friend
Dear John
Had you pinned down before I met you
But you proved me wrong
Tried to paint you in a corner using black and white
Till I saw you flashing rainbow right before my eyes
You shined a light on me
Opened my eyes to see
That love takes many forms
Itāll come knocking on any door
Hope to come knock on yours
To thank you for loving me like you did.
For loving me like you did.
Thank you for loving me like you did.
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In my fantasy land
You could hold my hand
In my fantasy land
They would understand
Woman, enby, man
All could be your friend
Thereād be no set plan
Think youād be a fan
Aināt it oh so grand
In my fantasy land
In my galaxy
Thereād be you and me
In my galaxy
We would feel so free
Kiss me on my cheek
Then just let it be
No shame no tragedy
It could work you see
Aināt it magnifique
In my galaxy
In my Milky Way
You would call me they
In my Milky Way
I wouldnāt be afraid
Iād be made of clay
Mold me any way
We could play all day
I think youād have it made
Aināt it just so gay
In my Milky Way
In my kingdom come
We could all get some
In my kingdom come
I could be your one
Thereād be no need to run
After all this time be done
We could just be dumb
Watch the setting sun
Aināt it crazy fun
In my kingdom come
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13. |
Are You With Me Or Not?
03:56
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Iām independent
Iām good on my own
But things get depressing
When Iām in my head too long
I say Iām ok itās a lie
But you came along
Your energy makes me smile
We're the same wavelelength
I wanna be near you a while
You make me wanna try
When Iām clueless and nervous and feeling afraid
You may have to love me in a different way
I still want to be yours at the end of the day
So letās cut through the bullshit
Are you with me or not? X4
āCause Iām gonna be fine without you
But I want you by my side if you want to
Are you with me or not? X4
Iāll do it myself if I have to
But I wanna do it with you
I want adventure
I wanna fly away
Burning the blueprint
It aināt the only way
Letās make a new path
Iāve witnessed love
And seen it go south
Turned into poison
Forced into her mouth
And Iām scared of being trapped
So when Iām clueless and nervous and feeling afraid
You may have to love me in a different way
Iāll give you my heart, but hear what I say
I donāt need you, but I want you so bad
Are you with me or not? X4
āCause Iām gonna be fine without you
But I want you by my side if you want to
Are you with me or not? X4
Iāll do it myself if I have to
But I wanna do it with you
A chance appeared before my eyes
Panic, passion, butterflies
So much here to analyze
But I'm done feeling paralyzed
I'm moving
So are you with me or not?
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14. |
Wormhole (Interlude)
01:13
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15. |
Wall / World
06:45
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Good god
Your face looks so damn red
Youāre just so hot in the head
I wish youād just calm down and talk to me
I get weāre from different worlds
But youāve got a closed-off mind
Want to connect to it from time to time
But you just see a threat in me
And it sucks how you refuse to let me in
āCause I think youād come to view me as a friend
The way you see me in your mind, it makes no sense
Except to villainize me and put up a defense
I guess
Sometimes itās nice behind a wall
Blocking the world from looking in at you
Shielding your eyes from all the bitter truths
Only yourself you have to answer to
But still
I bet it sucks all in all
āCause thereās a universe inside of you
I know itās scary but itās beautiful too
So much fun shit that we could do
If youād just come outside
Hey man
We just want you to get along with us
But all you want to do is cause a fuss
Iām done working through the calculus
Of getting you to see weāre not the bad guys here
The only voices speaking in your ear
Are only speaking to you out of fear
I wish youād hear me out for once.
But
It sucks how you refuse to let me in
āCause I think youād come to view me as a friend
And the way you see me in your mind, it makes no sense
Except to villainize me and put up a defense
I guess
Sometimes itās nice behind a wall
Blocking the world from looking in at you
Shielding your eyes from all the bitter truths
Only yourself you have to answer to
But still
I bet it sucks all in all
āCause thereās a universe outside of you
I know itās scary but itās beautiful too
So much fun shit that we could do
If youād just come outside where
Love is patient
Love is kind
Iāll prove to you
You were so wrong to hide
Show yours
Iāll show mine
Itās different now
But youāre gonna be alright
The truth is like
A blinding light
It hurts to see
But donāt you close your eyes
Let it envelop you
And pull you to the other side with me.
I believe in you
I hope your light shines through
There's so much good in you
I know it's true
There's a whole world outside of you
You can see it if you want
Yeah, there's a whole world outside of you
You can see it if you want
&It's beautiful
&You're within it
But it's not only about you
Yeah, there's a whole world outside of you
You can see it if you want
&There's a light inside of you
That shines brighter than the sun
&There's this whole other side of you
That's a whole lotta fun
&There's a place for you in this world if you want
&I promise, it feels nice not being the only one
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16. |
Float
05:11
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I remember
In the river
We were floating
Together
In your old canoe
I saw a rock ahead
I waited for your cue
But you didnāt notice
So we crashed
Our clothes were wet
I was so mad
But you just smiled and laughed
You told me
That
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float
So I calmed down and breathed
A few years later
I was so scared I
Had to tell you
So I sat you down
And told you what I needed to say
You just reacted the wrong way
I was hurt
I was lost
For so long
You were scared
And confused
You were wrong
I had to
Breathe
It was so exhausting
But this love is lasting
I had to keep in mind
That
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float
Yeah
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float
Cut to now
You still donāt get it all somehow
You hardly listen; you just shout
I wish youād take a step back
Please donāt overreact
I know you love me; Iām glad
Just wish youād bravely face the facts
But I canāt control you
Sometimes I want to
But I just
Breathe
Cause I know youāre so damn wrong
And itās been a long time
But youāve come a long way
And weāre still fine
So I just
Breathe
Cause itās so exhausting
But this love is lasting
And I just keep in mind
That
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float
Yeah
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float
To put it plainly
I need you to fight for me, fight for me, fight for me
Show me that youāre here for me, here for me, here for me
They want you to run from me, run from me, run from me
But please stay
Do you hear me?
Please stay x3
Prove to me that
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float.
Oh
Just because we get a little water in our boat
That donāt mean that itās not gonna float.
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"Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
-Charles Darwin, "On The Origin Of Species"
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Wren Dove Lark Newark, New Jersey
I'm Wren (she/her). I write weird pop music for trans girls to cathartically cry to. If others get something from my music, that's awesome too. :)
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Wren Dove Lark recommends:
Don't Go/Won't Leave
by The Answers In Between
If you like my music for trans girls to cathartically cry to, you'll like Hannah's music for trans girls to cathartically cry to as well I think. <3
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This is one of the best albums of all time, and it's criminally underrated. Aesha has a knack for indie rock songwriting with transcendental production.
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Suzane 3 - LĆ Sur Ta Peau
by Alex de la Pampa
Alex co-produced one of my albums with me a while back, and we've got some tracks that we've made recently we hope to release soon. His solo music is really wild and cool! Give it a listen!
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supported by 8 fans who also own āA Boy's Guide To My Galaxyā
I listened to this album, sobbed for hours, and had a conversation with someone I'd been needing to have for over a decade. š Thank you ~~ āØ
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WASTEISOLATION
by Black Dresses
supported by 6 fans who also own āA Boy's Guide To My Galaxyā
AOTY 2023 (3 way tie) the perfect companion as i tread similar ground...
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A delicate bedroom pop EP (no pun intended) that captures the woozy anxieties of an insomniac period.
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