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inner monologue
03:11
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We took a walk around the block
To give our lungs a break
I listen to the things you say
And wonder if they’re fake
You point out the big dipper
And ask me how I’ve been
I don’t know what to say cuz I haven’t been listening
Yeah lately I don’t take the time to listen to my inner monologue
Cuz I’m too damn bogged down by it all
And I wish someone else could make the call for me
Let weeks and months pass by while I sit up in my room and try not to cry, cuz I’m so damn confused all the time, and I wish someone else could read my mind
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trap the heat
02:43
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Trap the heat inside of me, I don’t wanna be where you’ve been when I’m gone
Trap the heat inside of me, I don’t wanna be where you’ve been when I’m gone
Close your eyes, count to three
Listen here, baby, I’ve gone crazy, I’m in circles spinning through my mind
I thought I’d make it out this time, but baby
Trap the heat inside of me, cuz I wanna be overhead when you’re gone
Like a tree, shed the leaves, feel the breeze, listen please, cuz I need to feel a sense of peace, or I’m gone
Everything you said to me at the back of the bar, before I’d leave, it left a scar, punctured my heart
Every time you call for me, I think about the way it bleeds
Rip off the scar, tear out my heart
I try to make it work, dealing with all this hurt
I try to say goodbye, but I can’t, and I won’t apologize
Gave you my everything and you threw me in the ring
Gave you my everything and you threw away the ring
Trap the heat inside of me, I don’t wanna be where you’ve been when I’m gone
Trap the heat inside of me, I don’t wanna be where you’ve been when I’m gone
Trap the heat inside of me, I don’t wanna be where you’ve been when I’m gone
Trap the heat inside of me, I don’t wanna be where you’ve been when I’m gone
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for the record
03:00
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Birthplace of a celestial body—matter reorganized in front of me
All these possibilities weigh down on me
Stepped on the gas pedal, to get a move on
You come on too strong to me
Eternity’s enough time for me to move on
I tell myself, do I believe it?
Cuz I didn’t try to do that
And I didn’t know why you do the things you do
And maybe I’ll just say that I didn’t know what went down with me and you
Construct a cage around me like I need containing, with circumstance to blame, I blame myself
Simple pleasures are all twisted up in my head, a simple kiss, but now I’m dead (or so it seems)
And, for the record, I’m not doing well—caught under my own spell
And maybe one day, I’ll look back on this as well, I might laugh at myself
Cuz I didn’t try to do that
And I didn’t know why you do the things you do
And maybe I’ll just say that I didn’t know what went down with me and you
Cuz I didn’t try to do that
And I didn’t know why you do the things you do
And maybe I’ll just say that I didn’t know what went down with me and you
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Tough Sell Vancouver, British Columbia
As a songwriter and experimental music producer, Tough Sell draws inspiration from disparate musical genres (folk, pop, noise, electronic) to create works that document, archive, and abstract the places and headspaces she finds herself in.
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