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Happy Birthday
01:20
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Happy Birthday
Our yearly rendezvous is on us again
What do I have to do to wish you away?
You know I don’t like you and you don’t like me
What do I have to do to wish you away?
I’ve tried so very hard to make you vanish
But with the persistence of sunset you come
Just one less day in the calendar I wish
Then finally from you I need no longer run
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2. |
Frankenstein
04:25
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Frankenstein
Crunching over these eggshells I know I can’t let my guard down
Each day I’m trying to learn how to disregard your frown
Impossible to know the extent of your own ignorance
I felt secure when the ground was crumbling underneath my feet
Scared to put all my eggs in your basket again
Shocked at how wrong I could be
Your actions and your words they don’t correspond
I never know if you’re Jekyll or Hyde
Is it your lips or your body that has lied?
And now you’re trying to un-write the rules that you have stated
And now you’re trying to unmake the monster you created
Crunching over these eggshells…
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Rich Man
05:17
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Rich Man
Rich man, feel your shame for you
Filthy rich man, all the good you do
Rich man, if I prayed I’d pray for you
Keep them sick, keep them stupid
Inside your machine
Do your business with the devil
Fulfil every dream
…of yours
Rich man, Charlie smiles on you
Filthy rich man, all the good you don’t do
Rich man, if I prayed I’d pray for you
You are more important than us
Your lives are worth more than the rest of us
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I'll Covet
05:44
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I’ll Covet
I wanna be a cowboy, I wanna be a princess
I wanna be all dressed up, I wanna be naked
I see I want
I wanna be a hippie on a distant hill
Or a penthouse with some servants might be nicer still
I see I want
I wanna be bohemian
I wanna be filthy...
Rich
I wanna be androgynous
I wanna be a Greek goddess
I want it, I want it all
Show me and I’ll covet
I wanna be a rock star I wanna be a poet
I’m desperately envious of you but I try not to show it
I want her body and his body and that car
Rest assured my motivation won’t take me very far
I’m gonna replicate every page in that magazine
I’m gonna dedicate my life, till you show me the next picture
I’m gonna recreate every outfit that I’ve ever seen
Till you show me the next picture
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5. |
Cold
04:55
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6. |
Decaying Orbit
04:44
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Decaying Orbit
You’re doing a fine job of making that bed of yours
I can see you lying in…
Really soon
You’re doing an excellent job of digging that grave of yours
I can see you falling in…
Really soon
Don’t you know that’s where you’re going?
You’ve scribbled it all on the wall
Make your choice
If you care
Must we all bare witness to your inevitable decaying orbit?
I can see you falling in…
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7. |
Under the Noise
04:57
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Under the Noise
Frozen in a doorway
Can’t go forward - won’t turn back
One life behind me
The other just out of reach
Slip into oblivion
Disappear into the void
Blink into oblivion
Float under the noise
Frozen in this vessel
Hiding in the corners of my mind
Impotent to the voices
Hissing at me from behind
And I will sleep forever
Under the noise
And I will dream of black
Under the noise
And I will live forever
Under the noise
Without this body pinning me down holding me back
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8. |
Could Be
04:28
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Could Be
Five minutes in time
Twenty years in the making
Seven years of warnings
One long moment
And you fell down
You could be over
You could be done
More promises made
Your hands are shaking
You let it get this far
Will anything change?
You could be over
You could be done
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9. |
Stroke It
04:23
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Stroke it
Paint my face
Paint my hair
Tell me how good I look today
Paint my skin
Paint my nails
Tell me how good I look today
I need to hear it
Paint my words
Paint my life
Tell me how smart I am today
I need to hear it
Tell me
Say it
You don’t need to mean it
Stroke it...
Stroke my ego
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10. |
Distraction
05:06
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Distraction
Am I going backwards?
The light at the end of the tunnel’s getting smaller
How did this happen?
Everyone around me’s growing up but I’m getting shorter
Will it always be a struggle in the morning?
Will it always be a struggle?
Swimming against the tide
My arms and my legs are moving but I’m getting nowhere
Getting nowhere
All the things I’ve tried…
My life is a pot full of water and I sit and stare
I sit and stare
Will it always be a struggle in the morning?
Will it always be a struggle?
Awaiting the next fleeting distraction
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Jacqui L Sydney, Australia
Jacqui L is a white female from Sydney. She is known to be a bit of a gypsy, but now mostly lives on PLANET PARALLEL 5.
(That is to say at least that is where her PO box is.)
Jacqui L moved to PLANET PARALLEL 5 a few years ago when she discovered the planet's existence through this exact Google search; "planets with the loosest immigration laws in the galaxy".
Jacqui L doesn't like paperwork.
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