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1. |
Queen Of Wands
03:05
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
She’s back
A paradigm shift
Lifted the veil
To my one and only
Legs free
I was stuck in slow motion
My colour was fading
Mm, mm
I’d go tiptoe
With bated breath
It shows
I hadn’t let go yet
Mm, mm
[Pre-chorus]
Casting spells, recast the part
Now I’m finally friends with the dark
I’m bathin’ in it
My heart restarts
My heart restarts
[Chorus]
I take myself to the cinema
Do my hair, not leave the house
Oh-oh
Cat’s purring and I rest
Doe eyes been hunting too long
But I’ve lost my appetite
It don’t taste right
On my tongue
I am my best yet
[Verse 2]
Thought I stood strong
Kept falling in
Felt safe in the water
So I learned to swim
I’m a rainbow
Technicolor baby
I’d see what I wanted to see
Mm, mm, mm
I’ll close my eyes
’Til they get pried open
Pulling stitches out
‘Cause I was never broken
Mm, mm
[Pre-chorus]
No more eggshells
Blowing out the spark
Now I’m finally friends with the dark
I’m bathin’ in it
My heart restarts
My heart restarts
[Chorus]
I take myself to the cinema
Do my hair, not leave the house
Oh-oh
Cat’s purring and I rest
Doe eyes been hunting too long
But I’ve lost my appetite
It don’t taste right
On my tongue
I am my best yet
[Bridge]
Not a fool for love
I’m a sucker for alone time
I’m the queen of wands
And now the world is mine
Not a fool for love
I’m a sucker for alone time
I’m the queen of wands
And now the world
Is
Mine
[Breakdown]
(Aahs)
[Chorus]
I take myself to the cinema
Do my hair, not leave the house
Oh-oh
Cat’s purring and I rest
Doe eyes been hunting too long
But I’ve lost my appetite
It don’t taste right
On my tongue
I am my best
I take myself to the cinema
Do my hair, not leave the house
Oh-oh
Cat’s purring and I rest
Doe eyes been hunting too long
But I’ve lost my appetite
It don’t taste right
On my tongue
I am my best yet
[Outro]
Not a fool for love
I’m a sucker for alone time
I’m the queen of wands
And now the world is mine
Not a fool for love
I’m a sucker for alone time
I’m the queen of wands
And now the world
Is
Mine
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2. |
Comedown
04:35
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
How heartbreaking
To watch something
How heartbreaking
How heartbreaking
To watch something
How heartbreaking
To watch something so beautiful slowly die
To love you so much only to learn
You were a different type of guy
And I never thought I would come down
It was such a compelling high
[Chorus]
(Ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
So I left ya purgin’ at the sink
(Ah-ah-ah) Don’t you love what we could have? (ah-ah)
It’s time to wave my white one to your red flags (ah-ah)
Gotta wave my white one to your red fla- red flags (ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink, another drink (ah-ah)
[Verse 2]
Shone the spotlight
Gave ya stage fright
Tongue-tied
Snake bite
One bad day become more
What am I workin’ so hard for?
I can’t hold you upright anymore
How can you sit and just let life pass you by?
I’m left feelin’ robbed, betrayed
You took it all away
‘Cause you just don’t like to try
And I never thought I would come down
It was such a compelling high
[Chorus]
(Ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Am I your lover or your shrink?
(Ah-ah-ah) Don’t you love what we could have? (ah-ah)
It’s time to wave my white one to your red flags (ah-ah)
Gotta wave my white one to your red fla- red flags (ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink, another drink (ah-ah)
[Bridge]
If you can’t pick yourself up from the floor
There’s nothing left to adore
There’s nothing left to adore
If you can’t pick yourself up from the floor
Up from the floor
There’s nothing left to adore
There’s nothing left to adore
If you can’t pick yourself up from the
If you can’t pick yourself up from the floor
There’s nothing left to adore
There’s nothing left to adore
If you can’t pick yourself up from the floor
Pick yourself up from the floor
There’s nothing left to adore
If you can’t pick yourself up from the
Floor, floor
How heartbreaking
To watch something
How heartbreaking
[Chorus]
(Ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (I’d bend backwards) (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (and overthink) (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (and still you’d take) (ah-ah)
(Another drink)
(Ah-ah-ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (I’d bend backwards) (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (and overthink) (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (and still you’d take) (ah-ah)
And now it’s over faster than you can blink
(Another drink)
(Ah-ah-ah) Don’t you love us?
Don’t you love what we could have? (Don’t you love) (ah-ah)
It’s time to wave my white one to your red flags (what we could have?) (ah-ah)
Gotta wave my white one to your red flags (we could have) (ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah) I’d bend backwards and overthink (Don’t you love) (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink (what we could have?) (ah-ah)
Still you’d take another drink, another drink (ah-ah)
[Outro]
I’d bend backwards
And overthink
And still you’d take
Another drink
I’d bend backwards
And overthink
And still you’d take
Another drink
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3. |
As Above, So Below
03:19
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Can’t keep staring into the sun
If I can’t go outside anymore
Can’t keep my back turned
To the black burned
Into the tar
What’s hidden underneath the sabotage?
What will I birth if I marry my halves?
My power’s rooted in her wrath
But hell hath no fear
Like what fuels me
No fear
[Pre-chorus]
I’m the creator
I’m the one that made her
My arcane twin flame
A heavy-headed temptress
She’s fuckin’ relentless
We are one and the same
She keeps catching up to me
And slowing me down
Can’t shake her off
I keep runnin’ around
She is my downfall and my saving grace
She is the nighttime without a face
[Chorus]
As above, so below
Steppin’ into my shadow
Wherever I go, she follows
But when you knock on wood
She’s hollow
I’m fire and ice
Sugar and spice
I’m pleasure and pain
The kitty and the mice
It’s a roll of the dice
For virtue or vice
Think you’ve seen me once?
Well now you’ve seen me twice
[Post-chorus]
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Sun and moon they do agree
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Equinox inside of me
[Verse 2]
Locked up inside together
Searched far and wide
Nowhere to hide
God knows I tried to get her
Nowhere to hide
There’s so much to see here in the dark
And yet she’s so tense
My captive audience
I just wanna show her what’s beneath her heart
[Pre-chorus]
I’ll be whole
A friendly foe
Full of rage
Sittin’ below
The pitch black reflection
She don’t wanna know
‘Cause yeah I’m the monster under her bed (I am whole, I am love)
I’m fed on existential dread (I am peace, I am above)
I’m the salt that drips down her eyelashes
She’s the phoenix
I’m the ashes
[Chorus]
As above, so below
I welcome her into the shadows
Wherever she goes, I follow
But when you knock on wood
She’s hollow
I’m fire and ice
Sugar and spice
I’m pleasure and pain
The kitty and the mice
It’s a roll of the dice
For virtue or vice
Think you’ve seen me once?
Well now you’ve seen me twice
[Post-chorus]
Sun and moon they do agree (ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Equinox inside of me
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Sun and moon they do agree
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Equinox inside of me
[Outro]
Some aren’t hard enough
Some aren’t hard enough
Some aren’t hard enough
Some aren’t hard enough
Some aren’t hard enough
Some aren’t hard enough
Some aren’t hard enough
Some habits are hard to make
Some aren’t hard enough to break
Some habits are hard to make
Some aren’t hard enough
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4. |
Hell Hath No Fury Like
03:35
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Creepin’ quiet, dagger eyes
You get high
So you don’t have to look me in the (eye)
I see
Underneath
You’re speaking heat through your teeth
But all I hear is *scream*
Throwing stars into the wall
Silence saves you from it all, oh
Did I hurt you baby?
Little cries, gettin’ mine
You don’t like us whispering without ya
Do ya
Do ya
[Chorus]
Hell hath no fury like me
If you never learn
I’ll let you burn
Thought you had seen through me
Made of love
But I draw blood
Ooh, don’t say a word
Don’t say a word
Ooh, don’t say a word
Don’t say a word
[Verse 2]
Rage bubblin’
Toilin’, troublin’
Keep ya safe, keep you warm
Muffled rumble, perfect
Storm’s brewin’
You’re sittin’ stewing
Like we’re doin’ it to ya
Fire type, set alight
Perfect
Petty crime, got us doin’ time
Perfect
Sun in eyes
Perfect
[Chorus]
Hell hath no fury like me
If you never learn
I’ll let you burn
Thought you had seen through me
Made of love
But I draw blood
Ooh, don’t say a word
Don’t say a word
Ooh, don’t say a word
Don’t say a word
[Bridge]
Not your dolls to pose
Not yours to impose on, mm
Not your dolls to pose
Not yours to impose on
So don’t say it out loud
Temper tantrum
Hissy fit
Can’t have your way
Want none of it
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Not your dolls to pose
Not yours to impose on
Ah, ah-ah
[Chorus]
Hell hath (ah-ah) no fury like me (ah-ah)
If you never learn
I’ll let you burn (ah-ah-ah)
Thought you had (ah-ah) seen through me (ah-ah)
Made of love
But I draw blood (ah-ah-ah)
Ooh, (ah-ah) don’t say a word (ah-ah)
Don’t say a word (ah-ah-ah)
Ooh, (ah-ah) don’t say a word (ah-ah)
Don’t say a word
[Outro]
Hell hath no fury like
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5. |
Colourblind
03:07
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
White as a ghost
Left me on read
Send an amber alert
Yellow belly just fled
Made you pinky promise
Yeah ya blew a kiss to last
Then you laid me out in lavender
For greener grass
[Chorus]
You say it’s a-ok
That there’s no rational reason
For me to feel this way
Yeah you say it’s a-ok
You say it’s a-ok
And that it’s all in my head
As you slither away
Yeah you say it’s a-ok
[Verse 2]
Alright
I only see things in black and white
Lies I’ve been told
Grey clouds have no silver lining
In a heart of fool’s gold
I put on my tinted glasses
Saw my rose-coloured boy
But you’re colourblind baby
Don’t you see what I am?
Not your toy
[Chorus]
You say it’s a-ok
That there’s no rational reason
For me to feel this way
Yeah you say it’s a-ok
You say it’s a-ok
And that it’s all in my head
As you slither away
Yeah you say it’s a-ok
[Outro]
You get no goodbyes
When there’s no good guys
Got no dry eyes
‘Cause there’s no good lies
You get no goodbyes
When there’s no good guys
Got no dry eyes
‘Cause there’s no good lies
You get no goodbyes
When there’s no good guys
Got no dry eyes
‘Cause there’s no good lies
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6. |
Nice Guy
03:11
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
*Inhale, exhale*
Practice what you preach
Is that something you teach?
Can I check your qualification?
A delicate self esteem
Pinned on equality
That you get to be the king of
But did you know
That no means no?
And that a nice guy with frustration
Still needs an invitation
It’s a dangerous game if we can’t criticise
The critic himself
Without fear and lies
It’s a knock off disguise
You’re just one of the guys
You’re just one of the guys
[Refrain]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah-oh-ooh (you’re just one of the guys)
Ah, ah, ah, ah-oh-ooh
Ah, ah, ah, ah (you’re just- guy)
[Breakdown]
If I scream the ice breaks
But if I stand it shatters
I hear ya creepin’ to me
I hear your pitter your patter
Your eyes are seedy and you’re needy
Whisperin’ close
All they can hear is the TV
Say I’m sugar and spice
And yeah you play it nice
So if I’m squirmin’
Nobody will think I’m wise enough
To know it or show it
Shiverin’ in my skin
A fragile image curated
You hated
To be called anything but golden
Holdin’
Suspicions inside
Because you never made me cry
And if I told anyone
They’d say I’m fine and I
Lie
Dread keeps a finger over my mouth
Drippin’ in doubt
Tellin’ myself it wasn’t bad enough to
Him I was at fault
He exalts ya
Yeah I’m sugar and spice
[Refrain]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah-oh
(You’re just one of the guys)
[Outro]
But did you know
That no means no?
And that a nice guy with frustration
Still needs an invitation
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7. |
One In A Million
04:13
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I’m sorry, I love you
I really love you
But I have to stop you right there
And pretend you were never really here
Disparity between the body and mind
My body and I
Fighting on opposite sides
Opposite sides
My feet are walkin’ me to you
But my head is lookin’ around
Gotta grab my feet
And keep them firm on the ground
[Refrain]
Perhaps you understand, you always knew your path
Or perhaps you’ve been betrayed
By who you thought you could trust
Your creator, your destroyer
I don’t deserve to grieve
Workin’ against myself
In the name of autonomy
The safest place that you could be
But I let them rip you out of me
The safest place that you could be
But I let them rip you out of me
Ooh-oh
Ooh-oh
Ooh-oh, oh, oh
[Verse 2]
I wish I could enter
A rift in
Space and time
And tell you that I love you
And you’ll always be mine
I’d tell you I’m sorry
That I kept you from my world
But there’s no turning back
I’ve pulled us apart
I guess now I walk forward
With this hole in my heart
[Verse 3]
How can what’s right feel so damn wrong?
I think I really knew deep down all along
And now I ache, I ache for you
But what the hell was I supposed to do?
I guess you’ll be here when the time is right
But I’d be wrong to think it’d be you again then
One in a million, one in four hundred trillion
Never to be seen again
[Bridge]
I’m sorry I never saw your eyes
Or let you sleep with me at night
I’m sorry I never brushed your hair
And that I let them take you out of there
I’m sorry I never got to see your smile
I know it would have been so worthwhile
[Outro]
But if you love something
You let it go
Even if it’s only
My head that knows
Am I selfish or clever?
Was it now or never?
Did I kill?
Did I preserve?
I know I’m sore
But did you hurt?
Do you know?
Can you hear?
Were you ever really here?
Do you know?
Can you hear?
Were you ever really here?
*Inhale, exhale*
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