Something wants to eat us all alive. Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure. Everything, everything, everything all at once. We’re out in the void, past where we could’ve turned around. Just a raw nerve satisfying. Correction is needed, but hard to see from this perspective.
Where did it all go wrong? Mistook that cash in the mattress for love. So much pride it built a second home. Untrue, unkind, and unnatural, the cruel, with time, becomes classical. I don’t think I need that anymore. It just will not suffice.
I hope you will know this is a prayer for broken hearted people. It’s a shared struggle that we all go through. Could everyone agree that no one should be left alone? How do you stay grounded alone?
We should stick together. This dream, we’re born inside, feels awful real inside, but it’s all in your mind. I hope you can hear me say, I know you’ll be okay. You make it really easy to love you right back.
Words get in the way but actions follow through. Do it with a broken heart. It serves to suffer. So, slow it down. Don’t waste your time trying to change their minds. Don’t be the weapon they use to harm you. Close the door and change the channel.
God must be with the outcasts. Love must find a way. Big love. The good life is coming.
Clarity can’t be bought. I see you beholden to nothing. You got me on your side now. When you’ve got trouble, I’ve got trouble too. One day, you’ll be with someone.
On this road of twists and turns, all I want is to stay alive. I won’t take no lip from the devil. Said goodbye to the old me. This time I draw my own lines. I would rather take the chances.
It’s been a long way home. I’m in a peaceful place. I don’t wanna talk on no celly. Can’t be held down by this world. I’ve found a deeper well. It’s too real for me to care what they think.
I got grace. I aim true. I’m good and free. I can love and see. I might believe in me. I want to live this kind of life.
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[i] Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time,” Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings, Sub Pop Records, 2024.
[ii] Rosie Tucker, “All My Exes Live in Vortexes,” single, independent release, 2024.
[iii] Meshell Ndegeocello, “Travel,” The Omnichord Real Book, Blue Note Records, 2023.
[iv] Waxahatchee, “3 Sisters,” single, Merge Records, 2024.
[v] Phosphorescent, “Revelator,” single, Dead Oceans, 2024.
[vi] Waxahatchee, “3 Sisters,” single, Merge Records, 2024.
[vii] Mozzy, “Jaded,” Children of the Slums, Mozzy Records, 2024.
[viii] Jack Kays, “Blow It,” single, Columbia Records, 2024.
[ix] Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time,” Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings, Sub Pop Records, 2024.
[x] Rae Khalil, “Is It Worth It,” single, Apeshit/Def Jam, 2024.
[xi] Vampire Weekend, “Classical,” Only God Was Above Us, Columbia Records, 2024.
[xii] Pernice Brothers featuring Neko Case, “I Don’t Need That Anymore,” Who Will You Believe, New West Records, 2024.
[xiii] Melissa Carper, “Your Furniture’s Too Nice,” Borned In Ya, Mae Music/Thirty Tigers, 2024.
[xiv] José James, “Dark Side of the Sun,” single, Rainbow Blonde Records, 2024.
[xv] Ka, “Bread, Wine, Body, Blood,” The Thief Next to Jesus, Iron Works Records, 2024.
[xvi] Lucius, “Take a Picture,” Every Possible Way, 3 Sirens Music Group, 2024.
[xvii] Rae Khalil, “Is It Worth It,” single, Apeshit/Def Jam, 2024.
[xviii] Billie Eilish, “Birds of a Feather,” single, Darkroom/Interscope Records, 2024.
[xix] Father John Misty, “Mental Health,” Mahashmashana, Sub Pop Records, 2024.
[xx] Sia, “Little Wing,” Reasonable Woman, Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic Records, 2024.
[xxi] Erika de Casier, “Lucky,” Still, 4AD, 2024.
[xxii] Johnny Blue Skies, “Mint Tea,” single, independent release, 2024.
[xxiii] Taylor Swift, “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” The Tortured Poets Department, Republic Records, 2024.
[xxiv] Bon Iver, “Speyside,” Sable EP, Jagjaguwar, 2024.
[xxv] Benson Boone, “Slow It Down,” Fireworks & Rollerblades, Night Street Records/Warner Records, 2024.
[xxvi] Frank Turner, “Do One,” Songs of Resolve, Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records, 2024.
[xxvii] Ka, “Bread, Wine, Body, Blood,” The Thief Next to Jesus, Iron Works Records, 2024.
[xxviii] Maggie Rogers, “Don’t Forget Me,” Don’t Forget Me, Capitol Records, 2024.
[xxix] Father John Misty, “Screamland,” Mahashmashana, Sub Pop Records, 2024.
[xxx] Father John Misty, “Screamland,” Mahashmashana, Sub Pop Records, 2024.
[xxxi] Camera Obscura, “Big Love,” Look to the East, Look to the West, Merge Records, 2024.
[xxxii] Jessie Ware and Romy, “Lift You Up,” single, EMI, 2024.
[xxxiii] Willow, “Run!,” Lately I Feel Everything, MSFTSMusic/Roc Nation, 2024.
[xxxiv] Waxahatchee, “3 Sisters,” single, Merge Records, 2024.
[xxxv] Tems, “Love Me JeJe,” single, RCA Records, 2024.
[xxxvi] Liz Longley, “When You’ve Got Trouble,” It’s Me Again, Tone Tree Music, 2024.
[xxxvii] Juno, “Sunswept,” single, independent release, 2024.
[xxxviii] AK, “Hold Tight,” single, AK Music LLC, 2024.
[xxxix] Mama Zu, “Lip,” single, independent release, 2024.
[xl] Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus, “II Mosted Wanted,” single, Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records, 2024.
[xli] Natalie Imbruglia, “What It Feels Like,” Firebird, BMG, 2024.
[xlii] Anna Graves, “Made to Love Someone,” single, independent release, 2024.
[xliii] Myriam Gendron, “Long Way Home,” single, Feeding Tube Records, 2024.
[xliv] Leon Bridges, “Peaceful Place,” Gold-Diggers Sound, Columbia Records, 2024.
[xlv] Kendrick Lamar, “Euphoria,” Meet the Grahams, Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records, 2024.
[xlvi] Thee Sacred Souls, “Lucid Girl,” Thee Sacred Souls, Penrose Records, 2024.
[xlvii] Kacey Musgraves, “Deeper Well,” Deeper Well, MCA Nashville, 2024.
[xlviii] The Kid Laroi, “Baby I’m Back,” single, Columbia Records, 2024.
[xlix] Dear Silas, “Mood,” single, independent release, 2024.
[l] Hozier, “Too Sweet,” Unreal Unearth, Rubyworks/Columbia Records, 2024.
[li] Isobel Campbell, “Everything Falls Apart,” Bow to Love, Cooking Vinyl Records, 2024.
[lii] Isobel Campbell, “Everything Falls Apart,” Bow to Love, Cooking Vinyl Records, 2024.
[liii] PJ Morton, “Smoke and Mirrors,” Watch the Sun, Morton Records, 2022.
[liv] Tiny Habits, “Wishes,” single, independent release, 2024.