1. |
Castles
05:24
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There is no prince in this castle
There is no sweat, and there is no muscle
Nobody to worry about my health
Or anything else
And there are no spectators here
No one to witness what I fear to be
My greatest impression
Of a functioning machine
Oh just give me a sign that I'm alright
And acknowledge what I try to be where no one sees
One day I'll burn down this castle
And all the parts that keep me parcelled up
Will melt away and take
The green stain from my face
And everyone will look at me
Exactly how I want to be perceived
No more hiding
of the change inside of me
Oh just give me a sign that I'm alive
And acknowledge what I try to be
Where no one sees
And now the time has come to leave
Behind what I couldn't be
And now the time has come to meet
The ones outside who look at me
The garen filled with watchers who see
What commonplace virtues stand for truths in the city
Peasants and the people stalking soldiers silently
As walls fall and places seem nearer than any thought to be
At arm's length let me reach and take
The island that belongs to me
The jewelled night and all stars to stare at me
The ocean swallows up and spits out the very end of me
That new thing that I am, that I am, you see
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2. |
How Do You Like Me Now?
04:33
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I want to be a boy today
So I'll forget to shave my face
Wear what I think is right
So I guess no pink or lace
I won't think I'm pretty
To people that I want to attract
Walk this way talk this way
Is anyone buying my act
So I cut a six-pack in my chest
(How do you like me now?)
With lines of blood instead
(How do you like me now?)
And oh god I've tried
(How do you like me now?)
But I don't think I can
I'm finding it so hard
To be some kind of man
I want to be a girl today
Stitch some flowers on my jeans
Wear what I want how I want
Paint my face so I don't look like me
I won't tie my hair back
And I'll pick some colours other than black
Walk this way talk this way
Is anyone buying my act
So I cut cleavage in my chest
(How do you like me now?)
With lines of blood instead
(How do you like me now?)
And oh god I've tried
(How do you like me now?)
But I can't fool the world
I'm finding it so hard
To be some kind of girl
So I drag razors across my face
(How do you like me now?)
And hide wherever else
(How do you like me now?)
And oh god I've tried
(How do you like me now?)
But I just don't fit in
I'm finding it so hard
To be anything
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3. |
Communist Sister
04:53
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Oh sister sister, let me read your magazines
The ones you spend every day photocopying
My lemonade stand gives every
fifty pence that I make
To your shouted agenda, for protesting's sake
To your shouted agenda, for protesting's sake
Oh sister, mother says I shouldn't listen to you
She says you don't know quite what you're getting into
I've heard her say you're an anarchist
Semen stained, loving and free
But I don't understand quite what she means
But I don't understand quite what she means
Oh sister sister, let me come into your room
Where you write leaflets about our impending doom
We'll share a pepsi to celebrate
The last summer days that we can
And we'll blame all our misfortune on the man
And we'll blame all our misfortune on the man
Oh sister, mother says I shouldn't listen to you
She says you don't know quite what you're getting into
I've heard it said that you think too much
And whilst you're a sister to me
You have now been declared our enemy
You have now been declared our enemy
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4. |
Stay Alive
04:02
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What do I like today,
is it real or illustrated?
The actor's name unknown
but I don't need to know it anymore
The only part I need to find
in an artwork simulated
Is my own new state of mind
and what can I make today
That I'll be satisfied by?
I know what I must write
But I can't find the words
And I don't know
The reason why my mind's no longer occupied
With how we're to stay alive
What do they defend today
and feel is truly worth it?
A person standing tall
and preaching for destruction from her pulpit.
Elocution sweet and hides
all traces of our sympathy
For anybody else than me
What do I defend today
and feel is truly worth it?
A person standing small
And saying nothing real at all.
And I don't know if I can hide
All traces of my sympathy
For everybody else and me
And I don't know
The reason why my mind's no longer occupied
With how we're to stay alive
And I don't know
The reason why my mind's no longer occupied
With how we're to stay alive
stay alive
stay alive
stay alive
stay alive
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Freya Campbell England, UK
Freya C / @spdrcstl makes music and writes fiction and makes games and takes pictures of stuff. Lives somewhere in the UK.
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