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Comeback Girls
02:54
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Shout out to the back
The lonely ones
At the end of the world now
Their time has come
Call me broken like a vow
It's not a lie
An apparition made whole
And I'm alive
When your day is new
You don't know what to do
They will see you through
The comeback girls will be there
Canvass the cul-de-sac
In rainy skies
Burn through the lightning and clouds
Sonic sunrise
When your day is new
You don't know what to do
They will see you through
The comeback girls will be there
Shout out to the back
The lonely ones
At the end of the world now
Their time has come
When your day is new
You don't know what to do
They will see you through
The comeback girls will be there
When your day is new
You don't know what to do
They will see you through
The comeback girls will be there
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2. |
Expo 67
04:50
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We built a home of concrete bones
Steel frames and picture windows
The future's now and so highbrow
In this pale woodgrain limbo
And though the neighbors always balked
While all the online critics talked
The theorists said our dream was sound
Where the hell is the good part found?
I'll meet you at Expo 67
We'll take a stroll beneath the concrete sky
I'll meet you at Expo 67
The blank gray walls bring out the blue in your eyes
In your eyes
Oh can't you see there's purity
In concrete shapes and forms
Be adamant, no ornament
The vision must conform
And when our busy day is through
Before we sleep and wake anew
The plans were said to be profound
Where the hell is the good part found?
I'll meet you at Expo 67
We'll take a stroll beneath the concrete sky
I'll meet you at Expo 67
The blank gray walls bring out the blue in your eyes
In your eyes
I'll meet you at Expo 67
We'll take a stroll beneath the concrete sky
I'll meet you at Expo 67
The blank gray walls bring out the blue in your eyes
In your eyes
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3. |
Pretty Mind
03:41
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Record's spinning round and round
And so is my rage
Since no one understands
I'll write it down on a page
Passive and aggressive
Are my friends in this fight
Maybe I'll just pack my bags
And blow this town tonight
Tonight
Someday I'll break through
And show you spuds what I can do
Life is so much harder
When you're a small town martyr
One step forward, two steps back
And the whole damn world's already off track
Life is such a grind
When you have a pretty mind
Die my hair and change my clothes
It all seems so right
Until I step outside
Into reality's light
Being weird and different
Seemed so cool on TV
That might work for others,
But it always backfires on me
On me
I say that I don't care
But wilt when people start to stare
Life is so much harder
When you're a small town martyr
One step forward, two steps back
And the whole damn world's already off track
Life is such a grind
When you have a pretty mind
Get high with harlequins
Ride synthwave coattails into the night
Leave all your old friends
Go start a brand-new life
But when the new thing starts to go
I'll be on the sidelines with a "told you so"
Stuck at home on Friday night
With nothing to do
I'll write a manifesto on pink paper
And send it to you
To you
Something's in the air
Have I finally learned to care?
Life is so much harder
When you're a small town martyr
One step forward, two steps back
And the whole damn world's already off track
Life is such a grind
When you have a pretty mind
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4. |
Panther City Pariah
03:21
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All alone
In a town I used to call my own
Lost at sea
In a wave of animosity
Panther City Pariah's on the prowl
Look away
If we ignore her, she'll just throw in the towel
And go away
But I'm here to stay
I have no love
For a place no one can rise above
I won't kiss ass
Break from the crown, and proudly finish last
Panther City Pariah's all alone
How did it get this way?
Believe the voice in your head that says you're trash
It wants to say
You're not okay
Fail in public and then you'll see
Why I won't stand for your mediocrity
Panther City Pariah gets knocked down
But it'll be okay
Burn the world to be prom queen for the night
Then run away
You're so cliche
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5. |
Too Kind To Be Cruel
03:05
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Frightened or anxiety
An answer only you can see
Living in the framework of the factory
Holding on to something new
Fact or fiction or fantasy
Who's the person you present to me?
Rushing headlong into calamity
I hope your aim is true
So let the rain fall down on the trees that line the street
Let the world pass beneath your feet
Don't let people take the good in the things you do
You're too kind to be so cruel
Write the things you'll say to me
Engaging in so much hyperbole
So unsatisfactory
Keeping count of what you do
Fact or fiction or fantasy
What's the product they try to sell to me?
Rushing off to the festivities
Searching for what's true
So let the rain fall down on the trees that line the street
Let the world pass beneath your feet
Don't let people take the good in the things you do
You're too kind to be so cruel
You're too kind to be so cruel
So let the rain fall down on the trees that line the street
Let the world pass beneath your feet
Don't let people take the good in the things you do
You're too kind to be so cruel
You're too kind to be so cruel
You're too kind to be so cruel
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6. |
Like You
03:15
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I always do things the hard way
Can't fall in line right now oh maybe someday
Try to smile and do what I'm told
Don't step out of line or be a little too bold
I just can’t win, so go ahead and leave me in the bargain bin
What’s it like to be like you
What it’s like to be beautiful and true
I fight and scratch for the middle
Then get side-eyed for everything I do
It must be nice to never break the mold
Lose my grip on all reality
Well-behaved girls don't make history
Disabuse myself of all my dreams
Feel myself rip apart at the seams
I just can’t win, so go ahead and leave me in the bargain bin
What’s it like to be like you
What it’s like to be beautiful and true
I fight and scratch for the middle
Then get side-eyed for everything I do
It must be nice to never break the mold
The road less traveled isn’t a cake walk
No matter what I do, they’ll talk, talk talk
Go do your own thing
Just stay in your own lane
What’s it like to be like you
What it’s like to be beautiful and true
I fight and scratch for the middle
Then get side-eyed for everything I do
It must be nice to never
It must be nice to never
It must be nice to never break the mold
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7. |
Burn Us Down
03:23
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You keep trying to shut me up
When you think I'm too loud
Your lack of empathy is a disgrace
Don't talk to me like I don't count
It's your pocketbook against my personhood
Your comfort against my rights
You wanna cure me, you wanna fix me
I wanna kick you to the curb
So knock us down and watch us stand
Our colors bleed across the land
Put us out and cut us through
Burn us down and we'll be born anew
I know the things you say
When you don't think I'm here
Before you tell me you don't hate me
Stop voting that I disappear
It's your pocketbook against my personhood
Your comfort against my rights
You wanna cure me, you wanna fix me
I wanna kick you to the curb
So knock us down and watch us stand
Our colors bleed across the land
Put us out and cut us through
Burn us down and we'll be born anew
It's your pocketbook against my personhood
Your comfort against my rights
You wanna kiss me, you wanna kill me
I wanna kick you to the curb
So knock us down and watch us stand
Our colors bleed across the land
Put us out and cut us through
Burn us down and we'll be born anew
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8. |
Hey Maxine
02:48
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Maxine, you've been all over town
I see the way he puts you down
This drama's no good for you
So what the hell are you gonna do?
I see the look in your eyes
That he just doesn't see
It's time for you to step outside
And find a better scene
Hey Maxine
Hey Maxine
You shine like a star at night
The way he treats you isn't right
Maxine, don't lock your life away
There's no good reason left to stay
I see the look in your eyes
That he just doesn't see
It's time for you to step outside
And find a better scene
Hey Maxine
Hey Maxine
Hey Maxine, let's go for a walk
We'll find someplace to sit and talk
Hey Maxine, let's take the time
To heal your heart and free your mind
Free your mind
I see the look in your eyes
That he just doesn't see
It's time for you to step outside
And find a better scene
Hey Maxine
Hey Maxine
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9. |
Artoria
03:45
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Canvas of skin, where oh where to begin
Ink, ink so blue, there's so much we can do
Kick working class life in its back-breaking ass
Let's break the mold, pack up, and hit the road
Artoria, I'll be your masterpiece
We'll give our lives new lease
I'll wear our love upon my skin
I'll be your masterpiece
We'll give our lives new lease
I'll wear our love upon my skin
Behold the girl, most tattooed in the world
Were you born this way, or did brutes lead you astray
Stories abound, were you created or found
With these tattoos, the stories are all a ruse
Artoria, I'll be your masterpiece
We'll give our lives new lease
I'll wear our love upon my skin
I'll be your masterpiece
We'll give our lives new lease
I'll wear our love upon my skin
By August sun, now the circus is done
Autumn arrives, violence closes your eyes
I'll care for you, it's the least I can do
For the liberty that you etched onto me
Artoria, I'll be your masterpiece
We'll give our lives new lease
I'll wear our love upon my skin
I'll be your masterpiece
We'll give our lives new lease
I'll wear our love upon my skin
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10. |
Drag You Away
02:57
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Walking around this podunk town
I left lifetimes ago
Nothing to do but get lost
In a thick fog of "nowhere to go"
I thought I left it all behind me
All those years ago
Ghosts from the past aren't kind
You think they forget, they always know
You can't run away from your yesterdays
You can hide, turn out the light
But they'll find you there one night
And they'll drag you away
Meet at the strip mall
The one that looks just like the other one
Lock all the doors, we'll hide but
We got no food, no hope, no guns
Locked in the Wal-Mart where I worked
In my high school despair
Zombie apocalypse of indifference
Nuclear holocaust of "I don't care"
Go to my funeral at the old church
Somewhere off the square
Zombies, bad memories, lurch
Around my coffin, and I swear
You can't run away from your yesterdays
You can hide, turn out the light
But they'll find you there one night
And they'll drag you away
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Their boundless greed will make you gag
They priced out all the rainbow flags
They're full of lies and cold deceit
Those robber barons of Lombard Street
Where I once laid to sleep at night
Is now a cookie-cutter blight
The padlocked door on the bookstore
The friendly spaces dark all night
They raised the rent without a care
They took away my friend’s healthcare
Co-opt our pride for business lies
And it’s revenge that I now swear
Their boundless greed will make you gag
They priced out all the rainbow flags
They’re full of lies and cold deceit
The robber barons of Lombard Street
And now we’re free and on the run
This fight for all has just begun
The dress you wear, that icy stare,
We’ll make them pay for what they’ve done
So late at night at their convention
While liquor flowed and rich men gloat
We crept along and gave a hearty
Laugh, and smile, at our pistol loads
For they would not forget who’d beat them
Just two femmes with fire in their eyes
And as the building was swallowed by flames
We smiled
Their boundless greed will make you gag
They priced out all the rainbow flags
They’re full of lies and cold deceit
The robber barons of Lombard Street
Their boundless greed will make you gag
They priced out all the rainbow flags
They’re full of lies and cold deceit
The robber barons of Lombard Street
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12. |
Second Time Around
05:40
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I thought I had it bad when I was thirteen
Everyone was terrified and mean
Pushing for the goals that our parents made
The more I pushed the more I found I stayed
Going nowhere fast
Figured my self out at last
Now I get it all
Now I get it all again
Join a band and play guitar
And play it loud it isn’t hard
Being young is fun the second time around
Have emotions, have a blast
And feel your heart start beating fast
Being young is fun the second time around
I don’t know why it took so long to learn
The ins and outs of why my heart would yearn
Looking at her on the tv screen
And knowing that it never would be me
Took a little time
Till I crossed the starting line
Now I get it all
Now I get it all again
Join a band and play guitar
And play it loud it isn’t hard
Being young is fun the second time around
Have emotions, have a blast
And feel your heart start beating fast
Being young is fun the second time around
Every step I know I could just fall
But it’s better than not moving at all
Cause now I got my chance
Too late for the high school dance but
Join a band and play guitar
And play it loud it isn’t hard
Being young is fun the second time around
Have emotions, have a blast
And feel your heart start beating fast
Being young is fun the second time around
You won’t have a Sweet Sixteen
But you sure as hell can make a scene
Being young is fun the second time around
Even though it makes you cry
You gotta wipe your eyes and try
Being young is fun the second time around
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The Crystal Furs Portland, Oregon
We're a queer indie band from Portland, OR, making tunes about architecture, anxiety, and lesbians.
We are Steph (she/her) + Kara (she/her) + Rowan (she/they).
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