Name: Try Not To Think by Connor Barr
Duration: 3 min 20 s
Description: Demo

Lyrics:

Wayside, we got lost in half the time
We were only sprouts then.
You felt, trapped in my skin 
felt my roots were closing in.

Simple, simple. 
Lovely, lovely.
Though I loved you carelessly 
And let you take bits of me you always
Leave me, leave me 
Hungry, hungry
Can't bring back old habits then
We thought we could still be friends
We never were.

How you leave, we can't let go.
Sighing out of saddened lips.
Scraping with raw fingertips.
We're always, over passive aggressive 
We fight.

We were lovers once X2 
Remember that?
We were lovers once and then...

Broken bones with broken promises
Oh, how I feed off them
Seeping words we never meant.
We don't know what true love is.
How could we?

Simple, Simple
Lovely, Lovely 
Though I loved you carelessly and let you take bits of me
You always 
Leave me, Leave me
Starving, Starving 

Oh we're strangers?
Now we're strangers.
Remember that.

Feed

bit of a parable on attention and who gets it and when, a la "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to"


music, lyrics, production: natalie patton
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lyrics
this morning's just like any other, 'cept I'm waking up in bed alone
i guess last night, it got too crazy, you decide to take your ass home
god, my head is reeling, did we really lose our cool in front of
all these people neither of us know
wasn't our worst day
but it was my birthday
mm

roll out of bed at noon to see the streamers lining up and down the halls
somebody left their wallet in my kitchen, I should give them a call
I open up the window just to let a little wind blow and it's
hotter than november should be
I wish you were with me
I wish we were happy

didn't mean to make this night about me
we know that that's usually you
I just thought that maybe once a year I'd
get to be the focus too

I know that it's you against the world
but I was the birthday girl

it's gonna take a little more than garbage bags to clean up our mess
an hours' passed, it's overcast, I'm waiting by the phone for your text
i wish you'd say you're sorry, but instead you say fuck parties
and now honestly I wish I was surprised
always the nice guy
never the right guy

didn't know when I was decorating you would tear the whole thing down
crossed the line beyond just entertaining, acting like a fucking clown
mm

this morning I'm a little older, feeling just a little less wise
I wish there was a pill to take, erase the look of shame from my eyes
i didn't know the night would turn after my candles ceased to burn
so birthday girl it's time to face your fear
wipe away your tears
there's always next year

birthday girl

onion roll

a demo by Natalie Patton

You’ve been talking in your sleep
I’ve been watching how you breathe
Something’s got you doubting me
But if I ask, then I’ll know

Set the table, plates for two
If you’re able, tell me true
Am I still the one for you
But if I’m not, let me go

You’ve got your future, your plan
You can’t keep holding my hand
What’ll i do?
But what do hands do?
When they’re not holding you?

Lonely for your velvet skin
Pity for the state I’m in
Couldn’t even fake a grin
But if you could, would it show?

Wish you’d kiss me black and blue
Skin grew thin while loving you
Memory stings like a tattoo
Forever yours, did you know? 

Desperate to leave you behind
Can’t get you out of my mind
But what do I do?
What do minds do
When not thinking of you?

You’ve been talking in your sleep
I’ve been watching how you breathe
Something’s got you doubting me
But if I ask, then I’ll know

if I ask (then I'll know)

an improvised piano piece. beginning middle and end. sunrise and sunset. waiting for the sun to rise again.

Try Not To Think

Connor Barr

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