Second Guess

Lyrics and Vocals by Dessa
Produced by Lazerbeak and Andy Thompson

LYRICS
You like it when I wear my hair down but
I say that way it just gets in my eyes
you say that’s exactly what you like so much
I think that sums us up
sometimes
I’ll be 
your favorite me
mostly carefree
laughs easily 
But what you can’t see
in my routine 
is how hard it gets to keep the heartbeat clean
I can see the problem clearly
I can see the simple fact is
that you like me in theory 
and I like you back in practice
 
I’m a moon for you 
give you just the good side
save you all the best lines 
Sometimes I wish that I was 
immune to you
could see you and go right by
pull myself away from your high tide 

I’ll be fine again by morning, right
I set a timer to remind myself
Nights are just sentimental for me, why
of all of the people on the planet
can’t think of anybody else
I know we’re sposed 
to keep it light, but 
no one can pick their appetites, so 
I think I’m done up on the tightrope  
I want a love that feels like more than just survival 

My beauty 
My anger
My sadness
all anchored
they’re fused to the bone
You can’t take some 
and leave some 
I’m this way for a reason
You gotta love it all whole
or let it all go
 
But there’s room for two
we could share a flashlight
you and me by a landslide every time
but if it’s true that you
don’t feel so satisfied by it 
I won’t wait around and wonder why

Hook

Bury the Lede

Blush

Lyrics and Vocals by Dessa
Produced by Lazerbeak and Andy Thompson

LYRICS
I ran away young 
with a kite and a water gun 
looking for a fight
pretty quick to find some 
Hair tucked up in a Lakers cap
flip the lucky in a soft pack
smoked it last 
Walking down the yellow line
g’head write your traffic ticket
I thought I was hard as fuck  
I thought I was on a mission
Jump cut to the present day 
still got the same sharp tongue
same long face 

Pride 
is my problem
I know that’s right
but that don’t solve it

I don’t like favors
I don’t like debts I can’t repay
I don’t like making
anything less than my own way
What if I’m not ready

What if I’m not ready
for all that I’ve been waiting for
Hold it all against me 
push me through the only doorway
I’ve been here too long by now
and that’s how time runs out 

On the phone with a friend
says worry where you're going don’t worry where you’ve been
Sounds like he’s reaching out a hand 
are you reaching back to him
Maybe you’re too attached to your freedom
truth is you don’t let anybody in cuz you don’t like em leaving 

My pride 
is my problem
I know that’s right
but that don’t solve it

Hook

My battle cry 
just one last time
My signal fire 
this life of mine

My pride
is my problem
My battle cry
I don’t like favors 
I don’t like debts I can’t repay 
My signal fire
I don’t like making anything less than my own way
For all that I’ve been waiting for
What if I’m not ready

What If I'm Not Ready

Lyrics and Vocals by Dessa
Produced by Michael Piroli, Andy Thompson, and Lazerbeak
Pipa by Gao Hong

LYRICS
The razor’s free
but they get you on the blades it’s
basically 
on a know-to-need it basis 
Who’s gonna who’s gonna go and get it 
I’m on the road already 

Beijing 
to Bombay 
to Boise
Signal gets lost in the noise we
tune in but tap out before too long

Chatter on the intercom 
who’s gonna go and get it 
Someone else’s job
I’m on the road already 
But I keep the radio on 

The long wave
the last stations calling
The long wave
goes the way of all things 

Starve the guard dog and see what hunger does
it’s easy when we’re well fed to talk of love 
Panic bought a weighted blanket
now can’t get up to change the channels
lost cabin pressure in the living room 
What we wanted so bad, now we have it
still end up with parts not on the package 
just tryna put a new joint in solid bone 

Pull over 
read by 
the dome light
Shoulder 
to sleep on 
til sunrise 
But I listen in the whole night
scanning for a voice I know 

Rearview shows a cloud of dust 
a ghost arisen 
Windshield don’t show much
but I know something’s hidden 
so I spin the dial real slow 

On these straightaways
lonely steeplechase
only me to race home 
and I know it 
Day then night then day 
loop these interstates
More goodbyes than hellos 
I just go with   

Hook

Blush

Doomtree