:,,))

harry

how do you do it? you look so effortless
i just want to love you but i know you don't too
it'd be easier if i never saw you again
but you'll be down the street so i know i'll see you soon

couldn't you leave me like everyone else?
is it fate or just bad fortune? you've got me talking to myself

i'll see you around the city
when you cry you look so pretty
i'll see you around the city
when you leave you look so pretty

i'll see you around the city

old throwaway demo this is poorly produced but fuck it

lyrics:
first of all, i’d like to say
girl, you take my breath away
you pull the winter by its hair
turn it into warmer days
pennsylvania princess, ain’t ya?
and i’ll be in california waiting for ya

i sent flowers to your house
envelope taste in my mouth
what’s good in your neighborhood?
mailman got lost in the woods

champagne sipping from the sun
summer’s only just begun
the dog days drip by, waiting for my number one
pennsylvania princess, ain’t ya?
 andi’ll be in california waiting for ya

i sent flowers to your house
envelope taste in my mouth
what’s good in your neighborhood?
mailman got lost in the woods

pennsylvania princess

*photo by miranda langevin*

pillow’s flattened your hair again
you should just sleep on a curling iron
so you can float down the stairs tomorrow
in the morning
and be the universe’s present
wrapped up with a bow, make the hallway glow

even though we’re alone
on the 25th
we both know there’s nothing in the world i wouldn’t give 
to yank you out my 2d screen
and hold you by the christmas tree
 
baby if you get cold
ill put all my weight on your chest
and sink you to the core
of the earth’s ribcage, rid of you of that dispossessed
feeling that i feel
every time we say goodbye
every time you cry
i feel your teardrops meeting mine

even though we’re alone
on the 25th
we both know there’s nothing in the world i wouldn’t give 
to yank you out my 2d screen
and hold you by the christmas tree

alone on the 25th

ryley, would you let me take you for a spin? i could show you the world or i could just make you a new one.

POST $2 BILL EDIT: real ones know about this one

RYLEY (demo)

toxic (cover)

i took a seat into your lap and followed you around
i saw you glaring at the train that took you into town
you mumble its okay, it's not your place 
it's not your burden to face
it's just the price i pay
there's no other way to say it,
and there's no other to pay it

she sells paper for a living
another day of placing pens
her eyes pace across a sunken place till she gets off at 10
just scraping up the rent

but when you come home in that shirt with the collar
all i can see is a million dollars
you swing your bag off of your shoulder and fill me in
on how your day went and how your cards are running thin

even if the stars aren't aligned this time, we'll turn our luck around
all i need is you in my arms and 
5 more minutes to sleep through our alarms
if you can't afford that dress you wanted
i'll rip the tag off and pretend i bought it
tripping up the stairs and hopping over the rails
leaving behind our paper trails

if you're dozing off, you better be okay with me coming with you
i'll take you to the future i've been dreaming of
holding your hair while you're throwing up and all of the above

(you're talking in your sleep you're hogging all the sheets again)

Paper Trails

old demo from september 2018

(october 30, 3034
tomorrow is my 1035th birthday
talk about a midlife crisis, huh?
i don’t know how i ended up here
but my name is harry teardrop
and i come from planet earth)

last i can remember, it’s a new york city september
another sleepless night, rolling on my side
tossing and turning, itch the skin that’s burning
in the morning i’ll rise and shower
in the mirror, i’ll see the power
of my stupid fucking fingernails drawing blood from my neck again
another reminder of this fleeting life...
i need to take better care of the days i wear!
wouldn’t want to worry mom and dad more than they probably already are
in the corner of my restless eyes i see the stars
and at least find comfort that they’re looking at the same ones
i miss them more than you could ever know
i miss the way plants used to grow,
basking in that summer sun
i miss its golden light when the time is right
6pm i’ll walk with you back to the dorms in winterstorms
i guess home is where the heart is but perhaps the saddest part is
i can’t quite seem to place where either are anymore
i come from inside out shirts and sunflower seeds
mismatched socks and soccer knees
i come from lucy’s at 3am stumbling home with my friends
i can’t help but wonder if i’m already long forgotten in their young, impressionable minds
you’d think i’d be much smarter given the circumstance
but i’m still awful at piano, haven’t learned to dance either
it’s hard to dance with yourself but i’ve gotten pretty good at playing with time
contemplating this funny life of mine.
starbound, i was always striving to be starbound
now i try to bite my tongue, but i can’t take back my words
i guess this is a lesson from the universe
next time i’ll be more careful what i wish for i promise
i miss spring afternoons in between classes,
open-windowed swaying to days by the drums
with the love of my life as far as i knew
didn’t mean to make you blue
still haven’t given up on coming home
counting down the nights in this astrodome.

i can’t make you wait for me
so don’t stop for me
this time i mean it
i know i can’t make you wait for me
life won’t stop for me
think i can feel it
feel it in my bones
i feel it crawling through my veins

nothin much

Harry Teardrop