a question lit the cigarette
you paused between the drags for breath
you were new at this
and everything impressed me

the way your hands moved back and forth
and never seemed to leave the door
had me waiting stiff
you talked about your father

you fished for your purse near the foot of my bed
oh god don’t let her leave just yet
you took my intentions, dragged me to the floor

and we kissed like the a-bomb killing our kids
the fallout giving the next ones cancer
we fought like a jumper on the golden gate bridge
who made up their mind on where living is

i hesitated to answer your phone
you left it with me and you went on your own
the corner store open at this time of day
right next to the bus stop four blocks away

capo on fourth

c am em f 

g f c

Four Blocks

im bleeding tree sap
your heart attack
the river runs a while by itself
and if i never learned to swim
would it be suicide to

freeze frame, speed trial
i never did adjust the dial
that was your job, you did it fine
that was your job, it wasnt mine


im bleeding tree sap
your heart attack
they said you died with a smile on your face
and i just dont believe that
there was more that i havent heard
shouldve died alone on the bridge you burned

this is her fault, she's in tears
she's a fucking cop and she stole our year
she'll tell me straight that i can go to hell
i wanna see you so i might as well

i'm bleeding tree sap
your heart attack
your dad told me they found you with your eyes wide

tree sap

whatever I didn't wanna be with you anyway

I should be an expert by now

daddy's not around

Going down

Instrumental

Hold my head under water and make believe
Convince myself that i could breathe
In my head it was perfect, it was you and me
But it was never you, and it was always me

They say you still feel it, even when it's not there
Like a phantom limb or a picture where
The light hit the lens in a certain way
made it all seem real, like it could ever stay

I guess i'm never going to understand
When did I jump, where did we land?
How much of it was all just in my head
and did you mean anything you ever said?

Was it real when you leaned in and kissed my neck
Or that I was too gentle and needed practice?
I get that I was just a game to you
But it was real to me, and it hurt to lose

Yeah I know this was all just a game to you
But it was real for me, and it hurt to lose



Sore lips (a game to u)

cut off your shoelaces 
they're working against you here
the veins that tie us down
must be removed for fear of

the cement blocks that become our hearts
can't be trusted to help us reach
the bottom of the ocean is not meant for trying
that's why you can only swim so deep

i look a bit different
i feel a bit older
i'm running out of ways
to say


The bottom of the ocean

let me under your thin skin
let me talk to you silently
stay here with me for a while
you remind me of a harvest moon
a field of flowers around an old stone tomb
let me be your hairshirt
let me be your wounds

you're a reason i won't close my eyes
they can have your body
you're a reason i won't close my eyes
let me kiss your heart

Real Thin Skin

i can see them, can you see them?
burning beacons in the night
shadows are are always largest when they're closest to the light

i can hear them, can you hear them?
like an army marching home
they've been here before us and they will reap what they have sewn

i have eyes in the back of my head

i can feel them, can't you feel them?
their presence in the skin
even if you rip them out they will find their way back in

i trust them, don't you trust them?
they have raised me from the pit
i can see the darkness through the fires that we've lit

i have eyes in the back of my head

capo on 4th
em c g
a5 e5

Virantres

if i shed my skin could i shed my skin
and if i kill myself could i start again
and if i lose myself will i lose my friends
and if im sick right now will it ever end

i guess the pills help but they make my hands shake
if they fix one thing what else do they break
and if they give me a cure what else do they take
and if i try my hardest will i still make mistakes

ive made a huge mistake

Pumpkin Seeds

spiders

I Hope To God I Die In A Fire

he walked on our lawn at four in the morning
he broke the padlock off the wooden gate
threw the bag over and vaulted past the fence
and stole the beer bottles we'd been saving since 

he was red and thunder gave her the cue
the sky opened up and sent its jaws through our home
she broke the padlock off the wooden gate
stole the beer bottles we'd been saving

Crea

singer-songwriter from portland, or,

most of these are throwaway dont judge me on them

ifrits

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