short & sweet

better off

growing up is getting old (pt. i)

written/recorded on a gloomy day, christmas break, senior year

i miss you #1 (b-side)

written spring of senior year.

hank freeman helped mix it. hank you, thank.

i miss you #2

written right after that really shitty weekend in november.
thanks hank! / image by the great peter mccain

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you look like your mom, she's so sweet,
yeah your daddy did her wrong
you were the girl of my college dreams,
spending paris in your arms,
you put the rose into my cheeks
so infatuated
now that you're gone, i feel like a ghost

now that you're gone, i feel like a ghost
now that you're gone, i feel like a ghost
i feel like a ghost
i feel like a ghost
i feel like a ghost
i feel like a ghost

i see your car all around town,
double check the state it's from
i made you up, i slowed you down,
you got tired early on
you need some sun, you look like a ghost

you need some sun, you look like a ghost
you're freaking me out, you look like a ghost
you look like a ghost
you look like a ghost
you look like a ghost
you look like a ghost

if you're not in love, then i'm just a ghost
i'm just a ghost
i'm just a ghost
i'm just a ghost

ghost

uh oh! i accidentally uploaded a stripped, acoustic version of this absolute banger i'm working on! oh noooooo


walking round the reservoir, silverlake is getting bored
man every day’s just looking more like it could be the last
trying to appreciate all the little things that i ignored
like eating breakfast on my porch or taking twenty minute naps
i used to be an optimist til i stopped believing god exists
now i kinda wish that i still did, it sucks there isn’t something more
i’m a shit monogamist, i’m a stranger in the liquor store
man life is weird at 24, i just kinda want my money back

ever since the quarantine, i’ve been reading on my balcony
i’ve been thinking bout becoming death, i’m not nervous anymore
bought some beer at cvs and i thought about us having sex
but i don’t think it’d be for the best, i’m not who i was before
embarrassed by my bloody nose in the dairy aisle of trader joes
i’ve been growing out of all my clothes, i’m not skinny anymore
i need weed to fall asleep, i’ve been running low, i’m needing more
i’ve been having these recurring dreams where i’m stuck inside your kitchen drawer

quarantine song

written oct 2020
photo by peter mccain
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i don't hate you, i forgive you, i just need some space
don't come near me, you don't need me, my hair's turning gray
if you're lonely, get a boyfriend, i can be replaced
monotony monogamy, shoot me into space

if you call me, i'll ignore it, i like to be chased
buy you dinner, can't afford it, you think you could pay?
i'm not perfect, i'm not worth it, i'm the one to blame
let's get married, then get buried in adjacent graves

and i've been jogging since you left town, i've been losing weight
now i don't need you, i don't miss you, i'm a waste of space

galveston

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