it’s serene, you and me on this empty street
and the moon’s smiling down and the air’s cool and sweet 
I haven’t seen the sun set in about a year
I think I need to be asleep but I’d rather stay here
so please excuse me nervously glancing down at my phone
late at night’s the only time we can hang out alone... just our luck
but I don’t mind staying up 

this week, all of your shifts start at 6 PM
I need to be in [sic] my desk before 8 and the last train just left
but I’ve got coffee and cigarettes
yet I suspect I won’t need to deplete my supply
because your presence brings me energy that lasts for days
so my eyes might look dead, but my heart’s awake 
let’s not rush
cuz I don’t mind staying up 

I’m so sleepless, but this is a dream 
I get restless when you’re looking at me 
oh I when I gaze into your eyes I feel the night become alive
Something awakens inside of me

Staying Up (Demo)

Staying Up (Northlands Remix)

Written/Recorded/Mixed/Produced by Joy Scouts
Mastered by Mikhail Krevetki

LYRICS: 
They will not lower the bar.
Instead, it's bolted to the wall.
Twisted limbs unfold until they snap.
Hair pulled back and posture straight
(as it can get)
I shift my weight from leg to leg.
I cannot lean, the bar will break.

Grace can squeeze in nylon tights,
poise will fill expensive seats.
I'm just a silhouette to a pirouetting beast.

I can twist and turn while I'm asleep,
but I'll always fumble on my feet.
Stifled laughs beneath piano keys.
And although I practice every night,
the positions never feel quite right
and my shoes are tight
and my legs are sore
and the costumes never fit. 

Right or left I'll never know
where my stumbling feet should go.
Still, I'll break my bones and I'll lose my breath
doing everything that I detest for you.

Grace can squeeze in nylon tights, 
poise will fill expensive seats.
I'm just a silhouette to a pirouetting beast.

Grace can squeeze in nylon tights,
poise will fill expensive seats.
I'm just a cutaway from a plié-ing,
I'm just a background to a battement-ing, 
I'm just a silhouette to a pirouetting beast. 

pirouette (demo)

tarot tattoo (speedrun)

someday my check will come (instrumental demo)

awkward pop

joyce.couts at gmail dot com to touch base

joy scouts

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