solo project

goop

premonitions that i asked for
definition of a mask, i can keep it up

task force formed so let’s live a little
another abstract flash, i’ll just make it up

take another snapshot
stay invisible
something in your feed told you what to think you need

lookin for a mascot
feel invincible 
notes in your phone planning what you wanna be

in a minute
i’ll get something on the board
i got numbers in a book 
letters in a bag
it’s passing way too fast
files on my drive
sketches in my head
i got clouds in my sky

when I finish
i’ll have numbers on the board
letters in a book 
something in a bag
but i’m happy in the past
files on my drive
i got diamonds in my drafts
clouds in my sky

i got files on my drive
i got sketches in my head
i got diamonds in my drafts
i got clouds in my sky

collisions on a crash course
slow it down, finish last, we can make it up
clock’s running down, got a sliver of a 
safety net remaining but it’s not enough

take another snapshot 
stay invisible
something in your feed told you what to think you need

lookin for a mascot
feel invincible 
notes in your phone planning what you wanna be

i got files on my drive
i got sketches in my head
i got diamonds in my drafts
i got clouds in my sky

icloud

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y964TPBeU0c
prod. natureplayer

lyrics:
(natureplayer)
holy fuck it’s so nice out 
the sun’s shining and i’m blackin out
but i’m hours from tappin out
you say need a nap, you’re cappin now

it’s half past three
i’m pissing on a tree
might smoke a little weed
but not too much i gotta 

stay up til three
whole day of ahead of me
first time i’m free in a week so i been

(sam davis + natureplayer)
walkin round town been on my feet all day
got the windows down crankin beats all day
she say she down to clown, i could be convinced 
but it’s chill if she don’t i'm indifferent 

(sam davis)
bad shorty she aint 
got the time for me
and her friends all think i'm boring
cause i got work in the morning
lil mama she addicted to the drama
but i told shorty to save it 
cause i'm busy gettin commas

oh lordy, never hear the whole story
and i'm tryna get her horny, only time she don't ignore me
lil baby, why you gotta drive my crazy?
all my friends they're tryna save me
all your friends they fuckin hate me

bad shorty she aint 
got the time for me
bad shorty she aint 
got the time for me
bad shorty she aint 
got the time 

(sam davis + natureplayer)
walkin round town been on my feet all day
got the windows down crankin beats all day
she say she down to clown, i could be convinced 
but it’s chill if she don’t i'm indifferent

got the time? (w/ sam davis)

8/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:
chasing dreams of drumming in a bar at 14
can't believe i got away with it
spreading myself thin since 14
wonder when i'm gonna pay for it
decade onward and it's still free
i hope i get away with it
but each day it seems
the tension gets a little bit stronger
i'm sorry i've been stringing you along
it won't be for much longer
wanna believe my own fears are all i need to keep pushing onward
i'm used to writing songs
that aren't quite this somber
but if i write the right song
you'll listen for a little bit longer
and i wonder what you'll say to me
i wonder where i'll be in 10 years
wanna believe it'll be okay
if it's the same place i'm in right here
i'm sorry i've been stringing you along
it won't be for much longer
i just wanted to get away with it

getaway

1/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:
i’ve never been to Lisbon but
i bet it’d be fun for a weekend
then i’d get a little bored
i’d walk back and forth past the little houses 
up and down the little mountains
way past when my feet are sore

i hear the sunset’s pretty fuckin nice
and they got pretty cliffs but i’m pretty fuckin scared of heights 
kinda funny how i fell in love with a city where thousand foot towers are the only thing in sight

none of our rooftops are bright red
and all the streets got numbers
they’re not built for the flooding
that’s the only time we slumber

what does it symbolize?
how can i turn my surroundings into paintings of paradise?
wouldn’t it be nice?
if we could just go out and live in it 

you turned my words back onto me as i vented
i turned bright red when you said that you meant it
you burned my soul and i couldn’t repent it 
i turned bright red when you said that you meant it

bright red

prod. natureplayer

lyrics:
why would i play it safe?
why would i play it safe?
let it go to waste
why would i play it safe?
check myself
ask for help
wish u well
can u tell?
i pull up late
say my thanks
what did u mean to say?
what did u mean to say?
have u had enough of me?
is there even enough of me?
have u had enough of me?
is there even enough of me?

it's like riding a bike but i think i forgot again
i forgot again
flying a kite, i think i forgot again
i forgot again
i close my eyes, release the tension
the silence magnifies what i didn't mention
i forgot again but i guess
i'll try to remember next time

why would i play it safe?
why would i play it safe?
let it go to waste
why would i play it safe?
check myself
ask for help
wish you well
can you tell?
i pull up late
say my thanks
what did u mean to say?
what did u mean to say?
have u had enough of me?
is there even enough of me?
have u had enough of me?
is there even enough of me?

playitsafe

feat @billy_exclamationpoint
prod/mixed by @natureplayer
mastered by @st1cksyea

lyrics:
[natureplayer]
do or die, live a lie, it might be nice
take flight, i might lose a feather
it’s gettin cold outside, do you enjoy the weather?

it could be better, you should probably watch your step on the ice
hope you brought a sweater, it gets worse tonight 
tether everything to split seconds gone forever
ephemeral but memory puts up a fight 

and do you remember when we had our first?
it wasn’t the last and it wasn’t the worst
whatever we rehearsed wasn’t pure enough to stay
i didn’t know it was the end but i was sure enough to say

i love you but you're a lot to handle, i
i’m gettin burned by your candlelight
the struggle isn’t worth it, oh damnit i
i was certain but that can't be right
i love you but you're a lot to handle, i
i’m gettin burned by your candlelight
the struggle isn’t worth it, oh damnit i
i’m gettin burned by your candlelight

[billy!]
i don't wanna die young
impostor syndrome fuckin me
don't wanna be the one
don't know if i can do another trip around the sun
i've been tryna find a way to be a better son

playin with decibels
got my hand in the metal
and now i'm twisted
keep your eyes on me
callin a referee
you were never a friend to me
yeah i'm wicked
caught me red handed
showed you the colors
the pretty fleece on my collar it got you gripping
just want you to listen
pulled all the strings and now i'm focusing
on all the things that almost got me admitted

we're flying down the back roads
watching all the black smoke
coming from the plants that we used to ride our bike by
we're all gonna die

[natureplayer]
i love you but you're a lot to handle, i
i’m gettin burned by your candlelight
the struggle isn’t worth it, oh damnit i
i was certain but that can't be right
i love you but you're a lot to handle, i
i’m gettin burned by your candlelight
the struggle isn’t worth it, oh damnit i
i’m gettin burned by your candlelight

candlelight

candlelight (w/ billy !)

happy new year :))

prod. natureplayer
music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbnnWPpAv0

lyrics:
every every every every 
every fuckin year I say this’ll be my year
don’t wanna hear a no, I know this’ll be my year
every fuckin year I say this’ll be my year
this time I really hope so, oh this’ll be my year

I got a cat, I didn’t get the job I wanted
if I don’t wanna get fat then I can’t drink whenever I want 
I wanna relax a little more
I wanna take naps a little more
and drop these couple dozen half-finished songs and half-finish a couple more

I’ll find the time 
for everything I wanted
I’ll make you mine
But I probably haven’t met you yet
I’ll draw the line
between reasonable and reckless 
I’ll plan and pace and stay in my place and I’ll be set 

every single year
I ask the same questions
and every single year
I never learn 
I never learn 
I never learn my lesson

every fuckin year I say this’ll be my year
don’t wanna hear a no, I know this’ll be my year
every fuckin year I say this’ll be my year
this time I really hope so, oh this’ll be my year

this’ll be my year

everyear

5/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:
breakin the ice i been slippin on
drop a little into somethin i been sippin on
goin strong longer than i meant, damn
i ain’t really have an exit plan

i been on a limb, goin out a little
don’t you have more fun when it’s a little messy?
i say i got it but doubt a little
don’t tempt me

i taste petroleum
i taste petroleum
i taste control
crack my lips and embolden them
i taste petroleum 
i taste your soul
and it burns in my throat
i don’t need you any more any more

 deleted your number like 7 times
but i was glad that i remembered it
then i was glad i asked you to block mine
i hope it's not tentative
im glad i got lucky every time
i know what’s been goin around
the sentiment’s everything until it’s not
gotta decide once again to not cross the line
it’s almost over
fuck, i wanna replace it with something new
it’s almost over
let’s keep it in the rearview

petroleum

2/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:
i used to wanna be important
then i got bored, i didn’t wanna force it
i ain’t seen myself in the mirror in a minute
i ain’t been outside today
i’m cool in my bubble

woke up with an intense sense of purpose
an immense urge to purge it
ive learned by now that
the attention isn’t
worth all the trouble

this city makes me feel small
i’ll stay forever if i can swing it 
what if we could have it all?
what if i just wing it?

id rather be
making out with someone i just met
or doing dumb shit on the internet
go in the rain without a jacket, get a little wet
it might get old but it hasn’t yet
making out with someone i just met
or doing dumb shit on the internet
go in the rain without a jacket, get a little wet
go home and talk to someone on the internet

this city makes me feel small
i’ll stay forever if i can swing it 
what if we could have it all?
what if i just wing it?

#hyperpop

doing dumb shit on the internet

7/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:

(lose less)
i moved uptown to read more
and put people first
and move left
i think my fingers bleed more
i tell myself that it's good stress
and when my future's paid for
i wanna do more
i wanna use less
cause there's only two ways you can win more
you can lose more
and you can lose less

i moved downtown to live more
and put people first
and move less
it keeps me on my feet more
i tell myself that it's good stress
what if my future's paid for?
still wanna do more
still wanna use less
cause there's only two ways i can win more
i can lose more
and i can lose less

(patience)
they taped off four blocks on my street
bullets at the cathedral across from me
i hope his death wish was made in peace
the only body was his own at the hands of the police
i think about what phoebe said on halloween
as the sirens wail all around me
i'm glad there weren't any other injuries
cause the hospitals are all at capacity

i cross at the light, i watch my feet
heading north for reasons that escape me
and no matter how tired i feel
i'll keep on draggin my heavy heels

i'm trying to keep tabs on my health
i'm trying not to wish that i was someone else
some days i wish it was more obvious to me
to face it all more patiently

i cross at the light, i trust my feet
perpetual motion is my safety
i'm learning to appreciate the way it feels
i'll keep on draggin my heavy heels

i'm trying to keep tabs on my health
cause i know that i'll never be anyone else
i hope one day it comes naturally
til then i'll be waiting patiently

lose less / patience

3/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:
it’s crazy how often you see the same faces
every block’s got a slice of life and a spot for a slice
but you still end up back at the same places
the guys at the store never charge the same price
the scaffold’s a fair trade for the bricks and the rain
falling every now and then
you’ll see something new 
the square’s not my scene but it’s still a nice change of pace
walking every now and then on my way to you

(hook)
i’ll be up pretty late, i've been slackin off
if you need a little break i can make time
i’m down for anything or nothing
just text me when you’re outside
i don’t know what the future holds
i’m sorry I’ve been so in my head
but everything’s on the table from last time
there’s no rush to make up your mind

my phone’s runnin low
Bingo ate my charger 
i’m goin to the Apple store tomorrow
if you wanna come, just hit me and i’ll see it on my laptop
then we can hit the river, it’s a pretty nice backdrop
to sit and eat our salads and ask each other questions we've been sitting on
how was California? 
how’s your sister?
when’s your next song?
any news on anything romantic?
we can dance around the ones where we don’t wanna know the answer

i’m still walkin west 4th at 4am
collecting numbers i won’t ever text just to feel alive 
bought drinks for my friends, 
they didn’t want em, so i had em all
thank god that we don’t have to drive

(hook 2x)

the village

4/8. solo project out now.

lyrics: 
saved up all year to quit my job for a minute i
i need a break
what would it take
to take a breath?
i’ll pay it all
i promise 

half-assed for the last mile, it’s been a while since i was all in  
slow and steady i race 
the pace is keepin me honest 
with myself

the monologues that time’ll tell hit different
when i’m fishin for a distant destination
and fold the cards i’m dealt

efficiency and friction split the difference
when you visit
take a picture
wish me well

i’ll leave a light on
write a note to myself
i’ll set an alarm
and ask for help when i think i need it 

i got a plan
i got a plan
i got a plan
will it pan out?

i got a plan
i got a plan
i got a plan
i promise

stay up stay terrified i missed something
i shoulda noticed
got a short supply
i’ll make the most of my focus
i’ll try to play along and play my hand
the way that i said i would
then coast for a while
but trial and error ain’t good enough 
i shoulda known that 
i’m better off when i stay the course and i
i’m just along for the ride 
lookin out for exit signs
might take one i’m not supposed to 
but i’m not opposed to the scenic route and i

i’ll leave a light on
write a note to myself
i’ll set an alarm
and ask for help when i think i need it 

i got a plan
i got a plan
i got a plan
will it pan out?

i got a plan
i got a plan
i got a plan
i promise

i promise

6/8. solo project out now.

lyrics:
i cut veggies with a pocket knife
i never got my driver’s license
i live on the first floor
i trade adrenaline for other vices

i don’t wanna think about it

i hope i live a long time
if i don’t i didn’t mean to 
i trust myself
i wish i didn’t need to

i don’t wanna think about it

purple elephants

natureplayer - now&later

feat. @arkkovintage
prod. np

lyrics:
i’m still trippin on the same things 
i told you about
last time we caught up   
ive been burning bridges
burning through my luck
ive been spending my time wrong
maybe one day i won’t stress about it
i wish i didn’t even care if i ever fuckin figure it out
not every question needs an answer
i don’t really smoke weed anymore
i don’t really read anymore
i don’t think there’s anything from me
that you really need anymore

(hook)
so i guess i’ll see you later on
better luck next time around
i’ll just put you in a song
and hope you don’t listen to it
unless i see you later on
and it’s different this time around
then i’ll pull up the song
and we can listen to it

(bridge)
maybe one day I’ll forget about you
and be okay without you
and maybe if you 
stayed then one day i woulda
been what what you wanted
but today i’m not 

(verse 2 - arkko)
oh i hope i see you later
are you impressed with me
i been on a juice cleanse
i been starting therapy
not cuz it’s important
cuz one day i wanna bump into you
strolling at the farmers market
holding all the shit you can’t afford 
and you be like
damn damn
he the one i couldn’t get
i got a lame ass man
and he ugly as a bitch
you’ll ask me to hold your hand
and tell me how much i was missed
i'll prolly think bout our encounter for a year 
and you’ll forget about me
 
(verse 3 - np)
i’m still slippin
rolling dice and gettin snake eyes
day in day out i got something to prove
and i’m lookin for evidence under every stone
on every roof
i'm biting off more than i can chew
at a table alone
chippin every tooth  
are you thinkin of me?
i’m thinkin of you
but i’m still the same as ever

(hook)

better luck next time (w/ arkko)

Patrick O'Neill, natureplayer, leastfavorite!, wishlane - worms

prod. me

lyrics:

look into the mirror talking to my reflection
I’m just itching for a different direction
our timelines buckle from a little compression
I guess I thought that we made a connection

I stay in my lane but it’s an overcorrection
I look into the future, see another projection
I stay in bed, but i don’t think it’s depression
I'm just hoping for a future with a different projection

I hear what you’re saying, I can stay at your pace if that’s what it takes for me to see your face again 
And after each stormy day I’m seeing prisms of rain and I don’t wanna taste the end

convince myself i don't need your attention 
my actions tell me that's not true
cause after further inspection
i'm still holdin onto you

we were always experts at introspection
justified in our apprehension
I hope in my future projection
you're in the place I saved for you

I hear what you’re saying, I can stay at your pace if that’s what it takes for me to see your face again 
And after each stormy day I’m seeing prisms of rain and I don’t wanna taste the end

natureplayer

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