a love and hate letter to the spaces online that raised us queer kids, but traumatised us in the process. my friends and I all have similar horror stories about the messed up things we experienced, so I hope this song can be cathartic to others. :)

bait+switch was written and produced by s.g.cackle.
visuals by s.g.cackle.
mastered by Ryan Schwabe. <3

~Lyrics~
[Intro]
Yeah
Right
Okay cool ummm
Well no shit, yeah
So 06:30 at (redacted)
This is a song called bait and switch
It's Cackle
LETS GO

[Chorus]
NO SHIT
Got the square eyes, blue light
Wanna quit
Can I get the Wi-Fi?
'Cus this habit makes me itch
Found my body face down in a ditch
Call that bait and switch, yeah
Call that bait and switch

Stuck like a Stickle Brick block to the screen, like
Tap, tap, pictures that
I could never dream of
Stuck like a Stickle Brick block to the screen
Like yeah
Ooh
Like yeah
NO SHIT

[Verse 1]
I was too small anyway
Hit the games hard with a smile on my face (my face)
And I thought it was safe (I thought-a it was safe)
We took a wrong turn
Ended up in the wrong, wrong place

[Prechorus]
Dry mouth, fumble words
Eyes up on them curves
Don't know where to click
One, two, coming third
They all say sorry, sorry
I don't really get you, no
Now scream

[Chorus]
NO SHIT
Got the square eyes, blue light
Wanna quit
Can I get the Wi-Fi?
'Cus this habit makes me itch (scratch, scratch, scratch)
Found my body face down in a ditch
Call that bait and switch, yeah
Call that bait and switch

Stuck like a Stickle Brick block to the screen, like
Tap, tap, pictures that
I could never dream of
Stuck like a Stickle Brick block to the screen
Like yeah
Ooh
Like yeah
NO SHIT

[Prechorus]
Dry mouth, fumble words
Eyes up on them curves
Don't know where to click
One, two, coming third
They all say sorry, sorry
I don't really get you
G-get you
G-get
Now scream

[Chorus]
NO SHIT
Got the square eyes, blue light
Wanna quit
Can I get the Wi-Fi?
'Cus this habit makes me itch
Found my body face down in a ditch
Call that bait and switch, yeah
Call that bait and switch

Stuck like a Stickle Brick block to the screen, like (yeah)
Tap, tap, pictures that
I could never dream of
Stuck like a Stickle Brick block to the screen
Like yeah
Ooh
Like yeah
NO SHIT

[Bridge]
I don't waste my time
I don't wanna spill
I don't play your shit
I don't pay for thrills
I don't feel like
My cup runneth over, no

I don't have a job
Makes me feel rough
I don't wanna hate
Everything I loved
I don't feel my head
Anointed in the oil, no

bait+switch

i was hoping you would come through to me
i was just guarding my energy
u said, "there's a ghost haunting me"
let's head to bed in the uncanny valley

did we let the love slip (away?)
call that Schrödinger's Friendship (okay)
trainers on, that's a guilt trip (aah)
grazed knees and a bruised lip

can we go out later? can we go out later? aah
(can we? can we? can we? can we?)
can we go out later? can we go out later? aah

we drop in from a curb in your cul-de-sac
heat, and the skin peeling off your back
did you think you'd get a phone call?
how did you know we don't work like that?

where did all the time go?
(where did all the time go?)
you were family if you don't know
(you were family if you don't know)
did you find your thing yet?
(did ya?)
summers tangled in your swingset

can we go out later? can we go out later? aah
(can we? can we? can we? can we?)
can we go out later? can we go out later? aah

can we go out later? can we go out later? aah
(can we? can we? can we? can we?)
can we go out later? can we go out later? aah

(I-ee)
i dream about them all the time
(I-ee)
it's nothing more than imitation
and i just hope you're doing fine, yeah i do
the ones we lose to hesitation

can we go out later? can we go out later? aah
(can we? can we? can we? can we?)
can we go out later? can we go out later? aah

can we go out later? can we go out later? aah
(can we? can we? can we? can we?)
can we go out later? can we go out later? aah

(I dream about them, bout them, time-time-time-time)
(it's nothing more than imi- imi- ta- ta- tion)
(and i just hope you're doing fi- ine, yeah i d-d-do)
(the one, one, one, one, hesitation)

tangled in the swingset - single

tangled in the swingset

[Lyrics]

Let's get the gang back together
Shoulda treated me better
Left a bittersweet flavour, on my tongue
Call that a party favour, oh my love

And we're in your room making demos
Like we did back that summer
"Can we stay at yours for a minute?"
"Sleep here if you wanna"
Please, let's jump off some things
Tear up somebody's lawn and have a drink

Ooooooo
Turn my back and push my friends away again
Ooooooo
Think I'm scared I'm gonna let the wrong one in

Let's get the gang back together
Maybe I should of treated you better myself
I was in such a rush to leave
I didn't see that you needed help

Ahhhhh
In your room making demos
Like we did back that summer
"Can we stay at yours for a minute?"
"Sleep here if you wanna"
Please, let's jump off some things
Tear up somebody's lawn and have a drink

Ooooooo
Turn my back and push my friends away again
Ooooooo
Think I'm scared I'm gonna let the wrong one in
Ooooooo
Turn my back and push my friends away again
Ooooooo
Think I'm scared I'm gonna let the wrong one in

Yeah
(Guitar solo)

Ooooooo
Turn my back and push my friends away again
Ooooooo
Think I'm scared I'm gonna let the wrong one in
Ooooooo
Turn my back and push my friends away again (away again)
Ooooooo
Think I'm scared I'm gonna let the wrong one in (I'm gonna, I'm gonna)

(The wrong one in)
(Yeah)
(The wrong one in)
(Uh)
(Aaahh)

let's get the gang back together

He said
I don't fuck with ugly guys
I don't fuck with ugly girls
I don't fuck with ugly guys
(No)
I don't fuck with ugly guys
I don't fuck with ugly girls
I don't fuck with ugly guys
You're so ugly on the inside
You're so ugly on the inside

Is that what you really meant
An infamy that's heaven sent
Lying through the teeth again

Cus nothing's ever right with you
You're becoming a bad person too
Your friends are just a chosen few

He said
I don't fuck with ugly guys
I don't fuck with ugly girls
I don't fuck with ugly guys
(No)
I don't fuck with ugly guys
I don't fuck with ugly girls
I don't fuck with ugly guys
You're so ugly on the inside
You're so ugly on the inside
You're so ugly on the inside
You're so ugly on the inside

Was it me?
Was it us?
Was it you?
Was it trust?
Took a knee
Ate the dust
Needed love
Given lust
Was it me?
Was it us?
Was it you?
Was it trust?
Took a knee
Ate the dust
Needed love

He said
(Uh)
(Ah ah)
You're so ugly on the inside (on the inside)
You're so ugly on the inside
I don't fuck with ugly guys
I don't fuck with ugly girls
I don't fuck with ugly guys
You're so ugly on the inside
I don't fuck with ugly guys
I don't fuck with ugly girls
I don't fuck with ugly guys
(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

You're so ugly on the inside

ugly (on the inside)

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