pretend - alex g

call me back, and i'll remember.

In which I butcher some of my favorite songs because I fucked up my fingers

I got stains on my fingers and i don’t know how long they’ll linger there
And I’ll scrub, and pray that they’ll all go away
Like everything goes away, why can’t you just stay with me today?

I got stains on my fingers and I don’t know how long they’ll linger there
Reminding me that I fucked up again and I should never dare to be
Anything that I’m not.

I got stains on my fingers and I don’t know how long they’ll linger there
And I’d rather chop ‘em off than to let you ever see them bare
Cause they all lead to the smoke, I exhale into the air

And I woke up hating myself, like I did so much yesterday
And I woke up hating myself, trying to think of anything i could say 
Oh can’t you stay, just little bit longer? I’m not sure but I’ll try to be stronger.
Oh can’t you stay, just a little while longer, I just don’t want this day to be over.

When I am sad oh I am sad, but when I’m happy I am happy and there’s just no place in between for us to be ( Flashlight - The Front Bottoms)
When you’re sad, oh god I’m sad, but when you’re happy I am happy, and there’s just no place in between for us to be
And I "steal all my lines from this guy named Brian”, (Bottom - Mccafferty) yet I stole that one from this guy named Nick
And I feel like a dick cause I can see me slowly dying

I’m not doing anything, about it. Scrub my fingers and try to hide it
I’m not doing anything, about it. Will I keep a promise? I doubt it.


Nicotine Stains

Lyrics:
I never take smoke breaks 
I could but I don't 
I could but I don't 'cause I know 
there's a smoker inside of me somewhere 
and I don't wanna let him out 
so I catch myself glancing 
from the backseat 
on the trip home to Plymouth from Lansing 
at the pack you keep in the cup holder 

Bought some Marlboro Reds for my eighteenth birthday 
and I smoked a couple, only a couple 
and gave the rest away 
'cause I don't wanna think that it's already too late 
so I never take smoke breaks 

I know that they'll get me 
yeah one day 
you'll pull into this parking lot to the sight of me puffing away 
into the second half of the second pack that day 
and I know what you'll say 

"Hey Marco, since when were you a smoker?" 
Since the day I gave up and decided to fuck myself over 

And it's more a question of when than a question of if 
since that night you hopped out of my car 
left behind your American Spirits 
and I keep a lighter in my pocket at all times 'cause 
never know when you'll need one 
never know when you'll need one 

"Hey Marco, since when were you a smoker?" 
Since the day I gave up and decided to fuck myself over 
fuck myself over

Smoke Breaks (Single)

Smoke Breaks

McCafferty - "Dead Bird II"
From their album "Thanks. Sorry. Sure"
Out on 12"/CD/Digital via Take This To Heart Records

Purchase: bit.ly/2rzmAlo

www.takethistoheartrecords.com

call me back, and i'll remember.

Walking Home.