Written & produced by Terrible Power (Malia Kalei-o-kalani Kiyomi Jenkins).

Lyrics: 

I once loved a boy
Who wanted to be President
But when they cut the cord
Maple leaf wouldn't let him
He moved 'round the skirt
That my sister had sewn
And with dusk closing in
I tucked shame in my bones

I ran into his mom 
Back when my hair was blue
She seemed happy to see me
I was scared that she knew
Oh but how could she tell
When her son was so slick
I waved bye with his secret
Burrowed deep like a tick

Palm to palm
As pilgrims do
It ain't love when it's forced
Girlhood drunk in taboo
A bud rooted in the twist of their mouths
Harbored thorns over petals
A crown

I once loved a girl
Who acted without precedent
I'd have followed her down
If it weren't for the rest of them
With feverish lust
She'd parse my every thought
Once fibers unravelled
She'd weave nest in the knots

Palm to palm 
As pilgrims do
It ain't love when it's coerced
Twenties ripe in taboo
A bud rooted in the twist of their mouths
Harbored thorns over petals
A crown

Next time I cross your mind
Don't stop me
Don't stop me
Let me just pass on by
Keep walking
I'll keep walking

Knots

Cover of Bon Iver's Blood Bank. Produced and performed by Terrible Power.

bloodbank

Written, performed, and produced by Terrible Power (Malia Kalei-o-kalani Kiyomi Jenkins).

Lyrics: 

I haven't known what to say
For a while now
Lightning when I hear your name
Bowing with the crowd
You said I was magic
You forgot you're homesick
Then you spat me right out 
Like fire from your mouth

It's the warmest that I can recall
In November
Four years of snow
But it's quiet now in Denver
Somehow I made friends
And lost them
Lonely again
Don't know if you called
That I'd ever shut up

We both know there's a difference
The shelter we built
From sedition
Come in from the cold
You won't listen

Now I don't hear your voice on the street
I don't smell your skin in the heat 
Lie to myself
Say I don't miss it 
I don't miss it
I don't miss it
I don't miss it 
Oh

These houses lie low
Like weeds dry beneath the sun
The snarls of your heart can't compete
I'm dead air in your lungs
Breaking the habit
You want but can't have it
The prettiest peach turns to ash
On my tongue

We both know there's a difference 
Our shame in my palms
Left an imprint
Come in from the cold
You won't listen

Now I'm flat on my back in the street
The aftertaste rings bittersweet
Lie to myself
Say I won't miss it
I won't miss it
I won't miss it
I won't miss it
Oh

I haven't known what to say
For a while now

Fire From Your Mouth - Single

Fire From Your Mouth

Written, performed, + produced by Terrible Power.

Lyrics: 

I cleaned you out
From underneath my fingernails today
(I knew it was the end
From the heat in my face)
And I can see every line not to cross
Like you crossed with me

Write it on a napkin
Our own private scripture
(Light it with the roach
I’ll pretend I don’t miss you)

Pouring salt to mark a heart
That you can never touch
(Why do I still see you
Every time that my eyes shut)
Someday soon the taste of peach
Won’t remind me of you

Maybe it’s delusion
Or maybe that’s life
(You get what you want
And the veil’s cut from your eyes)

Know what I think about
I think about you every goddamn day
Goddamn day, oh
Know what I think about
I think about you every goddamn day
Goddamn day, oh 
You’re what I think about
I think about you every goddamn day
Goddamn day, oh no