Written & Recorded by Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel
in London UK, Los Angeles CA, and Vancouver BC
Mixed by KES in London
Mastered by Brock McFarlane in Vancouver BC

THE CAUSE

Walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter 
Talking to me, 1969 
and things that people glorify are fucked up
free love, free drugs
Charlie and the Hollywood five

You always said that 
the Chelsea was the heart of the gold rush
But you left New York 
for bigger and better stuff

How could I ever be enough?
how could I ever, how could I ever
You believe in whatever you want 
how could I ever, how could I ever

Could've been a poet in a hotel lobby
I'm just sleeping with your college degree
Wouldn't call you lover cuz it's loaded
I had more to say but you were louder than me

Hopeless wordsmith 
I wanted something honest
and you spoke with conviction
I started singing along 

But I was always smaller than the cause 
how could I ever, how could I ever
How could I ever be enough?
how could I ever, how could I ever 

You believe in whatever you want
And I'll always be jealous, I'll always be faithless
And I'll always be smaller 
I'll always be smaller than the cause

The Cause

Written & Recorded by Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel
in Los Angeles CA, and London UK
Mixed by Zachary Pennington in Los Angeles
Mastered by Elisa Pangsaeng in Vancouver BC

KNIEVEL 

I almost made it over the snake river canyon 
But something was standing in my way
The crowd held their breath and I had no chance 
to make an excuse for why I couldn’t land it 

I’m sorry that you paid to see this 
I thought we could make it but thoughts are deceiving 
If I can’t be everything I wanted to be 
Will you still want me?

I’m not myself right now 
It’s gonna take time to sort me out
I’m not myself right now 
It’s gonna take time, it’s gonna take time

I almost made it over to you but I couldn’t get through
The thought of blood in the water 
I used to be cocky when somebody loved me 
But love is a liar, at least it was to me 

I’m sorry that you paid to see this 
I thought I was fearless but thoughts are deceiving 
I can’t be everything I wanted to be 
Will you still want me?

I’m not myself right now 
Gonna take time to sort me out
Crash into holy ground
It’s gonna be violent, but we like the sound 
We like the sound, we like the sound 

You know it when you hear the sound
You’ll know it when you hear the sound 
You’ll know, you’ll know, you’ll know
You’ll know, you’ll know, you’ll know 

I’m not myself right now 
I’m not myself right now 
I’m not myself right now 
It’s gonna take time 
It’s gonna take time 
It’s gonna take time

Knievel

I read a story about somebody
Who drove his family off a bridge
I have a feeling like that’s what happening
But I don’t know which of us it is
There have been times you’ve kinda scared me
But I am the one who will not quit
But if I’m to blame then, I’ve got questions
Like what if the gas pedal sticks?

What if it hurts
What if it hurts

Last night I dreamt of the bar in Chinatown
sticky counters and vinyl booths
Playing Springsteen ‘88, his almost country phase
I was dancing for you
I spill your tall can, spill my guts
That’s how it felt to tell the truth
I put my hand up, across the dartboard
And then I told you to shoot

What if it hurts
(You said) what if it hurts
It’s gonna
It’s gonna hurt
It’s gonna
What if it hurts?
What can go wrong,
Will go wrong
Cause you bet that it would
And you stacked up the odds
So it hurts, hurts
It’s gonna hurt, hurt
It’s gonna

Shoot

Vampires

Writte & Recorded by Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel 
Mixed by Zachary Pennington 
Mastered by Brock McFarlane 

You laugh beside me, you needed this coffee
Your legs are too long for my passenger seat
Your brother’s a dropout, you’ve thought about
Giving up on science in pursuit of higher thinking

My heart gets ahead of me always, always
You’re talking in verses to me always, always
You’ll never live up to myths that I made of you

My bones and veins had to learn to be brave
You would lie with Goliath to have it both ways
All of my friends thought that you’d stick around
You sounded so great
But you’re just a boy with a biblical name

My heart gets ahead of me always, always
I’d give you the benefit always, always
You’ll never live up to myths that I made of you
Nothing’s forever
I’ve got to live with that too

Mortals

How could I do this right
If I’m such a flight risk
I wanted to be something you couldn’t put down
But, hey, it’s wearing me out
This time, I wanted to stay, I tried
But you’ll never leave me
You’ll never leave me 
You’ll never leave me
You’ll never leave if I’m already gone
(I wanted to be something)
Already gone
Already gone
(I wanted to be something)
But I’m already

Flight Risk

Hands pressed to your thighs as if you could protect them
From the thoughts that you’ve had that conspire against them
Even though you need them to get by
Last chance to be a kid with a cereal box
Had a dream in your head but you woke up and lost it
And you only get a few more candles before you’re too old
To try again, to be a wreck, to get the sympathy of friends
Who see that you’re not there yet, but they say that you’ll get there and then

All all of a sudden you’re a bad liar
Cuz you said that it would get better
But all of the sudden it’s a trashfire
And you can’t put it out, can’t put it out
All of a sudden you’re a hostage
To things you thought you wanted
All of a sudden you’re a hot mess
And you can’t sweat it out, can’t sweat it out

Gets tough being young but you do it for kicks
Kinda hate how it tastes but you eat it with chopsticks
Existentialist, you wanna know what all of this is 
Four more months, it’s just a season
Cut your loss, you’ll start to think that
Things you have are things you’ll lose, 
It’s normal but it’s not the truth

All of a sudden you’re a bad liar
Cuz you said that it would get better
But all of the sudden it’s a trashfire
And you can’t put it out, can’t put it out
All of a sudden you’re a hostage
To things you thought you wanted
All of a sudden you’re a hot mess
And you can’t sweat it out, can’t sweat it out

All of a sudden you’re a bad liar
All of a sudden you’re a trashfire
But if anybody treats you like a hazard
You’re the one with your thumb on the lighter

Trashfire

Flight Risk EP

Northern Towns

Dog Eat Dog

Jericho Beach

Worst Case Kid

Rivals EP

Slick

The Mess

Recency Bias

Garden

Girlhood, Godhood

Let Me

born blue

Rivals

kingpin

You Exist

born blue (extended edition)

Disbelief

Wildflowers
Written by Tom Petty
Recorded by Wynter Bethel & Tessa Mouzourakis 
Los Angeles USA & London UK
January 2021

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
Sail away, kill off the hours
You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, find you a lover
Go away somewhere all bright and new
I have seen no other
Who compares with you

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, go find a lover
Run away, let your heart be your guide
You deserve the deepest of cover
You belong in that home by and by

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong somewhere close to me
Far away from your trouble and worries
You belong somewhere you feel free
You belong somewhere you feel free

Wildflowers

Written & Recorded by Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel
in Houghton Michigan, Los Angeles CA, and London UK
Mixed by KES in London
Mastered by Brock McFarlane in Vancouver BC

NORTHERN TOWNS

where'd you learn to talk like that?
let's go outside so I can see your breath
I wanna feel everything you've got to say
tell me
you grew up tall and sturdy
good set of shoulders, somebody's brother
and you don't wanna hurt me 
but we'll probably end up without each other 

these boys from Northern towns
could chew me up and spit me out 
and I'd like the way it felt 
still wake up thinking about 
these boys from Northern towns 

came up unpretentious 
in 20th century, two story houses
and it's hard not to miss him 
he talks like the places that I was raised in 

these boys from Northern towns
could chew me up and spit me out 
and I'd like the way it felt 
still wake up thinking about 
these boys from Northern towns 

these boys know better 
they take whatever
I thought that I needed him
just trying to be like him
walking home with my heart on his sleeves
I would keep it and leave
if i knew how to be like these boys

these boys from Northern towns
could chew me up and spit me out 
and I'd like the way it felt 
still wake up thinking about 
these boys from Northern towns

Tommy Lefroy

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