Guess it would be better with a nose break,
Or maybe just a nosebleed.
Better than this chest pain,
Someone might believe me.
Cause all I hear is brain noise,
Think I need some head room.
Even tried headspace,
Can’t unsee your bedroom.
And the guy you used to carpool,
Home with for Christmas,
Said you were the sweetest,
God as his witness.
But to me it feels like sleeping,
And never really knowing,
If you were dreaming at all.
There’s a vacancy,
In between your eyelids
When they close on me,
Fingers round my windpipe.
So I can’t say no,
“No, I wasn’t dreaming at all.”
“No, I wasn’t dreaming at all.”
Kindergarten teacher,
When she drove to see you,
Did she feel my absence?
Did she ever notice?
I’ll ask if you stopped drinking,
Guess “it’s not a problem”
Why’d you try to kiss me?
Crying on my birthday.
And the book that I gave you
about airplanes and dying,
Made you feel so heavy,
But you broke me that night.
So why do I feel guilty
For burning down the city,
If you felt nothing at all?
There’s a vacancy,
In between your eyelids
When they close on me,
Fingers round my windpipe.
So I can’t say no,
“No I wasn’t dreaming at all”.
“No I wasn’t dreaming at all”.
There’s an angel now
Standing at the doorstep
You were just pretending!
I will say it so
“No you didn’t hurt me at all!”
“No, you didn’t hurt me at all!”
“No you didn’t hurt me.”
credits
from Hello, Goodbye, In Between,
released January 7, 2022
Vocals: Grace Conheady
Guitar: Beau Hanson
Drums: Aaron Hamilton
Bass: Jordan Rabinowitz
Synth: Grace Conheady
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