Your Stories Baby


(Soliti, 2020)

 


 

1. Titanic

I’m not going to tell you what we actually talk about,
but yeah, we are very, very close.
And sometimes we do quote the odd Titanic line back and forth
to each other, ’cause only we can and it’s so funny

Can you imagine if the world really knew the stupid things we say?

We are one another’s number one people in the industry
and we’re actually gonna be hanging out tonight
And maybe we will quote the odd Titanic line back and forth
to each other, ’cause only we can and it’s so funny.

 

2. The Roof

Did you see this
The roof is heavy with snow
Wanna bet, do you want to make a bet
If I stand here for the next hour
Will the snow fall off the roof on me

I mean
The sun is shining
It hasn’t been so cold anymore

I know we have to go
But wouldn’t it be fun
To wait and see

 

3. Ah-Ah-Ah

I-I-I
Don’t mind cos I’ve always 
been told I look better
with yesterday’s make-up still on

And you keep talking 
your lips keep moving
but with those silly legs I keep hearing
nothing whatsoever

Of course I feel I was born
decades too late
doesn’t everybody?

Isn’t _now_ completely
the wrong time for most?
Doesn’t everybody
feel out of place
out of time?

I-I-I
just wanted to say 
with spring on it’s way 
just wanted to say please stay

I guess it’s that simple
I miss you
Doesn’t everybody
you left behind?

I know I musn’t worry
I’ll see you 
I’ll see everybody
someday soon

Say, say, say
what you want about all of this
I can tell you it’s all
for better or for worse

Of course I feel I was born
decades too late
doesn’t everybody?

Isn’t _now_ completely
the wrong time for most?
Doesn’t everybody
feel out of place
out of time?

I-I-I
just wanted to say 
with spring on it’s way 
just wanted to say please stay

 

4. World of Dirt

Everything’s so grey
That I can’t see your face
I don’t remember how
You used to look before

We’ll build a time machine
And travel back to when
There still was some green
And the air was different

In a world full of dirt
I just want you to take off your shirt
Where the trees grow wild
I want to run side by side
With you I don’t care of
Anything else anymore

So forget your clothes
And come sit on my lap
We’ll fuck the world away
Imagine a new day

Do you remember when there used to be
So many bees that they would
Bother us while we were out
And so we had to kill them

 

5. Eyes of MJ

Any old pantyhose is a tiny tiny fishnet
But the fish is dry
And the pants don’t fit
There’s no water
but I’m still drowning
I said the fish is dry
And the pants don’t fit

After hours and hours
of trying to find out
if Dolly Parton has
tattoos under her sleeves
I give in
You can’t trust something like that
to the evil forces of
the internet

Folded away in the pile
Are the eyes of Michael Jackson
They never speak to me
I even tenderly
sing to him I’m in denial 
about the eyes of Michael Jackson
I guess he’s tired of being
another shirt I’m wearing

 

6. Short Goodbye

I may not be
valuable in
yens or pesos
euros

yet I am missed
more than dollars
pounds or shillings
rupees

How to love you more
How to keep you warm
See you soon
I love you
Just a short goodbye
Small amount of time

I’m mistaking him
for the one he used to be
Boys will come
boys will go
They always tell you so
Just a short goodbye

If you find me
please return me
I am longed for
more

more than rubles
riyals or dinars
bahts or bolivars
liras

 

7. Connect With Me Now

Call upon your guardian angel
to be present and to connect with you now

Archangel Gabriel
Archangel Jeremiel
Archangel Raphael
to connect with you now

They say my beauty is out of this world
And help is on its way

Small harmless punches to my heart

You are now surrounded by
divine Angelic team of light
No more feeling abandoned and afraid

No more questioning your mind
No resistance, no more lies
You flow with grace along a path of clarity

It’s easy on the pocket and
it strengthens you and then you can
become in tune with the universe

Imagine all the love support
from your Angels and there’s more
You’ll figure out our purpose here on earth

I call upon my guardian angel
to be present
and to connect with me now

Archangel Metatron
Archangel Abbadon
Archangel Sandalphon
Connect with me now

They say my beauty is out of this world
And my mind is made of the stuff of
stars and plants and crystals and guidance

I’ve felt so faint lately
Out of this world
But help is on its way

Small harmless punches to my heart

 

8. Job Interview

How do I talk to you
Your eyes are dead
And your face is in the way
suffocating even me

Your friend is nice
But your bloated face
Is still asking me
Illegal questions

How can I ignore you
Your zombie eyes are aimed at me
And your puffed up smile
Never drops for a moment

Maybe it’s a strategy
to make me feel insecure
While I’m begging for the job
Is that it??

You think your oozing victory
triumph seeping through
Instead it’s comedy out your pores
Tragedy out of your muscles

Seem to be losing my mystery
Last crumbs of my charm
Ass shaking, panic settling in
If only I were in a disco

Your face will soon be history
Only a memory
Never have to see you again
Unless I actually got the job

 

9. People Like Me

Fuck I laughed at your joke again
There was nothing I could do to prevent it
I don’t want to be that girl
Please don’t make me give a whirl I’ve seen
What you do to 

People like me
At first you make them see
Then you make them blind
Some don’t mind

Fuck don’t make me go through this again
Your stupid ass has some weird hex put on them
I don’t want to be that girl
Please just let me keep my world
I’ve seen what you do to 
People like me

At first you let them breathe
Then you let them drown
Some say

Some say
At first you make them soar
Then you shoot them down

Some say
At first you want some more
Then you’re out the door

 

10. Dandelion

Dandelions are in bloom
We left our double room
For the streets have been sinking for a while
Find me on the other side

Let’s go over it again
If we can’t make it to the train
It’s the sea you should keep an eye on
And when all the fish are gone

Hey give me something to laugh at
I do need to smile at the last photograph

I can’t feel my hands no more
Don’t remember what they are for
Silent birds pass us by on this run
There’s this one thing I want to get done

 

11. Let Me In

The wind is making a sea in your eyes
Cold and cruel, the flood of disguise
Let me in

Concrete walls and a haze in your mind
You build your muscles, you’re strong in a fight

I know all your stories
But I don’t know who you are
I have a picture in my mind
But it’s drawn from afar

My facade crumbles but when I crash, I am gone
Show me yours and I swear I won’t run