1. |
Birthday
02:27
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You have
You have no idea
How lonely this life is
I don’t want to see anyone
I don’t want to blow any candles
I don’t want no piece of cake
I don’t want to play pretend
Like last year
Fuck last year
27 lost my friends
Lost the wrong ones anyway
27 lost myself
Still trying to find my place
So no present
No party
I’m all alone
Happy birthday to me
I’m too loyal, too honest
Too big, too kind
I’m too scared to live
I doubt myself so bad
I’m angry at everything
And I break my own heart
I’ll never settle
Emotional
Afraid to be like my dad
I’m scared to be like my dad
If it doesn’t hurt, then it isn’t love
If it doesn’t hurt, then it isn’t love
And I know that isn’t true
So why do I
Get off in violence
When the truth is that
I’m a force to be reckoned with
But for now
I’m all alone
Here’s to a new year
and Happy birthday to me
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2. |
I Said I'm Fine
04:20
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You shouldn’t have got that close the few times we spoke
You shouldn't have let us stay quiet for a second
I went through the blue straight into your soul
That’s criminal
These eyes I’ve been trying to bottle
They’re criminal
Chorus:
I’m fine, I’m fine
One more time and they’ll believe you
I’m fine, I said I’m fine
One more time and they’ll believe you
One more time, I said I’m fine
Last night the best of friends gave me the worst of news
As my obsessive brain was full of the ghost of you
That I created out of the thinnest air
You’ve been practicing what I’ve been preaching
You’re no longer the one who needs saving
Humility checks, you set the bar so high
I watch from below and self sabotage
It’s not about you though is it ?
It was never about you
It’s what it says about me x2
It’s what it says about me
It’s about the missing part of my soul that you embodied x4
It’s about the missing x2
To fill my heart
To fill the lie
To fill the dark side
To fill the hole
I feel inside
I’m fine
I’m fine
One more time and they’ll believe you
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3. |
Careful
04:04
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I can see the cold around your shoulders
There’s a fire in my heart
The warmest of winters
I’ve been touch deprived for the past couple of years
I wore that fluffy coat so you’d want to hold me
And you do
My back against your car
And yours to the nosy neighbours
They’ll go back into their beds
We’ll still be talking for hours
I’ll say I should get home
and throw a glance at my front door
I bet you wish you could stop the world
and pull me closer and closer
But you can’t, can you ?
Chorus:
Do you feel what I feel
And is it scaring you, yet ?
Does she ask about me
And do you hate me for it ?
I’ll handle it
With care
It tastes like faith and hope
And it shakes you to your core
You’ve never felt more seen
But I’ve been there before
I lost friends, I lost my way
And I refuse to let it happen again
It’s hard to trust now
It’s hard to stay
And I’m fighting the urge to run away
But not today
Outro :
Careful, careful
I may be the sailor
Leading the fleet
But I might be a traitor
Careful, careful
I could jump overboard
And barely breathing
I’ll still reach the shore
Careful, careful
If you smother me dear
I’ll be a sailor
On another ship
Careful, careful
Careful, careful
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4. |
Galore
04:05
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L Y R I C S
Kiss me
Can someone please grab my neck ?
Help me
Can someone give me a name ?
There’s magic in the air
Do I dare ?
Do I dare become someone I’ve always wanted to be ?
Do I dare ?
Do I dare become the one I was meant to be ?
I was meant to
What if they don’t like me ?
What if I’m not enough ?
Lately I’ve been feeling more masculine, not feminine
What does that even mean ?
I’m changing clothes and I’m still praying
I’m getting old and I’m still trying
I’ll never stop yeah I’ll keep trying
Am I close to the real me ?
Chorus :
Am I close to the real me ?
Do I dare ?
Bridge :
I surrender x4
Pull the dagger out my heart
If I’m not scared I won’t bleed out
Take the boulder of my shoulders
All the blame and the imposter
Follow the fire
I’ll just follow the fire
But I won’t burn
I won’t burn
I won’t burn
I’ll just follow the fire
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5. |
Public Apology
03:07
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You shot me right in the heart through my noble intentions
With a glass of champagne in one hand and a newborn in the other
You can seek revenge all you want, and I know you want it bad
So call me names and call me out, spill your gut all over town
Use the words that make me cry, I’m fine with it
Cause I’m an itch you can’t scratch, aren’t I ?
And out of spite I guess your grew a spine
Sent me long emails on new year’s eve 2021
But you’re just a big bad wolf blowing on my red brick house
I’m not worried, I’ve already shut out the howling of the whole damn pack
I said I was sorry about a million times but for old time’s sake I’ll say it again
I’m sorry I didn’t live up to your expectations
Truth is I’m loyal to a certain point
I’m sorry I held your dreams in the palm of my hands
Now I hear ‘em clapping to the sound of mine
I’ve already given you all the right reasons
You kept hearing what you wanted to hear
That’s the truth isn’t it ?
You kept hearing what you wanted to hear
You kept hearing what you wanted to hear
You kept hearing what you wanted to hear
Anyway... never mind
It’s the first day of the year, I’ve got a new guitar
Turns out I made my peace with how things turned out
I think I’ll go by the sea and let um… let it wash me out, wash me clean.
I feel like I need to get cleaned.
Clean me of the bittersweet memories, of old friends becoming enemies
Clean me of you doubting my sincerity, of me being the villain in your story
Clean me of the tainted love you took away from me
Clean me of disappointing myself for truly missing it
Clean me of the dirtiest game that I’ve ever seen
Clean me
Then I’ll drive home, serene
Serene
There it is, your public apology
Cheers !
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Marlene Larsen Lyon, France
Marlene Larsen a pris son courage à deux mains et toute sa place dans un soft rock indé bien teinté 90’s. Accompagnée par son bras droit Hélène Baudouin, elle livre un duo intense de voix et de guitares électriques. Son premier EP sort chez Unicum Music : Galore. Une première introduction de son univers avec 5 titres puissants et doux-amers. ... more
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