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Digital
03:13
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Outdated
Underrated
I’m a butter knife that thinks that it’s serrated
I’m a rag doll at the toy store
Nobody wants to play with me no more
Oh, they don’t like me cause i’m so complicated
Oh, so digital
Oh, they got it out for me
Oh, they got no love for me
Just the litter runt
With a cool haircut
The kids are rampant with amphetamines and other drugs
Just a little cunt
Spoiled and out of luck
restless, reckless, wasted wasted
Oh, they don’t like me cause i’m so complicated
Oh, so digital
Oh, they got it out for me
Oh, they got no love for me
Trapped in the states
I’m so terribly late
It’s the wrong time and wrong place
The ship has sailed
Decades ago!
Oh, they got it out for me
I said oh, they got no, they got no, they got no love!
Oh so digital
So digital
No love for me
So digital
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Chemicals
03:40
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I will wean off of you
And everyday
That throbbing muscle will weaken and dissipate
And i won’t crave whatever cocktail combination
Our chemicals create
I will not tremble without your embrace
I won’t malnourish without your taste
I know i will make it, i’ll make it alive
I’ll only withdrawal
from all the chemicals
Released in my body whenever you touch me
And I know with enough time and patience
I will rehab myself
I will not tremble without your embrace
I wont malnourish without your taste
I know i will make it, i’ll make it, i’ll make it, i’ll make it alive
The serotonin
The dopamine
The oxytocin
There’s no meaning
It’s all in my head, it’s all in our heads, it’s all in my head
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Russian Roulette
04:06
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Today you’re angry
You’re spitting venom and shooting darts at my name
Tomorrow you’ll lay me
Like i’m the savior of the goddamn human race
Cause you know i like it
Cause i like my love the way I like my horror films
And if you weren’t batshit
I don’t know how i’d get my thrills
Oh lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Don’t you know you’re crazy?
Oh lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Don’t you know you’re crazy?
So much excitement
Tantalizing everyone you meet
Baby, you’re perfect
Despite the fact that you could kill me in my sleep
Oh lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Don’t you know you’re crazy?
Oh lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Don’t you know you’re crazy?
Baby, one day they will lock us both away
They’ll exchange us numbers for our names
It’s russian roulette
one out of six will be a bullet to my head
I mustn’t forget to expect a different man
every time I wake up in his bed
Oh lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Don’t you know you’re crazy?
Oh lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Don’t you know you’re crazy?
Crazy
Why are you so crazy
Oh you are so so crazy
Why are you so, why are you so, why are you so
Crazy
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Man in the Window
03:51
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In the quiet night he leaves me blind and bloody
Though he’s bitter i remember him like honey
We do this ritualistic routine
When he’s gone I can still feel him in my body
I don’t believe in anything
But i can put my faith in him
He’ll always be in my peripheral vision
Oh no, in the air his scent lingers
I’m puppeteered by his fingers
In my reflection he’s right behind my back
I take comfort when he’s watching through my window
He will slip between the floorboards and the vents
And even when I laugh I don’t forget he’s watching
He plays the roll as both the crime and consequence
I don’t believe in destiny
But I know we were meant to be
I’m buzzing and convulsing electricity
Oh no, in the air his scent lingers
I’m puppeteered by his fingers
In my reflection he’s right behind my back
Oh no, in the air his scent lingers
I’m puppeteered by his fingers
In my reflection he’s right behind my back
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Evergreens
03:34
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I saw a rushing stream
Lush and tall with evergreens
But the mirage dispersed
And with asking eyes again there you were
So when did your pain become your lover, your deity, your mother
When did your pain become you
You’ve lost my sympathy
Your trauma became your excuse
An extension of your identity
So when did your pain become your lover, your deity, your mother
When did your pain become you
The strength of your pain was stronger than my will to stay
When did your pain become you
I fit like a puzzle piece
Snug within your wound
And for you to heal I had to leave
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Flightless Bird
04:18
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Maybe I wanted this
Maybe I made this happen with my mind
They say my subconscious riens
And it’s been pulling the strings
The whole time
Like a backstabbing friend
With ulterior motives
I wanted this
Like a flightless bird
I got two wings
But they’re useless
I wish I could feel it again
The anger that used to well up inside my gut
The fury has lost its edge
and now it’s round and dull when it used to cut
Just another miscarriage, a failed marriage
Abort mission
Yeah, i wanted this
Like a flightless bird
I got two wings
But they’re useless
Will it even make a sound
When it comes pummeling down
Will it even make a sound
When it comes pummeling down
And there’s no one around
Have you seen my wings
Aren’t they the prettiest things you’ve ever seen
Such a sad story
They locked me in purgatory and threw away the key
And maybe i’m really a witch and the black magic always wreaked havoc
On those around me
Yeah, nobody gives a shit
That i’m a flightless bird
And I got two wings
But they’re clipped
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Electricity
05:24
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You, I struggle not to break you
But you feel just like glass
Still, you sharpened, jagged spikes
Will cut me even if i’m not the one who broke you
Oh, the tide it turns and turns
Oh, till it churns from rock to sand
Oh, and the tide it always turns on me
I want to see the world in shades of blues and violets
If one day my heart should sink to silence
Restart it with electricity
You, sucked the venom from my skin
when I played with scorpions
And I pray that you will never change
And suddenly one day become the poison
Oh, the tide it turns and turns
Oh, till it churns from rock to sand
Oh, and the tide it always turns on me
I want to see the world in shades of blues and violets
If one day my heart should sink to silence
Restart it with electricity
Love and hate
Negates your true perspective
Hallucinate, it’s fake
But no less effective
Oh, the tide it turns and turns
Oh, till it churns from rock to sand
Oh, and the tide it always turns on me
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Hopeful
04:44
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Reality slips under the door
Like a draft in the night
I wish I could sleep
Hibernate in a dream till it’s alright
Oh, I want to be hopeful, hopeful
Oh, I want to be beautiful, beautiful
Again
I feel the mornings warm breath
Looming on my neck
And I don’t think i’m ready, no I don’t think i’m ready
To wake just yet
Oh, I want to be hopeful, hopeful
Oh, I want to be beautiful, beautiful
Again
With you, with you, with you
I know I struggle with the normal things
with my constant fears and all my neurosis
But I promise to get back on my own feet
Just to make it stop for you and me
And I know sometimes I lose the plot
Just shaking my fists at the goddamn clock
But trust me, all I want and all I need
Is to make it stop for you and me
And become hopeful like I used to be
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Alexa Melo California
“At their most direct, Melo’s songs recall some of the strongest voices of the 1990s, but her palette extends beyond mere
angsty-anthems.” – Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands.LA
“…she’s got a dark pop vibe, but more dusty guitars than trendy cold electronica.” – The Deli Magazine
“Melo has created a guitar-heavy, alt album that holds true to her singer-songwriter roots.” – Culture Collide
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