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Red Line
05:19
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Another day of labor
Carried you on my back
You like me when I’m silent
Words crammed in my head
Walking out the door I fall
Into a million eyes
Each iris is a cage in which
I walk and dress to please
Walk and dress to please
There’s nothing left of me
Nothing left of me
No one in this subway car
Roaring through the night
It’s nice to rest my body and
Be carried out of sight
In the darkened window
See myself with my own eyes
A ghost is staring back at me
Wanting to come to life x2
No one on this subway car
Roaring empty on and on
No one on this subway car
Split my mouth wide open
Scream over the roaring dark x2
Scream until I hear myself x2
OoooooOoOoOoooooOooo
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2. |
Greenhouse
05:03
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Wake up in the morning
Screw my head in
Where it belongs
But why does this feel so wrong?
Am I a late bloomer or
Am I greedy for wanting more?
You grew me in this greenhouse
Well, how am I turning out?
Would I freeze in the cold?
I don’t care
There’s more to me
I’d find out there, I
Sit down
Watch myself on TV
Look out the window
See my face in dark glass
You grew me in this greenhouse
Well, how do I bust out?
Would I freeze in the cold?
I don’t care
Just let me be
The one to put myself there
The worst kind of cage has glass walls
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3. |
Garlic Song
04:15
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Garlic on my kitchen shelf
They’ve all begun to sprout
Peel the sheaths right off their backs
Crush the growing buds out
And it strikes me, the brutality
In my fingers all along
And I wonder at the violence
That my body’s holding onto
Who could I have been
If we’d never met?
Who was I then?
Before you thought
You owned me?
X2
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4. |
to take your hand
05:15
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I know the limits of empathy
I go often with you
We stand right at the edge
I wanted to take your hand
I know the borders of cruelty
I learned the way from you
We walk together in circles
I wanted us to stop
You gave me all these scars
One day I saw all yours
I lined them up with mine
I learned my scars are yours
We stand right at the edge
I wanted
I wanted
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C.J. Red Mouth Boston, Massachusetts
Indie folk with occasional screaming
Based in: Philly now, Boston in 2024
Banner art by Jesso Wang (frogsfrogs.github.io)
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