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Bad Dreams

by Viola Swamp

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1.
Bad Dreams 01:36
2.
Creeping 03:12
While I'm asleep, sneak up on me 'Cause I am waiting... While I'm asleep, you know where I'd be While I'm asleep, lost in a dream I am waiting... I am waiting...
3.
Look up at me the way you wanna go Say something lame like baby ride it alllll You're such a pessimist, stiff but not stoic Married and undersexed, we're so boring Check up on me and tell me every wrong Some secret story you're no longer of My stomach howls, you'll never know it Ramble for hours, you're so boring I've been going blind for awhile now... You're such a pessimist, but so devoted Married and undersexed We're so boring
4.
Hey, what you wanna do? I could tell you everything except the truth Am I a fire that warns you of a secret past Forgotten love you thought would last I can understand how we'll never feel the way we did, or whatever Doesn't matter why or how, I'm less honest now Twin peaking on the other side, try and find me Tangled on the other line But I was never as open as you were before You're so private now, so in control I can understand how we'll never feel the way we did, or whatever Doesn't matter why or how, I'm less honest now I can understand how we'll never feel the way we did, or whatever Doesn't matter why or how I'm as close as you'll allow So I'm less honest now
5.
Charming 02:32
Blowing smoke in a mirror Marijuana, bad language I try to eat my charm but I CAN'T I won, I won, I won oooOOooooOOoooo Older brother bedroom, I wanna go Have you seen his TV show?? Like a collection you've had all along I will never notice what goes wrong oooOoooOooo I went walking all alone, I could leave you all alone and I would seek youuuu I want I want I WANT
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272 02:58
I've done it before, I will do it again You know I love your attention I guess I never really liked the way you dress But I miss you so much, your old apartment 272, where are you? He said, 'this place is nowhere, I don't wanna pretend' I guess I'm talking to you through my reflection 272, where are you?
8.
Dreamtalk 03:08
In my dream, I was going to a Cos dinner and it was also inside of an amusement park but it was also in like, Alberta or Robert was there? And my sister was there. She was younger but I was older, and I was embarrassed of how I looked. And I didn't really wanna see Robert for very long. And then it was a two part dream because ummm, I woke up in the middle of it to use the washroom, and then I came back - I fell into that dream again... Because in that first part, I was waiting for a washroom or something and... this girl was like, playing her hair, - I don't know, doing her hair but was playing 'Take You On A Cruise' and I knew I was in the area where ******* was. School, or something weird like young -- even though we weren't young. And then ummm there was a girl I knew, uh was in their class or something. So I said to her, 'can I ask you something?' And... oh, is that the co-worker? Ha, I don't know... I said, 'did they have a thing together?' and the person said, oh yeah it's been happening for a long time, a little while. So anyway, and then eventually...He didn't go out of his way to come see me. I got in this fight with my dad's mom who was trying to comfort me because I had been spending a lot of time in my room by myself. But she came up to me and started to hug me and I said, 'please do not touch me, I barely know you.' And she said, 'oh okay, we're upset'. And then... I walked around with my sister and she helped me feel better.
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So I was like going to work the other day and I just thought about you Walking down that road and maybe come talk to you I was going to work the other day and I thought of you Maybe you'd come up to the door and talk to me I was thinking about you the other while I was in my roooooom Ahahaha I was thinking ... uhh yeah I was thinking of you I was thinking of you So I went to work the other day and I looked up your account and I looked up your address and then I wrote it down. Then I said, hi.
10.
Terrified 03:02
He could come to my house Unlock the door and creep down the stairs The lowest floor He could cut off my hands, cut off my head He won't make a sound, he might make a mess With jam coloured hands, charcoal the teeth No invitation, he does it for free He likes to have fun, have a laugh He'll cut out your tongue, he'll make you gasp You are terrified, it plays over in my mind... He's crossing his roles You're divided He takes off your clothes, wants to try 'em He adores the way that you get Alone with no aim, trapped by a fence And he's probably watching us right now You'll try and kick and scream but soon you'll be found He's checking each corner for fresh meat I hope you're ready for your lobotomy!! You are terrified, it plays over in my mind...
11.
I've got no arms, no legs, no mouth and no brain It's the end of the world and it comes in waves Is that your idea? You're so dismissive But what's the condition if I do what is right, what is right? Suppress your appetite It's only fun until it's done, until it's done And I know you, my baby blue You're truly despicable And what's the deal, I'm tired of steering My conspiracy's revealing I don't understand what is even happening What is going on with you? I've got no throat, no teeth, nothing beneath this skirt You know I'm not kidding If I were you, I'd cut me in two and take the better part anywhere you choose
12.
Thought I heard you talking Through the walls I went walking Creeping round like your very own personal ghost or ghoul I'm getting tired of feeling so melodramatic Like some old fanatic Always asking about you But if you wanna party, I'll go to your party And I'll act like a fool And if you want a body, I'll run into you softly What am I supposed to do?

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released November 12, 2021

All song written, performed, recorded and mixed by Taylor Cos except:

Track 2 & 7 mixed by Laura DeRocchis
Track 4 & 8 drums, synth, pianos, guitars by Kris Pandeirada
Track 4 mixed/produced by Kris Pandeirada
Track 4 additional vocals, guitars by Marko Woloshyn
Track 10 violins by Natalie Wong
Track 1 additional vocals by James Evans
All songs mastered by Laura DeRocchis
Album artwork by Lora Vestaloyne

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