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OUTLAW
04:37
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We are all unpaid actors
In an honest lie
I wish I could scream,
But all I do is write about where I was raised.
I think someone is getting murdered on my street.
My friends are all mad at the world
In the dark, as we walking you home, you say “nothing is real”
I hated the fact I got anxious, so I say to myself:
You are safe
You are loved
You are safe
You are loved
We ignore the lies, that the one guy on TV gives us on a spoon.
The newspaper headlines give me a migraine, but I never look away.
I fall into the chasm of sleep, my last thought the colour of your eyes.
And as I toss and cry,
I see a note on my wall:
My Minds in the velvet underground.
You are safe
You are loved
You are safe
You are loved
As The dusk strains from the night,
I know I’m an outlaw,
Walking on a road, where I never see cars.
IM A starving artist,
a left-handed mind
Soulmates with a notebook.
My Mind in the velvet underground.
There is nowhere to run, I’m in love with you…
I don’t wanna open my eyes sometimes, and find the wrong truth
There is no-one born with the same soul, I'm in love with you
For now
I'm in love with you
For now….
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2. |
PLUTO
03:29
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I love you so I’ll stay alive
I love you so I’ll stay alive
At first, being happy was a fright
Paying attention to this random sadness is a useless magic
Underneath the streetlights
Isn’t it said we may never travel the stars?
We are so cold and small
The sun is a distant neighbour
I’m the biggest outsider I know
You know I hate it when you yell at me in your mind
But the volume of the voice in my head never changes
My heartbeats are irregular when I see you
Our dynamics refuse to change,
We are.a silent orchestra
I love you so I’ll stay alive
I love you so I’ll stay alive
At first, being happy was a fright
Paying attention to this random sadness is a useless magic
Underneath the streetlights
No matter how mean you are to my mind,
I just wanna get back to you
Oh I wanna get back to you
No matter how mean you are to my mind,
I just wanna get back to you
Oh I wanna get back to you
I love you so I’ll stay alive
I love you so I’ll stay alive
At first, being happy was a fright but now I’m fine
Underneath the streetlights in the dark
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3. |
SILENT CRIMES
04:33
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It's funny how my mind goes numb coming here
Always on the train again
Involuntarily following the future backwards
The government is useless I hear
You saw them stamp his head in
I refuse to think it has to be like this
Yelling and running
But no-one is coming, to pick up the fallen man.
It’s too much, nothing is happening
My brain is so loud and it's silent outside
I’m surviving but I’m drowning
I feel bad for the rest of you, almost, you haven’t suffered
You spend your life watching others get kicked in the head
Drunk on ecstasy you feel the bursts of light.
And the wordless voice pulls you in.
This is world is a velvety fire
I’m worried I am doing nothing
Shouldn’t I be doing something?
I wish I could fight for the soul underneath your blood to stay alive.
But you stay lying there on the cement
I sling my gracefully falling apart bag over my back,
It’s too much, nothing is happening
My brain is so loud and it's silent outside
I’m surviving but I’m drowning
Please wake up, I say
Blood on the driveway.
Silent lies
Violent crimes
Please wake up, I say
Blood on the driveway.
Please wake up, I say
Blood on the driveway.
Love me
Oh please love me love me love me love me love me
Oh please love me love me love me love me love me
Oh please love me love me love me love me love me
Oh please love me love me love me love me love me
oooooooh
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4. |
COMPASSION EXHAUSTION
04:51
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People make me uneasy, we are not human.
Am I the villain of this story?
I am so faint and outside my body, I have never handled the hot sun well.
My room will be a black hole, I haven’t been home all weekend.
All the fire in my tank has been given to other people emotions.
I’ll always be ready to leap into cold water to you,
Walking in the dark, my fingers burn.
Ashes in my eyes.
I look over my shoulder and squeeze your hand.
This land is apart of me, and all I've got is these 12 notes.
And how you all show me the world.
Oh I’m all I’ve got
I’m all I’ve got
Hello brother, we are all either of us will have.
We are the change we want to see.
I’ll be brave as long you mirror, are not a stranger to me
I have compassion exhaustion and cuts on my hands from opening bottles,
You said: I want to remember every time you looked into my green eyes that night.
It makes me cry when I should smile.
Oh I’m all I’ve got
Hello brother, we are all either of us will have.
We are the change we want to see.
I’ll be brave as long you mirror, are not a stranger to me
Oh we are all I’ve got
we are all I’ve got
Hello brother
Hello brother
It makes me cry when I should smile
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6. |
HEROINE
04:02
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Worst comes to worst I can run away and give up on family.
Except giving me reason to hide, what good have done for me?
Id send you a letter but I don’t know if you’re in a grave or not.
So Instead I choke on fake bliss.
I let my money control me, when will I smoke my love again?
Will it be in the dark with people I secretly hate?
In that we are the same, I bring shame to myself
I want your needle in my arm,
Life’s so grand with you its unbearable without
But I’ve never been so ashamed before of the coward I am deep down.
I want your needle in my arm,
Life’s so grand with you its unbearable without Chorus
People are joining too young these days to a winner-less war,
you are not brave, you are a puppet
On bullshit more poisonous than you know
Yet I let my money control me, when will I smoke my love again?
Will it be in the dark with people I secretly hate?
In that we are the same, I bring shame to myself.
I want your needle in my arm,
Life’s so grand with you its unbearable without
But I’ve never been so ashamed before of the coward I am deep down.
I want your needle in my arm,
Life’s so grand with you its unbearable without
But I’ve never been so down,
Because in the visions of see of the world in the future,
I’m dead and gone.
If only someone loved me
As I did my teddy bear as a kid
Then maybe I wouldn’t be here in a drain fading away alone
If only someone loved me
As I did my teddy bear as a kid
Then maybe I wouldn’t be here in a drain fading away alone
If only someone loved me
As I did my teddy bear as a kid
Then maybe I wouldn’t be here in a drain fading away alone, blood dripping off my arm
I am in no way a hero
I don’t wanna be here
I don’t wanna be here
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7. |
CORRUPT SCREAMS
03:26
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Some would say you're a soft guy with stabs of violence,
Everyone seems to hear nothing and say nothing.
Your yelling does nothing but show me you’re afraid of a teenager, who’s taller than you.
What kind of person bullies someone a sixth of their own age?
I don’t care if you’re dad was the same, change your ways
No one cares your friends are the successful ones.
A wash of sound goes through my ears, the words have no effect, when there’s never any action.
I know I’m not the only experience your foul play.
If only your daughter knew you don’t see her as an equal human.
Put me under pressure, but you’ll never see me crack.
Oh put me under pressure but you’ll never stop my fire.
I’m sure lots of therapists know your name.
No one cares your friends are the successful ones.
A wash of sound goes through my ears, the words have no effect, when there’s never any action.
I know I’m not the only experience your foul play.
If only your daughter knew you don’t see her as an equal human.
Put me under pressure, but you’ll never see me crack.
Oh if you Put me under pressure, but you’ll never see me crack.
You will never see me cry,
You will never kill my fire
You will never see me cry,
You will never kill my fire
You will never see me cry,
You will never see me cry,
You will never leave this town and I’m already gone.
You will never leave this town and I’m already gone.
I will not be known as the kid bullied by an old man
Walk away from me.
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8. |
THEWORLDISONFIRE
04:03
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I don’t want to know any more than I already do
The world is unfair and I cont stop picking my skin and pulling my hair
The world is on fire, can you please tell me why now
I feel like a pointless adventurer just going where has already been found
So its let's get a cigarette and celebrate the world before it gets worse
I've lost a lot of friends
Sometimes I forget the sound of my talking voice
and strangers scare me to death, I hope you don’t think I glare at you too long on the bus
The world is on fire, can you please tell me why now
I’m so damn impatient I drain away the seconds with you all
You say come back to see me if it gets worse
Who knows why
I’m so attracted to breaking the law
All the worst people are in charge of the world
Please give us one pure drop of sanity, we need it
Please give us one pure drop of peace now, oh heal us
Please give each other one pure drop of love
Love love
The world is on fire
The world is on fire
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9. |
ROADSIDE FAMILY
03:59
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Doomed to be together,
You sold me out again
I don’t know whether
I should kick you out the door?
Should you be constantly visiting someone who sets you on fire?
But don’t fade out of my heart,
We’ve known each other too long
It's out of our controlling grasp now
You’re the worst and best part of me
Roadside people walk unhurriedly
This chest of mine palpitates,
And victory I rarely taste
Public trains make me feel connected to the world
When I'm detached from you all
But don’t fade out of my heart,
We’ve known each other too long
It's out of our controlling grasp now
You’re the worst and best part of me
But don’t fade out of my heart,
We’ve known each other too long
It's out of our controlling grasp now
You’re the worst and best part of me
I never wouldn’t have loved you after you were told to leave.
You said you’re not perfect,
And who would believe me if I tried to be
You said you’re not perfect,
And who would believe me if I tried to be
I hate that the driving cars look at us, we are a roadside family.
But don’t fade out of my heart,
We’ve known each other too long
It's out of our controlling grasp now
You’re the worst and best part of me
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10. |
SHIPWRECKS
02:56
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Yes I'm lonely, but I know its better company
I'm always biting my fingers
Why does sour blood give me relief
Oh you’ve left again, and the scars are building up
The air passing through my lungs calms me down
At least my knuckles are strong like leather so I can punch
I need a stronger soul than the one I hold
My dreams are always about shipwrecks
We are in the boiling water without realising it,
Is this our first fight?
I’m so afraid of this being real.
Hate is the only emotion that I feel
I’m sick of the way you act,
I guess some things never change.
like my teeth sear and grind from the frustration of pain
You failed every test in my mind I made
All I ever got was cold radio silence
Yes I’m lonely, but I know its better company
Yes I’m lonely, but I know its better company
Yes I’m lonely, but its better company
Yes I know I’m lonely, but it’s better for me
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11. |
IMMORTALITY
05:12
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What’s the point of swimming I’ve already drowned
You are my price of peace
My thoughts go in half
So it’s almost bearable.
I sink to the bottom but I can still hear your yells
Saying how are you has lost its meaning
I don’t think of you
I don’t think of you
I won’t
I won't come home
Perfect families aren’t real
I hope I move in with you before the sun destroys us all
Blood don't mean nothing if there isn’t love
Oh I’m fine with this id rather be hated
Oh I’m fine with this id rather be hated
Oh I’m fine id rather be hated
Oh I’m fine id rather be hated
Oh I’m fine id rather be hated
Oh I’m fine id rather be hated
Saying how are you has lost its meaning
I don’t think of you
I don’t think of you
I won’t
I won't come home
Perfect families aren’t real
I don’t think of you
I don’t think of you
I won’t
I'm giving myself meaning
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Bridget Allan Melbourne, Australia
Bridget Allan is an indie/jazz-influenced singer-songwriter from the Mornington Peninsula. She is currently studying for a Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne, specialising in Jazz & Improvisation. Bridget’s most significant musical influences are Jeff Buckley and Florence + The Machine. ... more
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