B i o g r a p h y (by Liam Martin)
London-born singer/songwriter and poet Arlo Parks pens vividly descriptive lyrics about young adult emotional experiences and mental health awareness, accompanied by an enticing mixture of bedroom pop and indie soul. She first received attention for several early singles and two 2019 EPs, which gained BBC Radio 1 airplay and praise from publications such as NME. Her 2021 full-length debut, Collapsed in Sunbeams, reached number three on the U.K. album chart and was met with widespread acclaim, winning Parks the Brit Award for Best New Artist and the 2021 Mercury Prize. On her second album, 2023's My Soft Machine, she expressed feelings related to the anxiety of constant touring and her first serious relationship, among other personal topics. Born Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho in 2000, of Nigerian, French, and Chadian heritage, Parks debuted in 2018 with the single "Cola." The track ultimately appeared on April 2019's Beatnik-issued Super Sad Generation EP, a release that caught the attention of Transgressive, which signed her a month later, before she'd finished her A-Level exams. After a run of singles -- and a collaboration with Leicester's Easy Life on their Junk Food track "Sangria" -- she issued a second EP, Sophie, leading to a placement on the BBC's Sound of 2020 list. By May 2020, Parks' "Black Dog" single was playlisted by BBC Radio 1, broadcasting its theme of mental health awareness to millions. This simultaneously boosted her profile and led to an association with the charity CALM. That track, and its double A-side "Eugene," were co-written and produced by the New York-based Gianluca Buccellati, who had also worked with her on "Cola" and the title tracks of her EPs. This release was swiftly followed by a heartfelt, piano-led cover of Radiohead's "Creep." Arlo Parks' debut full-length, the Grammy-nominated Collapsed in Sunbeams, arrived in January 2021. A series of vignettes about her adolescence, it opened with a scored poem. Parks performed her single "Hope" at the 2021 Brit Awards, where she was named Best New Artist. In September, Collapsed in Sunbeams won the prestigious Mercury Prize for album of the year. Parks released the non-album single "Softly" in 2022, and spent much of the year on tour, both as a headliner and with Clairo, who appeared on her first album's "Green Eyes." She also relocated to Los Angeles; however, in September, she was forced to cancel several tour dates due to exhaustion and burnout and returned to London to recuperate. Parks announced her second album, My Soft Machine, in early 2023, accompanied by the release of first single and video "Weightless." Focusing on navigating life in her twenties, the album arrived in May, with Phoebe Bridgers guesting on the song "Pegasus." The Magic Border, a book containing song lyrics, poems, and photos, was published in September. My Soft Machine's deluxe edition arrived in December, including acoustic versions of album tracks, guest features by Louis and the Yakuza and Redveil, and covers of tunes by Jai Paul and Tirzah.
Collapsed In Sunbeams Collapsed In Sunbeams Collapsed in sunbeams Stretched out, open to beauty, however brief or violent I see myself ablaze with joy Sleepy-eyed Feeding your cat or slicing artichoke hearts I see myself sitting beside you Elbows touching Hurt and terribly quiet The turquoise in my ring matches the deep blue cramp of everything We're all learning to trust our bodies Making peace with our own distortions You shouldn't be afraid to cry in front of me Hurt Charlie drank it till his eyes burned then forgot to eat his lunch Pain was built into his body heart so soft it hurt to beat Wouldn't it be lovely to feel something for once Oh wouldn't it be lovely to feel worth something huh I know you can't let go of anything at the moment Just know it would hurt so, won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much Charlie melts into his mattress Watching Twin Peaks on his ones Then his fingers find a bottle When he starts to miss his mum Wouldn't it be lovely to feel something for once Yeah wouldn't it be lovely to feel worth something huh I know you can't let go of anything at the moment Just know it would hurt so, won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much Charlie started seeing stars so stuck on the new Jai Paul Said my clothes are sticking to me and I can't quite see my walls Started dreaming of a house with red carnations by the windows Where he didn't feel so small so overwhelmed by all his flaws I know you can't let go of anything at the moment Just know it would hurt so, won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much forever I know you can't let go of anything at the moment Just know it would hurt so, won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much I know you can't let go of anything at the moment Just know it would hurt so, won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much forever Won't hurt so much Won't hurt so much Too Good Why do we make the simplest things so hard I bought you breakfast and you started your rings The air was fragrant and thick with our silence I held my breath as something deep inside pinched I touched the bump on your wrist you were born with Watching you trying to push away It hurts when you see it coming You're too proud to tell me that you care Watching you trying to push away It hurts when you see it coming Never use your words to show you care I think you know it Too cool to show it Babe, you're so good You're too good to be true I think you know it Too cool to show it Babe, you're so good You're too good to be true Oh, oh, oh, oh Why do we make the simplest things so hard I let my pain out through the way that I sit And start to pick at the rips in my Nikes You quote Thom Yorke and lean in for a quick kiss But still you just won't admit that you like me Watching you lower both your eyes It hurts when you know it's over Still too stubborn to show that you care Watching you lower both your eyes It hurts when you know it's over I feel like you never really cared I think you know it Too cool to show it Babe, you're so good You're too good to be true I think you know it Too cool to show it Babe, you're so good You're too good to be true I think you know it Too cool to show it Babe, you're so good You're too good to be true I think you know it Too cool to show it Babe, you're so good You're too good to be true Oh, oh, oh, oh Why do we make the simplest things so hard Oh, oh, oh, oh Why do we make the simplest things so hard Oh, oh, oh, oh Sunspots in your eyes, dark green You still mean the world to me Oh, oh, oh, oh Why do we make the simplest things so hard Why do we make the simplest things so hard Hope Millie tried to talk the pleasure back into being alive Reminiscing 'bout the apricots and blunts on Peckham Rye Won't call her friends 'cause she's ashamed of being locked into bed Can't feel her legs and feeling like a liar at best You're not alone like you think you are You're not alone like you think you are We all have scars, I know it's hard You're not alone, you're not alone You're not alone like you think you are You're not alone like you think you are We all have scars, I know it's hard You're not alone, you're not alone You're not alone, you're not alone Started sweating bullets when her dad asked, "How d'you really feel?" She said, "I've been feeling like something inside me wants to scream Won't call my friends, I'm persuaded that they'll leave in the end Can't feel my legs, I'm feeling like a liar at best" You're not alone like you think you are You're not alone like you think you are We all have scars, I know it's hard You're not alone, you're not alone You're not alone like you think you are You're not alone like you think you are We all have scars, I know it's hard You're not alone, you're not alone I've often felt like I was born under a bad sign Wearing suffering like a silk garment or a spot of blue ink Looking for light and finding a hole where there shouldn't be one I cannot communicate the depth of the feeling Truth is I'm still learning to be open about this But know that I know and you're not alone You know that I know and you're not alone You're not alone like you think you are You're not alone like you think you are We all have scars, I know it's hard You're not alone, you're not alone You're not alone like you think you are You're not alone like you think you are We all have scars, I know it's hard You're not alone, you're not alone Caroline I was waiting for the bus one day Watched a fight between an artsy couple escalate Strawberry cheeks flushed with defeated rage Then he spilled his coffee as he frantically explained Maybe if you took a breath You would hear me when I talk to you Threw her necklace in his face Eyes so bright with disappointment I saw something inside her break Everybody knows the feeling Suddenly he started screaming "Caroline, I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried Caroline, I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried, I swear to God I tried" Ripped the hem of her skirt as she ran Panicking and weaving through the crowds on Oxford Street Watched his world dissolve in his hands Tried to roll a blem then put his head between his knees, oh Maybe if she took a breath She would know I did it all for her Agony and hints of sage Her eyes blind with disappointment I couldn't recognize her face Shards of glass live in this feeling Have to somehow stop her leaving "Caroline, I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried Caroline, I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried Caroline, I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried Caroline, I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried, I swear to God I tried" Black Dog I'd lick the grief right off your lips You do your eyes like Robert Smith Sometimes it seems like you won't survive this And honestly it's terrifying Let's go to the corner store and buy some fruit I would do anything to get you out your room Just take your medicine and eat some food I would do anything to get you out your room It's so cruel what your mind can do for no reason I take a jump off the fire escape To make the black dog go away At least I know that you are trying But that's what makes it terrifying Let's go to the corner store and buy some fruit I would do anything to get you out your room Just take your medicine and eat some food I would do anything to get you out your room It's so cruel what your mind can do for no reason It's so cruel what your mind can do for no reason Green Eyes Summer in my eyelids Eating rice and beans Painting Kaia's bedroom Think she wanted green But the weather puts you on my mind Dragonfruit and peaches in the wine Kissing circles underneath your eyes Of course I know why we lasted two months Could not hold my hand in public Felt their eyes judging our love and baying for blood I could never blame you darling Some of these folks wanna make you cry But you've gotta trust how you feel inside and shine And shine, yeah, yeah, yeah I wish that your parents had been kinder to you They made you hate what you were out of habit Remember when they caught us making out after school Your dad said he felt like he'd lost you so I know why We lasted two months Could not hold my hand in public Felt their eyes judging our love and baying for blood I could never blame you darling Some of these folks wanna make you cry But you've gotta trust how you feel inside and shine And shine, yeah, yeah, yeah Some of these folks wanna make you cry But you've gotta trust how you feel inside and shine And shine, yeah Just Go Thought I was hallucinating When you turned up at my house Hair dyed silver, mumbling apologies I don't trust your eyes Told me I should change my mind Said you're feeling dead inside without me As I watched you welling up I knew you hadn't changed that much Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Oh why don't you just Can't forget her necklace in the backseat of your car Can't forget the hickies, you know bitter blossoms fast Won't deny I miss your choice of words, but I can't go back Begging me to change my mind Said you're feeling dead inside without me As I watched you welling up I knew you hadn't changed that much Why don't you just go Why don't you just go (Go, go, go, oh) Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go Why don't you just go For Violet Couldn't always come to mine when your dad got angry So I'd play Nujabes down the phone for you to hear I could picture terror swirling in your iris You would say, "I cannot bear this, get me out of here" Wait You know when college starts again, you'll manage Wait You know that I'll be there to kiss the damage Wait You know I bought a couple books I think you'd like Just hold on for tonight It feels like nothing's changing and I can't do this, can't do this It feels like nothing's changing and I can't do this, can't do this It feels like nothing's changing and I can't do this, can't do this It feels like nothing's changing, it feels like nothing's changing Oleander bushes flourish in your garden I'd come 'round for pancakes and we'd stretch under the leaves He would always act so sarcastically charming Wonder if he realised how much he hurt his kids Wait You know when college starts again, you'll manage Wait You know that I'll be there to kiss the damage Wait You know I bought a couple books I think you'll like So hold on for tonight It feels like nothing's changing and I can't do this, can't do this It feels like nothing's changing and I can't do this, can't do this It feels like nothing's changing and I can't do this, can't do this It feels like nothing's changing, it feels like nothing's changing Eugene (Yeah, yeah) Yeah (Yeah) I had a dream, we kissed And it was all amethyst The underpart of your eyes was violet You hung a cigarette between your purple lips We've been best buds since thirteen I hold your head back when you're too lean I hold the Taco Bell and you cried over Eugene He was mean He was mean Hey, I know I've been a little bit off and that's my mistake I kind of fell half in love and you're to blame I guess I just forgot that we've been mates since day Yeah, I don't know what to say Hey, I know I've been a little bit off and that's my mistake I kind of fell half in love and you're to blame I guess I just forgot that we've been mates since day Yeah, I don't know what to say Seein' you with him burns I feel it deep in my throat You put your hands in his shirt You play him records I showed you Read him Sylvia Plath, I thought that that was our thing You know I like you like that I hate that son of a bitch We've been best buds since thirteen But that don't change the things I feel Oh, when I see you smile with your teeth at Eugene Yeah, I can't deal Hey, I know I've been a little bit off and that's my mistake I kind of fell half in love and you're to blame I guess I just forgot that we've been mates since day Yeah, I don't know what to say Hey, I know I've been a little bit off and that's my mistake I kind of fell half in love and you're to blame I guess I just forgot that we've been mates since day Yeah, I don't know what to say Bluish You held me You held me so hard I went bluish I resolve to set boundaries I went bluish, I went bluish Smothered me with fake blood and ginger Around your throat Always charming and balanced That's why it hurt the most I got so claustrophobic But you were never close enough Hey It's not easy when you call me in the dead of the night When I say I need some space I shouldn't have to ask you twice It's not easy when you call me in the dead of the night When I say I need some space I shouldn't have to ask you twice Shouldn't have to Shouldn't have to ask you twice Shouldn't have to I went bluish, I went bluish You twist violets in my eyes Always in my house just smoking Drinking tea, collecting spines Never had the chance to miss you I had never had the chance to miss you Heart in my mouth Please let me out Please let me out of you Heart in my mouth Please let me out Please let me out of you It's not easy when you call me in the dead of the night When I say I need some space I shouldn't have to ask you twice It's not easy when you call me with your voice pink and white When I say I need some space I shouldn't have to ask you twice Shouldn't have to Shouldn't have to ask you twice I shouldn't have to Shouldn't have to ask you twice I shouldn't have to Shouldn't have to ask you twice I shouldn't have to Shouldn't have to ask you twice I shouldn't have to Shouldn't have to ask you twice I shouldn't have to Portra 400 Making rainbows out of something painful Getting fried as hell and dodging gravestones Spiralling in bathrooms, tile on cheek Telling me the drugs will only make me weak Don't you think I know that Don't you think I know that Keeping bits of moonstone next to me Tried to shave your stubble, but you gashed your cheek Won't you stay away Won't you stay away from me With you I'm always Making rainbows out of something painful Getting fried as hell and dodging gravestones You look like me when you lie Boiled blood star shifts in the window of my eye You put warm salt to the stitch And I suffer for the sky that you shook nine times You smell like burnt hibiscus I still feel blessed even when you're bitching You stole my spine for a minute So I cut my hair just to make you smile Making rainbows out of something painful Getting fried as hell and dodging gravestones Making rainbows out of something painful Getting fried as hell and dodging gravestones Cola (lo fi lounge) Leave me to my own devices It's better when your Coca-Cola eyes are outta my face I checked your phone and no surprises She's grinning from ear to ear in purple lace So take your orchids Elsewhere (Elsewhere) I loved you to death But now I don't really care 'Cause you're running 'round over there Yeah, you're running 'round over there And now I don't really care 'Cause you're running 'round over there And now I don't really care 'Cause you're running 'round over there Yeah, I'll miss your t-shirt in the rain The one that makes you look like Gerard Way Eating grapes in the back of the party Throwing hands 'cause she drank your Bacardi I know it's kinda dumb but I'll miss the way you dressed all punk With the black and the studs and the ripped-up gloves Bet she loved your tough-guy front So take your orchids Elsewhere (Elsewhere) I loved you to death But now I don't really care 'Cause you're running 'round over there Yeah, you're running 'round over there And now I don't really care 'Cause you're running 'round over there And now I don't really care 'Cause you're running 'round over there Black Dog Poem (lo fi lounge) This a poem called Black Dog You promised you'd be there in the morning And I only half-believed you Because last time you said that, you almost weren't I should have forgotten that by now, but I remember There has always been a part of you Some little agony Smooth, hot, painful Something that I cannot touch I hear the smile in your voice today, though A loose string of dark-red silk So soft, faint and rare Where did it come from For months it seemed the curtains were always closed It seemed like you were always angry at me and tired of yourself It seemed like you wouldn't survive this Ignoring the jewel of hope behind my right eye Rolling over onto your side to crush a tear with the side of your wrist Like a tiny blue flower We were all so scared Bags (lo fi lounge) Every second counts I don't wanna talk to you anymore Yeah All these little games You can call me by the name I gave you, oh Yesterday Hey, yeah Every minute counts I don't wanna watch TV anymore No Can you figure me out Just doing this to waste more time on the couch Can you see me I'm waiting for the right time I can't read you But if you want, the pleasure's all mine Can you see me using everything to hold back Guess this could be worse Walking out the door with your bags Moon Song (lo fi lounge) You asked to walk me home But I had to carry you And you pushed me in And now my feet can't touch the bottom of you You couldn't have You couldn't have Stuck your tongue down the throat of somebody Who loves you more So I will wait for the next time you want me Like a dog with a bird at your door Hmm We hate 'Tears in Heaven' But it's sad that his baby died And we fought about John Lennon Until I cried Then went to bed upset But now I'm dreaming And you're singing at my birthday And I've never seen you smiling so big It's nautical-themed And there's something I'm supposed to say Can't for the life of me Remember what it is If I could give you the moon I would give you the moon 'Cause you're sick and you're married You might be dying But you're holding me like water in your hands You saw the dead little bird You started crying But you know the killer doesn't understand Doesn't understand Baby Blue (lo fi lounge) My sandpaper sigh Engraves a line Into the rust of your tongue Girl, I could've been someone To you Would've painted the skies blue Baby blue If you knew Baby Blue Edging closer You swing my way Girl, I've got no chance And nothing to say Girl, but stay here For a little while Baby Blue But if only You could see My shadow Crossing your path It won't be the last Baby Blue You are my baby I was your slave, can't you see I was your slave, can't you see Bobbing on the problem On the problem On the throbbing She was falling, I was bawling My heart was stopping, she was throbbing Baby Blue Ivy (lo fi lounge) I thought that I was dreamin' When you said you loved me The start of nothing I had no chance to prepare I couldn't see you comin' The start of nothing, oh I could hate you now It's quite alright to hate me now But we both know that deep down The feeling still deep down is good If I could see through walls I could see you're fakin' If you could see my thoughts You would see our faces Safe in my rental like an armored truck back then We didn't give a fuck back then I ain't a kid no more We'll never be those kids again We'd drive to Syd's, had the X6 back then Back then No matter what I did My waves wouldn't dip back then Everything sucked back then We were friends I thought that I was dreamin' When you said you loved me The start of nothin' I had no chance to prepare I couldn't see you comin' The start of nothing, ooh I could hate you now It's quite alright to hate me now But we both know that deep down The feeling still deep down is good In the halls of your hotel Arm around my shoulder so I could tell How much I meant to you Meant it sincere back then We had time to kill back then You ain't a kid no more We'll never be those kids again It's not the same, ivory's illegal Don't you remember I broke your heart last week You'll probably feel better by the weekend Still remember, had you going crazy Screaming my name The feeling deep down is good I thought that I was dreamin' When you said you loved me The start of nothin' I had no chance to prepare I couldn't see you comin' The start of nothin', oh I could hate you now It's quite alright to hate me now When we both know that deep down The feeling still deep down is good
My Soft Machine Bruiseless I wish I was bruisless Almost everyone I love has been abused, and I am included I feel so much guilt that I couldn't guard more people from harm We listen to Loomer, lumps in my head I struggle to smooth The person I love is patient with me She's feeding me cheese and I'm happy Like a Peony ripped by the chain of a dirt bike I just wish I was seven and blameless Going over the handlebars Pollen sniffling over grazes I just wish that my eyes were still wide Impurities Piling in the Escalade My chest is buzzing like a bluebird caged Laugh like Juliette Binoche You touch my leg to make sure I'm still there I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star When you embrace all my impurities When you embrace all my impurities When you embrace all my impurities And I feel clean again Oh, the look you threw me then was so intense that it was physical You're the rainbow in my soap, you notice beauty in more forms than most I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star When you embrace all my impurities When you embrace all my impurities When you embrace all my impurities And I feel clean again Don't hide the bruise when you know I'm watching, baby Don't hide the bruise when you know I'm watching, baby Don't hide the bruise, I know it's hard to be alive sometimes I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star I radiate like a star, like a star, star, star When you embrace all my impurities When you embrace all my impurities When you embrace all my impurities And I feel clean again Devotion Got me falling on my sword, but I don't resent you Shaking to Deftones, glitter in my bones Love you like I don't know better Girl, I wanna protect you, I do, oh Your touch embroiders me I'm wide open, hmm All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Now I got my show clothes on, the clutch is sticking Challenger dark blue, why do I trust you When you tell me I'm a good thing Girl, I wanna protect you, I do, oh Your eyes destroying me I'm wide open, hmm All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love I think in a way, I've always loved you I used to hate it when people said that shit But I mean it You make me feel free Ripping it out of me like Kim Deal Blades I'm exhausted watching like Claire Danes through the water Kitchen light like blades through your body The party's ablaze We grew apart when you were fighting with your sister, I Don't think I realised how horribly I miss you now Regret is flowering inside me while I'm scooping ice Hope you know that I, I just don't know what to do 'Cause I only want to be with you I remember there was something strangely romantic In our friendship, we were dramatic I wept in your arms Talking for hours on the gravel, letting our backs burn Walking to Boxers linking pinkies, wearing matching pearls And now I'm struggling, I'm choking up without the words Hope you know that I, I just don't know what to do 'Cause I only want to be with you I just miss your voice Saying we're alright Callin' when you're lonely, late at night 'Cause I only want to be with you So I make my way Over as the white lightning zigzags And you're with Ahmed Plum red slacks and tequila fresa And you laugh the same Hand on mouth 'cause you hate your teeth And I love your teeth And I'm scared to speak As I catch a whiff of your rose Diptyque But I, I just don't know what to do 'Cause I only want to be with you I just miss your voice Saying we're alright Callin' when you're lonely, late at night 'Cause I only want to be with you Only want to be with you I only want to be with you Only want to be with you Purple Phase Saturday was rotten to the core Whispering to Jodie on the floor Terrified of turning 24, wet-eyed paranoid (It's just a) Promising to rise above the thoughts Tried to flush her pills and get support There's a centre in upstate New York, smoke blue lakes and talks (It's just a) I just want to see her iridescent charming cats down from trees Mugler aviators hiding eyes that laugh when concealed Saviour instinct tells me use your hands to drag her to peace To a place she can sleep It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase Oh Jodie won't you tell me what you're holding on for? Holding on for? (It's just a) I would find it all then I'd give it to you I'd give it to you yeah yeah yeah I just want to see her iridescent charming cats down from trees Mugler aviators hiding eyes that laugh when concealed Saviour instinct tells me use your hands to drag her to peace To a place she can sleep It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase I want you happy, I want you happy I think you're precious, I think you're precious I want you happy, I want you happy Oh you're so precious, you're so precious to me It's just a It's just a It's just a It's just a It's just a It's just a It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase It's just a purple phase Weightless Cardamom and jade as your eyes screamed On the night you showed your volcanic side And I'm afraid to need validation Waiting for the day when you finally tried The sandflies and the champagne You're closed off, I'm so drained But a sparkle in the rare case That you tell me I'm your sunray I'm starved of your affection You're crushed under the pressure But you won't change No, you won't change I don't wanna wait for you I don't wanna wait for you I don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you I don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go Dive into the past and you cut me Re reading our texts from the strawberry days Just give me a sign if you want me Just give me a sign if you wanna stay There's blue glass in the soft rain You're passive, I'm in pain But a sparkle in the rare case That you tell me I'm your sunray I'm starved of your affection You're crushed under the pressure But you won't change No, you won't change I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you I don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go And I usually know my strength But here I am at ninety degrees bent A metallic taste at the back of my throat Watch your deltoid flex as you cough on the phone And I've lost my grit and I'm in my head You're so withdrawn and I'm standing there Keeping wool over my eyes Keeping wool over my eyes I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you I don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go I don't wanna wait for you Don't wanna wait for you I don't wanna wait for you But I need you, so I won't go Pegasus (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) Fallin' asleep Holdin' your puppy in your Prussian blue sheets Never felt luckier Than I do right now, tell me you love me, let me have it Blood on your fleece Grippin' the cup and gettin' sick in the streets Never felt luckier Than I do right now, under the stars you trust in me Blue jewels round your neck Can cool my distress Loose cherries, hard breath I'm overwhelmed I spun round and screamed, "I feel elated when you hold me" Then you got shy and beamed, "I think it's special that you told me" I think you're special 'cause you told me I think you're special 'cause you told me I think you're special 'cause you told me Got the red eye Just to be near, 'cause my head eats me alive You're makin' sure I'm eatin' I call my mother just to tell her that I'm happy I'll tell you the truth Being with someone always made me feel used Then it would make me angry 'Cause I need love like a body needs sugar, I need love Blue jewels round your neck Can cool my distress Loose cherries, hard breath I'm overwhelmed Ready I spun round and screamed, "I feel elated when you hold me" Then you got shy and beamed, "I think it's special that you told me" I think you're special 'cause you told me Ready I think you're special 'cause you told me I think you're special 'cause you told me Ready Dog Rose You're jumping the turnstiles And I'm feeling horrible, wearing your clothes Gowanus and mezcal It's your brother's birthday, the sky is dog rose And I keep getting pangs when I look up, seeing you there Doing dishes for your step mum I hope it's not a big deal You got me feeling hyperreal And I Wanna belong to you Wanna belong to you Wanna belong to you I'm sorry if that scares you but I can't help it I thought you could tell by My awkward devotion to making you laugh Your cat in my arms, dancing to Enya hard Kicking out at your phone And I'm watching you chew the side of your cheek Nicorette patch peeking under your angel sleeve I hope it's not a big deal You got me feeling hyperreal And I Wanna belong to you Wanna belong to you Wanna belong to you I'm sorry if that scares you but I can't help it Wanna belong to you Wanna belong to you Wanna belong to you I'm sorry if that scares you but I can't help it I can't help it I can't help it I'm sorry if that scares you but I can't help it Puppy Summer spread its wings Grilling meat and burning out Grady lost his mother, now he's sleeping on my couch And I never felt loss like that, and I pray I don't have to See him staring way out, puppy dog trapped in a small gray Honda I know some things don't get easier I know some things hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forev- August was a daze, hell and heaven all at once Spilling out the duplex, lacerated by first love And we're wishing we could take it back And we're learning discomfort And we know that when you make plans it doesn't go like that I know some things don't get easier I know some things hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forev- Shadow box the fear of death Wim Wenders movies and awkward sex Big mulberry stain on the tennis dress I'm a star, I don't care what your roommate says Wonder if the world might make sense when we got three kids and our thirties end But we're all scared kids and it don't make sense We're all scared kids I know some things don't get easier I know some things hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forever Hurt forev- I'm Sorry Butterflies in my skull when you sat me down At the Dayglow café I know that I haven't been myself That I lost my courage Petrol in the air, wisteria and scrambled eggs Try to pin me down but I can't stand to show you He affected me I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's easier to be numb I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone Sky blue shirt and I'm so desperately hurt But I know you're there And I can't make myself open up As the sirens blare Petrol in the air, wisteria and scrambled eggs Try to pin me down but I can't stand for you to see me like this I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's easier to be numb I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone I've been working incessantly But that won't keep the wolves away I been working incessantly Like a wasp, feeling trapped and crazed Tried to tell my therapist everything Tried to meditate Fuck the pain away Tried to move out to LA Dye my hair lime, be a saint But I won't peek through the blinds I've shut in myself And so nothing changed Yeah I won't peek through the blinds I've shut in myself And so nothing changed I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's easier to be numb I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone Room (Red Wings) Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would Itching the scar on my arm Solo to keep me from harm, haven't heard from you Since I bleached my roots Ghosting me hard for a kick Blowing me up when you need it My wings are clipped and my head's in bits Yeah we spent a summer so entangled As the sugar browned And you started hurting me Cause you were turning inside out Yeah you know I'd pull up for you Even when you let me down I'd pull up, pull up for you Without you, I'm devastated Now I just want to eat cake in a room with a view Without you, I'm devastated Now I just want to eat cake in a room with a view Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would B roll of us in my lids, dusting the coke off your fist You were so far up, I would worry desperately Trying my best to be strong, then breaking down to my mum Watch the gingko leaves as the windows steam Yeah we spent a summer so entangled Listening to Frank And I never dreamed that you would lose yourself So far so bad Yeah you know I'd pull up for you Even when you make me so sad I'd pull up, pull up for you Without you, I'm devastated Now I just want to eat cake in a room with a view Without you, I'm devastated Now I just want to eat cake in a room with a view Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would Pull up when you want me I would We could've been immortal (oh yeah oh yeah) We could've been immortal (oh yeah oh yeah) We could've been immortal (oh yeah oh yeah) But the dream fell flat without you You were on a different page We could've been immortal (oh yeah oh yeah) We could've been immortal (oh yeah oh yeah) We could've been immortal (oh yeah oh yeah) But the dream fell flat without you You were on a different page Without you, I'm devastated Now I just want to eat cake in a room with a view Without you, I'm devastated Now I just want to eat cake in a room with a view Ghost I'm stumblin' around the park just to think I'm always startled when the ghost of things appear unwanted The swans are gliding while the wind whips and stings The sapphire in my signet ring I know that's it's been a while since Came over, let you drape your arm 'round my bad shoulder When I trust you I'll crush my composure Wanna tell you the truth, melt right into you Melt right into you Let you be the glue Melt right into you, you Between the sheets of rhododendron and sky I cast my mind across the day you said you'd always be there I pushed a curl of hair away from your eye And said "It's sweet of you to lie" I know that's it's been a while since Came over It's hard to be unguarded I know I come across cold Dropping out like a stone When I'm crumblin', but I owe you the truth Wanna I melt right into you Melt right into you Let you be my glue Melt right into you, you I'm so easily wounded Glasses of pineapple juice out on the Heath My head in your lap You offer me space, wild bees and sweat I'm scared if I tell you, you'll think of me as weak I don't wanna be that friend that's always in pain So I bottle it up, it hurts when I do it We stare at the sun Wanna let you in, wanna let you help me Wanna let you in, wanna have transparency Wanna let you in, wanna tell you everythin', everythin' Melt right into you Let you be that glue Melt right into you, you Let you be my glue Melt right into you Let you be my glue Melt right into you, you Jasmine (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) Are you with me, Jasmine Would you let me in Would you knock me over Like a bottle of gin Jasmine Is it 'cause I scare you Is it 'cause I knew But you've got to trust me Even if no one else will Jasmine When I see you, Jasmine What's a boy to do Please come back to me and Make my dream come true When it comes to heartbreak What's a little girl like you know Melt my heart of stone and Make my dream come true Come true Can I get you Friday Saturday, if it's your day I must be a real creep 'Cause I think it's all for me Is it really nothin' Is that what it is 'Cause I think you're wrong There is nothin' like this When I see you, Jasmine What's a boy to do Please come back to me and Make my dream come true When it comes to heartbreak What's a little girl like you know Melt my heart of stone and Make my dream come true When you see me, Jasmine I know what you think You look down on me Don't you think I'm weak When it comes to heartbreak I don't wanna feel that way Just come back to me Make my dream come true Make my dream come true Make my dream come true Come true, yeah Make my dream come true Jasmine, Jasmine Make my, make my dream come true Jasmine I'm Sorry (Remix) (feat. Lous and the Yakuza) Butterflies in my skull when you sat me down At the Dayglow café I know that I haven't been myself That I lost my courage Petrol in the air, wisteria And scrambled eggs Try to pin me down But I can't stand to show you He affected me I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's easier to be numb I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone Je suis désolée, j'ai oublié Toutes les choses de mon passé J'ai préféré me noyer dans l'océan de mes pensées Comme un oiseau dans le brouillard Je m'enfonce dans un trou noir Je ne vole que très tard le soir Je m'éloigne de tous les miroirs I'm sorry (I'm sorry) It's easier to be numb I'm sorry, sorry (I'm sorry) It's really just hard to trust anyone Trust anyone, trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone C'est dur de faire confiance aux autres OK, OK Je ne voulais pas être sauvée Et j'aurais voulu te dire désolée J'ai préféré oublier mon passé Me noyer dans l'océan de mes pensées Pour nous la même langue Tout ça prend du temps I truly realise that you may move on Combien de temps passé dans le brouillard Ok, ok Je me sens enfoncée dans un trou noir Ok, ok Je ne vois plus mon reflet dans le miroir, tu sais Je doute tous les soirs I'm sorry It's easier to be numb I'm sorry It's really just hard it never gets easier, easier to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone It's really just hard to trust anyone It's just hard to It's really just hard to trust anyone To trust anyone And I'm sorry
Blades (Remix) (feat. Redveil) I'm exhausted watching like Claire Danes through the water Kitchen light like blades through your body The party's ablaze We grew apart when you were fighting with your sister, I Don't think I realised how horribly I miss you now Regret is flowering inside me while I'm scooping ice Hope you know that I, I just don't know what to do 'Cause I only want to be with you 4:42 in the mornin', I'm stuck Performin' when I wake, my mind another place Reminded of your face when that chorus up My cortisol gon' rise 'cause I'm mournin' all that we went through Assortment of regret I been tryna sort through And you can get wings, I'm tryna soar too You never leavin' my brain, that's what I swore to That's what I swore to, I Wish I knew when it was over Wish I knew when it was over, don't leave me 'lone Skin feel like Minnesota Your embrace in the mornin', that was my coat Now that warmth gone, I'm sober Now that warmth gone, I'm sober and braved the storm And I hope Hope you know that I, I just don't know what to do (Do, do) 'Cause I only want to be with you (Be with you, be with you) I just miss your voice, saying we're alright Callin' when you're lonely, late at night 'Cause I only want to be with you So I make my way Over as the white lightning zigzags And you're with Ahmed Plum red slacks and tequila fresa And you laugh the same Hand on mouth 'cause you hate your teeth And I love your teeth And I'm scared to speak As I catch a whiff of your rose Diptyque But I, I just don't know what to do 'Cause I only want to be with you I just miss your voice, saying we're alright Callin' when you're lonely, late at night 'Cause I only want to be with you Only want to be with you I only want to be with you Only want to be with you Holding On
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) I'm not shy to say, even when it's wrong But what's keepin' me from holdin' on I'll be thinkin' of you even when you're gone But what's keepin' me from holdin' on There's no shame in letting go Feels the same to hold on Maybe it's stupid, I know myself But I'm hoping 'Cause I want nothing else Don't wanna change And don't wanna change what you do to me I'm not shy to say, even when it's wrong But what's keepin' me from holdin' on I'll be thinkin' of you even when you're gone But what's keepin' me from holdin' on This feeling's controlling me, I can't shut it down No point tellin' me I can only have sound I wanna love you, where is my frown Don't wanna hold on to you if you're happy alone But if you're thinkin' about me Tell me, 'cause I'm right here all alone I'm not shy to say, even when it's wrong But what's keepin' me from holdin' on I'll be thinkin' of you even when you're gone But what's keepin' me from holdin' on I'm not shy to say, even when it's wrong But what's keepin' me from holdin' on I'll be thinkin' of you even when you're gone But what's keepin' me from holdin' on
NON ALBUMS TRACKS Angel's Song (Sophie EP) You're there living in the afterburn of the 60's Getting high in the basement pretty Baby with a heart full of blood and Courtney Love You've got the pawn shop blues in this bitter city Crying hard in the basement pretty Angel quiet down when your dad takes you out Do-do-do-do This sadness ain't new Do-do-do-do You wanna jump off the roof But I love you Do-do-do-do This sadness ain't new Do-do-do-do You wanna jump off the roof Fuck, I love you You're there thinking 'bout a girl who ain't thinking about you Sitting numb in the basement blue Baby, you're wishing you could die with the moon but I would miss you You're there picking out your flaws from 3 A.M. 'til noon Like the bad kids at school used to do Well, fuck 'em, 'cause you turned out so kind and so cute Do-do-do-do This sadness ain't new Do-do-do-do You wanna jump off the roof But I love you Do-do-do-do This sadness ain't new Do-do-do-do You wanna jump off the roof But fuck, I love you You're my angel You're my angel Fuck, I love you
Breathe (Khalid feat. Arlo Parks /Sincere LP) I'm useless, out of my depth I don't wanna lose myself again I'm useless, out of my depth Baby, I need your oxygen (When do I start to feel myself again) I'm useless, out of my depth I don't wanna lose myself again (So useless) I'm useless, out of my depth (Need your oxygen) Baby, I need your oxygen So breathe Only six a.m. and I'm out searching for morning glory Many of us make it through the madness to tell our stories Couple hundred million of us shackled by our depression No one can escape our fate, the world brings us no excеptions Even in my bed, I feel afraid when thе lights go off Just my thoughts and I, and I've been dying to clear my conscience Like the walls are closing on me, I get so claustrophobic Open up my eyes, I'm still surrounded by all this darkness And I know that I'm useless, out of my depth I don't wanna lose myself again I'm useless, out of my depth Baby, I need your oxygen (When do I start to feel myself again) I'm useless, out of my depth I don't wanna lose myself again (So useless) I'm useless, out of my depth (Need your oxygen) Baby, I need your oxygen So breathe Searching through the darkness For something I could do differently Something I could do differently Seven weeks, I've been lost at sea So cold in my apartment Feeling my tears start to freeze Feeling my tears start to freeze Seven weeks, I've been lost at sea I'm useless, out of my depth I don't wanna lose myself again I'm useless, out of my depth Baby, I need your oxygen (When do I start to feel myself again) I'm useless, out of my depth I don't wanna lose myself again (So useless) I'm useless, out of my depth (Need your oxygen) Baby, I need your oxygen So breathe
Creep (Radiohead / Shy Radicals short film) When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so fuckin' special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here I don't care if it hurts I wanna have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so fuckin' special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here I don't belong here She's running out the door She's running out She run, run, run, run Run Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so fuckin' special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here I don't belong here I don't belong here
Eugene Poem Eugene keeps split fruit and stars between his ribs Smoking loose blems, blending, worming his way into your heart And what a heart! So soft, sometimes it hurts to beat We've known each other for ages The first time you came over, you grated ginger into a bowl Listened to my oldest pain Spoke like sugar water I knew I loved you then I'm still not quite sure in what way Eugene bloomed, like a complicated flower, or an elegant lie You borrowed his habit of horrible charm and effortless bruising Everybody says you two look beautiful together His hair smells like spoiled peaches and boiled blood I wear jealousy so unglamorously It upsets my stomach I see double Forgetting myself in the night For a minute, I was everything you needed We would drive for miles in search of clean air Our eyes were blind to the future Your future With him Who could have predicted the agony
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead / Phoebe Bridgers feat. Arlo Parks / Live at BBC 1 Piano Session) Green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In fake plastic earth She bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery For girls in the eighties But gravity always wins It wears him out It wears him out It wears him out It wears She looks like the real thing Shе tastes like the rеal thing My fake plastic love And I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time
George (Sophie EP) I'm so sick of being down and watching you get arrested I'm disgusted by you now with your rose quartz and overalls But you leave a bit of blood in every room Purple roses underneath your shoes When I see the petals by the pool I know that you've been Here Here Here I know that you've been Here Here Here I know that you've been The walls are powder-blue (Powder-blue) This place still stinks of you, I swear When I hear MF Doom It feels like you must be around somewhere You leave a bit of blood in every room Purple roses underneath your shoes When I see the petals by the pool I know that you've been Here Here Here I know that you've been Here Here Here I know that you've been Here Here Here I know that you've been Here Here Here I know that you've been Good Guy (Julia Jacklin / Live at Triple J Like A Version) Tell me I'm the love of your life, just for a night Even if you don't feel it Tell me I'm the love of your life, just for a night Even if you don't mean it I don't care for the truth when I'm lonely I don't care if you lie I don't care if in the morning You get up, not say goodbye I don't care for the truth when I'm lonely I don't care if you lie Come on, breathe in, breathe out You're still a good guy You're still a good guy Tell me I'm the love of your life, just for a night Even if you don't feel it Tell me I'm everything that you could find And you don't wanna waste it I don't care for the truth when I'm lonely I don't care if you lie I don't care if in the morning You get up, not say goodbye I don't care for the truth when I'm lonely I don't care if you lie Come on, breathe in, breathe out You're still a good guy Tell me I'm the love of your life, just for a night Even if you don't mean it
Hard Life (Sangria feat. Arlo Parks / Lockdown Version) Sangria and bottle tops Popping like we'll never stop Reaching for some H2O Let's wash away these boulder rocks Drop a penny in the ocean Start a chain reaction Euphoric but unbalanced Like two top heavy fractions Cannon fodder, tunnel vision Cocoa butter television Silky smooth paranoia influencing my decisions Jostling for position We're so shit at making plans I miss your naked body and I miss your clammy hands I'll always show you up when I'm with you Trouble holding my liquor Passing out in your kitchen (it's bad) It's always 5 AM when you call me Different day, same story Hang it up and ignore me I fucking hate it when you leave 'Cause you’ve got something that I need And I'm not zen enough to do this each week Girl, I fucking hate it when you leave 'Cause you've got something that I need And I keep dosing myself up on repeat, yeah Yeah, our satisfaction is not by accident Photographing our lifestyle Our attraction is almost passable I'll write your name on my profile Happiness induced chemically But you tend to me until I pass out Here's the link to my Soundcloud Here's the keys to my hometown Mi casa es tu casa Turn it up on the master Brace myself for disaster (it's bad) You're always talkin' 'bout some home truths Catching me in some foul moods Eating all of my soul food I fucking hate it when you leave 'Cause you've got something that I need And I'm not zen enough to do this each week Boy, I fucking hate it when you leave 'Cause you've got something that I need And I keep dosing myself up on repeat Remember when you brought me marigolds and wine I put your shirt on then we kissed to pass the time I miss the places you would take me when we got too high But won't you stay at mine just for a little while? I fucking hate it when you leave 'Cause you've got something that I need And I'm not zen enough to do this each week Girl, I fucking hate it when you leave 'Cause you've got something that I need And I keep dosing myself up on repeat
I Like (Super Sad Generation EP) Your eyes dilate when I come through Lick your lips and tell me that I'm looking brand new These times I'm tryna smoke, so what you gon' do? Flash your money, baby, so I guess it's on you I was thinking 'bout the devil on your face Now you're trippin' 'cause I need a little space Bought me daffodils and bought me Bathing Ape All the money in the world won't make me stay I like all the loving with some jewelry Get me that Chanel and you gon' wait and see I like all the fun, ain't no foolin' me Take me to your place and you gon' wait and see I like all the loving with some jewelry Get me that Chanel and you gon' wait and see I like all the fun, ain't no foolin' me Take me to your place and you gon' wait and see Chillin' in the shower with the butterflies on it, yeah Splash me with the prime care-free bill in your pocket, yeah Take me to the moon and take me to the tropics, yeah I know that you love me, swallowing your profit, yeah You say I'm perfect But baby, I am cooler than the other girls, I swear You say I'm golden Drink your red wine by the pyre when you take me out I like all the loving with some jewelry Get me that Chanel and you gon' wait and see I like all the fun, ain't no foolin' me Take me to your place and you gon' wait and see I like all the loving with some jewelry Get me that Chanel and you gon' wait and see I like all the fun, ain't no foolin' me Take me to your place and you gon' wait and see Last Christmas (Wham!) Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye Tell me baby, do you recognize me? Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me Merry Christmas, I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying "I love you," I meant it Now I know what a fool I've been But if you kissed me now, you'd probably fool me again Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'Il give it to someone special A crowded room, friends with tired eyes I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice My god, I thought you were someone to rely on Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on A face of a lover with a fire in his heart A man undercover, but you tore me apart And now I've found a real love You'll never fool me again Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
London Poem (Super Sad Generation EP) London Spending summers splitting our bellies with laughter over cheap fruit wine and Poundland biscuits With King Krule growling over the trees When I was 16 I'd take the overground to Queen's Road Peckham to see my boyfriend And there would always be bashment or dub Glitching down the train with kids in Doc Martens and metallic mini skirts cackling Slathering on foundation necking Cherry B like tap water I wrote my first poem in Bishop's Park, the end of my pencil bitten Pockets stuffed with 45p Tesco sweets Whining about some pretty skater boy Next to a brown rivеr that bubbled as it rolled up towards Hammersmith Whеn I think of London I think of the park police man Telling me and my mates that we're guests to this country I think of being drenched in sweat after a messy night With kebab grease around my lips eyes lead heavy, tears shed and tobacco lost I think of my friend's mum being robbed at knife point 5 minutes from home Violence, violets, vapes, too many bridges. My brother plays basketball in the sun With his laces undone and yesterday a stranger told me I reminded her of her daughter And offered me a rollie from a little gold tin with a dragon on it Ravenscourt Park is where I moped kicking pink plossoms and losing frisbees and barely revising physics Two years later I brought the person I liked to sit in my favourite spot on this fallen tree But I never mustered up the strength to kiss them Instead we argued about where in London MF Doom was born And where in London William Blake died Burning through the afternoon until the February chill drove us back to the station Where we ended up kissing Leaning in across the barrier, while the TFL maintenance man whooped n brandished his broomstick Shepherd's Bush Empire is where I saw Loyle Carner Make a room full of people dance so hard they stepped on each other's feet I had tears in my eyes when I walked out of there London has taught me about passion and it has taught me about the underappreciated nature of most artists From the man who plays the sax slumped barefoot against the wall of the underpass To the guy in the year above me at school who spends hours crafting a single sentence His freestyles slip over the beat like liquid gold. Oh London You've made me see things so grim, so glorious, so unapologetically alive I've watched men mash fists into each other's heads outside Spoons I've seen a little boy hand out a crushed handful of daffodils to the lady who sells strawberries And sweet potatoes on North End Road I've watched girls make out with tears streaming down their painted faces by Trafalgar Square at Pride I've watched my ex fall into a pond blind drunk then scream her throat raw at the ghost who pushed her I've traipsed through galleries on awkward dates and put my face against museum glass London. My city of lights This is where I grew up. This is where I learnt to toughen up This is where I grew up Though, this is where I learnt love
Paperbacks (Sophie EP) Write your name on the back of my record jackets If you upped and ran, I don't think I could hack it But I'm much more alive when you're not in my eyes Drawing dragonflies in my paperbacks all night Cider with the guys Having sex in the sky I think I hate you but I don't know why Cider with the guys Having sex in the sky I think I hate you but I don't know why Cider with the guys Having sex in the sky I think I hate you but I don't know why Cider with the guys Having sex in the sky I think I hate you but I don't know why
Quilt of Steam (Del Water Gap feat. Arlo Parks / I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet LP) I didn't know where I was until a month or so later When I woke up saw the quilt of steam rise off the radiator Sweatin' through the layers, stitched in my own hand On and on for acres All I ever wanted was for you to take a second Drop it all to sit with me Waiting in the car wonderin' if you would address it Or just leave me hurtin' quietly I needed a change, but I wasn't brave enough I needed a beer and a hug and a way out of the crater I needed a change, so we wouldn't fall out of love I couldn't admit I was crushed by the weight of being strangers I carried on foldin' clothes alone as if it wasn't treason Actin' strong, I just moved along as if it didn't happen Stoic like a captain, no compass in my hand Just hold me 'til it passes All I ever wanted was for you to take a second Drop it all to sit with me Waitin' in the car wonderin' if you would address it Or just leave me hurtin' quietly I needed a change, but I wasn't brave enough I needed a beer and a hug and a way out of the crater I needed a change, so we wouldn't fall out of love I couldn't admit I was crushed by the weight of being strangers I needed a change, but I wasn't brave enough I needed a beer and a hug and a way out of the crater I needed a change so we wouldn't fall out of love I couldn't admit I was crushed by the weight of being strangers Redondo Beach (Reprise By La Blogothèque) (Patti Smith / Reprise by La Blogothèque)
Late afternoon, dreaming hotel Just had the quarrel, sent you away I was looking for you-ou, are you gone, gone Called you on the phone, another dimension Well, you never returned, well you know what I mean I was looking for you-ou, are you gone, gone? Down by the ocean it was so dismal Women all standing, shock on their faces Sad description, I was looking for you Everyone is singing, girl is washed up On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad I was looking for you, are you gone gone? Pretty little girl, everyone cries She was a victim of sweet suicide I was looking for you-ou, are you gone, gone Down by the ocean it was so dismal Women all standing, shock on their faces Sad description, I was looking for you Desk clerk told me girl was washed up Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now I was looking for you-ou, are you gone, gone Picked up my key, didn't reply Went to my room, started to cry You were small, an angel, are you gone, gone Down by the ocean it was so dismal I was just standing, shock on my face The hearse pulled away, the girl that had died, it was you And you'll never return into my arms 'Cause you were gone, gone Gone gone, gone gone
Romantic Garbage (Super Sad Generation EP) You are the one I will base my romantic garbage on You are the one, come on, dance with me Make the most of the midday sun I am digging your aesthetic I look pathetic beside you A little big magnetic I wanna put my problems inside you With your hair in your face You be looking like a motherfucking rockstar I could be your girlfriend I could be your girlfriend if you wanted me to Boom If you wanted, if you wanted me to You are the one I will base my romantic garbage on You are the one, come on, dance with me Make the most of the midday sun If I fell in love with you Would you bring me the moon? Or some broken beer bottles and fresh war wounds? I been looking at the way that you move When the vodka's in you Blue jeans and movies and skater boy shoes Watch you smiling at me Fuck, I'm smiling at you But for now, let me make more songs to run away to You are the one I will base my romantic garbage on You are the one, come on, dance with me Make the most of the midday sun Said you are the one I will base my romantic garbage on You are the one, come on, dance with me Make the most of the midday sun Come on, dance with me Make the most of the midday sun
Second Guessing (Sophie EP) Eating Parma violets On the way back from therapy Bleeding out on a velvet couch They're kinda worried about me Do you remember When you broke your arm Tryna climb your way to paradise? Try to keep it in Pretend we got it all figured out I've been cutting magazines I think I'm burning 'Cause we're second guessing We shout in the gallery Trying not to disappoint my family 'Cause we're second guessing We're second guessing Yeah, in my stupid way, I wish I was five Without the cigarettes and quiet goodbyes I always bite my lower lip when I cry, yeah I know you hate it when I say I wanna die But I'll tell you something I'm trying hard To be the girl you kinda liked back in March Do you remember When you broke your arm Tryna climb your way to paradise? Try to keep it in Pretend we got it all figured out I've been cutting magazines I think I'm burning 'Cause we're second guessing We shout in the gallery Trying not to disappoint my family ('Cause we're second guessing We shout in the gallery Trying not to disappoint my family) 'Cause we're second guessing Second guessing 'Cause we're second guessing Second guessing 'Cause we're second guessing We're second guessing Softly I'm dazzled hard, we're in Berlin And when you leave, just break it down to me softly Well there's a frame, I'm shattering I dip into the love we had with ease Lemon and ginger beer, soap suds on navels If I've upset you, could you maybe say so? Has something changed, have I just missed the memo? Tell me what I don't know Oh won't you... Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Oh, I forget myself, I don't want no one else The pressure thuds behind my eyes You look at me as if it's my fault that we're stood here The cobalt of your scarf has pulled clear Stealing me traffic cones, smiling at babies I must admit I wanted you to save me Now I'm sat on the ground, feeling half crazy I don't want you to go Oh won't you... Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Oh, I forget myself, I don't want no one else Oh, I forget myself, I don't want no one else Oh, I forget myself, I don't want no one else Oh, I forget myself, I don't want no one else Oh won't you... Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Break it to me softly, I don't want no one else Break it to me, break it to me, break it to me Oh, I forget myself, I don't want no one else
Sophie (Sophie EP) I talk to girls that sings about asphyxiation Until their beer goes flat I talk to girls that brings their switchblades to the function And dye their buzzcuts black Shut your mouth and take your vitamins Bite your nails and sell your Ritalin I feel like the world is on my back Shut your mouth and take your vitamins Bite your nails and sell your Ritalin I feel like the world is on its back I'm just a kid, I Suffocate and slip, I Hate that we're all sick Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm just a kid, I Suffocate and slip, I Hate that we're all sick (Yeah) I'm blowing bubbles in the faces of thugs I'm smoking licorice tobacco for lunch, yeah I'm still denying that I'm anxious as fuck And I'm lacking in trust and I think my art sucks (It sucks) I look inside my head with disgust I would say it to my mates, but they're probably drunk So I listen to funk, I bend to the punch Then pretend that I'm fine when, really, I'm crushed Shut your mouth and take your vitamins Bite your nails and sell your Ritalin I feel like the world is on my back Shut your mouth and take your vitamins Bite your nails and sell your Ritalin I feel like the world is on its back I'm just a kid, I Suffocate and slip, I Hate that we're all sick Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm just a kid, I Suffocate and slip, I Hate that we're all sick
Stranger in the Night (Future Utopia feat. Arlo Parks / 12 Questions LP) Plant a kiss on my shoulder In the heart of October I wish that I had loved you with all I had Should've balanced my ego Kept my head, slowed my breathing And left the purple flowers in your hand Stop this heart 'Cause I don't need it Take these lungs 'cause I've stopped breathing You were everything to me But now You're just another stranger in the night Just another stranger in the night Just another stranger in the night Just another stranger in the night What was sweet now is bitter Summer turned into winter Now you're gone Now you're gone Stop this heart 'Cause I don't need it Take these lungs 'cause I've stopped breathing You were everything to me But now You're just another stranger in the night Just another stranger in the night Just another stranger in the night
Sunrise (Remix) (MICHELLE Feat. Arlo Parks) Couldn't ever be my sunrise (Sunrise, sunrise) You're just a setting sun, I'd pray and you would pass me by You're only looking for a good time, a body you could kiss on Turn to you and you've moved on You're my bright slice of diagonal heat You're reading poetry and I'm making something spicy to eat You disappoint me, but your necklace is an elegant green, it beams And I know your skin better than all the leaves Or the deep clean wounds in my soul, oh, no I think I lost hope Slipped dream, disc in my spine, it's all cold I know I could do better, rise up in cold weathеr Or maybe after summer, I'll still writе you letters, like The Earth still turns and I believe One day I'll fall into your gravity I just took too long to see beyond this predetermined read Empty hallways, calendar's months behind Bed's too warm to leave But I know like the sun, I gotta rise eventually Couldn't ever be my sunrise (Sunrise, sunrise) You're just a setting sun, I'd pray and you would pass me by You're only looking for a good time, a body you could kiss on Turn to you and you've moved on It's sour this time Many times I rode Many times I'd spin and went so far for you It's familiar and mild You stretch me out, I still can't reach Don't wanna need your company You should know that the Earth still turns and I believe One day I'll fall into your gravity I just took too long to see beyond this predetermined read Empty hallways, calendar's months behind Bed's too warm to leave But I know like the sun I gotta rise eventually Couldn't ever be my sunrise (Sunrise, sunrise) You're just a setting sun, I'd pray and you would pass me by You're only looking for a good time, a body you could kiss on Turn to you and you've moved on Couldn't ever be my sunrise (Sunrise, sunrise) You're just a setting sun, I'd pray and you would pass me by You're only looking for a good time, a body you could kiss on Turn to you and you've moved on
Super Sad Generation (Super Sad Generation EP) When did we get so skinny Start doing ketamine on weekends Getting wasted at the station And trying to keep our friends from death We're trying to keep our friends from death And yesterday I heard you say "Everything will sort itself if I get to L.A." And oh, oh, oh We're a super sad generation Killing time and losing our paychecks And oh, oh, oh We're a super sad generation Killing time and losing our paychecks We're barking out, it's not hard to see Drop three tabs quick in the back of the Prius Rainbow crop top, Billie Jean Might kill myself if you don't pick me Prom queens brushing blood out their teeth, it's clean Don't call me grieving for what we used to be We're 17, just let it be Drink some coffee, pretend it's the 60's Yesterday I heard you say "Everything will sort itself out if I get to L.A." And oh, oh, oh We're a super sad generation Killing time and losing our paychecks And oh, oh, oh We're a super sad generation Killing time and losing our paychecks Yeah, we're killing time and losing our paychecks
Ta reine (Angèle / Deezer InVersions) Si seulement elle savait comment Comment tu la regardais Elle serait effrayée Si seulement elle savait comment Comment tu l'imaginais Elle pourrait t'abîmer Mais laisse, laisse le temps Il pourrait vous donner une chance De vous retrouver Il lui faudra du temps, c'est sûr Pour oublier tous ces préjugés Mais tu voudrais qu'elle soit ta reine ce soir Même si deux reines, c'est pas trop accepté Mais tu voudrais qu'elle soit ta reine ce soir Toi, les rois, tu t'en fous, c'est pas c'qui t'plaît Si seulement elle savait comment Comment tu l'envisageais Même si t'es une fille Si seulement elle savait comment Comment tu pourrais l'aimer Tellement plus que lui Mais peut-être qu'un jour Elle verra tout l'amour que tu pourrais lui donner Moi, je crois aux histoires qui peuvent parfois Bien se terminer Mais tu voudrais qu'elle soit ta reine ce soir Même si deux reines, c'est pas trop accepté Mais tu voudrais qu'elle soit ta reine ce soir Toi, les rois, tu t'en fous, c'est pas c'qui t'plaît Mais tu voudrais qu'elle soit ta reine ce soir Même si deux reines, c'est pas trop accepté Mais tu voudrais qu'elle soit ta reine ce soir Toi, les rois, tu t'en fous, c'est pas c'qui t'plaît
Tangerine (Glass Animals feat. Arlo Parks / Dreamland + Bonus Levels LP) As cold as an old ice cream sandwich As focused as Mr. Miyagi You poke at your phone posting aerial photos Of you and your smoothie I can't keep on making you happy 'Cause you got issues with your daddy I miss ramen noodles and laughing at you And your gran in home movies But I wish I could show you more of yourself I wish I could make you somebody else But I left it way too late Are you stuck in your own ways I'm begging, hands, knees, please Tangerine, come on back to me Got what I need, Tangerine, do this for me Hands, knees, please Tangerine, sugar, honey, sweet Got what I need, Tangerine I wanna see you blooming like a tulip With your hair dyed peach I'm reading through your letters I remember when you saw through me And now within your pale blue eyes There's nothing I can keep I used to know the way you smiled And how you liked your tea Now you're spirited away Catch a glint in the eye of the ghost that you are It'll never be okay You're a star of the past Gonna miss that sweet little tangerine Oh my God Drop the beat You've been dreamless and sleeping for years Super clear since the late 1990s You only look at me properly now When you're drunk, watching movies Where are you, what happened I want what we had, where you gone, where you hiding It's 2:23, you got Friends on repeat On repeat, on repeat, on repeat, on repeat, on re- I wish I could show you more of yourself I wish I could make you somebody else But I left it way too late Are you stuck in your own ways I'm begging, hands, knees, please Tangerine, come on back to me Got what I need, Tangerine, do this for me Hands, knees, please Tangerine, sugar, honey, sweet Got what I need, Tangerine Hands, knees, please Tangerine, sugar, honey, sweet Got what I need, Tangerine I'm begging, hands, knees, please Tangerine, come on back to me Got what I need, Tangerine, do this for me Hands, knees, please Tangerine, sugar, honey, sweet Got what I need, Tangerine
Track07 (Georgia Anne Muldrow Version) (Georgia Anne Muldrow Version / Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats feat. Arlo Parks / Unlocked 1.5 EP) Mic check, one-two, one-two Eh-la-lo-le-la-lo-le-la-lo-le I don't write rhymes, nigga, I write checks Eh-la-lo-le-la-lo-le-la-lo-le Now lemme turn this to the judge and thrown the book out Then skew it on the barbie like a motherfuckin' cookout This Chef mad flavors Bitches suck the energy, it's like a lifesaver Shave it... Eh-la-lo-le-la-lo-le-la-lo-le My third eye's open, I feel absolutely free Violence in touch with my own inner energy I'ma get loose like a barbed-wire fence It's the significant, never frivolous, mister It's the... Don't compute then I gots to reroute ya I feel unblocked, vulnerable but brave My soul displaced from a desperate space I brace my arms for the blow, I know The truth comes through lips from broken faces, potentials erased Lacerated, evaded But now we've embraced it, we've finally made it Swear to God Naw, I'm like they ghetto My dog, my dog talking 'bout, uh You ain't get another nut You talking all this mad shit, soon as you see, you freeze up Like, shit
Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles / Deezer Sessions Live at Paris) Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin' And it sounds just like a song I want more berries and that summer feelin' It's so wonderful and warm Breathe me in, breathe me out I don't know if I could ever go without I'm just thinkin' out loud I don't know if I could ever go without Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Strawberries on a summer evenin' Baby, you're the end of June I want your belly and that summer feelin' Getting washed away in you Breathe me in, breathe me out I don't know if I could ever go without I'm just thinkin' out loud I don't know if I could ever go without Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Yeah, I just wanna taste it, I just wanna taste Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high
What Matters Most (Future Utopia Feat. Arlo Parks) Hello I just wanted to ask you In your opinion What matters most? Making sure she knows I'm sorry Pulling the perfect pint under the orange of the afternoon Finding God Folding the rage out of my own mouth Finally why I always seem to break my own heart Seeing the ocean for the first time, wind like diamond to the soft skin of my cheek Giving up cigarettes Forgiving my father Making the last bus home, eyes wet, heart open to the quiet of the morning You're The One (Spotify Singles) I want you to want me But you just wanna love me for the day And I can't just walk away Even though I know you're trouble, babe So I'mma take my time Go with the flow, can't get too involved You got a face that I Just can't say no to, just can't say no to you You know I want you, baby, you know I do I'll give you my heart and the rest is up to you You ain't no good for me, I know it's true But you don't have to be 'Cause I do it for the thrill, for the rush I do it for the pain, for your touch Will I OD when it's too much If I survive, baby, you're the one, you're the one You're the one, you're the one I feel like I'm walking The tightrope of love in your circus, babe If I were to fall, it'd be my last day Even though you're right under me So I'mma take my time Go with the flow, can't get too involved You got a face that I Just can't say no to, just can't say no to you You know I want you, baby, you know I do I'll give you my heart and the rest is up to you You ain't no good for me, I know it's true But you don't have to be 'Cause I do it for the thrill, for the rush I do it for the pain, for your touch Will I OD, when it's too much If I survive, baby you're the one, you're the one You're the one You're the one You're the one