1. |
Fading Little Suns
03:57
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I’m at the ballot box
I’m thinking of you
at the ballot box
I hope you think of me too
when you vote hard left
just like I would do
once I was a light in your life
and you were a fire in mine
Now we’re fading little suns
in a sky of closer ones
but I’ll always shine a little for you
I’m in the waiting room
I’m thinking of you
in the waiting room
I hope you think of me too
when you feel doomed
the way I always do
once I was a light in your life
and you were a fire in mine
Now we’re fading little suns
in a sky of closer ones
but I’ll always shine a little for you
nobody wants to be replaced, not all the way
that’s why I left bobby pins in your room
that’s why you call me the same names you used to
holding on even barely will wear you out eventually
I’m at the Cactus Club
I’m thinking of you
at the Cactus Club
I hope you think of me too
when you cry at the show
at the same songs I do
once I was a light in your life
and you were a fire in mine
Now we’re fading little suns
in a sky of closer ones
but I’ll always shine a little for you
fading little suns
in a sky of bigger ones
will you always shine a little for me too?
nobody wants to be replaced, not all the way
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2. |
PDA Now
03:37
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I got tired of being so easy
kinda bored of my privacy
with the sun on my skin
sand stuck on everything
I got tired of having a level head
mulling days over for hours in bed
with the moon in your hair
your hands wrapped around your beer
I’m gonna be what I be, baby
I’m gonna be who I be, baby
I’m into PDA now
I’ll kiss your teeth in a crowd
and when our friends are around
they feel weird but I don’t know how to stop
I’m so tired of sleeping without dreams
nights so quiet you can’t hear anything
so in daylight at the pier
I shake it and I don’t care
I’m gonna be what I be, baby
I’m gonna be who I be, baby
tie my shoes
spit in mouth
tidy my nightstand
bite my fingers
nickname my pets
burn my toast
check on my freckles
buy me candy
pierce my ears
tell me what I taste like
tell me I’m right
I’m into PDA now
I’ll kiss your teeth in a crowd
and when our friends are around
they feel weird but I don’t know how to stop
touching you (touching you)
touching you (touching you)
touching you (touching you)
(touching you)
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3. |
Bad Math
04:13
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lost like a ring in the cushions
lost like a trauma from my mind
I’ll just make it disappear
like a murphy bed
you’ll never see where it went
you’ll never see where she slept
one lighthouse blinks white one blinks green
it means something
to the ships coming in
it means something
to somebody
I feel like a million bucks in the red
I bet on her, I made the wrong bet
I feel a million bucks in the red
I should have checked my work
‘cause she was bad math bad math bad math
bad math bad math bad math bad math
practice madness in the mirror
til it’s perfect, so perfect that it walks
like Pneumonia out of the room
if I didn’t go
to that bar for that show
or left early and went home
or stepped out for some fresh air
would I have been spared
her fingers through my hair
how very scared
I was in her care
I feel like a million bucks in the red
I bet on her, I made the wrong bet
I feel a million bucks in the red
I should have checked my work
‘cause she was bad math bad math bad math
bad math bad math bad math bad math
once you blow air into a lilo
it’ll only come out if you bite down
and in regards to my heart
if we’re speaking of my love
I won’t say she stole it
but she didn’t not take it from me
I won’t say she stole it
but she didn’t not take it from me
she just made it disappear
‘cause she was bad math bad math bad math
‘cause she was bad math bad math
didn’t add up bad math bad math
to true love bad math
‘cause she was bad math bad math
thought I had it bad math bad math
didn’t have it bad math
‘cause she was bad math bad math
do I miss it? bad math bad math
yeah, I miss it? bad math
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4. |
Tamagotchi
03:32
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forcing my hand on instagram
to try to change the algorithm
in case anyone finds my phone
after I’ve gone cold
I want the kids to think I ruled
my exes to think I was cool
and then my vision gets real tunnel
I start to lose it over this one thought
what if I’m just somebody’s Tamagotchi
what if you're just a plot point
and no matter how much I love you
you’re not anything at all
but code
in the sci-fi book I’m reading
there’s a planet full of beings
who can’t lie and I won’t
I don’t really know
who I am without scheming
withholding my feelings
and then my vision gets real tunnel
I start to lose it over this one thought
what if I’m just somebody’s Tamagotchi
what if this pain's a plot point
and the days I feel so lonely
aren’t longer than any other
they’re just code
well aren’t you a sight for short circuits?
fixing my crossed wires when I get like this
when I’m overwhelmed by endlessness
what if one shot is all you really get
or what if
what if I’m just somebody’s Tamagotchi
what if summer’s just a plot point
and as red as my skin gets
it doesn’t burn at all
it’s just code
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5. |
Wore Off
03:24
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I met you in a room full of white, bright apples
bites taken out of every one
I knew I was doomed when I heard your headphones
playing that new Charli song
now what? should I meet your mom?
now what? co-parent your dog?
I can really feel it changing
my whole life really changing
I met you in a room full of hot neon signs
flies buzzing round every one
I knew I was screwed ‘cause it made my heart hurt
that you had nail polish on
now what? Should we buy a home?
now what? I’ll take on your loans?
I can really feel it changing
my whole life really changing
and then the whiskey wore off
and everything came down
I know I said we should make out
but I just want to be alone at my house
I left you in a room full of cardboard boxes
fragile written on every one
I knew we were doomed when you called me boring
then just sat on your phone
now what? we divide our friends?
now what? cancel all our plans?
i thought that my life was changing
my whole life really changing
and then the magic wore off
and the curtain came down
and then the champagne wore off
and then the year came down
and every crush I’ve had is gone
I can really feel it changing
my whole life really changing
I can really feel it changing
my whole life really changing
and I can’t wait to be alone
can’t wait to be alone
can’t wait to be alone
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6. |
It Does Help
04:15
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just another girl with a couple tattoos
lying in the sun as they fade to blue
while a couple guys who work for the city
slow the truck and rubberneck my body
a simple thing complicates in time
I don’t know how it helps
but it does help
to know that we are so small
that nothing matters at all
I don’t know how it helps
but it does help
to know that I will change my mind
time after time after time
acting on impulse at the vending machine
and on the forked river trail
while my coastal friends, they are sinking
my heartland friends can’t stop drinking
a simple thing complicates in time
I don’t know how it helps
but it does help
to know that we are so small
that nothing matters at all
I don’t know how it helps
but it does help
to know that I will change my mind
time after time after time
it’s so late, only the internet is open and I hate my feelings
and I miss my mom and the way she picked lilacs in the spring
I miss never having a phone on me and loving halloween
I miss happening to things and not them happening to me
but it’s nice to think one day I won’t miss anything
that I’ll join all of my lost parts in the wild, wide empty dark
I don’t know how it helps
but it does help
to know that we are so small
that nothing matters at all
I don’t know how it helps
but it does help
to know that I will change my mind
time after time after time
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7. |
Stunts
03:17
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it’s a one hundred horse town
even if all of them are cops
you’d think I could find one person
to fill my emptying cup
or a couple friends to call
when it’s as late as it gets
and I need someone to tell me
to get a grip
I’m a bad actor but I do my own stunts
and it's all method all the time
from alarm to melatonin, I’m trying
from light to night, I’m asking
who are we? wrong answers only
making elaborate wishes
on ordinary things
putting faith in fountains
shining with copper currencies
in small snapping bones
small flames easily extinguished
it’s much safer than believing
in anything big
I’m a bad actor but I do my own stunts
and it's all method all the time
from alarm to melatonin, I’m trying
from light to night, I’m asking
who are we? wrong answers only
in the winter of 2000
the computers kept on
at my parent’s new year’s party
I let someone call me pretty
maybe that was the beginning of the end
being introduced to my reflection
they say lie in the bed you made
live with the bets you made
even if you made them at 12
or didn’t make them yourself
I’m always white lying
thinking I’m getting away with it
making you apologize
for things you did in my head
making up scenarios
in which I’m dying to death
and you’re at my gravestone
your cheeks wet and red
I’m a bad actor but I do my own stunts
and it's all method all the time
from alarm to melatonin, I’m trying
from light to night, I’m asking
who are we? ask Jeeves or somebody
ask a priest, tax-free
ask goddamn Mercury
just don’t ask me
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8. |
All 5
03:45
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I say it easier than
the blink of an eye at the end
of a staring contest
in the desert on a windy day
I love you with all five
I love you all the time
some of our friends stayed married
that could be you and me
I love you teeth and tongue
I love you til we lose the sun
or til NASA finds another one
and another one
I say it louder than
the dog outside the shop when
their owner gets coffee
he’ll be right back, that’s what they all say
I love you with all five
I love you all the time
some of our friends stayed married
that could be you and me
I love you teeth and tongue
I love you til we lose the sun
or til NASA finds another one
and another one
I don’t know how to tell you that animal collective makes me anxious
I don’t know how to tell you that the bird you said was a sparrow wasn’t
I don’t know how to tell you that these eggs are not done
I don’t know how to tell you that your friends are not fun
because you are so precious to me
I only want to tell you good things
you are so special to me
good things, good things
I love you with all five
I love you all the time
some of our friends stayed married
that could be you and me
I love you teeth and tongue
I love you til we lose the sun
or til NASA finds another one
and another one
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9. |
Brain a Break
03:48
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break my body to give my brain a
break my body to give my brain a
break my body to give my brain a
break
running til my thoughts just stop
running til my thoughts just stop
running
my tv friends taught me how to die cool
how to cry cool and
how to feel like I’m living when I’m just in bed
some days everyone I love is 2D and scripted
it’s okay, long as I don’t think it to death
break my body to give my brain a
break my body to give my brain a
break my body to give my brain a
break
running til my thoughts just stop
running til my thoughts just stop
running
why do I find myself in middle night in
the fridge light at
the tail end of a walking sleep where I've lost my head
thinking maybe string cheese would erase what my dreams meant
it’s okay, long as I don’t wake in his bed
break my body to give my brain a
break my body to give my brain a
break my body to give my brain a
break
running til my thoughts just stop
running til my thoughts just stop
running
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10. |
Glue
03:41
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he looked just like you
in that blue screen glow
listless but still cool
dead but alive too
when I imagined
how we’d play this game
didn’t think you’d win
not by this margin
everything I do I do for you
everything you do you do for you
oh god, you’re rubber
oh god, I’m glue
oh god, you’re rubber
oh god, I’m glue
if I could just get
some money saved up
I’d move to the sea
where warmth comes easy
here, in the rust belt
i’m your changed mind
i’m your left signal
you’re turning right though
everything I do I do for you
everything you do you do for you
oh god, I’m glue
oh god, you’re rubber
oh god, I’m glue
i wish you’d untell me what you told me
wish you’d unhand your handle on me
and stop saving your ADHD
conveniently just for me
like dreams of friends who no longer exist
you make little visits
you’re always in transit
loving me for a few minutes
I’m the kettle you left to cry on it’s own
oh god, you’re rubber
oh god, I’m glue
oh god, you’re rubber
oh god, I’m glue
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11. |
Another Way Home
03:04
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I’m the shamed fool in the adage
once, twice, you really had me
non-refundable dream
blind belief
here I go
to take it out on other people
it’s not the kind of sadness that sells
not the kind of love that swells
not a blue that sparkles,
tale that tells
but I’m done
being the practice run
I thought we were leaving together
but it’s cool it’s cool it’s cool
I’ll find another way home
it’s cool it’s cool
l can find another way home
cloud 6 is high as I ever get
write it down to get through it
but finally
I’m not crying
over you
I’m crying just generally
I thought we were leaving together
but it’s cool it’s cool it’s cool
I’ll find another way home
it’s cool it’s cool
l can find another way home
perforated, you tore from me so easily
dotted lines round the heart on my sleeve
instructions right there for the cutting
that the wind knocked me over so easily
says more about the strength of the breeze
than it does about the weakness of me
I thought we were leaving together
but it’s cool it’s cool it’s cool
I’ll find another way home
it’s cool it’s cool
l can find another way home
I can find another way home
I can find another way home
I can find another way home
I can do this on my own
I can do this on my own
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12. |
I'll Stay
03:25
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days like today, I say
I’ll stay, I’ll stick around
‘cause heaven’s a hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone
floating around missing everyone?
no, I’ll stay, I’ll stick around for now
I wear brass knuckles to bed
fight off the demons in your head
that come for you when you sleep
no one should be afraid to dream
not you, especially
days like today, I say
I’ll stay, I’ll stick around
‘cause heaven’s a hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone
floating around missing everyone?
no, I’ll stay, I’ll stick around for now
You bring knives to the sticks
fight off the hicks at the Kwik Trip
with pursed lips and elevator eyes
no one should be afraid at pump 5
not me, not this time
dying is a way out
dying is a way out
but loving is a way out too
loving is a way out too
dying is a way out
dying is a way out
but loving is a way out too
loving is a way out too
A little bit of violence becomes us
A little chaos calls to us
it’s really sweet
all the people you’d kill for me
days like today, I say
I’ll stay, I’ll stick around
for now
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sure thing Milwaukee, Wisconsin
sure thing is Milwaukee’s Casey O’Brien (Cinnaminiatures) and Stephen Strupp (solo, Sat. Nite Duets, Soda Road). Songs for sure thing’s self-titled debut were written and recorded between late 2019 and 2023.
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