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That Subtropical Heat
03:56
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Those streets I left behind
There was no one of my kind
And the weather blistered on
I left the sun behind
The happiest city in all the world
Except for this forlorn girl
And how my heart yearned
And my feet oh how they burned
And my feet oh how they burned
The thing I’ll always miss is that subtropical heat
The thing I’ll always miss is that subtropical heat
I walked along a rainbow
In search of a home
To go where winter falls
Upon my lost soul
They say people are the same everywhere
But someone take me there
Skies of pink and orange, seafood by the ocean
And the yacht parties I left behind
So long ago so long ago
Twinkling lights at the Rocks
The promise summer always held
So long ago now anyway
The thing I’ll always miss is that subtropical heat
The thing I’ll always miss is that subtropical heat
The thing I’ll always miss is that subtropical heat
The thing I’ll always miss is that subtropical heat
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Madi
04:07
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When we were seventeen we sat by the harbour
It was a balmy night and it was time to say goodbye
We were wide-eyed and hadn't yet been hurt by life
We were dreaming like only teenage girls can
You were a girl from an affluent suburb
Right near the water
Your mother played piano as a profession
And you longed for a boyfriend
I knew you could have anybody
You wore braids around your head
In books your face buried
You sang in a choir
You would study til you passed out
We would go walking round the city
Cafe hopping privileged seventeens
And you were always a little worried
That i felt too much for you but don’t worry
Flowers of every kind i knew belonged with you
From some man who would take you all around the world
I knew you were destined to be
Someone who the common soul cannot see
Invisible sometimes
Except when the time’s right
Well sometimes I think of you and I wonder
What your boyfriend's name is where does he live
Does he play cello
Or oboe or xylophone or flute
Does he wear a grey button down coat
And do you drink oat lattes in the morning just like me
And though I don't know you anymore
You're one of the people
Who’ve made me who I am
I wear my hair long now
I'm still learning to braid it
I wear my hair long now
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Father
03:13
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Father you told me I'd be like Joan of Arc one day
But you should never fight, stay here and be alright
You have the freedom to live your life
Father I don't know what happened to my trust
When I kicked you out of home, searching for poison for your heart
You loved me from the very start
Wish I had listened to you
But I'll never forget the stormy weather
We all live on planet earth together
Father you told me to always stay true
Even Jean Sibelius would be proud if you
Play it like it's violet, play it like it's blue
Play it like you don't know what else to do
Father you knew there was a way I'd be happy
You should live your life and start a band here
You have all you need to be who you want to be
You have all you need to be happy
Wish I had listened to you
But I'll never forget the stormy weather
We all live on planet earth together
But I'll never forget the stormy weather
We all live on planet earth together
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Fashion
03:16
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Fashion and posing are what I care about
Being size ten, wearing black, wearing green
I’ll tell you a story
I’ll tell you a story
Once i just went too far
Stitched a label to my heart
Saying now I’m weak saying now I’m sick now that I’m thin
Can I be someone I’ll be proud of
How can I be that girl but without the label stitched to her heart
I wanna be so strong, so spirited and tall
And I will be
I know I will grow
I wanna share with you something
The young man said to the young woman
I wanna share with you something borrowed something blue
Don’t lie around and dream of what could be
Forget the past and for once take the risk
You’re only lying in bed and she’s a mess
You’re only lying in bed cause you can’t forget
Forget the past and for once take the risk
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Blue White
02:31
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Blue White, such a sorry sight, never gets it right
But why?
Blue White, thinks it's all a lie, but I'm not lying
Get it right
He thought I lied so he'd give me a try but I never lied
He thought I lied so he'd give me a try but I never lied
Now I must die
He thought I lied so he'd give me a try but I never lied
He thought I lied so he'd give me a try but I never lied
I'll cry and cry
Blue White love of my life
His eyes are blue my skin is white
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Astronaut
05:52
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I'm an astronaut flying in the night
Looking for my alien friend who I left behind in space and time
She had pale grey eyes, eyes that looked capsized
Her complexion changed by the hour she walked to the beat of her own heart
Oh I'm a pilot flying through the glacial clouds
Navigating my own piece of heaven's mouth
My little friend she left an imprint on my heart
I'm an astronaut in the dark
I'm an astronaut taking off at dawn
Little friend you know I would never leave you alone
You were one of a kind, how to me you did bind
You walked to the beat of your own heart and I followed you in line
I wake up outside I am in a black vacuum
Then light comes streaming, it is early afternoon
I am lying on a crater on the moon
I wake up in my own bedroom
Some people you meet leave an imprint on your heart
You remember her and how she laughed and laughed and laughed
Some people you meet could be anybody
I miss my alien friend who will never return to me
I'm an astronaut in the dark
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A whole world is enclosed in your eyes
Endless night, endless sunrise
I'm so in love, I'm so in love
I'm so in love with you
All of the things gone by
In your life, in your midnights
I've given up, I've given up
I'm in love with you
Experience led you here, your eyes are clear
Lucid understanding
Your vision curls around the depths of my soul, oh-oh
You see a world enclosed in my eyes
Endless night, endless sunrise
You see a world enclosed in my eyes
On the opposite side
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Lullaby
03:58
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Can you sing me a lullaby before you slip into the night
Wrap your blanket around me tight before it's time to say goodbye
Sleep comes at last to me and lulls me into dreamland gently
Dreaming lucid dreams we find our way on our feet
And I just wanna sleep alone
Without you I'll sleep alone
Rain falling outside my door in the torrential downpour
I hold myself and think that you are here with me once more
A presence in my bed, you lie beside me and rest your head
Til I awaken and I find it's just the sound of rain
And I just wanna sleep alone
Without you I'll sleep aloneAnd I just wanna sleep alone
Without you I'll sleep alone
Can you sing me a lullaby before you slip into the night
Wrap your blanket around me tight before it's time to say goodbye
Sleep will it ever come to me knowing that you're not here
I will sing myself a lullaby, a lullaby
Sleep will it ever come to me knowing that you're not here
I will sing myself a lullaby, a lullaby
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9. |
Tomorrow is Coming
03:33
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I won’t accept your love when I am beautiful again
When someone else has made my day you'll need to move on over
But you always seem to prefer me when you can’t have me and I have seen
You punching walls and slamming doors in anger
When I’m with someone
when I'm with someone
When I'm with someone
When I’m with someone
When I'm with someone
When I'm with someone
A few years ago when I was doing well you saw somebody's arms round my hips
you were crazy jealous
Even though I've offered myself up to you time and again
Whenever my body's pudding
Whenever I'm right for you
You leave me with your worst and save my best for a day i’ll never let you see in the end
You take away from me opportunities you save them all for yourself
Because of how it is between me and you you’ve gotten so far ahead of yourself
Now you can have any girl you want and I've been left to flounder by myself
Even though I was better than you in the first place anyone would have agreed
It was me
It was me
It was me
You need to take your chances when I am ugly it's the only time you'll have it, when tomorrow comes I'll be too pretty
You need take your chances whenever I'm not good enough cause when tomorrow comes around, somebody else will love me
Somebody else will love me
Somebody else will love me
Somebody else will love me
somebody else will love me
Somebody else will love me
Somebody else will love me
You need to open your eyes
The version of me that wants you
The one for which you think you're too good
Soon it won't be here
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10. |
Refinishing
03:57
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Soon my life will become about libraries and concerts, classical strings, floral dresses, beef pho on a rainy day
Mary Jane shoes, audiobooks, indoor rock climbing, being watched on a train ride
I will live on glasses of water, rustic bread
I will live in daydreaming, I will live in always planning
Oh-oh, oh-oh
I am fanciful at best, but the ground I lie on is humming for tomorrow
A place to sleep, a song in my heart, a life to live and so much hope
It all comes back around again
I will find that life moves to a better place
And good things accumulate
All the sad things refinishing in a better way
Writing notes down in a diary with pretty pages
Oh-oh oh-oh
I'm always falling in love with girls in music videos
Especially Eurasian girls like me
Fazerdaze, Mina Okabe, Laufey, I'm so happy
some people have said I'm like them
I know exactly how to be that girl
Like a butterfly coming out of hibernation
Being humble and sweet and looking up, paying lots of attention to what people say
Soon I'll fall in love for real
He might not be perfect but who cares
I'll be that girl I’ll be that girl I’ll be that girl
I’ll be that girl I’ll be that girl I’ll be that girl
Oh-oh, oh-oh,
Go into the great unknown
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Mayumi Mullins Melbourne, Australia
Mayumi is a songwriter and multi instrumentalist living in Melbourne, Australia. Her fairytale lyricism is influenced by fiction and sometimes real life, and she is mostly a recording artist whose favourite place is her bedroom where she can write songs. Mayumi's music is like a freshwater spring bubbling up at unexpected times, or a silk quilt in a warm lamplit room on a cold day. ... more
Mayumi Mullins recommends:
Come Apart and Overthink It are my favourite tracks. I hardly have the words for these songs, you just have to hear them. Such great attitude from the ever unique Fazerdaze
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