oh, darling, there was a time when I would never let you go
when I would hold your hand in mine just to let my power show
and all the shit I did just to let myself feel okay
you never thought your way out of it, you always let me get away
I wish it were true
that I always wanted you
if I ever wanted you, then you deserved it
and I just couldn’t say
who I thought I was that day
if there’s loving in the world, then you deserve it
but if not, I gotta say
that I was right -
maybe we’re better off that way, us two
and oh I must confess - every time I dreamt of you
you were a damsel in distress, I was the one distressing you
and if it seems too harsh, I am afraid but it is true
that when your mind opened up your heart mine was still undressing you
I still can’t see
what the hell you saw in me
gave you years of hurt and pain but I was worth it
and all those sleepless nights
you spent singing to yourself
songs of everlasting hell, but I was worth it
and if not, I gotta say,
that I was right, maybe we’re better off this way
and if it seems to you unfair
that I should fall down on my knees
remember ambition has wracked my brain
I deserve no sympathy
and if it seems to you unfair
that you can’t go back
recall that’s just another way
of being stuck in the past
but yes I know what you need
so remember, I beg you, please
that I am sorry
oh, when I think of you I see an ocean vast and deep
a single sail out on the blue, a two-wheeled pilot with ten speeds
but when I think of me and the wreck I have become
there’s nothing but teenage vanity, some stupid symbols, and a song
isn’t that enough
for a life fulfilled if tough?
how do normal people live and never wonder?
and if I’m on my way
to a greater life today
I hope you will have the same and never wonder
how the love I have for me
could ever hold lesser degree
and how the love to give away
could take its place -
I’m sure we’re better off that way
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