Smutty Hollow

from OLD FLAMES / NEW FLAMES by Total Betty

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Alone in the world, convinced this is really the end
Explorer of the night confused by the map in her hands
The moon softly glows, she cannot stifle her grin
Learning to shed the what-ifs of what could have been

High on sleep deprivation suddenly on a lark
She thought she was wishing upon a star but it was Mars
Easy mistake anyone could make because it's so far
She changes her path, hands gripping the handlebars

Pedals turn round, the grind of a rusty chain
Pushing uphill along the city's bike lane
Taking deep breaths, appreciative of the pain
Elle est dans la lune, just a steady pace to maintain

Il y a un an deux peines d'amour en même temps
Mais cet été-là elle se dit que ça sera différent
Tout le monde dit qu'elle est résiliente
De sa tête et son coeur jusqu'à ses jambes

On ne voit pas souvent des femmes poilues comme ça
A man says to a friend en croyant qu'elle ne comprends pas
They don't see her strength, they don't know where she came from
She's so far past that, it cannot be an insult

But there's something about the old men seated in dives
I don't mean to say that they're innocent, special, or wise
Envy of solitude, sadness in their eyes
She feels akin to them as she plots her demise

"My life, which seems so simple and monotonous is really a complicated affair of cafés where they like me and cafés where they don't, streets that are friendly, streets that aren't, rooms where I might be happy, rooms where I never shall be, looking-glasses I look nice in, looking-glasses I don't, dresses that will be lucky, dresses that won't, and so on."

Spoken too soon, she's fallen in love again
Trois heures du matin les deux se tenaient les mains
Pavement below, Mars above, the two in between
Elle se tourne et demande: Est-ce que je peux t'embrasser?

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from OLD FLAMES / NEW FLAMES, released April 26, 2018

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What would happen if the head cheerleader, the misfit, the dropout, and the band geeks started a punk band?

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