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star​★​☆

by saoirse dream

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1.
apology 01:02
go break your silence while saying some shit that no one will remember 'less they ratio it at least you're being honest for once in your life 'til you beg and you promise "[you're] such a good guy" and i'll hate you as long as i want but that doesn't mean i won't cry when you're gone it's not like i can take your name out of my songs i just won't sing along
2.
i can taste the menthol in your spit i'd probably complain if i was really tryna quit tried to do the math on what it means when you commit cause i'm only ever underneath, you love how i submit i don't get much more direct than this if you wanted to know me, you should've known me when we were kids naming everyone i walked all over in the stupid emo songs i wrote why does forever feel like just a couple years ago less than enough, less than enough, less than enough for ya less than enough, less than enough, less than enough for ya less than enough, less than enough, less than enough do you mind if i want it do you mind if i want it do you mind if i talk in half measures to fill up the space in between (the lie and the truth) is it really the sorrow and the pity thats keeping you wrapped in the sheets (like every night) cos sundown gets your stomach in knots do you excuse yourself just to get what you want like every time you get hurt, its someone elses fault and i dont think you even know what it costs so make me think im less-than just to kill some time you can use it as a weapon any time you like keep me wrapped between your fingers just to keep your lie intact you dont know the half but you do it right back cos now im falling so carelessly just to please you you turn your shoulder so callously, did you mean to let me in on your secret, i see the real you oh, was it all so one-sided, or was it me too
3.
and i promise you this i won’t be worth nothing to ya when i stop making hits my character’s nobody if she stops talking shit when i can’t record the verses that i don’t believe in whatever, shut up, go fuck yourself i gotta get me out my head whoever she was i wish her well before you snap her neck i bet half of you’d curse me to hell if i just think about it freak out daily, don’t stop to breathe i can’t say no, afraid you’ll leave in the right city at the wrong time making all the right moves with the wrong guys seeing all the right things with the wrong eyes living in the right ways with the wrong life (at least that’s what i think it’s like) i guess this is how i find out can i keep it up or do i wind down laughing, oh my god she’s such a sellout hold her head under the water, you should be proud she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout saying all the right things at the wrong times doing all the right scenes with the wrong lines feeling like an extra in my own life can you see that i'm afraid of that or do you feel the same on the inside i can't breathe anymore making my way to the door spilled my guts on your floor don't know what i did it for i tried to sell you a lie you ripped away the disguise wish i could run back the time and make it all alright i guess this is how i find out can i keep it up or do i wind down laughing, oh my god she’s such a sellout hold her head under the water, you should be proud she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout she’s such a sellout
4.
if it isn't all bad but i still don't like it, ya what do u call that? what do u call that? if it isn't all bad but i still don't like it, ya what do u call that? what do u call that? i don't know if i'm prepared for anything more than this oh what am i scared for everything more than this i don't know if i'm prepared for anything more than this oh what am i scared for everything more than this when i speak with my voice at a regular tone yeah u like that don't u started telling myself that i sound like this cause i love being lied to it came pouring out of me And i don't know how i've been so good lately, honestly been too busy portaling and i wont stop now getting so close lately i'm scared of me what do u call that what do u call that letting you trade away your pulpit for a ballgag im been living apathetic to the betterment go ahead and burn a cigarette into my letterman i could be passed out dead in the doldrums letting my cup runneth over til its all gone how long did u expect yourself to keep on rising now what goes up must come down you know thats not surprising now if it isn't all bad but i still don't like it, ya what do u call that? what do u call that? if it isn't all bad but i still don't like it, ya what do u call that? what do u call that? i don't know if i'm prepared for anything more than this oh what am i scared for everything more than this i don't know if i'm prepared for anything more than this oh what am i scared for everything more than this
5.
I think I get what that Kanye song means If I put my hand on a stove will I bleed If I cut again can I even go deep Picking away at the body beneath Grounding by naming five things I can see Five things I can hear Five things I can touch Can tasting the back of my tongue be enough Yeah with my luck, you’ll tell me I’m so beautiful, so beautiful You’ve got front row seats to the dream To scream my name back at me, pretend I’m in control, I’m in control All eyes on me, on me, on me, on me, on Five more steps, fingers around my neck Five down and one ‘til I’m dead Five counts and I’m catching my breath Five more steps, fingers around my neck Five down and one ‘til I’m dead Five counts and I’m catching my breath Sometimes I think I’m on top of the world but I’m missing their words when they’re talking to me, Fucked up the details everything they told me I thought that their birthday was the seventeenth And I don’t know why I just act like I have so much energy, when I don’t even get sleep My words just compress out my mouth now it’s hurting to breathe, It’s hard to accept you’re relying on me I’m burning this bridge it’s not holding up My patience ran thin yeah I called your bluff I bottled my feelings the day that you left Yeah I tried to be cool, I’m not cold enough It would be funny if I ran into you on a corner, street, or party If I’m just telling you the truth, My heart already broke before it started I’m so beautiful, so beautiful You’ve got front row seats to the dream To scream my name back at me, pretend I’m in control, I’m in control All eyes on me, on me, on me, on me, on Five more steps, fingers around my neck Five down and one ‘til I’m dead Five counts and I’m catching my breath Five more steps, fingers around my neck Five down and one ‘til I’m dead Five counts and I’m catching my breath Five more steps, fingers around my neck Five down and one ‘til I’m dead Five counts and I’m catching my breath Five more steps, fingers around my neck Five down and one ‘til I’m dead Five counts and I’m catching my breath
6.
dare 03:16
i saw a boy turn into smoke convinced myself i’m dreaming he gestured back shot a pointed glance at a cycle still repeating oh it won’t be easy catie you just gotta try if you don’t see yourself in me just look in my eyes i knew a girl who took so much she couldn’t stop the bleeding 19 years old with no map and a skill for self-defeating she's tellin' everybody she fucks that she doesn’t feel anything when she gets touched and she’s bargaining one more month against one more drink or one more cut yeah she's tellin' everybody she loves that it’s their fault she isn’t growing up yeah she's tellin' everybody she trusts she’s just having fun and they care too much oh it won’t be easy catie you just gotta try do you still see yourself in me when you wanna die i've been a girl who gets so choked up every time she’s speaking pretends the awful things she put behind her won’t be creeping up again again again again again again again again again again again again again again again oh it won’t be easy catie you just gotta try you haven’t been yourself lately what does it feel like if it was easy catie you’d just follow the light promise you’ll never hate me just to dull the bite
7.
i recently realized i’ve been the bad guy for a long time and that doesn’t sit right i gotta take charge of my life i’ve gotta be fine for me or fine with me spend a lot of time with me cause what’s good for you ‘s not good for me at all i gotta be honest can’t be hard to be honest wait why’s it hard to be honest why’m i always stuck on it truth be told it’s been a while since i’ve been writing wish i could say that it’s been longer since i’ve lied and can’t make promises but i know i don’t wanna end up like him these thoughts can’t be intrusive if i invite them look, what do you want do you check your read receipts to see whose side you’re on no proof is enough you look past the words i say to criticize the tone hey its always fun to fault when you're involved i'm so uncomfortable and i'm freezing cold reminds me of a white lie i once told of a bond that we lived on until we broke it a token, i'm all choked up tried put that act to bed instead you called my bluff its funny how its hard to find till your in inches of your life that inches further was the light that coulda broken your disguise i've told you like so many times that its all in your mind so lets leave it behind us evolved into someone your kind now i know what its like and i hate being honest i've told you like so many times that its all in your mind so lets leave it behind us evolved into someone your kind now i know what its like and i hate being honest i recently realized i’ve been the bad guy for a long time and that doesn’t sit right i gotta take charge of my life i’ve gotta be fine for me or fine with me spend a lot of time with me cause what’s good for you ‘s not good for me at all i gotta be honest can’t be hard to be honest wait why’s it hard to be honest why’m i always stuck on it
8.
pullthecar 03:17
you didn't wanna be seen with me told everyone you wanted to fuck i never said i wanted you in me but i never said i wanted to stop you can feel so old when you're fifteen but at 22 you're not grown up keep the memory but not what's in between i don't wanna be stuck in your passenger seat just let me out, i've gotta think a bit, you know told the only person who'd hear me she said the thought was making her sick sarah doesn't hate the person within me but i'm not being a good catholic she thought she'd get the perfect boyfriend look at how i'm proving her wrong i don't ever doubt she remembers i don't wanna be stuck in your passenger seat just let me out, i've gotta cry a while, and i can't tell you why can you pull the car over i've gotta throw up as if to remember it wasn't enough a perfecter person could just let it go but i'm stuck reliving what nobody knows
9.
Acting out of malice Circle pain on the diagram Keep it steady, cut precision from my shaky hands I'm so caught up between what I want and who I am You only reach out at your weakest And I do it right back back back back back And I do it right back back back back back Let it circle in my head head head head head Burn a hole into my bed bed bed bed bed And I do it right back back back back back And I do it right back back back back back Let it circle in my head head head head head Burn a hole into my bed bed bed bed bed I think I found what you were looking for I won't give it back until you learn to use the magic word If you're fucking with me then I just gotta be sure And if it's really honesty then stop faking concern Water down the drain until I'm clean I create the image of myself I let you see The things that make you pretty never look as good on me Me my eyes and eyelids are all different shades of green And I do it right back back back back back And I do it right back back back back back Let it circle in my head head head head head Burn a hole into my bed bed bed bed bed And I do it right back And I do it right back Let it circle in my head (Let it circle in my, and it circles in my head) Burn a hole into my bed (And it circles in my head head head head head yeah) Downing the drink that you made for me Carve a space in the walls so that I can see I can barely breathe, I can barely breathe When you’re not with me, when you’re not with me Sometimes takes a little more to come apart Waiting for you to come back in the dark now Sometimes waiting all alone at the bus stop I don’t really give a fuck about what you want now Bout what you want now Bout what you need now Bout what we had, 2am and I’m homebound Kissing your neck, I forget all the past Til I stand up too fast and I do it right back And I do it right back back back back back And I do it right back back back back back Let it circle in my head head head head head Burn a hole into my bed bed bed bed bed And I do it right
10.
i am the target i’ve been trying to reach but all of my verses feel shallow to me the only words i believe in are too painful to speak make my trauma a collar pulled so tight i can’t breathe if i work hard enough, i can get out of this town while all of your parents are just flying you out give my honest opinion, put your head in the ground if you want explanation, i’ll be shutting my mouth but i play games to make being broke feel fun wondering how much money can i waste this month spill my guts to the cashier while she’s ringing me up i could go back to california anytime that i want i am the target i’ve been trying to reach but all of my verses feel shallow to me the only words i believe in are too painful to speak make my trauma a collar pulled so tight i can’t breathe i wanna hurt you and make you feel bad and then have a breakdown and show you that i'm sad but i know i won't do that cause that's kinda dumb make discussion, tell you where i'm from i get so frustrated every day of the month cause i'm not getting all the attention i want doesn't help it's been so long since i made a new song yeah it's been so long, yeah it's been so long i am the target i’ve been trying to reach but all of my verses feel shallow to me the only words i believe in are too painful to speak make my trauma a collar pulled so tight i can’t breathe i am the target i’ve been trying to reach but all of my verses feel shallow to me the only words i believe in are too painful to speak make my trauma a collar pulled so tight i can’t breathe don't take it serious i've been doing so bad lately don't take it serious i've been doing so bad lately i've been doing so bad lately i am the target i’ve been trying to reach but all of my verses feel shallow to me the only words i believe in are too painful to speak make my trauma a collar pulled so tight i can’t breathe i am the target i’ve been trying to reach but all of my verses feel shallow to me the only words i believe in are too painful to speak make my trauma a collar pulled so tight i can’t breathe

credits

released November 18, 2022

the star★☆ team:
bbbbfc - guitar on 3
can of bliss - vocals on 10, production on 5+8+10
cmten - vocals on 9
daywaiter - vocals on 4+7, production on 4
musa - vocals on 5
saoirse dream - vocals & production on 1-10
soupandreas - vocals on 3, production on 4, mixing on 6
st1cks - production on 7
torr - vocals on 4
wishlane - vocals on 2, production on 1+2+5

all songs mastered by Ryan Schwabe (www.ryanschwabe.com)
all artworks by atlas ezra (larvabun.tumblr.com)

recorded at my home(s) in portland oregon jun '21 - sep '22

thank you mom for the support, cody for the direction, atlas for the incredible artworks, sean for the endless hype, ethan, lane, franco, cole, musa, torr, shirin (+ goop house), elle archer (+ shaylee band) for reminding me i like playing bass, ryan schwabe for the wonderful masters, all of webcage, pool sandwich club, mouth house '20-'22 gang, slut saloon extended universe, lauren records, yellow american spirits, mint yerbs, & ebt for making this possible

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