LET'S MEET ON THE HILLSIDE
LET'S GO TO THE MALL
I'LL SEE YOU IN THE BASEMENT WITH THE DOGS
LET'S DANCE AT THE DISCO
WE'LL DANCE TIL WE WHEEZE
I PROMISE I'LL SURVIVE IT ONCE YOU LEAVE
IN THE NIGHT I FIND I KNOW EUPHORIA
SOON THE TIDE WILL FALL TO MY DYSTOPIA
WAS IT MY INVOCATION
ARE YOU HEARING MY SONGS
SEND THE TOAD TO GO SWIMMING WITH THE FROG
PLEASE DON'T USE TOO MUCH ENERGY
THIS IS MY JOI DE VIVRE
I CAN BASK IN THE MOONLIGHT WHILE YOU SLEEP
WAS THAT YOU IN THE PARKING LOT
I THINK ALL THE TIME
I'M HERE FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOU WERE MINE
I GAVE YOU A BLANKET
HEARD ABOUT YOUR GUITAR
WE WILL MAKE IT TOGETHER
WHERE YOU ARE
IN THE NIGHT I FIND I KNOW EUPHORIA
SOON THE TIDE WILL FALL TO MY DYSTOPIA
OH DON'T BE AFRAID OF MY EMOTIONS, NO
IT ISN'T THAT I ISN'T THAT I'M SAD
I'M JUST OVERWHELMED TO FINALLY BE WITH YOU LOVE
YOU SHOULD KNOW I GET TEARFUL WHEN I'M GLAD
THESE NEW MEMORIES HEAL MY LITTLE HEART SO, SO
PLEASE VISIT, I'M MISSING MY FRIEND
FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A MILLION LIFETIMES
IS THAT TOO UNREASONABLE TO ASK ?
AND I JUST WANT TO DEDICATE MY LIFE HERE, SO
TELL ME HOW I TELL ME HOW I CAN
I CAN ALREADY FEEL IT START TO WANE AGAIN
IS IT TO UNREASONABLE TO WAX?
IN THIS PLACE WE CAN DEFY MORTALITY
LEAD ME TO SURVIVE THIS UNREALITY
Idk if this is oddly particular but I would describe listening to this album like sitting at the edge of a stream and trying to cup the water that flows by: it doesn't matter how tightly you clasp on: it doesn't matter how slowly it leaks out: eventually, it will slip from your hands. It will return to where it came from, and you just have to let it happen.
It walks an EXTREMELY fine line between a very shaky sort of ethereality and a steadfast sense of vigor and life. Truly sublime stuff. qalsy
Burbling beneath the hazy beauty of the debut solo record from Lush co-founder Emma Anderson is razor-sharp wit and a heart full of rage. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2023