St. Vincent

Lover, I don't play to win
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker
I threw flowers in your face on my sister's wedding day
Paint the...

Keys are in my pocket and they're rattling away
Some floral apartment and a fiery escape
But I'm a wife in watercolors I can wash away
Seventeen cold ...

Black Rainbow -St.Vincent
There's a black rainbow above my house
Mass of curtains in the floors
I think I'm glass,I think I'm breaking it
Wrecking bal...

Muscle connects to the bone
And bone to the ire and the marrow
Mouth connects to the teeth
And teeth to the loves and the curses
H-E-L-P
Help me, help...

We're sleeping underneath the bed
To scare the monsters out
With our dear daddy's Smith and Wesson
We've gotta teach them all a lesson
Don't move, don...

Honey, the party, you went away quickly
But oh, that's the trouble with ticking and talking
I lick the ice cube from your empty glass
Oh, we've stayed...

Oh honey, I was there in the dark where you lay
And I saw you with a scent on your hands
Going out to get you something

Oh honey I was there in the d...

I'm not your mother's favorite dog
I'm not the carpet you walk on

I'm not one small atomic bomb
I'm not anything at all

I'm not the feather at your ...

I write to give word the war is over
Send my cinders home to mother
They gave me a medal for my valor
They say, "I'm on your side
"When nobody is, 'ca...

I'm crawling through landmines
Just to know where you are
There's smoke in my eyes
Cause you're burning the ground
I'm crawling through landmines
Just...

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
Run the alleys casually cruel
Cruel, cruel
Bodi...

I've had good times
With some bad guys
I've told whole lies
With a half smile
Held your bare bones
With my clothes on
I've thrown rocks
Then hid both ...

Did you ever really stare at me?
Did you ever really stare at me?
Like I stared at you
I ate flowers in the backyard
Bought finely neutered fruit
Shot...

When I was young
Coach called me the tiger
(Oh America, can I owe you one)
I always had
A knack with the danger
(Oh America, can I owe you one)
Living...

I'm not your mother's favorite dog
I'm not the carpet you walk on

I'm not one small atomic bomb
I'm not anything at all

I'm not the feather at your ...

I am the antidote
I'll suck your venom out
Show me where it really hurts
I'll show you where it really hurts


Honey, your clothes are soaked
Mom leav...

There are times when you feel sad and blue
Some things wrong you don't know what to do
Just make believe and smile
Make believe, you are glad when you...

Oh, what an ordinary day
Take out the garbage, masturbate
I＇m still holding for the laugh
The dogs will bark so let them bark
The birds will cry I＇ll ...

I used to think that I should watch TV
 I used to think that it was good for me
 Wanted to know what folks were thinking

 To understand the land I li...

Well we know where we're going
 But we don't know where we've been
 And we know what we're knowing

 But we can't say what we've seen

 And we're not ...

I,I prefer your love to Jesus
Little baby on your knees cause the world has got you down
Name-tagged tourists, sick at the sight of them
As my headach...

What do you know
I'm just a bad believer
What do you know
What do you know

From the nave and down into the altar

I left my momma sitting in the pew
...

Oh, what an ordinary day
Take out the garbage, masturbate
I'm still holding for the laugh
The dogs will bark so let them bark
The birds will cry I'll ...

Follow the power lines back from the road
No one around so I take off my clothes
Am I the only one in the only world?
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Woah ...

Get back to your seat

Get back mashin' teeth

I want all the your mind

just like a window, yeah

just like a window, yeah

Digital witnesses,

what'...

Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to walk, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
My mind on th...

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
(Boys)
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
(Girls)

Sugarboy, I’m in need
How I wish for somethin' sweet
Sugar...

Remember one Christmas I gave you Jim Carroll
Intended it as a cautionary tale
You said you saw yourself inside there
Dog-eared it like a how-to manua...

In Los Ageless, the winter never comes
In Los Ageless, the mothers milk their young
But I can keep running
No, I can keep running
The Los Ageless hang...

Sugarboy, I'm in need
How I wish for somethin' sweet
Sugarboy, I am weak
Got a crush on tragedy
Oh, here I go
A casualty hangin' on from the balcony
O...

My love, your house has many rooms
The kitchen's filled with food, I'll find a place inside

The dreams that pass across your face
Come from a secret ...

Who'll be my valentine?

Who'll lift this heavy load?

Who'll share this taxi cab?

Who wants to climb aboard?

Who is an honest man?

Who is an hones...

By the time the guests arrive

Ooh, already it was dark outside

Tables set with china dishes

We're welcomed in with tiny kisses

What's her name, I ...

Hey, hey Lazarus

Working your backbone, swinging your shovel

Hey, hey Lazarus

Gold in your river, there forever

One of these days I'm gonna bring ...

New York isn't New York without you, love
So far in a few blocks to be solo
And if I called you from First Avenue
Well, you're the only other sucker i...

Hear me, women and wives
Hear me, husband and lovers
What we do with our lives
Seems to matter to others
Some of them may follow
Roads that we run dow...

I signed autographs in the visitation room
 Waiting for you the last time, inmate 502
 Daddy's home

 You still got it in your government green suit
 ...

9-1-1
 (9-1-1, what's the emergency?)
 I'm in love
 (I see, so how can I help you?)
 I can hear the angels sweeping
 So why do I feel like sleeping?
 ...

Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me
 Time to keep me movin'
 Keep me movin' with some energy

 Well, I talk about it, talk about it
 Talk ...

I sway in place to a slow disco

And a glass for the saints and a bow for the road

Am I thinking what everybody's thinkin'

I'm so glad I came but I ...

Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me

Time to keep me movin' keep me movin' with some energy

Well I talk about it talk about it talk about...

On the street, I'm a kingsize killer
 I can make your kingdom come
 On my feet, I'm an earthquake shakin'
 Hey, what are you looking at? (Oh)
 Who the...

Don't blink, don't wait, don't walk, you're late
 Don't fall from grace, behave
 Don't trip, sashay
 Okay, sashay

 Don't kid, don't blame, don't snap...

To get a better view of the moon
 Moon
 My God, then one wrong stair
 Took her down to the depths
 But for a minute, what a view
 What a view

 You're...

I'm just like a hungry little flea
 Jumping on somebody's warm body
 When you start to itch and scratch and scream
 Once I'm in, you can't get rid of ...

Te miré toda la noche, llegó el amanecer
Y los ángeles bajaron y te besaron
Salvaje
El olor de tu pelo en las cortinas
El viento arrasó las ventanas
S...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
Next year, all our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

Empty cup and a can full of marigolds
Half-burned candle, a picture pinned on the wall
Letters, records, and ash on linoleum
Signs of life, the beginn...

Hello
 Do you know where you are?
 You've been out cold
 Don't get up
 Can you count to 10?
 Oh boy, you're so lucky we found you when we did

 But st...