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Ape​/​Beast

by The Judy Blooms

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1.
Anna 02:55
Anna, are you setting me up only to break me down later? and Anna, enough of your beau in france, quiet, you're here with me now, where you belong but if you're not that careful, Anna, i'll stay the night you tell me no just once... well, i'm gonna try again Anna, haven't you seen the sun? your pallor's the shade of a new born babe and Anna, worry your pretty mind; i told all the same lies a hundred times but if you close your eyes, Anna, i'll steal your pride and rob you of your promises don't leave your man for me
2.
Meg, i think you're starting to slip i ain't too good for your health no, you must have forgot i look out for myself and now it's like there's junk in our blood on and off again we return yes, we're stuck in our ways for better or worse time has a way of skipping over mistakes, but it's coming back to you all of our past things that i done to you yeah, well you know i'm trash and it's coming back to you our hearts, they still stumble along looking where the green grass grows for just a little sun away from the cold and Meg, i know it's better this way you can have the desert sun and i'll have the dirt of the streets under my thumb
3.
summer is gone and you're still around watching your friends take the bus out of town but don't be afraid, cause you're not alone no, i'm just like you: left sitting at home love i'm waiting, love come here love i'm waiting, love come here a cool autumn night, you wake up and feel hoping your hands find there's someone else there well i do the same, take comfort in that we're not alone, no we just haven't met love i'm waiting, love come here love i'm waiting, love come here call on your heart, call on your heart your heart's with me well, call on your heart, call on your heart your heart's with me well, well, well, well, well, well think of these times when nothing feels good and your foolish head says you got what you should just call on your heart, find your heart's with me and one day we'll end all our misery
4.
wake up, let's get you on your feet you're no good just laying still let's just relax and kill the night drink more and take your pills then, i'll take off your clothes i'll search in vain for your soul there's worse ways to kill the night wake up, let's get you on your feet you're no good just laying still then, i'll take off your clothes i'll search in vain for your soul there's worse ways to kill the night one more and we'll be out
5.
melancholy i was born cursed with that but don't you worry my moods change fast sittin on your porch at night all alone smoking all your cigarettes until they're gone sad and lonely i know all about that but don't you worry my moods change fast sittin on your porch at night all alone smoking all your cigarettes until they're gone and the night cries: hey boy, where's your head? there's love all around you but you gotta let your mind go melancholy i was born cursed with that sad and lonely i know all about that
6.
someone told you i'm a wicked man and i'll steal your tears yes it's true i've broken many hearts but only out of fear and i will break your heart of stone yes i'll break your heart i will break your heart of stone yes i'll break your heart, your heart of stone the birds were singing all about you in their morning song they said your skin was strong like iron and your heart was made from stone now there's rumors i've done vicious things left my lovers wild but i've no shame and i've no regret no, cause i've stayed true inside and i will break your heart of stone yes i'll break your heart i will break your heart of stone yes i'll break your heart, your heart of stone
7.
Two Blocks 03:00
on lost streets, barely dawn full of rum and morphine you break down and curse the wind that blew out your last match you're so close, it's two blocks she's there in bed there's visions now of tender flesh heavy sighs and violence you rest now to catch your breath curse this wind, it's baring down you're so close, it's two blocks she's there in bed alone, the night has fucked your mind
8.
i was giving into my young mind and losing all my youthful faith in love i know you'll be there when i break free you have my love which means you have me but i am free and so are you cause you and i are the love that no one understands (yes) i gave any pretty face the time looking for the things you hold from me i'm here, here i am, i'm here the world won't break you the world won't break you still there's fear that lives inside of me will you ever give me all of you? but i am free and so are you cause you and i are the love that no one understands the world won't break you if you lose yourself the worse thing for you is to fight the world

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i wrote this album when i first moved to brooklyn, about seven years ago. i didn't have a place to make noise yet, so everything was recorded very quietly in my bedroom.
i've resisted the urge to george-lucas it up. i'm releasing it as i would have then. it probably needs a remix and a remaster, but i suppose that might be beside the point. this is very much an album of a certain time and feeling. i'm not sure why i never released it. probably because it was too personal to ever feel like it was finished in the moment. but after giving it a few years to breathe, i can say that i really do like the songs and it sounds the way it was supposed to sound: limited and raw, but charming and earnest.
jake g - january 20 2015

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released October 30, 2008

photo by ramona clifton

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