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Windswept Perfectionist

by Lucy Rose Cash

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Windswept Perfectionist 02:55
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You wrote the ending before it even started You base your decisions on your very dearly departed You’ll make it perfect Or you won't do it at all You’ll make a show of it but you have a hard time letting go Boots up to your thighs Eyes the colour of cloudy skies Hair in knots and chapped cheeks A windswept perfectionist You watch your plants die Wasting a good time You’re indecisive You change your mind on a dime You’ll make endings bittersweet or you won’t say goodbye at all And you’ll make a show of it but you have a hard time letting go Boots up to your thighs Eyes the colour of cloudy skies Hair in knots and chapped cheeks A windswept perfectionist How could I wreck this So soon so soon You don’t do closure At least not with me Our conversations Leave me empty Boots up to your thighs Eyes the colour of cloudy skies
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Let Yourself Be Lonely 03:29
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Lying on the floor staring at the ceiling thinking of you and how you’re healing Your cuts make make my scars itch Your bruises are blue and mine are pink And I’m just waiting to get better, but until then I’ll help hold you together. When I feel good I don’t feel cured But I’m getting pretty good at saying what you want to hear When it comes down to it does it scare you to see me like this Cause I’ve been through it and you have the same emptiness In your eyes Empty eyes I think about falling more than I actually do You like falling, but it’s the getting up that’s hard for you I'm feeling pretty bad, but for you I’m fine I think I’m getting better at reading your mind Can you read mine When it comes down to it Do you still wish we were kids We were closer then It makes me sad to think about it Leave your bad thoughts out to dry with the laundry Let yourself feel a little lonely Hospitalised with beautiful eyes - a blessing and a curse Leave your bad thoughts out to dry When it comes down to it Do you still wish we were kids We were closer then It makes me sad to think about it
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Laugh It Off 02:39
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I’ll clean up your mess Make it look pretty All organised a mix of beauty and pity But it only takes you a few days To fall apart again But I’ll Laugh it off When everything’s on fire You say you’re fine but I know you’re a liar Laugh it off A sound for the ages A cry for help A scream of rage When you’re gone I won't miss you You put a grey filter on my golden years A little trauma, shaken up kids A side effect of living like we did Laugh it off When everything’s on fire You say you’re fine but I know you’re a liar Laugh it off A sound for the ages A cry for help A scream of rage I try not to take it personally That you went after me I try to move forward As hard as it may seem I try to laugh it off But I’m still working on it Laugh it off When everything’s on fire You say you’re fine but I know you’re a liar Laugh it off A sound for the ages A cry for help A scream of rage Laugh it off When everything’s on fire You say you’re fine but I know you’re a liar Laugh it off A sound for the ages A cry for help A scream of rage
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Memories That Aren't Mine 04:17
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Soft Spoken Kid 02:13
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Practice writing with your left hand You picked it up from a childhood friend You haven't seen her in a year Time wasted In your basement Our lives as good as solved Time wasted Lets face it I didn't know you at all You told yourself not to care You took your strong opinions with you everywhere Your mood swings like a pendulum and I can't figure you out anymore You were just a soft spoken kid And now you’re in pieces Pieces Time wasted In your basement Our lives as good as solved Time wasted Let’s face it I didn't know you at all And I hate that this isn't even the half of it I hate that this isn't even the half of it
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Forced Wisdom 03:27
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Hands with chipped paint and picked at callouses Hands that once held your empty promises With that weight gone imagine what I could hold Brown hair in waves, split ends rage Cut all your hair off in pieces Bit by bit find your reasons You carved out a world in your head You play things over a broken cassette In the dark you think too much Forced wisdom of my younger self Too tired to run for help I’ve invented everything I know But I think for myself You have always been wary of strength in numbers I wonder how that came to be But I like you better by yourself So it's fine with me And do you like the girl you've become The one whose body's at war All battles have casualties Are we just one of those? You like to fake an illness that isn't yours You think my battle scars are from your war When you apologise Do you even know what for Forced wisdom of my younger self Too tired to run for help I’ve invented everything I know But I think for myself
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Breathe Easy 03:45
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It's been a year My clothes fit differently My hair hangs less gently It’s been a month And I still feel The fullness on my lungs And the weight of what I’ll become I want to breathe easily I want to be someone Who doesn't have to fake being happy And you’re so self aware it’s not fair You’re like an angel with blue hair I used to live life just like you God I wish that was still true It’s been a few weeks since I broke down And I’m still waiting for your half hearted placating It’s been a day since I stopped breathing And I’m still waiting I’m still waiting To breathe easily To be someone who doesn't have to fake being happy And you’re so self aware it’s not fair You’re like an angel with blue hair I used to live life just like you God I wish that was still true Because my nails are bitten to the beds The skin around them turning red And I don’t know the last time I got rest And there is not much of me left All I want to do is breathe easily To be someone who doesn't have to fake being happy And you’re so self aware it’s not fair You’re like an angel with blue hair I used to live life just like you God I wish that was still true

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I wrote these songs at bus stops and on subway trains, with scraps of melody and an overflow of words. It is a somewhat melancholy outline of the past few years, though all the songs were written in the span of a few months. This album is my own coming of age and a selective journey through my worst feelings of malaise as well as some of my better days. I think we all feel as if we’ve lost the past few years of our lives, but this album is a reflection of all the raw memories and the brief moments of joy I have found in them now. This is a challenge to perfectionism in all its intricate flaws. I hope one might find solace in the lyrics and vocals, as I feel they have saved me in more ways than one.

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released April 29, 2023

Lucy Rose Cash: Vocals, Guitar
Julia Band Orange: Drums
Kritty Uranowski: Guitar, Keys
Jose Contreras: Bass
Produced by Jose Contreras & Kritty Uranowski
All songs written by Lucy Rose Cash

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Lucy Rose Cash Toronto, Ontario

Lucy Rose Cash was born in Toronto in 2007, straight into the worlds of live music and art.

Influenced by artists such as Joni Mitchell and Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy brings her own haunting melancholy to tracks exploring the wisdom gained through youthful experience in real time. ... more

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