FOLKLORE (2020_

• ★★★½☆ | the 1
• ★★★★½ | cardigan
• ★★★½☆ | the last great american dinasty
• ★★★★½ | exile
• ★★★★½ | my tears ricochet
• ★★★★☆ | mirrorball
• ★★★★☆ | seven
• ★★★★☆ | august
• ★★★★☆ | this is me trying
• ★★★★☆ | illicit affairs
• ★★★★☆ | invisible string
• ★★★½☆ | mad woman
• ★★★☆☆ | epiphany
• ★★★½☆ | betty
• ★★★☆☆ | peace
• ★★★½☆ | hoax
• ★★★½☆ | the lakes

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‘‘ if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow’’

• the 1

‘‘you drew stars around my scars but now i'm bleedin’’

• cardigan

‘‘when you are young, they assume you know nothing, but i knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss, i knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs, the smell of smoke would hang around this long, 'cause i knew everything when i was young’’

• cardigan

‘‘you're not my homeland anymore, so what am i defending now? you were my town, now i'm in exile, seein' you out’’

• exile

‘‘all this time we always walked a very thin line, you didn't even hear me out (you didn't even hear me out), you never gave a warning sign (i gave so many signs)’’

• exile

‘‘you know i didn't want to have to haunt you, but what a ghostly scene, you wear the same jewels that i gave you as you bury me’’

• my tears ricochet

‘‘i can go anywhere i want, anywhere i want, just not home’’

• my tears ricochet

‘‘i'll get you out on the floor, shimmering beautiful, and when i break, it's in a million pieces’’

• mirrorball

‘‘and i've been meaning to tell you, i think your house is haunted, your dad is always mad and that must be why, and i think you should come live with me and we can be pirates, then you won't have to cry or hide in the closet, and just like a folk song, our love will be passed on’’

• seven

‘‘i was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere, fell behind all my classmates and i ended up here’’

• this is me trying

‘‘time, curious time, gave me no compasses, gave me no signs, were there clues i didn't see? time, mystical time cutting me open, then healing me fine were there clues i didn't see?’’

• invisible string

‘‘you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out and you find something to wrap your noose around’’

• mad woman

‘‘will you kiss me on the porch in front of all your stupid friends? if you kiss me, will it be just like i dreamed it? will it patch your broken wings? i'm only seventeen, i don't know anythingbut i know i miss you’’

• betty

‘‘but i'm a fire and i'll keep your brittle heart warm, if your cascade, ocean wave blues come. all these people think love's for show, but i would die for you in secret’’

• peace