1. |
Motion Picture
03:17
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Wish you talked about me
like they do in the movies
Silver screen
Dancing in your parlor
Like a beauty queen
I’ve been here
Waiting for you to come around
But I can’t seem to get this picture moving
And I’ve been hurting
Far too long
Waiting for
The fight to come
And I’ve been searching
All my life
Falling victim
To tonight
Cause of you
Cause of you
Wish you sang about me
Like they do in the pictures
Laughing in the grayscale
Smoking as we flicker
I dreamt of staining you forever
But you always keep me hanging lucid
And I’ve been screaming
Far too long
Waiting for the light to come
And I’ve been searching
All my life
Grabbing hold of one last night
Cause of you
Cause of you
I can’t wait for you any longer
To see me through this twisted lens
I can’t burn for you any brighter
For you to play this game of pretend
Don’t you see I’m a star?
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2. |
12:59
03:50
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How can you look at a statue,
And give him the same love
Over and over?
How can I live to be free?
This piano keeps playing our song in
A different key but
I can’t dance to it anymore
Cause these shoes
Aren’t broken in
From chasing after you
And I
Am only awake
After 12:59
And I
Am only yours
After I close my eyes
How can you stare her
Dead in the face and
Refuse her even after
Springtime comes?
How can you be what I fear?
I sang the chorus
To many a tragedy
But none of the villains had your face
I guess that’s what I get for
Loving a man who’s named
After a saint
And I
Am only awake
After 12:59
And I
Am only yours
After I close my eyes
How can you look at a statue,
And give him the same love
Over and over?
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3. |
In Case You Seek Me
03:14
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Pressing my lips up against the glass
Hoping that you’re on the other side
Shrieking laughter from the other room
Where I left my skin to dry
If you knew my late-night rendezvous
I know that I couldn’t keep you
You’re as sweet as bitter fruit to me
But I’m caught up in your demeanor
Writing like a widow
Just to please his ghost
I jump from house to home
But I’m never his host
He sees me through my bedroom window
Though I’m asleep still
I’ll leave the door unlocked for him
Just in case he seeks the thrill
Running miles on crooked feet
I never let him see past
My yellow teeth
Spraining spines to pass the time
But he’s the one that’s on my mind
Writing like a widow
Just to please his ghost
I jump from house to home
But I’m never his host
He sees me through my bedroom window
Though I’m asleep still
I’ll leave the door unlocked for him
Just in case he seeks the thrill
Thrill
Thrill
Pressing my lips up against the glass
Hoping that you can see
The imprint of my lipstick smile
And I can hand over your key
The door’s ajar when you are ready
I’m tossing for a spill
I’ll leave the window unlocked
Just in case you seek the thrill
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4. |
Love Me Deadly
03:16
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You were lovely dressed in blue
I was perfect dressed up too
Stood in the mirror
Saw your face
Caught up this secret place
You were me and I was you
You make it hard to get through
And if I told you what it means
I guarantee you won’t see
I got the gift of seeing
and I know what you’re feeling
Hold me with your quiet lies
Love me deadly all the time
Keep me down locked and tied
To your fire all the time
Filled my dreams with honey light
But you only come at night
Have I just a role to play
In your sick and losing game?
Hold me with your quiet lies
Love me deadly all the time
Keep me down locked and tied
To your fire all the time
You’re the devil in disguise
I knew it when I saw your eyes
I curse your name into the sky
And still I pray and wonder why
You disappear into the day
Now I think I’ve lost my way
I’m your puppet on a string
Your dirty little secret thing
I curse your name into the sky
And still I pray and wonder why
I wonder why
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Madeline Usher New Orleans, Louisiana
Madeline Usher is a musician from Chicago, Illinois living in New Orleans, Louisiana. She emerged in late 2019 with her EP “Phantoms,” heavily rooted in darkwave. In March of 2021, she released her sophomore EP, “Be My Lucifer." What was once described as, “melancholic synth-pop” soon became “moody, vampire girl rock” inspired by bands like Veruca Salt and Concrete Blonde. ... more
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