pretty things
I can’t be bothered with these pretty things
they scoop me up when I’m unhappy
they take and take until there’s nothing
but I don’t learn
I make the same mistakes and old wrong turns
it’s like a bee sting or a slapping
it shakes you up ‘till you are nothing
it shakes you up ‘till you’re a pretty thing
pretty thing
I’m not affected by your pretty face
this is the last time I come running
the ghosts and hellish lows are coming
watch and learn
your empty head is like a trigger
I fill it up when no one’s looking
the string inside my chest keeps pulling
I fill you up ‘cause you’re a pretty thing
More folk-inflected confessionals on love, loss, and anxiety — plus a Kacey Musgraves cameo —from the Nashville indie pop auteur. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 11, 2024
Julien Baker is an acquired taste - assuming of course you’ve acquired great taste in singer songwriters… beautiful, devastating, honest, insightful… I’ve not heard a single song of hers that hasn’t left me in absolute awe. crisbroadhurst