Lyrics

GABBY SWORD, 2023

  • I fold the last of your clothes and go

    A new fool dropping the last of her roses

    And my heart sank like a stone

    And it sank to the deep, a signal

    Something’s happening, something has changed

    But has it changed me?

    Sitting in the taxi listening to Lexie

    Took your plants home

    Feels weird because you’re not done living

    And my heart sank like a stone

    And it sank to the deep, a signal

    Something’s happening, something has changed

    But has it changed

    When my French friend made the point

    Weird and wrong and strange and disjointed

    Are my own vocabulary heavy rotation

    The American mind will always find it

    Every time the mold's not being fit

    And my heart sank like a stone

    And it sank to the deep, a signal

    Something’s happening, something has changed

    But has it changed me

  • I’m just that dumb kid

    I want all that I see

    Excellent, another oedipal victory

    Hold on

    Hold on

    Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing

    Be honest with me

    Am I gonna find out that the closing door has

    Always been me

    I suck your lip

    Wondering what this will become

    That look of longing

    Forming a pearl upon my tongue

    Just caught again

    Slipping mercurially

    Between the gaze of men

    And my map of Brooklyn body

    Hold on

    I'm not what

    What I thought

    Hold on

    Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing

    Be honest with me

    Am I gonna find out that the closing door

    Has always been me

    Can I be shy and imposing in one swing

    Am I gonna find that I’m the closing door

    Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing

    Am I gonna find out that the closing door

    Has always been me

    Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing

    Be honest with me

    Am I gonna find out that the closing door

    Has always been me

  • You appeared solid through the mist

    Arms outstretching

    You pulled me in

    And I can’t believe I have never

    Stepped into the rolling current

    Washed over and let my body go

    Tumbling

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    If finding’s what keeps our eyes

    Open wide

    Stumbling, I was fumbling around

    Bumping into everything

    Discovering

    And discovering and discovering just how we

    Are turn taking

    Being baby and acting responsibly

    Perpetually unprepared

    To step into the rolling current

    Just letting go and letting our bodies feel

    Amazing

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    If finding’s what keeps our eyes

    Open wide

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    Doesn’t matter what we find

    If finding’s what keeps our eyes

    Open wide

    Open wide

  • Buggy summer afternoon

    I’m tugging at her pantleg

    Got it down round halfway

    With a half smile I look to you

    For the blue ribbons I’m craving

    You pin them on lovingly

    And kiss my mind

    I’ll swear I’m fine

    And smile

    I wanna spin you by the fridge

    Kitchen twirling

    Infinity in the guitar line

    And we are grounded by our being

    Different beings

    Separate

    Not the same

    Come on, try me

    33

    Still getting lost on subways

    Turning blue on airplanes

    I’m so surprised

    I just learned it’s simple

    Nothing is a symbol

    In real life

    I swear I’m fine

    And smile

    I wanna spin you by the fridge

    Kitchen twirling

    Infinity in the guitar line

    And we are grounded by our being

    Different beings

    Separate

    Not the same

    I wanna spin you by the fridge

    Kitchen twirling

    Infinity in the guitar line

    And we are grounded by our being

    Different beings

    Separate

    Not the same