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I Thought You Knew
01:41
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Behold the glorious anchor
that pulled us all down to the pavement
You got lost and came back a savior
forgetting the rules of engagement
I left the light on
I thought you knew
Can’t stop from being this anxious
Some world that I try to escape from
You look at me like a stranger
not trying to make my acquaintance
I’ve tried to see it through
Our time has come now
I thought you knew
I’ve tried to see it through
The time is ours now
I thought you knew
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Don't Let Go
01:32
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I’m hanging by your side
debating what is right
I love you enough to be alone
Creeping towards that age
of not regretting what we say
I just thought that we couldn’t learn to try
Don’t let go
Too high to cast a shadow
So we stand in place
Choking on our rage
I think you are too independent
I’m getting used to loss
here back against this wall
Trying not to stare at what rightfully is mine
Don’t let go
Too high to cast a shadow
When it’s all been told
I’m begging you to go
I just want to grieve on my own
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Expensive Habits
02:27
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You don’t question what is right
Flexing wills, displaying might
But still tonight
I don’t wanna fault you
Holding back, not all is told
I think I’ve figured where to go
But still not sold
I don’t wanna fault you
But I don’t wanna call you
You don’t wanna fall in love
Love is an expensive habit
I’ve already said too much
One of my obnoxious habits
I don’t understand you
There are two sides
but I’ve held my tongue for a while
Too tired to try
You are the king
of promises and denial
And now you’re letting me down
You don’t wanna fall in love
Love is an expensive habit
I’ve already said too much
One of my obnoxious habits
Truth will reveal itself in time
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Gaslighting
01:27
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Gifts just for show
so you can say
“It makes your eyes turn green, baby”
I wish you wouldn’t notice
that I’m still here
We all learn to dream of places far away
Sink into the floor til here is gone
We all know the type
earning points for bad behavior
They assume what is true
My eyes turn back from green to blue
but you don’t seem to notice
I forgot what’s right
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5. |
Wanderlust
01:36
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First attack, temperate
Learning not to hold against you
the shock of holding back
Couldn’t make even one mistake
I’ve realized what we see too often
is all we’ll ever get
I was starting to forget
Give a little
Step aside and try to mind the bitterness
If you’ve called an “other”
you’re a traveler at odds
Never having a good start
Give a little
But be careful what you say
Fruit is changing into waste
Bleak disturbances we crave
This will never go away
Secretly hoping to get caught
Brushing off this wanderlust
I won’t cry and I won’t age
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6. |
Say Goodnight
02:10
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Say goodnight but only for a while
Say you’ll love me for all time
Take your time but don’t ask me why
I don’t wanna say you’re mine
So you hate me, so it goes
I know what I chose
Force these lines but don’t blink an eye
You’re so thoughtless and composed
All these tries, these unending strides
Divvy up the faults, the lies
So you hate me, so it goes
I know what I chose
I walk away
Part of me wishes that you’d beg I’d stay
There’s nothing I can do
to fall in love with you
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7. |
Not Prepared for Love
01:36
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I am not prepared for love
Figured out there’s still enough
to see on my own
Call if there’s some way to say it on the phone
I have no choice in the matter
Blame gut reactions but don’t admit it all
Hinting at what you’re after
You won’t open up unless you know there’s nothing between us
No talk about respect for what we had
I am not prepared for love
In this world there’s still enough
to see on my own
You won’t open up unless you know there’s nothing between us
No talk about respect for what we had
I am not prepared for love
Figured out there’s not enough
Gluttony, collecting scars
There is only one true art
and we’re all alone
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For Granted
01:41
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I can’t hide
behind another place and time
So I have got to learn to face this
It’s what we take for granted that kills us
Words defy
It’s not a question of desire
There is too much at stake to lose this
It’s what we take for granted that kills us
If I fall too far will you pick me up again
If I fall too hard
If I fall too far will you pick me up again
I can’t complain
Some days I can’t find a reason left to try
But I have got to learn to face this
It’s what we take for granted that kills us
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Only Human
01:59
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I didn’t think you’d stay
I must admit I want you all to myself
Too often words get in the way
I didn’t think you’d stay
Forced to hide away
with my whole extended family
Stop living in fear of
being forced to come clean
I thought you were mine
You thought we were only human
I don’t wanna share you
I don’t wanna fall in line, so
I didn’t think you’d stay
I must admit I want you all to myself
Too often words get in the way
I didn’t think you’d stay
Forced to analyze
every action and discussion
I don’t wanna leave here
I don’t wanna lie
I thought you were fine
You saw all your chances wasted
Surrendering logic
will bury us all in time
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Oxford Comma
01:49
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“Boast not, fear less” you said
“You’ll get it all back if you’re honest with yourself”
They label it as sin
Don’t get lost in semantics
Do we care what is right?
Dead eyes, forever choking up
I startled once and that’s enough
I’d rather turn to anyone else
The clenching fool collapsed today
I thought we’d stage our own escape
But now I’m battered down and lost again, no.
Lost at home
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Exit Plan
01:36
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Seems like it’s the time of day
to ignore what we became
Letting go is so hard
Photographs have always been
just another exit plan
Do I owe you something?
I have stayed in bed for weeks
haven’t slept, just imagining
how to find exception
I can’t count on anything
certainly not my own strength
Not used to feeling helpless
Now the instincts have kicked in
I wish for exoskeleton
to protect from my own
neverending futile tries
and attempts to internalize
what has proven so hard
you are my world
so long, so long
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12. |
Öland
01:17
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Did you whisper what I wouldn’t say
I’m still wishing that you could have stayed
Bite my tongue, let this desolation fade
Never had the nerve to follow through
I’m not the person I became with you
Full of doubt, never making up my mind
Nonetheless I still want you on my side
Did you?
I’m not qualified to live this way
Getting lost in a nostalgic haze
In a place now forlorn and pushed aside
Never late because no one measured time
Did you? no.
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