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Manic Pixie Dream Girl

by Squiggly Lines

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1.
Where was that appointment I made the other day? For nine-forty-nine? Or maybe seven a.m. next Thursday I don't remember time I tripped and fell the other day On my next-door neighbor's stoop, by chance So I sued their damn pants off And now I have an extra pair of pants The other day I held by breathe 'til dawn It kept me occupied until I yawned Maybe I can wait for a manic pixie dream girl to pick me to settle on I fell asleep the other day on cold night It was September twenty-first I woke the next morning, it was March or something Spring is the worst I forgot my name the other day, I think it was Joe Or maybe that's the guy from my favourite show I'm wracking my brain and I don't even know I think it's time for bed The other day I held by breathe 'til dawn It kept me occupied until I yawned Maybe I can wait for a manic pixie dream girl to pick me to settle on My dog took her own life the other day A note detailed her misgivings I nodded in my head, but agreed out loud that Life's not worth living I met a girl with a camera the other day So I smashed it to bits She said "that's so god-awfully misanthropic" And it seems that way but it won't ever stick Not when we're long, long dead The other day I held by breathe 'til dawn It kept me occupied until I yawned Maybe I can wait for a manic pixie dream girl to pick me to settle on There's nothing like a nice pipe-dream To trick yourself like a good old-fashioned con
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Walking around the Earth in my steel toed shoes Collecting all manner of dirt and filth when you catch My eye with a couple of blinks (and I) I see a ribbon in your hair love to see your matching underwear In fact I can't wait for even a glance (but) I'm waiting here, I'm waiting still All week I'll hold the gate until My arms puncture or completely collapse (but then I) I lost my patience down a well I leaned to look and then it fell Echoed cries to the bottom then a splash How old's a windswept current? Is it seconds or ninety million years? And how old's my last confession? Don't think I want you to give me a concession Stalking you around the room Your eyes follow and stalk me too I think I might put too much stock in what other's eyes do (but I) I press ahead, I'll hope instead I want to go to bed With you, the way you look at me fills my head with solar flares (and) Not the kind with blackouts Or the kind that makes a man back-out Of Earth's first and only manned-mission to mars (but the) The kind of wild solar flare With golden ribbons in her hair The kind with fire that stings your eyes if you stare How old are you this November? If I drown you out, maybe I won't remember And how old's my last confession? Is it too late unask my last question? That was dumb, that was embarrassing Now without a doubt, there was something I was missing A call or shout I failed to listen (I) I went to climb some endless stairs Toward the ribbon in your hair I sailed a vulnerable ship Into a stone you tried to skip Turns out the tower and the sea Are both a bit too much for me
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It's not what I thought Was on the grapevine, on the grapevine No fruit to be had, Why won't you be mine, why won't you be mine? It can't be from A lack of tryin', a lack of tryin' If I said I'm not hurt I'd be lyin', I'd be lyin' And you don't know what it's like Interacting with a sociopath piece of shit like you And I love you too I love you more than the colour blue And you're all that I think about And I love you I call you all day You ignore it, you ignore it It's the rejection I abhor it, I abhor it God, the smile on your face I adore it, I adore it If you'd just light the way I would floor it, I would floor it So I want you to give me just one chance I do everything for you, you goddamn ungrateful fuck And I love you too I love you more than the colour blue And you're all that I think about And I love you It's been forty-two hours since I've seen you And I better not find out you've been outside of your house 'Cause you told you were stuck inside with a cold And if you're lying, my god, I'll kick you in the mouth And I love you too I love you more than your parents do And you're all that I think about And I love you It's not what I thought Was on the grapevine, on the grapevine No fruit to be had, Why won't you be mine, why won't you be mine? I've got nothing Why won't you be mine, why won't you be mine? You're all I need Why won't you be mine, why won't you be mine? So I'll just lay here, crying all night I wish that I was dead and I think I hate you

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released February 23, 2014

Rob McLay: Vocals, guitar, lyrics
Dan McLay: Vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards, banjo, production, mastering, all other things

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