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Licorice

by The Way Back When

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Full band version of the song released on the EP Hop Head's Ball.

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I'd love to be the cigarette that hangs between your lips,
with every kiss I'll kill you I'll continue to be lit.
I'll lace my skin with nicotine, you're addicted to my touch,
you'll never let me leave you and I'll always say too much.
My hands haven't stopped shaking for as long as I remember.
It could be the drugs or it could be December.
The roses are red and they're brighter than blood.
The violets are darker than your mind ever was

My skin and bones have ached, for what seems like a decade.
Though I'm merely eighteen I feel years older today.
The nicotine I stole, from your lungs once filled me whole,
now I feel so lost when they're not in my console.

The words from your letters you wrote while away
are starting to fade but they're engraved in my brain.
The pages were sweet and they smelled of your perfume
now they've grown old rotting in my room.
The boags that you smoked, the boags that we smoked,
stuck to my habits now its the boags that I smoke.
The smell of tobacco leaves my thoughts sour
I'm a hopeless addict but you're still a coward.

My skin and bones have ached, for what seems like a decade.
Though I'm merely eighteen I feel years older today.
The nicotine I stole, from your lungs once filled me whole,
now I feel so lost when they're not in my console.

She drinks her coffee black cause she needs the taste of bitterness
when everything's too sweet, she takes a bite of licorice
and I don't even know what her real name is
it starts with a J I don't think I get the gist.
SHE DRINKS HER COFFEE BLACK
CAUSE SHE NEEDS THE TASTE OF BITTERNESS
WHEN EVERYTHING'S TOO SWEET
SHE TAKES A BITE OF LICORICE
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT HER REAL NAME IS
IT STARTS WITH A J
I DON'T THINK I GET THE GIST

My skin and bones have ached, for what seems like a decade.
Though I'm merely eighteen I feel years older today.
The nicotine I stole, from your lungs once filled me whole,
now I feel so lost when they're not in my console.

credits

released February 5, 2017
Recorded and mixed by Tim Sullivan. Mastered by John Dello Iacono at Bridge East Studios.

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