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Orchid

from Oh Well by Alex Kerry

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I am all that you want me to be
Inside the dirt I watch the swallows as they follow the sky
I am growing into something you need
So you can pick me when you need me and then throw me away

I've washed my mouth out with soap so I can forget your name
Ive got a laundry list of reasons why I won't be the same
Can you come out and play or have you no time for games
I'm just a baby but you've taken me and made me a man

I've watched it in the movies and I've observed the art
I thought it was what people did when they found themselves in love
I used to think that love was something that could be cold and dark
Now you've found me on the roadside with nowhere else to stay

Bring me water, bring me air and bring me what I was taught
Show me everything you have before you see what I've got
Lonely strangers get in trouble only if they are caught
Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I hate me

Cold water with ice is what she brought me that night
Filled the bathtub with poison and tried to drown me twice
Orchid breather, she's nice until she turns to strike
Taking everything you love and sends you home for the night

She's an angel on fire, she's the devil on ice
She picks her poison for the boys and tries to force them to drink
Called late and cried into the phone while I died
Beast of burden always lurking in the shadows to change

Always someone else
Don't need your help
Go home and die

And sleep with the fish in the ocean
It doesn't take much to get to know them
When they bend you so far, you'll be broken
But don't call me then

Hey mom I tried to call you, but you weren't home
And if you hear this please don't tell everyone what I've said
Sometimes you need to fight with the demons you know
Before you can begin to wrestle with the ones in your head

Hey fear, I've missed you, let's go back inside
It's getting colder, I've grown older and I'm starting to feel
When you come to me within my dreams it's hard to deny
Your orchid garden has grown rotten and I'm starting to heal

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from Oh Well, released December 30, 2020
Lyrics: Alex Kerry
Composition: Alex Kerry
Instruments: Alex Kerry
Mixing: Aidan Vickery

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From Montreal, Canada to small town Anamosa, Iowa - formally known as Thieves

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