Cally's Thoughts On Music

life’s so fun life’s so fun got my mini skirt and my roller blades on

YOU ARE SICK AND YOU’RE MARRIED AND YOU MIGHT BE ᵈʸʸʸʸʸᶦᶦᴵᶦⁿ but you’re holding me like water in your hands…when you saw the DEAD little bird you started ᶜʳʸʸʸʸʸᶦᶦᴵᶦⁿᵍ but you know the killer……..doesn’t understand

your mama read my palm she wouldn’t tell me what it was she saw but after that you weren’t allowed to spend the night i’m staring at my hands red ruddy skin i don’t understand how did they betray me what i do i never touched you how i wanted to

your mama read my palm she wouldn’t tell me what it was she saw but after that i wasn’t allowed to spend the night i’m staring at my hands red ruddy skin i don’t understand how did they betray me what did i do i never touched you how i wanted to what can i say to your mum to let me come outside you know i’ll be seeking if you run and hide if the door were to open would u walk through the frame if you’re too afraid it won’t be you i blame you passed a note in class told me to meet you at the overpass your lip was trembling when u said that we r cursed u trying not to cry when u tell me ur afraid that we may die i said so what everybody’s scared of that i want u to tell me that u miss me want u to hold and hurt and kiss me i want to run away and live on ur family’s boat it’s a triple dog dare ur a chicken if u don’t i can fish for our food and u know how to start a flame if u don’t get out now u only have urself to blame u said u have me there if it’s a triple dog dare a triple dog dare a triple dog dare a triple dog dare a triple dog dare etc etc

so Please Stay has fewer direct references to Julien than Graceland Too, and I get the sense from her interviews and from the song that Lucy wasn’t necessarily writing about just one person, while Phoebe’s was pretty clearly directed at a particular individual. that said, it’s difficult to imagine that Julien wasn’t on Lucy’s mind for this one, especially given the lyrical references (new dog, going back to school, breaking a vow) and the timing (written in Sep 2019)