ODE TO SCOUT & THE BABY
starters from various songs by samia, from her album the baby and her eps scout and ode to artifice.
“how long do you think we can sit here before we have to move?”
“i’ll make you feel good again.”
“nothing poisonous and nothing new.”
“if i harden up, if i sharpen up, if i’m smart enough, then i’ll know it in my heart enough.”
“no intention is ever good enough to feel like i’ve done nothing wrong.”
“i take what i can get.”
“it’s just that they and i have got nothing in common anymore.”
“is there something in the movies that’s better than my love?”
“i wanna hold your hand.”
“you cannot make everyone happy, but you can force a smile on their face.”
“i would give it up to everyone i love.”
“it is nice to be the hero, but it’s better to be anything that anyone could want in a person.”
“when you’re in doubt and when you’re in danger, take a look all around and i’ll be there.”
“there’s a restaurant in the east village where all the waiters are celebrities.”
“i knew you’d hate it all along.”
“now i hope it does not heal.”
“i gave it to you on the day that we met, ‘cause i already trusted you best.”
“i do remember learning, it came and went real fast.”
“when somebody loves you, they take you as you are.”
“i know why i’m going where you are, and why i will find you on the way.”
“humor me, i need a little relief.”
“make a predator of me.”
“could you side with me, confide in me and reside in me?”
“i understand the thing you did, and every reason you did it.”
“i understand the thing you did, and every reason you did it, but i’m so mad.”
“didn’t our future seem careless?”
“there is a place between your shoulder and chest, which i would rather not leave.”
“i find that i’ve forgotten why i did it.”
“i’m sorry but i’m just thinking of the right words to say, i know they don’t sound the way i planned them to be.”
“i get what i want, and your girlfriend too.”
“i’m not ashamed of my past.”
“i carried around a stuffed pig in my arms, and i did it until i was five.”
“catch me as i stumble down.”
“i do only ever what i want, and especially when it’s a test.”
“i swore i wouldn’t end up here again.”
“i wanna go sailing with you, to someplace we are not.”
“i thought you were being too proud.”
“i’m really gonna blow with all this empathetic shit.”
“i remember you wasting your time on me, like i deserved your touch.”
“i think you love me too, even though you made me cry tonight.”
“there is nothing wrong with you, as long as you make your family proud.”
“sometimes if i shout, it’s not what’s intended, these words just come out with no cross to bear.”
“i just wanted to tell you that i love you a lot today.”
“everyone dies, but they shouldn’t die young.”
“i owed my life to you.”
“hey, i live across the street and wanted to know if you’d be my friend.”
“i hope you do not heal.”
“nothing could ever stop my ass from showing up.”
“you’re filling me with jealousy, it’s killing me.”
“how much longer ‘till it’s midnight?”
“i came alive this morning, with the pit in my stomach.”
“you can have it all, baby, i’m giving it up.”
“if you wait around a while, i’ll make you fall for me.”
“maybe this isn’t about you.”
“did i make a mistake and do my mistakes worsen?”
“you’re just lucky you’re tired and not dead.”
“all i want’s to give you what i have.”
“i’m a patron dressed up like a person, i’m a creature instead of me.”
“i cannot play the princess in your breathtaking charade.”
“if you need a friend, don’t look to a stranger, you know in the end i’ll always be there.”
“i wanna let it all go, i swear i do.”
