#folklore.

hi im Paul Mescal ive been carried around for 29 years in an egg kind of like lady gaga was carried in one for that red carpet event years ago well actually that was me waiting to be released into the wild to create mayhem

“I hit the ground running each night/I hit the Sunday matinee/You know the greatest films of all time were never made” the 1 

“In my defense, I have none/for never leaving well enough alone” the 1 

“you put me on and said I was your favorite” cardigan 

“I knew I’d curse you for the longest time/Chasin’ shadows in the grocery line” cardigan 

“She had a marvelous time ruining everything” the last great american dynasty 

“And it took you five whole minutes to pack us up/and leave me with it” exile 

I’m not your problem anymore/So who am I offending now? exile 

“Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe/all the hell you gave me?/Cause I loved you, I swear I loved you” my tears ricochet 

“And if I’m dead to you, why are you at the wake?” my tears ricochet 

“And I can go anywhere I want, anywhere I want/just not home” my tears ricochet 

“And I still talk to you (when I’m screaming at the sky” my tears ricochet 

“You’ll find me on my tallest tiptoes/spinning in my highest heels, love” mirrorball 

“I can change everything about me to fit in” mirrorball 

“Passed down like folk songs/the love lasts so long” seven 

“And I think you should come live with me/and we can be pirates/then you won’t have to cry/or hide in the closet” seven 

“August sipped away like a bottle of wine/Cause you were never mine” august 

“Wanting was enough/for me, it was enough” august 

“And maybe I don’t quite know what to say/But i’m here in your doorway” this is me trying 

“And my words shoot to kill when I’m mad/I have a lot of regrets about that” this is me trying 

“It’s born from just a single glance/but it dies and it dies and it dies/a million little times” illicit affairs 

“You taught me a secret langauge I can’t speak with anyone else” illicit affairs 

a single thread of gold/tied me to you” invisible string 

“I’m taking my time, taking my time/Cause you took everything from me” mad woman 

“‘Sir, I think he’s bleeding out,’/And some things you just can’t speak about” epiphany 

“When I passed your house/it’s like I couldn’t breathe” betty 

“I was nowhere to be found/I hate the crowds, you know that” betty 

“stopped at a streetlight/You know I miss you” betty 

“All these people think love’s for show/but I would die for you in secret” peace 

“you knew the hero died, so what’s the movie for?” hoax 

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