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Bikinis

by Bikinis

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1.
Intro 01:38
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I would sit idly by in a day spent wasting a year’s time
2.
Pablo 03:43
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Wayward child Westbound, straight out of town Home schooled, hand over mouth Memories are a beachfront house Hung up on leaving Sold out on buying I am hellbent on standing My ground I’m a desert Six long years saw Jesus and trees escaping me I’m a desert Five long years saw Jesus and trees escaping me Home is where we are Suitcase packed, we travel light All my friends are moving out And missing you is a beachfront house I’m a desert Sunrise brings vultures and a view to sea I would swoon And everynight From my house across this town You know it’s never a problem No, it’s never a problem
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Surf 1 03:40
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Strangely familiar faces for which i lack the adjectives Crowding around i can feel the drip of them crooning over me Dirty fingers slowly slip into white educated hands A few more minutes of this warm embrace for this boy to become a man We’re talk-talk-talking through fingertips, she said Judge and jury set me free, i lack the blood to preach Sweetheart casts a fever in/fever out wave of heat What have i –oh, god forbid, oh to hell, just go with it Two more years buffered hand in hand for this boy to become a man We’re talk-talk-talking through fingertips, she said We’re talk-talk-talking through fingertips, oh Talk-talk-talking through fingertips, oh Talk-talk-talking through fingertips, oh, she said I’m too broke to keep milking this mother’s house She rubs her youth in my face Too old to feed/nurture this modest town She rubs her youth in my face
4.
Trapping Heat 03:35
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Coal keeps you warm Inside the heart Beneath the storm People, people know All the deep and dirty You strive so hard not to show And I will never forget It’s etched in skin and flesh
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Redness 03:59
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Patron – he never said it straight from his lips But she read, she read the plea to abort us little kids Redness spreads like butter over skinny cheeks Hints that the one who should be blushing is me Hey, well now, don’t scream or shout We’re underwater living I’ll just drown you out Oh well I can’t stand to let you know We’re twins with no mother to give us a home Wake up and hear the tip-toe of tiny feet Sophia, slow down your step, someone’s still asleep Vacant lots give way to scraping steel And I try not to dwell upon it all the time Hey, well now, don’t scream or shout We’re underwater living I’ll just drown you out Oh well I can’t stand to let you know We’re twins with no mother to give us a home I’ll sign off selling you out for cheap I’ll sign off selling you out for cheap I’ll sign off selling you out for cheap Cheap like me cheap
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Maybe See Me Again 02:23
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I’ve been thinking ‘how bad do I want to?’ I was wondering if you’d like to I’ve been thinking ‘how bad do I want to?’ I was wondering if you’d like to Talk-talk to me again Maybe see me again Talk to me again Maybe see me I’ve been thinking ‘how bad do I want to?’ I was wondering if you’d like to I’ve been thinking ‘how bad do I want to?’ I was wondering if you’d like to Talk-talk to me again Maybe see me again Talk to me again Maybe see me again Talk to me again Maybe see me again Talk to me again Maybe see me again
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Slide 04:41
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I’ve been out Since you’ve last been around I’ve been out and back and out in time We barely talk now Me and you And I say ‘thank you’ Thank you Say yes to the pressure that’s crushing you Say yes to days of strange and new Squeeze tight that candle that burns your hand Born naked they say the clothes make the man Say yes to the grasp that’s choking you And no to the questions of where and why Just know about when and baby now’s the time We don’t talk now Me and you I’m a corporate number, a burning man But make you a good woman makes me her man I would dumb myself down For all of you For all of you And so we’re not on the same page now Me and you Now, me and you Now, me and you
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Reverb 03:54
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It chafes my heart To scratch you let down J-j-just hold your head up high And nail us to the ground It breaks my line To see you weighed down J-j-just hold your head up high And bury us in the ground It writes my skin To read your lips now Never been better, cross my wilted heart Now sing this loud, you gotta sing this loud
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Thin Coat 03:58
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I said red is black Oh, I said black is green Oh, I said red is black Oh, I said wrecked comes free Oh, I said red is black Oh, I said red is free Oh, I said black is red (oh I stand left for) Oh, bad weather coming in, oh I said red is black Oh, I said black is green Oh, I said red is black Oh, I said wrecked comes free Oh, I said that black is red Oh, I said black is green Oh, I stand left for, left for Some bad weather coming in Finished is cracked, the paint is chipping On that smile that you painted Finished is cracked, the paint is chipping On that smile that you painted Right on my face Right on our faces Twenty years ago Twenty years ago Twenty years ago Twenty years ago Twenty years ago
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Cassie 04:59
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I’ll pretend I didn’t notice you never wrote me back I’ll return that Elliott Smith record last year I had bought But you know, matter of fact, them tunes were not half bad But every time I’d play them I’d remember what you said Oh Cassie, won’t you come back to me ‘Cause me and Kim ain’t connecting, not the same way we did Go back some four winters when marked down fifteen per cent Accounted for a small price to pay, well worth it just to hear you say You’d wrapped your thoughts, sealed and boxed, and rushed them on their way Your fingers crossed it get here safe, I am broken as I hear you say Excuse me sir, but from this moment on I am unable to help you from this moment on You remind me of an old darling of mine, you remind me of two old darlings of mine You remind me of an old dearest of mine, you remind me of two old dearests of mine Oh Cassie, won’t you come back to me ‘Cause me and Kim ain’t connecting, not the same way we did Not the same way we did
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Pack Leader Cont. 01:38
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Wayward child Bloodhound, king of this town Homegrown, I’m over and out All my friends are moving away All my friends are moving away All my friends are moving away
12.
Resolutions 02:47
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I’ll be better I’ll be a better Son and brother Wife and daughter All our friends are taking turns Mine deserve better

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Recorded and mixed by Gustavo Bill at KGB and Macaco Malvado, Brasília, Brazil.
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY.
All songs written by Victor Y and Bikinis. All lyrics by Victor Y.
Artwork by Victor Y.

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released September 20, 2013

A. Brandt / Drums, percussion, keyboard, backing vocals.
Victor Y. / Guitars, ukulele, samples, vocals.

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Bikinis Brazil

A thin layer of noise tries effortlessly to hide unassumingly charming melodies, the kind that stick to your head – in a good way.

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