Name: See Through Girl
Duration: P00H05M50S
Description: Recorded at the Saint Clair Ave apartment, Saint Paul MN from October 23-27, 2011

See Through Girl

from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ) by Painkiller The Pigeon

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Recorded at the Saint Clair Ave apartment, Saint Paul MN from October 23-27, 2011

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See Through Girl
Throwing glances from another world
Should I file under chances that I can't uncurl?
They're complicated dimensions indeed
You're breaking something to make something you need

We're down by the water with the kids and clay
When something unsuspected shivers into shape
In the spaces between us
Where illusory creatures make such sense
We're not hard to convince
And the pattern is see through, girl

See Through Girl
Seeking advances from last night's world
When the one that she wakes in just won't uncurl
She's out of phase with where her head oughta be
With her hands in her pockets where she keeps me

Some dreams with no substance now seem too clear
All touchable, spectral, inconsistent, and clear
I thought I was see through, girl
But that smile of yours is so transparent
I swear I can see the wallpaper through it, girl

See Through Girl, I'm transparent as you

And if a fever dream's what it turns out to be
With a stolen smile and a brush of our sleeves
It might slip through our fingers
But a ghost will linger
Behind our eyes, even I could see through that, girl

See Through Girl, I'm transparent as you
See Through Girl, I'm not flattering you
See Through Girl, I'm transparent as you
See Through Girl, I wanna matter with you
That pocket's a world I want to shatter with you
See Through Girl, I think we'll slip right through
There's a concrete world I want to shatter with you
See Through Girl, I want to matter to you
Nothing good from deception, we both know that that's true
See Through Girl, it's written right on you
Don't be too sensible, it just isn't you
See Through Girl, I want to matter with you

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from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ), released December 4, 2020

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