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What's the Use?

by Shady Bug

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1.
I had zero expectations, zero and some were bad Get over that notion, cuz every oceans filled with plastic trash out on the sidewalk, but nobody seems to mind Staring at the advertisements, but they just want your money buy buy buy/ But I did everything I was supposed to do Crossed it all off of my list In my heart and in my head and in my eyes I was good Why did no one notice this?/ Goody goody two shoes Too good for u Not having a clue, and walking out Goody goody two shoes, too good for you Wearing denim and blue/ Kick under the table, picking at the candles wax Yeah I was your runner up now I’m all yours baby why can’t we relax Out in the backyard, it’s 60 when it shouldn’t be Yeah we’ll have more disasters but just drink more water, wear more sunscreen/ Everything I was supposed to do Crossed it all off of my list In my heart and in my head and in my eyes I was good Why did no one notice this?
2.
frog baby 02:57
90 percent I’m sure I’m right forced myself into thinking you’d always be my type Constantly worried I am wrong Stayed patiently in the shadow for far too long/ Welcome to the club Of being a frog in the water I guess I might be green Young and naive Like a frog baby With long long long long long sleeves/ I turn my lights off every night Don’t buy new clothes each season it’s just not right too polite afraid that I’ll fall Need one two three opinions before I think at all/ Welcome to the club Of being one big baby I guess I was just born Young and naive With the soft soft soft soft soft cheeks/ Pick a scab and flick it to the floor Is it still your dust that lies in the cracks of the floorboards Alleyways and street lamps survive the end of the world Find comfort in the treetops from my third story window
3.
popsicle 02:54
I’m chewing on a skinny straw Waiting on for the ice to melt Chain smokers and gossipers stand out in front so they can show their face/ Get up late shoulders slumping they’re holding so much weight/ Ooooo count on one hand and mouth a whisper Ooooo waiting on someone to scoot over/ Play the show And I’m trying to forget Staring at the wall by the pinball/ After your set I walk fast to your house you couldn’t follow me then how could you follow me now/ Cut off your hair just like a different person I wanna feel close but I’m asking way too many questions/ Ooooo standing there by the garden Ooooo standing there don’t look me in the eye Play the show and I’m trying to forget that your legs are like two popsicle sticks
4.
favor 03:39
Always doing somebody a favor favor after favor Step out of my body step out I don’t even know her People pleasing couldn’t please me please me much not much forever Count on on one hand how many risks in one year/ Can I get you anything? Do you need something?/ Love drunk when I taste it gotta have it Step out out of body step out of it out of habit Up and down controlling pull my sleeves devoted after one sip Someone drag me force me to get over it/ Can I get you anything? Do you need something?/ Always, I’ll wait, I’ll wait, always
5.
Hot and ready, you win the race Stand up so tall, so tall, to show you’ve won it all Hot and ready tears on your face Sit by the clock, jump up and down just to wake you up, wake you up
6.
lizard 06:28
It’s that year, when your start, you start to shed your skin, and your feet will peel just like a lizard/ And you scrub, your skin it’s delicate, it’s soft and white cuz it’s dying/ But what’s the use, I’d regret anything I choose and feel used/ Ears they ring, all those bars with loud guitars, at the end of the night come out the snakes/ But what’s the use, I’d regret anything I choose and feel used/ Toss and turn till your sheets are loose, silky mattress, floral blue, ooooo oooo

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released June 30, 2023

"What's the Use" EP, out on Exploding in Sound June 30th 2023!
*ORDER TAPE HERE* --> explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/whats-the-use

Hannah Rainey - Guitar, Vocals
Ripple - Guitar
Chris Chartrand - Bass
Jack Mideke - Drums
All tracks on 'What's the Use?' performed by Hannah Rainey, Ripple, Chris Chartrand, and Jack Mideke

All tracks recorded and mixed by Alex Molini
All keyboard parts performed and written by Alex Molini
Track 5 - Piano by Ripple
All songs written by Hannah Rainey, Ripple, and Chris Chartrand
Tracks 1 and 6 written with Aaron O’Neill
Tracks 2, 3, 4 written with Jack Mideke
All lyrics written by Hannah Rainey; Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering
Photo & Cover Design - Hayden Molinarolo
Special thanks to Dan Goldin and the St. Louis community for all of the support over the years.

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