— lyric starters : mitski’s lush.
‘ i’m beautiful. i know cause it’s the season. ’
‘ what am i to do with all this beauty? ’
‘ capture me, or at least take my picture. ’
‘ i’m liquid smooth, come touch me, too. ’
‘ you like control, well, i do, too. ’
‘ help me with the zipper on my skirt, it’s stuck. ’
‘ how long can we play this way? ’
‘ i’m tired of not loving you. ’
‘ if i gave up on being pretty i wouldn’t know how to be alive. ’
‘ if i gave up on being pretty i wouldn’t know how to be alive. i should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die. ’
‘ if i am not yours, what am i? ’
‘ let me go towards the morning star, with hope it won’t disappear. ’
‘ there is a dream that i sometimes see that only appears in the dark of sleep. ’
‘ i am waiting. i have been waiting. ’
‘ i awake every night crying ‘set me free’. ’
‘ i’m all used up, pretty boy. ’
‘ after everything’s done and i’m all undone you can hear my high heels walking on. ’
‘ mercy on me, would you please spare me tonight? ’
‘ first, open up a window for me and let the cool air in. ’
‘ i hope you leave right before the sun comes up so i can watch it alone. ’
‘ a hopeless violence - i named it love. ’
‘ those creatures of your woken mind, don’t fear them or their hunger. ’
‘ if you didn’t want the beautiful so badly, perhaps you would’ve found it in your spirit singing softly. ’
‘ i’ll live without you, though the struggle will be daily. ’
‘ you were human. don’t forget it, and go safely. ’
‘ the light of the world is fading. ’