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Up the Hill

by Arsenic Annie

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1.
Train of Thought 02:07
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Like bleach every word left a bitter taste in my mouth Here it is but I don’t know what it is yet And I don’t know what happened to all divas I guess they just disappeared There’s a devil on the corner in an electric blue rain coat And I don’t know how the words go Something new and something blue Something borrowed, something old If you’re herbicide then I’m a pansy I’m a nervous wreck If you’re the bride to be then I’m poison ivy Twisted around your neck Truth is she’s still lonely Still singing to her cat and the posters in her bedroom A friend of mine once told me she could be the next president Still don’t know what he meant by that But still deep inside thinks she’s the reborn Bob Dylan If you’re herbicide then I’m a pansy I’m a nervous wreck If you’re the bride to be then I’m poison ivy Twisted around your neck
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Persona of the Reckless 03:36
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There’s a black and white tie around your neck And an empty grey sky stretches overheard Strike a pose and sneer The camera can’t see your fear And your cheap black suit stinks of the memories your making While you’re chain smoking your dreams and your hands are shaking Headfirst dive for hopelessness Helpless heart bleeding loneliness You went downtown for the night Trying to find your dreams in city bars You drank a shot of apathy and those city lights turned into stars Two tattooed hands hold on tight to each other To the ocean the crimson sky bleeds its colour Bitter lips bite back thoughts As your guts tie themselves in knots An empty heart and a mouth full of lies A twisted tongue and overflowing eyes But you’ve got nothing to hide Everyone knows you’re bleeding inside You went downtown for the night Trying to find your dreams in city bars You drank a shot of apathy and those city lights turned into stars And to the stars you looked up And stumbled out of sight Lost in dark alleys A ghost under a broken streetlight All the voices make your ears ring You forget you forget you forget everything You went downtown for the night Trying to find your dreams in city bars You drank a shot of apathy and those city lights turned into stars You’re lost with nowhere to go You fall you fall you fall down like snow
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Game Over 03:18
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Scene’s laid out like this Bullet wound in my chest And my mind’s racing, racing As I’m chasing, chasing this Desperate cry goes out To a million desperate ears But they’re too enthralled By the show This is no show But baby be careful playing God Cos the higher you get the harder you’ll fall But baby be careful playing God Cos the higher you get the harder you’ll fall I’m centre of the stage and centre of attention Just like I’ve always wanted and nothing is certain I’m in love with this feeling Think it’s kind of funny when people only listen When you’re screaming through a massive sound system Or when you’re bleeding Or when you’re bleeding Gonna end up lonely, gonna end up dead You smell of me, that’s what I said Now there’s no chance that I’ll ever survive But I’ve never felt more alive I’m centre of the stage and centre of attention Just like I’ve always wanted and nothing is certain I’m in love with this feeling Think it’s kind of funny when people only listen When you’re screaming through a massive sound system Or when you’re bleeding I’m centre of the stage and centre of attention Just like I’ve always wanted and nothing is certain Think it’s kind of funny when people only listen When you’re screaming through a massive sound system
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It’s A Nursery Song 02:12
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Can you hear the sound? His head cracked open on the ground Spilling all he hid, it hurts my eyes All revealed what was once disguised I got good at hiding my sadness and shame They say an old story is all to blame The air smells of autumn and letting go Too bad I tried, too bad I’ll never know You and me, we fell out of a nursery rhyme Singing so long but just for a day You and me we’re a song played out of time We whisper, whisper Yesterday, yesterday We played tag while the sky grew dark She held her hand over my racing heart Picked each other up from the dusty ground But little girls don’t know where grown men can drown I hope one day you’ll know what I mean I hope one day I’ll remember how to dream Till then let’s play tag at midnight Till our feet are heavy but our hearts are still light You and me, we fell out of a nursery rhyme Singing so long but just for a day You and me we’re a song played out of time We whisper, whisper Yesterday, yesterday Can you hear the sound? His head cracked open on the ground Spilling all he hid, it hurts my eyes All revealed what was once disguised I got good at hiding my sadness and shame They say an old story is all to blame The air smells of autumn and letting go Too bad I tried, too bad I’ll never know
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Blisters 02:54
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I’ll stay here, I’ll stay blue Rest my heavy head on you Struggle to sleep, making myself bleed Wonder why you’re always making me cry Blister, blister on my soul Always running after you and rubbing them raw Always making mistakes and fucking things up Always pushing me down, never picking me up Honey, you give me blisters I keep making plans to kill you Smash the mirror, stumble through All alone, where did you go? It’s not fair, you were never really there Blister, blister on my soul Always running after you and rubbing them raw Always making mistakes and fucking things up Always pushing me down, never picking me up Honey, you give me blisters One more thing to say, before you run away I don’t care that you’re not there Just a voice in my head, just a panic attack You’re the one that I hate, but I keep running back You’re the only one that I don’t wanna be I hate the fact that I can’t forget that you’re me You’re just a voice in my head You’re just a voice in my head Blister, blister on my soul Always running after you and rubbing them raw Always making mistakes and fucking things up Always pushing me down, never picking me up
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In Chains 03:54
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What am I? Let me know if you can tell, What whispers inside my shell, Do I scare you? Because I don’t look like you, And I don’t look like I used to Tell me what I am, Tell me what tell me why, I’ll pretend that I’m not about to cry. I’ll be here waiting, Till my hair my hair grows out, Until you let me out I am anything you say I am anything you say that I am not I am anything I am what binds me to you, to you all So dress me up like a spineless rag doll Paint me blue, paint me pink and let it leave a stain Sitting pretty in chains All dressed in chains I’m pushing it, With these meltdowns every day, I’ve always got to have my say I don’t know why, Maybe if I count to ten, I’ll have worked it out by then You don’t always have to say what I want to hear, Only to take it back five minutes later Is it me or is it I? Does it always have to be do or die? I’m still pretending that I don’t want to cry I am everything you say I am everything you say that I am not I am everything I am what binds me to you, to you all So dress me up like a spineless rag doll Paint me blue, paint me pink and let it leave a stain Sitting pretty in chains All dressed in chains
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Nothing Comes to Mind 02:44
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Don’t think I’m ready for what I’m about to admit But I don’t think I can, don’t think I can live with it Anymore, anymore Look into your eyes like oceans rough and cold Give me anything, being sad gets so old Anything, anything Can’t give it up, so say, say, say Pick me up off the floor, up off the floor Tell, tell, won’t have it any other way You slammed the door, so say, just say And we fell, fell, fell Don’t think I’m ready to walk away I’m losing your game, I don’t want to play Don’t want to play, don’t want to play Look into my eyes as restless as the sea Brush my hair aside and whisper, “Run away with me” Far away, far away Can’t give it up, so say, say, say Pick me up off the floor, up off the floor Tell, tell, won’t have it any other way You slammed the door, so say, just say And we fell, fell, fell Can’t let it go, you’ll pay, you’ll pay Pull me apart, pull me apart Forgive, forget, there is nothing left to say We both broke the rules, so stay, just stay And we fell, fell, fell Can’t give it up, so say, say, say Pick me up off the floor, up off the floor Tell, tell, won’t have it any other way You slammed the door, so say, just say And we fell, fell, fell Fell, fell, fell We fell, fell, fell Fell down
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No Time for Tree Climbing 04:24
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There’s a place where the trees grow upside down And the people grow inside out And the angels and the watchmen never lie And baby dolls don’t forget how to fly Twisted roots grow in black and white Intertwined in my mind And the sewing machine inside my head Picked and unstitched until I bled They’ve got time All the time in the world They’ve got time All the time in the world Tell me am I dreaming of stealing their time and taking a stance (And climbing, climbing, climbing to the highest branch) Am I only dreaming of seeing the world from upside down? And then tripping falling to the dusty ground Smoke sticks inside my lungs And these words they stick to the tip of my tongue Did I mention now my hands are tied The angels and the watchmen lied? Bold laughter rings inside my mind But it doesn’t sound like mine And these roots around my neck Censoring every fucking word I said They’ve got time All the time in the world They’ve got time All the time in the world Tell me am I dreaming of stealing their time and taking a stance (And climbing, climbing, climbing to the highest branch) Am I only dreaming of seeing the world from upside down? And then tripping falling to the dusty ground Climbing, climbing, climbing to the highest branch And falling, falling, falling to the dusty ground Tell me am I dreaming of stealing their time and taking a stance (And climbing, climbing, climbing to the highest branch) Am I only dreaming of seeing the world from upside down? Upside down Upside down Upside down Upside down And then tripping falling to the dusty ground
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Early Morning Philosophy 03:08
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She’s looking for something in between One extreme Someone else’s dream You know what I mean I lost my train of thought You’re a salesman with nothing to sell Exchanging stolen pennies for the prettiest girls Oh, I never thought I’d live to say this Cos I said it once and I said it twice Nothing matters, so just waste your life I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Nothing matters, so just go ahead I want early morning philosophy Exchanging words over a dreary cup of tea I wanna talk to you, I wanna live with you She’s looking for a needle, she’s looking for a meaning I lie in a haystack dreaming I can hear you breathing The stars come out at night Salesman drowned himself in the wishing well And the pretty girl stole the gold She swallowed it whole Now she’ll never grow old Cos I said it once and I said it twice Nothing matters, so just waste your life I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Nothing matters, so just go ahead I want early morning philosophy Exchanging words over a dreary cup of tea I wanna talk to you, I wanna live with you Cos tomorrow always comes around too soon You left me in the depressing gloom of June I said, fuck you I said, go to hell Cos I said it once and I said it twice Nothing matters, so just waste your life I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Nothing matters, so just go ahead I want early morning philosophy Exchanging words over a dreary cup of tea I wanna talk to you, I wanna live with you
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No Diving 03:23
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Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after Jill is crying and Jack has gone still Along comes their mother and says to poor Jill, “Now my girl, you can’t tell. We’ll throw Jack down the well, and we’ll all live happily ever after, all live happily ever after, all live happily ever after…” My words are long and my point is boring Just trying to drive you out of your mind You just sit there Chew your lip and stare Be careful I might sell your soul I’m like clouded water Always overflowing It’s so deep and I can’t swim But don’t panic Your arms around me Break my heart and break my fingers I’ll eat your liver And I fall to my knees again Your laughter in my head (And we’ll all live happily ever after) My eyes caving in Dancing pirouettes in my head Crawl towards the edge again Lights falling down “Quick, darling, I’m being swallowed!” “Harold, nooooooo!” (All live happily ever after) Give me a second verse Break my ankles Give me a second chance Weigh me down Give me a second verse Break my ankles Give me a second chance Weigh me down Break my heart and break my fingers I’ll eat your liver And I fall to my knees again Your laughter in my head (And we’ll all live happily ever after) My eyes caving in Dancing pirouettes in my head Crawl towards the edge again Lights falling down And I, I’m being swallowed All live happily ever after All live happily ever after All live happily ever after

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The songs on this album were written between 2016 and 2017, when Greta was still at school and Ash was at college. The song subjects reflect the time they were written, that strange transition between childhood and adulthood. We planned the album they would go on while we wrote them but, as we had no way of recording at that time, we never got round to actually recording it. 5 years later, we have the recording equipment and some of the know how (and the elbow grease). Though we have written plenty of new and probably better songs since, we wanted to start by recording this album and stick as much as possible to the vision our younger selves had. We hope you enjoy it!

You know you love me,
XOXO
Arsenic Annie

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released March 10, 2022

All songs written and produced by Ash Bronte and Greta Lennon.

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