Playlist Mary Lambert

mary lambert - assembly line

One thing I know
I'm not the same girl
I couldn't speak
You were too loud in my world
But just because you make noise
You're not powerful
You're not powerful
I've got the last word
Slow down, slow down, slow down
I've got to be heard

I'm not a pretty machine in your assembly line
Trying to do what I can, but it's terrifying
I'm taking back all my things and my borrowed time
This life is mine, this life is mine
Running in circles
Running in circles
Running in circles

I'm asking for air
Don't let me suffocate
This isn't love
The world that you have created
I'm standing my ground
While the earth shakes
While the earth shakes
Let the earth shake

I made peace with the part of me that couldn't leave
I made peace with the part of me that couldn't speak

mary lambert - body love

I know I am because I said am
I know I am because I said am
I know I am because I said am
My body is home
My body is home
I know I am because I said am
I know I am because I said am
I know I am because I said am

So try this
Take your hands over your bumpy lovebody naked
And remember the first time you touched someone
With the sole purpose of learning all of them
Touched them because the light was pretty on them
And the dust in the sunlight danced the way your heart did

Touch yourself with a purpose
Your body is the most beautiful royal
Fathers and uncles are not claiming your knife anymore
Are not your razor, no
Put the sharpness back
Lay your hands flat and feel the surface of scarred skin
I once touched a tree with charred limbs

The stump was still breathing
But the tops were just ashy remains
I wonder what it's like to come back from that
Sometimes I feel a forest fire erupting from my wrists
And the smoke signals sent out are the most beautiful things
I've ever seen
Love your body the way your mother loved your baby feet
And brother, arm wrapping shoulders, and remember
This is important

You are worth more than who you fuck
You are worth more than a waistline
You are worth more than any naked body could proclaim
In the shadows, more than a man's whim
Or your father's mistake
You are no less valuable as a size 16, than a size 4
You are no less valuable as a 32a than a 36c
Your sexiness is defined
by concentric circles within your wood
Wisdom
You are a goddamn tree stump with leaves sprouting out
Reborn

mary lambert - body love

mary lambert - chasing the moon

[Verse 1]
We went out to the city in your friend's Chevy
You and me stumbled in the backseat ready
Laughing at the top of my lungs
Said "I'll never get old,"
I'll never get old

We got lost on our way home from the city
All the lights had us thinking we were infinitely
Bigger, brighter, bolder, ready
Said "I'll never get old"
I'll never get old

[Chorus]
Chasing the moon when I was on your front porch
All the days felt like chasing the sunrise into the morning
Feels like I'm
Chasing the moon

[Verse 2]
I got caught hiding bottles in my bedroom
Kelsey laughed, she said "you never learn, do you"
Every night had me hanging on the thrill of it
Sneaking out my house, waiting for your kiss

None of us ever felt beautiful
Telling secrets in the backseat confessional
Couldn't understand the meaning of our glory days
But we'll never get old
We'll never get old

[Chorus]
Chasing the moon when I was on your front porch
All the days felt like chasing the sunrise into the morning
Feels like I'm

[Bridge]
Run, run, run as fast as we can
Run, run, run and never look back
Run, run, run as fast as we can
Run, run, run and never look back

Chasing the moon

mary lambert - dear one

Where did you come from bright star?
What heaven did you leap from dear love?
How can I spell your name without the sound of autumn underneath my tongue?

Without acknowledging the levers who bent me in half Bless them for bringing me to you
How can i say your name without also breathing the words, "My God I found you"?

How can I ever speak again with this mouth when it has found where it belongs?
When you touch me, I'm a bed of callillys
I will make a house for you and fill it with evergreens
I will paint sunsets on every wall so you can only see beautiful things

How can I say love without wanting to fold myself into you like a thousand paper cranes?
Dear one,
I was halved the moment I was born
The other piece of me is inside your mouth
And I was found whole the moment you spoke.

mary lambert - forget me

Did you forget me?
Did you forget me?
I wish I could say that I never left
But sorry just sounds stupid and quiet
In this house

Did you forget me?
Did you forget me?
Did you forget me?
And the letters don't talk
And my crying's too loud

Paper's no palm
And I wonder where yours are at
Paper's no palm
And I bet you'd laugh at that
Please forget me
Please forget me
Forget me

Cigarette out like our dying light
Cigarette out like our dying light
Cigarette out like our dying light
Cigarette out like our dying light
Did you forget me?
Please come get me
Please come get me

mary lambert - heart on my sleeve

Let me your porch light
Your favorite star on the best night
A good year, a good fight
Let me be a night walk
Lock eyes in the midday sun spark
Good luck, your whole life
Let me be, one hand, finding one hand
Two hearts making omens
With themselves and their end
Cause I'm not sure who I was before
But the day I saw you, I sure adore you
Open up the things I shut, the things I shut

Fast speed, got my heart on my sleeve
You're the one, I gotta have
Might be just what I need
You're the one, I gotta have

Let me be your compass
The light that you see at sunset
Good luck, your whole life
Let me be, one hand, finding one hand
Two hearts making omens
With themselves and their end
Cause I'm not sure who I was before
But the day I saw you, I sure adore you
Open up the things I shut, the things I shut

Fast speed, got my heart on my sleeve
You're the one, I gotta have
Might be just what I need
You're the one, I gotta have

I could be
Let me be
I could be your
I could be your heart speed
Running as fast as the beat would take us
I could be
Let me be
I could be your
I could be your heart speed
Running as fast as the beat would take us

Yeah
Fast speed, got my heart on my sleeve
You're the one, I gotta have
Might be just what I need
You're the one, I gotta have

You're the one, I gotta have
You're the one, I gotta have

mary lambert - i know girls

I know girls who are trying to fit into the social norm
Like squeezing into last year's prom dress
I know girls who are low rise, mac eyeshadow
And binge drinking
I know girls that wonder if they're disaster
And sexy enough to fit in
I know girls who are fleeing bombs
From the mosques of their skin
Playing russian roulette with death
It's never easy to accept
That our bodies are fallible and flawed
But when do we draw the line?
When the knife hits the skin?
Isn't it the same thing as purging
Because we're so obsessed with death
Some women just have more guts than others
The funny thing is women like us don't shoot
We swallow pills, still wanting to be beautiful at the morgue
Still proceeding to put on make-up
Still hoping that the mortician finds us fuckable and attractive
We might as well be buried with our shoes
And handbags and scarves, girls
We flirt with death everytime we etch a new tally mark
Into our skin
I know how to split my wrists like a battlefield too
But the time has come for us to
Reclaim our bodies
Our bodies deserve more than to be war-torn and collateral
Offering this fuckdom as a pathetic means to say
"I only know how to exist when I'm wanted"
Girls like us are hardly ever wanted you know
We're used up and sad and drunk and
Perpetually waiting by the phone for someone to pick up
And tell us that we did good
You did good
(I know I am because I said am, my body is home)

So try this
Take your hands over your bumpy lovebody naked
And remember the first time you touched someone
With the sole purpose of learning all of them
Touched them because the light was pretty on them
And the dust in the sunlight danced the way your heart did
Touch yourself with a purpose
Your body is the most beautiful royal
Fathers and uncles are not claiming your knife anymore
Are not your razor, no
Put the sharpness back
Lay your hands flat and feel the surface of scarred skin
I once touched a tree with charred limbs
The stump was still breathing
But the tops were just ashy remains
I wonder what it's like to come back from that
Sometimes I feel a forest fire erupting from my wrists
And the smoke signals sent out are the most beautiful things
I've ever seen
Love your body the way your mother loved your baby feet
And brother, arm wrapping shoulders, and remember
This is important

You are worth more than who you fuck
You are worth more than a waistline
You are worth more than any naked body could proclaim
In the shadows, more than a man's whim
Or your father's mistake
You are no less valuable as a size 16, than a size 4
You are no less valuable as a 32a than a 36c
Your sexiness is defined
By concentric circles within your wood
Wisdom
You are a goddamn tree stump with leaves sprouting out
Reborn

mary lambert - jessie 039 s girl

Jessie is a friend
Yeah I know he's been a good friend of mine
But lately something's changed
It ain't hard to define
Jessie's got himself a girl
And I want to make her mine
And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it!
And he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

You know I wish that I had jessie's girl
I wish that I had jessie's girl
Where can I find her, a woman like that?
I'll play along with this charade
That doesn't seem to be a reason to change
You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute
I wanna tell her that I love but the point is probably moot
'Cause she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it!
And he's holding her in his arms late, late at night

You know I wish that I had jessie's girl
I wish that I had jessie's girl
Where can I find her, a woman like that?
Like jessie's girl
I wish that I had jessie's girl
Where can I find her, a woman
Where can I find her, a woman like that?
And I'm lookin' in the mirror all the time
Wonderin' what she don't see in me
I've been funny; I've been cool with the lines
Ain't that the way love's supposed to be?
Tell me why can't I find a woman like that?

You know I wish that I had jessie's girl
I wish that I had jessie's girl
Where can I find her, a woman like that?
Like jessie's girl
I wish that I had jessie's girl
I want, I want jessie's girl

mary lambert - know your name

Lady, can I get you closer?
Lady, would you come on over?
I, think I'm ready this time
I think I like your hands in mine
Lady, I got a question for you
Lady, think that you're the answer
Hey, wanna see me later
Hey, wanna go to dinner?

I wanna take you out
I wanna make you shake
I wanna drive you wild
But I probably should

[Chorus]
Know your name, when I finally get to, ooh
Be the one who gets to
Hold you close in the night in the dark be your light
I should know your name
When I finally get to, ooh
Be the one who gets to
Hold you close in the night in the dark be your light
I should know your name

It could be so good
But I probably should know you name

Lady, got a car and a weekend
Lady, do you feel what I'm feelin'?
I, got to see you again
I love the way that you walked in
Lady, I've been waiting for ya
Maybe, you've been waiting for me
Hey, wanna go out dancin'?
Hey, would you take a chance on me?

I wanna take you out
I wanna make you shake (shake)
I wanna drive you wild
But I probably should

[Chorus]
Know your name, when I finally get to, ooh
Be the one who gets to
Hold you close in the night in the dark be your light
I should know your name
When I finally get to, ooh
Be the one who gets to
Hold you close in the night in the dark be your light
I should know your name

It could be so good
But I probably should know your name

I know I'm a little delusional
A little unusual
But I've got a heart that wants your heart
I know, I'm a little obsessed with this
Only think about your kiss
I don't know why I don't know you yet

When I finally get to
Be the one that gets to
Hold you close in the night in the dark be your light
I should know your name
When I finally get to, ooh
Be the one who gets to
Hold you close in the night in the dark be your light
I should know your name

I know, I'm a little delusional
A little unusual
I've got a heart that wants your heart
I know I'm a little obsessed with this
Only think about your kiss
Don't know why
I should know your name

mary lambert - monochromatic

[Verse 1]
Every morning it's the same thing
Sidewalks of people with who cares stares

[Pre-Chorus]
My heart's too big for this city
My heart's too big for my own body
My heart's too big for you to understand me

[Chorus]
When I close my eyes
I dream in color
But my life's in black and white
Will it ever get better
I'm not monochromatic
Nobody's monochromatic

[Verse 2]
Everybody's hurting
There's nothing more human than that
See the pieces of heart's missing
But watch how the light fills the cracks

[Pre-Chorus]
My heart's too big for the city
My heart's too big for my own body
My heart's too big for you to understand me
Please understand me

[Chorus]
When I close my eyes
I dream in color
My life's in black and white
But it'll get better
I'm not monochromatic
Nobody's monochromatic
Nobody's monochromatic
I'm not monochromatic

mary lambert - my moon

If I were the ocean
I could pull back for you
And I could fill up for you
Cause you are the moon

And I am but the sea
The wide blue
Staring up at you

You're my moon, my moon, my moon

They don't know why I love you like I do
And gravity don't have a thing to do with you or me

My moon, you're my moon, you're my moon

I made a tidal wave just to get close to you
I made a tidal wave just to get close to you
I made a tidal wave just to get close to you

My moon, you're my moon, my moon

If I were the ocean
I could pull back for you
I could fill up for you
Cause you are the moon

mary lambert - sarasvati

You are sanscrid on my skin.
Peel me open til I am nothing but a whisper.
Name your self center, I only play for pennies
and I don't play for sinners, I play for sadness.
I play for dead things.

So pull the bones from their sockets,
please be soft while you do it for I am fragile and fading.
Sarasvaties sew me to sleep.
I rested my gains and knee and the music I like goes up
and down like bobbing bodies in the river bend.

And they say,
"Mary, why are your songs so sad?
Look at the luck and fortune you've had.
Why do you cry at night?"

Pull the bones from their sockets,
please be soft while you do it for I am fragile and fading.
You can take my body and tongue and organs,
whisper my skin like death has already rose and stuff.

Pull the bones from their sockets,
please be soft while you do it for I am fragile and fading.

mary lambert - secrets

(okay.. game face, here we go)

I've got bipolar disorder
my shits not in order
I'm overweight
I'm always late
I've got too many things to say

I rock mom jeans
cat earrings
extrapolate my feelings

my family is dysfunctional
but we have a good time killing each other

They tell us from the time were young
to hide the things that we don't like about ourselves
inside ourselves
I know I'm not the only one who spent so long
attempting to be someone else
well I'm over it

I don't care if the world know what my secrets are, secrets are
I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
so what
so what
so what
so what

I can't think straight
I'm so gay
sometimes I cry
a whole day
I care a lot
use an analog clock
And never know when to stop

and I'm passive agressive
I'm scared of the dark and the dentist
I love my butt, and won't gonna shut up
and I never really grew up

They tell us from the time were young
to hide the things that we don't like about ourselves
inside ourselves
I know I'm not the only one
who spent so long attempting to be someone else
well I'm over it

I don't care if the world know what my secrets are, secrets are
I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
so what
so what
so what
so what

I don't care if the world know what my secrets are, secrets are
I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
so what
so what
so what
so what
so what
so what

mary lambert - sing to me

Oh my God, how can I feel so much
Impossible to feel your touch
Across cities
I was never ready for
The kind of love that you possess
Say that there is nothing else
You'd ever need

You're my wonder
I'm found
When you sing to me
You're my wonder
I'm found
When you sing to me
Love, love, love
I'm your symphony
I'm miles away
But my voice carries

Yes my dear
We travel across deserts and heartbreak
All for just one day
To feel lightning
Lie next to me
Hold my hands to your chest
Say that there is nowhere else
You'd rather be

mary lambert