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I Can't Die

by Cusp

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patchworkbuffalo song makes me feel young and scared but also all my sensory abilities are super heightened cuz I'm like six. god I wonder if I miss that, being so vulnerable yet so lithe and limber and aware all at the same time. there's a vaguely vengeful spirit in this song that freaks me out and is familiar, like an evil twin. feels like nostalgia getting flipped and bonked on its head. the dancy instrumentals only make it queasier and make me feel kinda okay w slipping away for a bit. sad skinamarink vibe Favorite track: I Can't Die.

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lyrics

I am a kid again
I want a dog and a drink
and I don't want you to hurt when you think

I want to go to the beach
and sit in the yard
and I want to give up
when things get hard

I see you pulling into driveways
biking in the wrong lane
sitting on your porch step
fighting off a migraine

Practicing your magic
let the darkness fill me
even think I'd like it
if it didn't kill me

I can't die
I'm alive in memories
now I'm talking to the trees
begging them to comfort me, comfort me

Comfort me
tell me that you'll never leave
you'll be here for centuries
now I live inside your leaves

Leaves will fall
crumble into dust and then
you will grow more leaves again
and I will live inside your head

In your head
I sit right beside your ear
you would have me disappear
I am still the one you fear

I saw a little bird
as it picked at the dirt
it could not care less
if the worms got hurt

I guess it has to eat
I guess you have to eat too
I feel bad for the worm
and I feel nothing for you

I see you pulling into driveways
biking in the wrong lane
sitting on your porch step
fighting off a migraine

Practicing your magic
let the darkness fill me
even think I'd like it
if it didn't kill me

I can't die,
I'm alive in memories
now I'm talking to the trees
begging them to comfort me, comfort me

Comfort me
tell me that you'll never leave
you'll be here for centuries
now I live inside your leaves

Leaves will fall
Crumble into dust and then
you will grow more leaves again
and I will live inside your head

In your head
I sit right beside your ear,
you would have me disappear
I am still the one you fear

I can't die
I'm alive in memories
now I'm talking to the trees
begging them to comfort me, comfort me

credits

released October 14, 2021
Written and performed by Jen Bender
Mixed and mastered by Gaelen Bates

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Cusp Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, IL

Jen
Gaelen
Matt
Tessa
Tommy

Pic by Abram Huezo

Shows:

5/21 at Sleeping Village

6/27 at Beat Kitchen ... more

discography

Thanks So Much

Mar 2024
You Can Do It All

May 2023
Win

Apr 2023
I Know

Jun 2022
Sight Unseen

Feb 2022
I Can't Die

Oct 2021
Spill EP

May 2021

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