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Love In The Time Of Coral Reefs

by Ru Mundy

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1.
Bad Habit 03:52
It's cold in the back of the pickup truck And I told myself I don't give a fuck About anything you said And yet it's all that I've got in my head You've got the kind of values Where I blink and I miss it I guess I take the view If you're complacent you're complicit And I'm disappointed that you only ever got this far You're just a bad habit baby that I can't break I'll roll you up and smoke you all the way down Till the heat from you burns my lips Corners of my mouth and my fingertips I want to say I love you but I need to hear it first I'm hoping that you give a shit but I'm fearing the worst Tell me how does it end, tell me how does it end Do you think it's going well? You're all grown up you've had time to reflect and We've all shown up and learnt what to expect And you don't even believe us when we tell you what happened to us I think you think I love you And you don't know that I'm scared and I wish that I could trust you But I don't know if you're there for me How could you be when you won't even see how it is? Cause you're a bad habit baby that I can't break I'll roll you up and smoke you all the way down Till the heat from you burns my lips Corners of my mouth and my fingertips I need to say I want you but I'd love to hear it first I'm hoping that you give a shit but I'm fearing the worst Tell me how does it end, tell me how does it end Do you see this going well? I love you and I hate you and I wish I'd never met you You're too smart to be this stupid I don't even want to get you I'm annoyed that if I did there'd be a void where your awareness should be It's cold in the back of the pick up truck I'm lonely and I'm angry cause I do give a fuck About everything you said In fact it's all that I've got in my head Cause you're a bad habit baby that I can't break I'll roll you up and smoke you all the way down Till the heat from you burns my lips Corners of my mouth and my fingertips I need to say I love you but I want to hear it first I'm hoping that you give a shit but I'm fearing the worst Tell me how does it end, tell me how does it end I don't see this going well
2.
I let you buy me a drink because the gig didn't pay much I don't get to say much Well, I'm tired anyway I just nod And smile Say: oh yeah? Once in a while You say some shit and I just take the hit And you say I should stay Well I could drink until I think you're all that There's enough whisky in the bar I could wake up in the morning with my head barely sore And my heart totally intact My heart totally intact My heart totally intact You could take a little break from being charming and ask me Well, you know what you could ask me? You could ask me anything I could say Something true I could think That I liked you I could mean every word we could both feel heard And I'd stay I'd stay I would drink until I think you're all that There's enough whisky in the bar I would wake up in the morning with my head barely sore And my heart totally intact My heart totally intact My heart totally intact I could tell you that the bass makes my pulse get faster And the banjo breaks my heart, but I love it anyway It's too loud You wouldn't hear You'd just grin and Down your beer And I'd think about when you said, eight out of ten And I stayed I stayed I've been waiting for something to come I've been waiting for something to come And it never does But I can drink until I think you're all that There's just enough whisky in the bar I can wake up in the morning with my head barely sore And my heart totally intact My heart totally intact My heart totally intact
3.
Explosions 04:32
I called you twice Second time it was a pocket dial If I ever get through I'll tell you that the first time was too It's not like I've been lying awake in the night It's not like I've been sleeping on my feet in the day It's not like I've been laughing till I cried on the passenger side it's not like my lungs ache It's an explosion In slow motion Everyone's watching And nobody's got me You said you'd got me But you did not We both misjudged I said too much You described it as an avalanche That's never a good thing babe No one wants to die that way It's not like I've been biting my tongue ever since It's not like you've been filling the silence yourself It's not like you've been laughing till you cried on the driver's side It's not like I'm in love It's an explosion In slow motion Everyone's watching And nobody's got me You said you'd got me But you did not We both misjudged Then you call me And you're like, "blah blah pocket dial", uh huh You've got a lot to say For somebody who really wasn't calling anyway I bet you've been sleeping alright in the night I bet your privilege is bliss in the day I bet, I bet, I bet you think this song's not about you, don't you, don't you? It's an explosion In slow motion Everyone's watching And nobody's got me You said you'd got me But you did not We both misjudged It's an explosion In slow motion Everyone's watching And nobody's got me You said you'd got me But you did not We both misjudged It's an explosion In slow motion Everyone's watching And nobody's got me You said you'd got me But you did not We both misjudged
4.
If only I had known you In the time of coral reefs Before we lost the permafrost When there were bears up there Were bears up there We could have met Fallen in love Could have got married and had kids If we wanted It could have been simple for us too Simple for us Do you think we would have travelled Could we have managed a mortgage Sent our kids to local schools And campaigned to change the rules? So that we wouldn't pull the ladder up behind us Like our parents did to us Could we have been better Done better? If we'd loved before the sea swallowed the coasts Before the wildfires spread Our heads only full of love I would have loved you We would have made our vows While the island nations drowned We'd let them go cos we were richer they were poorer We were better they were worse off So we watched them sink without a word Ignored the screams Ignored the gulf stream slowing down Ignored the drip of melting ice The drip drip drip of melting ice Remember when we still had time If not to reverse things Well at least not to cause worse things And we decided not to It was easier not to? Remember when we thought That it was windmills on hills that spoiled the landscape? Remember the landscape? Remember the land? If only I had known you In the time of coral reefs Before we lost the permafrost When there were bears up there Were bears up there
5.
Old Friend 03:49
Old friend, speak to me again In poetry like when I was a tadpole and you were a fish I wish we had more time Side by side In the slime The intricate sparkling slime that comprises The detail of our lives I meant to let you know That I never meant to let you go Tell me the one about faith The ones about love I didn't listen hard enough Your voice is slipping away I just know it sounded like rivers and wood smoke and meadows and tea to me I meant to keep a tight grip on that sound But the fingers of my mind are letting me down Old friend I'm forgetting, I'm forgetting, and I don't want to, it hurts to I dreamt that I lost you Woke with a start, broke my own heart when I found it was true Old friend, I'll raise a glass again To a time when I was myself and you were mine too

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released May 19, 2022

Music, lyrics, guitar and vocals: Ru Mundy
Drums and bass: Simon Fairbairn
Violin: Cara Brasted
Recorded and mixed by TKO @ The Armoury
Produced by TKO, Ru Mundy, Simon Fairbairn, and Cara Brasted
Mastered by Chris Chetland @ KOG Studios

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