HELLO JUNE
'Hello June' (self-titled) Lyrics
All songs written by: Sarah Rudy
Track Listing:
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Mars
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Stranger
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Candy Rain
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Less Than Nothing
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Problem
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War
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Momma
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Handshakes
Mars
As soon as you find out, as soon as you hear
That there is life up on Mars, that there is more out there
I'll catch a plane, or I'll walk there
I would fill all your jars with honey
I'd carry bees into the new country
And I would buy you water in some arbitrary, odd number
As soon as they find out, as soon as they hear
That there is so much more than we know
That there is so much more to fear
Oh, I'll catch a plane, or I will walk there
Stranger
They couldn’t worry about kindness
Nobody around here’s got time for that
Four whole walls and a city block away
And I don’t deserve, these four walls
This ball and chain – is that what its called, stranger?
Is there a TV runnin upstairs, or is it more so a ghost
Did someone say that it gets better?
That hasn’t happened in a while
I can’t think of anything real - except for maybe, “I am tired”
I know I don’t have a voice
And I am this pawn, I don’t own my time
You can have it all, cause that’s what you like
This ball and chain, this back and forth, stranger
Candy Rain
Go on, give a call home - you’re scared it shouldn’t feel like this
In your bedroom in the daytime, under dark black candle lit
Hey, hey, twirl around, covered eyes
Swingin far and wide in your skies
Candy rain, drippin down, by our feet there on the ground
Come on, where’d it all go? - you said it shouldn’t be like this
From a phone call on a payphone in a bright red summer fit
Hey, hey, I’m around wide eyes,
Spinning far and wide in your skies
Candy rain, drippin down, Candy rain there on the ground
By our feet there on the ground
Hey, hey, is it all gone? Is there something you came for, something you wish
In the night time, in the quiet – in the dark black candle lit
Hey, hey, twirl around, wide eyes
Spinnin’ wide and far in your skies
Candy rain, drippin down
Candy rain, there on the ground
Candy rain, drippin down
By our feet there on the ground
Less Than Nothing
All the black cats in black hats in this room
Two hundred million dollar spoon
And we raise ours to take what is owed
To see what is left, and to leave the rest
Now we bow our heads to pray
For all the pills we’re built to spill
And all the words we’ll never say
Cause god forbid, yeah, god forbid
There is something in his room
A ghost of someone still in bloom
The TV’s on; he talks to me
He says he will never leave
He says he will never leave
Is it too late to cash it in?
Let me buy you one more
And tomorrow we will think
Tomorrow we will think
Is it too late to cash it in?
Let me buy you one more
And tomorrow we will think, tomorrow we will think
My guess is that you are left with nothing, with nothing
And my guess is you are left with nothing, with nothing
When you’re left with less than nothing
When you’re left with less than nothing
When you’re left with less than nothing up our sleeve
Problem
Sometimes I miss who I thought you were
In the middle of the day, at the end of spring
In the middle of my room, the things you’d say
Still lay in a pile right where we left it anyway
I’ll tell you the problem with all this space
Oh how it reminds me of my best friend
Who punctuates the things I say
Is there anyone else around?
Is there anyone else in here?
You might catch me in the winter cause my frozen right into the ground
You might catch me in the summer when the rains come down
Did it get too hard for you to just sit there
I don’t want to walk out, I would rather just stay this way
You might catch me in the winter cause my frozen right into the ground
You might catch me in the summer when the rains come down
War
The cool rain pulls me to remember that you can’t close your eyes
Or shut your mouth forever
Just like you can’t stay dry from a sky that decides to break around you now
Is he a friend or is he a thief?
Are you a friend or are you a fool?
You ask yourself to remind yourself:
Are you a friend or are you a fool?
You jot it down, you draw the lines
In your mind when those songs keep playin
While no one is ever singing along
Is he a friend or is he a thief?
Are you a friend or are you a fool?
You ask yourself to remind yourself
Are you a friend or are you a fool?
The moon wanes closer to December and daylight sleeps just fine
Curtains draw, it’s winter
Of course, he never rides light and the moon and stars seem to steer in a random flight
I’m no better
Is this the last time I will see the moon?
Is this the last time I will see the dawn?
You ask yourself to remind yourself:
Are you a friend or are you a fool?
Momma
Wake up with the sun and we don’t know why
The weight of expanse, the force of the fall
We fell into the arms of the black sky
Oh momma, don’t apologize for taking your sweet time
And momma, don’t mock the sun they still haven’t told us we have won
Slow and steady highway rain instead runs down your face
Until something reminds you that you’re doing fine cause you’re able-bodied and breathing
Handshakes
If you don’t mind, I wish you’d stay - let them know that you’re okay
If I find a little rest, I’ll let you know - you’ll be impressed, you’d be impressed
The neighbors are calling, they’re asking about their lighters
They’re standing on our doorsteps, they’re banging on our windows
The holy fire, the carbon daze
The blinking lights, the pearly gates
You call my name and I heard you say
"The fire it burns, is that okay? Is that okay?"
The neighbors are calling, they’re asking about their lighters
They’re standing on our doorstep, and god knows we are in here