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Wake Up, Shut Up, Work

by Millie Manders and The Shutup

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1.
Angry Side 02:41
Things I did when I was 17 Still haunt me in my daydreams A broken kid I spread my suffering Til everyone around I’d make bleed I had no way of knowing why I only knew my angry side I broke the world I went in strong I hated life I cried inside But on my face I wore a smile My arrogance My way to hide My angry side… Every name and face of those I’ve hurt Stuck in a loop of self reflection I might justify the things I’ve done But it was only pain deflection I had no way of knowing why I only knew my angry side I broke the world I went in strong I hated life I cried inside But on my face I wore a smile My arrogance My way to hide My angry side My angry side My angry side It’s taken years to look inside And ask for you to pardon my…. I broke the world I went in strong I hated life I cried inside But on my face I wore a smile My arrogance My way to hide My angry side I broke the world I went in strong I hated life I cried inside But on my face I wore a smile My arrogance My way to hide My angry side
2.
Shut your mouth You dirty habit You pretty thing You frightened rabbit I like your face But you can shove it I’m tryna quit Everything toxic Lately I’ve been working on my loving of the bad guys I’m not try’na say they’re all guys - it’s a saying meant for all kinds And I’m tryin’a fit together why my lean to you is tethered When I know I deserve better than you being here in fair weather It’s an age old conversation that I’m willing to put paid to Cos you’ve lost all of my respect and I need you to hear me say ||: Shut your mouth You dirty habit You pretty thing You frightened rabbit I like your face But you can shove it I’m tryna quit Everything toxic :|| Yeah Let’s not pretend you’re my friend when you only ever show up Cos you’re wanting something from me so my inbox is now open like “I haven’t really spoken to you in 5 years, but I’d love it if you’d put me on the guest list please?” I’m not here to be your freebie; maybe I’m talking to freely But I’m sick to death of having people who can’t make a habit Of a two way interaction without other motivations so… ||: Shut your mouth You dirty habit You pretty thing You frightened rabbit I like your face But you can shove it I’m tryna quit Everything toxic :|| Yeah You turn up at my door and you’re all sweetness and light But I know there’s something else cos I can see it in your eyes It used to be that I would seek all your love and affection But the tables have now turned my friend; you ready for rejection? You ||: Shut your mouth You dirty habit You pretty thing You frightened rabbit I like your face But you can shove it I’m tryna quit Everything toxic :|| Yeah
3.
Me Too 03:37
As she stands before the judge with her knickers on display She’s asked what was she thinking lying on his bed that day So she pleads for them to understand that they had been good friends She never thought that she should fear him breaking her trust with hands They grind her down with questions, reliving every little thing Make her feel like she's the one on trial - they say that she had tempted him Said “asking for it weren’t you though?” Our bodies still aren’t ours If one victim is still blamed Our bodies still aren’t ours Until systems change It doesn’t matter what we wear It doesn’t matter how we speak The conversation’s still the same You blame the girl for being weak She carries this all forward into each relationship Because she’s learned she’s a thing to be owned and used again So the cycle ever goes around; all her faith in love is lost She’ll be old and used and worn unless she’s helped to lose her cross Said “asking for it weren’t you though?” (Said “asking for it weren’t you though?”) Our bodies still aren’t ours If one victim is still blamed Our bodies still aren’t ours Until systems change It doesn’t matter what we wear It doesn’t matter how we speak The conversation is the same You blame the girl for being weak Our bodies still aren’t ours If one victim is still blamed Our bodies still aren’t ours Until systems change It doesn’t matter what we wear It doesn’t matter how we speak The conversation is the same You blame the girl for being weak
4.
Fun Sponge 03:17
If there were a prize for how loud you could whine You’d win a certificate for biggest Pessimist I didn’t know malcontent could be such a trend You wear the term cold fish like you were made for it Oh sour puss here we go again You’re a wet rag, drip, bore, a defeatist I feel my energy sucked out from my soul Happy hoover, party pooper, you’re a spoil sport Fun sponge you’re the problem You just take take take take take ‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem You just take take take take take You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablist Everytime we hang my heart begins to drag You have to bring me down and you’re oblivious To your own buzz kill no matter what we do Did I do something wrong to make you such a grump? Unbuckle your face you negative ninny You’re captain no fun and it’s getting a bit silly, oh Fun sponge you’re the problem You just take take take take take ‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem You just take take take take take You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablist Buzz kill, cold fish, killjoy, wet rag, sourpuss, malcontent, drip, bore, defeatist, pessimist, grump, grouch, whiner, fuddy duddy, drag, stick in the mud, spoil sport, Joy killer, downer, damper, party pooper, newt, negative ninny, happy hoover, bad orb, wet blanket, captain no fun, unbuckle your face, please can you just get out of my space! Fun sponge you’re the problem You just take take take take take ‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem You just take take take take take You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablistFun sponge you’re the problem You just take take take take take ‘Til there’s nothing left but negative space Oh fun sponge, yeah you’re the problem You just take take take take take You’re a bum, you’re a grinch you’re a miserablist
5.
Windows 03:11
In through the pane is a glimpse of your world It’s a mirror to your soul, it’s a mirror of control Framed are the fragments broken by my self delusion Each tinted shard is a fraction of my dark Unchanged is the view but still changing with each season A snapshot of a landscape, pinhole looks at heartache Cracks slowly creak across the boundaries of reality Try to hold it in but the walls are paper thin Am I looking in or looking out The illusion of my safety Observations through the bars of my cage Dust is mainly made of skin But it sparkles in the sunbeams Feel the shutters closing on my sanity Cold seeps through all the holes that grow Tapping on the see through wall Skewed the point of view with kaleidoscope truths Refracted light across the floor ||: Am I looking in or looking out The illusion of my safety Observations through the bars of my cage Dust is mainly made of skin But it sparkles in the sunbeams Feel the shutters closing on my sanity :||
6.
R.I.P 03:19
Soft self medicated blackout There’s comfort in my warm sadness Inscriptions from the depths of my memories Connections bloom like flowers The cold within my bones like marble moulded In the dark shine hot and bright Like sickly candy it feeds itself Skull bursting with toxic spice ||: I feel our goodbye like a sunset Set in stone at the grave of our past While I stand here I watch as the garden we grew Dissolves and returns to the earth :|| Release has a texture so smooth and so raw And it bites and it aches and it bleeds A sensation painful to the touch Open fire to the soul as you leave ||: I feel our goodbye like a sunset Set in stone at the grave of our past While I stand here I watch as the garden we grew Dissolves and returns to the earth :|| ||: I killed all that we hold dear :|| ||: I feel our goodbye like a sunset Set in stone at the grave of our past While I stand here I watch as the garden we grew Dissolves and returns to the earth :||
7.
Halloween 04:24
It’s been a whole year since our first date Since that time on Halloween Bad carvings in pumpkins and port on ice Before we danced beneath the trees And we were kissing against pillars We were hiding from the crowd Stage lights like they were for us And undead makeup across our mouths Autumn feels so much colder Now I don’t get to hear your laugh I can’t forget the way you touched me The bonfire in your arms In your arms It’s been a whole year since our first date A year since I felt any sparks As November creeps into my room There’s no fireworks in this house And I know that as I see it The winter wrapping round my heart I’ll be sitting here in blankets Pushing ice across my floor Autumn feels so much colder Now I don’t get to hear your laugh I can’t forget the way you touched me The bonfire in your arms In your arms It’s been a whole year since our first date A year since I felt any sparks As November creeps into my room There’s no fireworks in this house
8.
Rebound 03:18
I’m not gonna be your rebound, rebound I’m not here to boost your ego, ego I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep All over a person who was never mine to keep I’m not gonna be your rebound… Swiping left but with you I swiped right Started chatting, we were up for half the night I said you’re cute but you’re getting way too warm Sending pics but I just wanna talk You wanna gimme your number but I think I know your game Is that your real name? And if I dare to think that this is real…. I’m just gonna be a rebound, rebound But I’m not here to boost your ego, ego I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep All over a person who was never mine to keep Saying you’re over your ex now, ex now You’re ready to move on to something new But they’re all you ever talk about When you’re here with me Might think I wanna hear about it But you’re boring me I’m not gonna be your rebound…. I always let myself get comfortable and end up on my own I get reeled in by the lies they tell, I’m desperate for love Then I find out when it’s way too late my gut was right all along I’m sick of all the games I have to play The hard to get, then love letters So now I’m trusting every turn where I went wrong And you won’t get me while I feel this strong But I’m not gonna be a rebound, rebound I’m not here to boost your ego, ego I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep All over a person who was never mine to keep I’m not gonna be your rebound… Here we go again another cannon loose Painted up with feelings from a fairy book I’m not just sitting pretty waiting for your lies I don’t care how I compare to your past life…. I’m not a stepping stone to find the one And you won’t get me while I feel this strong… ‘Cos I will never be your rebound, rebound I’m not here to boost your ego, ego I’m not gonna lie here and cry myself to sleep All over a person who was never mine to keep Saying you’re over your ex now, ex now You’re ready to move on to something new But they’re all you ever talk about When you’re here with me Might think I wanna hear about it But you’re boring me I’m not gonna be a rebound (x 3) Oh, oh I’m not gonna be a rebound (x 3) Oh, oh I’m not gonna be a rebound (x 2) I will never be your rebound No, oh
9.
I’ll be the one that got away You never were any good for me And now you’re gone I’ll make you see That I’m the one that got away Was there magic in that kiss when you both first touched lips And did it make you smile inside? The kind that rises to your eyes Do you remember how it felt when we were lying on that couch The world was lying at our feet; our hearts connected with every beat But now you’re gone, and you’re painting a new song I’ll be the one that got away You never were any good for me And now you’re gone I’ll make you see That I’m the one that got away All the promises you made, and all the fantasies we chased Like stories thought up by a child we believed in every line It all got too serious- the lines got blurred and disfigured I tried to hold on to the edge, and I’m still falling to my death Cos now you’re gone and you’re painting a new song I’ll be the one that got away You never were any good for me And now you’re gone I’ll make you see That I’m the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away You wanted me to hold onto the lies you told But you had never meant a single word you said I’ll be the one that got away You never were any good for me And now you’re gone I’ll make you see That I’m the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’ll be the one that got away I’m the one that got away
10.
Threadbare 03:11
There’s a certain kind of tummy ache that comes from money problems Acid that rises to the top squeezed by the vice at the bottom No one can take this pain from you unless you find a financial saviour But for most of us it just grinds on no matter how much we slave and labour ||: My clothes are getting threadbare My hands are dry and cracked But I’m told that if I give up now There’ll be no diamonds to collect :|| I feel weak; I can’t afford to eat again I feel bleak; No money here to heat my place I feel sick ; Got debt up to my ears today I feel scared; Can’t see how to make this go away I feel wrecked. One more drop of blood they say and it will all be over One more year of trying hard and you’ll see the fruits and favour While all the time you’re counting down you see no little light Just more rocks to trip you up and a tunnel of endless night I feel weak I can’t afford to eat again I feel bleak No money here to heat my place I feel sick Got debt up to my ears today I feel scared Can’t see how to make this go away I feel wrecked. ||: My clothes are getting threadbare My hands are dry and cracked But I’m told that if I give up now There’ll be no diamonds to collect :|| I feel weak I can’t afford to eat again I feel bleak No money here to heat my place I feel sick Got debt up to my ears today I feel scared Can’t see how to make this go away I feel wrecked
11.
So much hate in this country So many things not understood Feel like we have so much to learn So much going back to roots A genocide in Congo Another in Sudan Had you even heard about China? Ethiopia or Chad? Our rulers want the wealth The oil and the gas The gold and the land Cobalt for phones in our hands Did I say something wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable? How do you think the Gazan’s feel While they’re still being bombed? Am I siding with Hamas? You’re gonna ask that one again? Bore off guy that line is dry And you’re a puppet to the man ||: Can I get off of this planet And jump into a black hole? I’m sick of white fragility Feel like I’m losing control Can I get off of this planet Is there a way to escape From all the pain and destruction And fascists fuelling the hate :|| How long will this song Continue to be A reflection of what’s wrong With everything we Constructed to gain All the world has to offer By killing the children So that we whites could prosper Oh yes I’ll stand here And I’ll call us all out Because if we don't, who will? We’re against everyone else We watch as the people Who don’t look like us Drown in their thousands Escaping bombs we helped drop ||: Can I get off of this planet And jump into a black hole? I’m sick of white fragility Feel like I’m losing control Can I get off of this planet Is there a way to escape From all the pain and destruction And fascists fuelling the hate :|| ||: Calling out my brothers Calling out the boys in bands Saying you’re liberal left But you’re cowards where you stand Scared to lose your following Scared to say what’s right But you’ll shout out hate for tories On your stages every night :|| ||: Can I get off of this planet And jump into a black hole? I’m sick of white fragility Feel like I’m losing control Can I get off of this planet Is there a way to escape From all the pain and destruction And fascists fuelling the hate :||
12.
Pressure 02:41
See me now As I’m finding out I can’t hold on Help me as I drown Closing in with overwhelm Fighting on all sides Feeling sick from the guilt trips Taken on too much People pleasing Working constantly No time to breathe, nowhere to hide Hello anxiety Constricted I can barely see Fear of failure Has me on my knees Closing in with overwhelm Fighting on all sides Feeling sick from the guilt trips Taken on too much People pleasing Working constantly No time to breathe, nowhere to hide Hello anxiety Am I a disappointment? Am I a disappointment to you? Closing in with overwhelm Fighting on all sides Feeling sick from the guilt trips Taken on too much People pleasing Working constantly No time to breathe, nowhere to hide Hello anxiety

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released August 2, 2024

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