in stark contrast to so much of my music that is loud and powerful, idle is a collection of tiny songs that carry just as much power in their quietness. tenderness and radical vulnerability permeate this ep.
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come on, break my heart
i'm a little red balloon, you're a kid in the park
i'm dying to just be enjoyed by you
knowing you are bound to let me loose i know
come on, break my heart
i'm climbing up your branches, call the fire department
to see that they can't rescue me
i'm digging in my claws
you're slipping through my tiny paws
come on, break my heart
come on
come on
come on
come on
i might rather be a book on your shelf
you're finished with me but sometimes you might feel compelled
to take me out, maybe when your friends come over
you can tell them how you couldn't put me down
come on, break my heart
come on
come on
come on
come on
come on, break my heart
i'm a dozen cage-free eggs down at the bottom of your cart
i'm dying to just be protected by you
if it's too late, then crushed by you would be o.k.
come on, break my heart
come on
come on
come on
come on
come on
come on
come on
come on
at least then that'd be something
and something beats nothing at all
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cryin' my eyes out
nothing's new
just thought this type of thing
wouldn't happen with you
'cause i fancy you
some kind of loving protector, and yet
you're still no match for my old
danger detector
i'm not easy
i've never been
i'm no koi pond, boy;
i'm the undercurrent of the ocean
who in their right mind'd
come down here with me?
is it you? i wait and see
if it's you
i'm waiting on you
can i want
what i want
what i want
what i want
can i want
what i want
what i want
is you
can i want
what i want
what i want
what i want
can i want
what i want
what i want
is you
you're a fire, the roasty kind
burnt wood, you smell good
you clear my mind
but a fire's still a fire
and i'm a careful selector
and i'm changing the batteries on my
danger detector
can i want
what i want
what i want
what i want
can i want
what i want
what i want
is you
can i want
what i want
what i want
what i want
can i want
what i want
what i want
is you
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i think my heart's too big for this world
it doesn't fit here, i've been
sitting on the suitcase
trying to zip it up for years
i don't know where I belong
where can I sing my songs?
i could fit in anywhere
but I'm too big everywhere these days
where do I go
when i can't go home?
if home is a place
that i've never known
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
oh my god, it's happening again
another day i've got to
feed myself all day and
think of things to say
i know that I'm adored, but
only at a distance
no one gets too close to me
i'm a fire
burning on the sun
where do I go
when i can't go home?
if home is a place
that i've never known
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
for me
baby
baby
i'm so big
i've got so much to give
my heart can't sit still anymore
I'm a steady stream
of songs and dreams
what a waste to waste me, lord
baby, i'm a baby grand piano
in an empty room
i was made to be played
to be played by you
so, use me
use me
put me to good use
use me
use me
for what i was made
to
do
where do I go
when I can't go home?
if home is a place
that i've never known
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
i could walk to the moon
baby, if i only knew who's up there waiting
i could walk to the moon