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You Have Your Mind

by Pretty Crimes

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1.
I got you on my mind, my mind When I need to clear the space for problems Like how to spend my time in the gaps And quicken up the pace for causes I told you on the phone Through the static hush I’m sick of monochrome And patterns that make the rush I’m blinded from the fear But only in your light And I fall in love All the time But as for now All of the color Seems to disappear when you’re gone I’m hanging up but I’m holding on I’m putting off the best And writing up the worst Can’t get any rest Without resolving first I fumble through the haze To get out of my head Didn’t mean to say it But I meant what I said I need you now Around me More than you know I’ll wean myself away If you want to But not before you go But as for now All of the color Seems to disappear when you’re gone I’m hanging up but I’m holding on I’m holding on
2.
The distance plays tricks on your eyes That little speck could be twice your size It’s all there in the photograph Height and width if you do the math I had to turn the blur on to convey The elusiveness of my prey It’s all there in the photograph Rarity if you do the math Another anecdote Will be the antidote To your disbelief They’re hiding behind our progresses There’s too many things in excessive When it’s all there in the photograph Abundancy if you do the math Another anecdote Will be the antidote To your disbelief
3.
Proof 03:30
I’ve been staying up for hours In the hopes to see your face Reveling in all the power That I’m dying to replace I gotta walk more to explore now And I’m trying to head off From the flashbacks on the fore now Did I age more than I thought Well I’ve been looking for Somebody’s proof Could it be that wrong impression That I first gave to you While you’ve been looking for My will to choose I gotta stop with all the guessing The exception shouldn’t lose There’s truth created by a feeling A hidden filter for the lens Got the snapshot, it’s got me reeling As if you could own a friend Said you’d always be my lover A half truth rounds down to a lie Always going under cover Just to smash our alibis Well I’ve been looking for Somebody’s proof Could it be that wrong impression That I first gave to you While you’ve been looking for My will to choose I gotta stop with all the guessing The exception shouldn’t lose
4.
Under Foot 03:03
You are with me wherever I go, I go And yet I still treat you like a piece of dirt And though it’s justified I know that it might hurt And I’ll go and cut down whatever you grow, you grow Yeah I demand that you change your face And in your solitude Litter all over the place And no matter what you do I will always walk all over you You will catch me whenever I fall, I fall You’re the reason for the bruises on my knees When I tried to hard To force company And you’ve been with me since I learned to crawl, to crawl I looked down on you before I knew how to see I think of escaping you In all of my dreams And no matter what you do I will always walk all over you But you will be above me in the end Piled up upon where I lay my head
5.
Well ain’t nobody wanna be my friend Nobody wanna be my babe I’m driving down this road again And nobody is coming my way I think I might be a different breed And I sweat I ain’t gonna lie I’d never stray But yesterday I lost track of the night Now poor Lucille She couldn’t deal She trashed and she wrecked my place I feel this pain As the moon wanes It reminds me of her face When she screamed as she looked at me And asked me where I’d been I couldn’t say So she picked away A hair from my clothing Well ain’t nobody wanna be my friend Nobody wanna be my babe I have to wonder when this will end All the thoughts that I betray ‘Cause this has happened twice before And I just don’t know why An urge ignites When it is night And the full moon’s in the sky
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7.
Curiosity 03:52
I saw the face You left behind Let me know that Before our time You left your place And came over Gave us our shapes Four leaf clovers The temple towers The ancient runes In rain forest And desert dunes Gave us a path To outer space Where one day we Would find that face Ever darkening skies; The sun, it brings me to life. But who’s this I don’t know? Are you friend or foe? If you’d open up It’s so obvious You don’t need cited proof when you’ve got your mind Look at the silos Lights and the shadows All the order in chaos that we can find What do you want from us? Where did you come from? And where did you go? Are you a friend or foe? If you’d open up It’s so obvious You don’t need sighted proof when you’ve got your mind Look at the silos Lights and the shadows All the order in chaos that we can find And one starry night I knew I was right I just needed to open up my third eye Look at the silos Lights and the shadows All the order in chaos that we can find
8.
Petals 03:25
I thought this was amicable. I think I may have loved you. Did you ever love me too? The other night, I dreamt that I called you But it wasn’t reality. I haven’t slept in days, Because when I close my eyes I see your face. Picking petals on a daisy, You said I was too lazy To catch you falling for me. Picking petals on a daisy. Picking petals on a daisy, You said I was too lazy To catch you falling for me.
9.
She’s just not the one When she is gone She’s the only one I want She gives me everything She asks for nothing in return She’s won’t be my little girl I should make things right Don’t wanna have another fight I need to set her free It’s simple can’t you see Her love and affection Is wasted on me I know it’s not fair I know I should care You know I’ve been there I’ve walked in your shoes Just let me explain I’ve nothing to gain From causing you pain You know that it’s true I don’t deserve you Enough is enough I’m packing up my stuff Let’s end this routine Of acting so mean I wish that I could Spare her feelings But life isn’t full Of easy dealings I know it’s not fair I know I should care You know I’ve been there I’ve walked in your shoes Just let me explain I’ve nothing to gain From causing you pain You know that it’s true I don’t deserve you
10.
Hydrangeas 04:26
I brought you flowers that matched your eyes, Blue hydrangeas from the corner store. You looked at me and said well aren’t they nice, Brought me in to trim the stems. Your dog jumped up and caught me by surprise, I was so scared that I dropped the knife. Red, white, and blue on the fourth of July, I looked at you and said now don’t you cry. Waiting in the emergency room, I got dizzy and said to you This is what happiness feels like my love. You are what I have always dreamt of. Someone to hold and to keep you from harm, Someone to hold and to keep so warm. Later that night we laid on the floor, Listened to fireworks on the fourth. You pulled me close and said to me, Darling oh sweetie This is what happiness feels like my love. You are what I have always dreamt of. Someone to hold and to keep you from harm, Someone to hold and to keep so warm.
11.
I remember lying in my bed Wishing I could will myself to be dead Separate connection of brain and heart Choose my own way to fall apart Get back some feeling of control Looks like an accident to save my soul Avoid the selfish look of suicide Keep my reputation alive And though it’s just a memory I keep what becomes a part of me Benchmark the lowest that I could find How far to fall from these highs And when that feeling is coming again Moreso a wonderance on the whispering wind When I am breathless I fear a return But most ignored by the love I’ve learned Oh what am I to you Can you see what I do To help forgive and help forget The thoughts I leave behind When they’ll go I don’t know It’s hard to look ahead When the past is on your mind You can always regret What you were hoping to find That I can’t let go and I can’t hold on I’m stuck somewhere between When I know I know It’s not you That belongs to me What to do Now we’re through? But I know I know I’ll be alright

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released September 25, 2020

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Ryan Chabon at Crimson Moon Records
Mastering by Jackson Russell
Album art by Olivia Huntley

We would like to thank: Our parents for their unwavering love and support, Ryan Chabon, Karsin Williard, Rose Connor, Idgie, Ryan Johnson, Sheila McLean, Adrian Pavone, Emma Jones, Miranda Foster, Caroline Angell, Gwyn Bishop, Grace Allen, Rachel Trumbo, Aditi Garikipati, Beatrice Allen, Michael Edgerton, Justin Lance, Greg Carpenter, The Eccentrics, The Dead Bedrooms, WXYC, Third Wheel Media, Forthright Records, and everyone else who supported or influenced this band during the making of this record.

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