09. stripped away

from ixnay on the entilslay by the lentils

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Stripped away
(Best case scenario blues)

Stripped away
It was all stripped away
And it’s cool now and I’m not ashamed
Just lemme make a bed here fr this pain

Washin my hands
So I did not complete the offering
But isn’t there a kind of triumph
In takin it on the chin?
But I wish there was an easy way
To let this go

Stripped away
It was all just stripped away
Both the problems and the promised gains
And now I gotta make a bed for this pain

Hey how’s it goin?
So many old ways they don’t serve us now
It was a hair-brained love we banked on
Oh But a hair-brained love so proud
God I wish there was an easy way
To let this go

Stripped away
It was all just stripped away
An It’s better now an I won’t complain
Just lemme make a bed here fr this pain

I was chopped up like fruit
What is worn out And what is still of use?
And is it such a doozy
If I should still believe in you?
Do u know if there’s an easy way
To let this go?

Stripped away
It was all stripped away
And I know it’s not like anyone’s to blame
Just lemme make a bed now for this pain

No, Don’t say sorry
The porch lights they don’t paint us fair
And maybe it’s pointless thing
Weproved that night
But is it pointless how much we cared?
Tell me please if u find an easy way
To let this go

Stripped away
It was all just stripped away
And no I don’t that u should ever change
I kinda think there’s a reason
For this pain


Sing responsibly

Nibbling negative capability
Train your heart like how music trains you
Three years are sometimes washed
In a day
Music...it’s not really a thing
Confusion is a drug

Lichen hunting
That’s when you really listen
Walk away with 80 K
Don’t tell me about why
I respect it

I guess it’s more of an untraining really

You ask me where I see my life going
Play it slow sam...
Music was right about some things
Three years are not right about much
But I still think the fear is important
And still I am unfolding
But not like how I used to be
Frivolous with the potion of now

If I could see me like how I see you
Like rare lichens black and hidden
Proud and temporary
Like how you see me
I like how your handwriting is slow and mean And left-handed
And indecisive

Damn...
With your eyes?
The clutch of the riddle
So patient
I’ll never tell you the best things
Your eyes have taught me

But I’m not scared of the simple worlds
Where fear is just for escapist literature

When the night turns blue
I can regret it
Maybe I will


But do I care fr the skill?

It is enough to know that
When I close my eyes
There’s rivers been waiting and
What we don’t see is what defines
And the bread of such tender oblivions
It is easy
And very much for me and you

But let’s not listen to music now
It is too shrewd
And sees too many things

Can’t we just be quiet and afraid?
Just for now?

You should be careful
Three years can pass in a flash

People care about you

Sing responsibly

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from ixnay on the entilslay, released March 21, 2020

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