in orbit

by Meg Swain

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Don't Get In Bed With Wolves (Demo) 03:48
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Verse 1: Cut out my heart Put it in your hands Whispered my secrets into you ear Made me promises Sung me to sleep Swore if I loved you enough we would live happily Pre-Chorus: But the cracks started forming Dust is falling falling And the illusion is breaking I can see through all your hush hush lies Can't even look me in the eye Learnt the hard way there's two sides to every story Chorus: Darling learn from my mistakes Don't place your trust in wolves with shiny white teeth And darling if you don't want your heart to break Don't get in bed with wolves Darling I don't want you to be Taken advantage of for your generosity So darling for goodness sake Don't get in bed with wolves Verse 2: Thought we were one And the same But every kindness you showed me Was part of your sick game Wish I could go back Tell myself what I know now That loving blind will leave you lying alone on the ground Pre-Chorus: Chorus: Bridge: You took half of me You took half of me But I'm still standing x2
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New York (Demo) 03:40
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Chorus: Maybe I'll find my heart in New York Among the skyscrapers and graffitied doors Maybe I'll find my heart in New York Like all my heroes who have arrived before Maybe I'll discover who I'm meant to be On the corner of Broadway Or 43rd street I don't know much, but I know all I need Is New York to reconfigure my heartbeat Verse 1: I don't feel anything where I am now Dreaming of getting lost just to get found And hey, maybe I'll find myself in a Times Square crowd And maybe I could get Timothee Chalamet just to show me around (I'd really like that) Chorus Verse 2: It's a rite of passage to lose your way And end up crying alone on the subway I'm dreaming of dropping everything And just hopping on a plane To be in New York by morning On a Wednesday Chorus
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Satellite (Demo) 03:13
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Verse 1: You're way too cool for me Reading Jack Kerouac in your Hawaiian tee Never felt so small Never felt so far away You're way too cool for me I'm trying too hard you see all my insecurities I've never wanted anyone so much But I don't even have a chance Chorus: I'm stuck in your orbit Just your satellite Verse 2: You're way too cool for me Got your shirt buttons undone wearing ripped skinny jeans Never felt as self aware As I do right now You're way too cool for me Even if I had lion courage I couldn't speak I know that you know that you're better than me Cause you're effortless and I'm not Chorus: I'm stuck in your orbit Just your satellite Bridge: Just going around and around you Round and around you Round and around you Round and around you But I can't get close to you x3 I'm just a satellite In your orbit in the night But I can't get close to you
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Medicated Mess (Demo) 03:12
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Verse 1: Wish I could take my heart Out of my chest And hold it in my hands Until its calmed down a bit The chemicals in my brain Are unbalanced Trying to make sense of life without adrenaline Chorus: Who would wanna jump on this train? I'm just a medicated mess trying to dull the pain I know that no one is going to feel the same way As I do about them I got too many problems Verse 2: Trying to redefine normality But I don't even know what that looks like for me The chemical in my brain are unbalanced And I'm just a mess Chorus
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Spinster Blues (Demo) 02:13
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Chorus: I'm gonna live alone in a cottage on a hill, near a river and a forest With violets growing on my window sill And I may not have a man Or the family I thought I would have But that's okay Cause I'll have a pretty veggie patch Ohhhh Won't be singing no spinster blues And that is the truth Won't be singing now spinster blues Bridge: I'll be alone And that's okay I'll be alone Just like today I'll be alone And that's okay Cause I'm good company Chorus

about

'in orbit' is about the transitional period of life between teenager and adult, when you are trying to find out who you are, who you want to be, and where you are headed. It's about that feeling of instability where you can't see further ahead in life than lunch, but you have so many big dreams that feel so far out of reach. The songs on this EP chronicle the beginning of my year as a 19 year old. The songs are raw, emotional, imperfect pieces of my heart from life in orbit. I hope they make you feel something, or at least feel less alone. Love Meg xx

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released May 1, 2018

Vocals: Meg Swain, Guitar: Meg Swain, Production: Meg Swain, Lyrics: Meg Swain, Music: Meg Swain

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