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Home Alone EP

by Molly Bolten

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1.
Helium 04:20
I won't write love songs anymore I don't have the fodder I don't remember what I'm like I'll ask my mother Don't I realize, it is no surprise to be alone? No one is clinging onto me You'd think I was freeer But I'm a helium balloon I just drift higher Where my body goes, honey I don't know, I just don't know I think I'll ride the bus tonight And look out the window The tiny things that make the world Leave tracks on my pillow In the morning rush, they and I will touch, but not that much I'd like to look you in the eye And see through the iris To crawl around inside your brain And study your likeness But you're far away, middle of the fray, so not today
2.
Until Then 03:11
Take me at my word, you're the reason I'm drawing in the sand I can't think of one season I won't be holding your hand When I'm bored at work, I imagine Shooting time with you Memories with no captions Just a song or two I know that it's early, baby to be so light on my feet But maybe this shit eating grin will save me From winter having me beat I am very infinite and you are very too But I am floating in a space that is identical to you Maybe you and I can talk about it at another time Maybe we can go to dinner and you'll let me pick your mind But until then Until then Until then Take me at my word, you're the reason I'm drawing in the sand I can't think of one season I won't be holding your hand
3.
I had all day to write a song But all I heard was shake it off And so I turned the T.V. on And then I sat there all afternoon long I did some laundry just for show And thoroughly cleaned my windows Am I still here if no one knows Or am I living like a ghost? I keep my hands busy and my mind numb Just to keep the fever down And the truth is I ain't never wrote a single song about you And I still can't now 'Cause I don't know how I write music in my dreams It keeps me dancing in my sleep But when I wake, my mind is clean And so I slide on my old jeans I put my hair up in a bun And rub my hands together once It's time to pin you down, oh just this much So finally I can move on I keep my hands busy and my mind numb Just to keep the fever down And the truth is I ain't never wrote a single song about you And I still can't now 'Cause I don't know how Now, it might take a couple songs To realize maybe I was wrong To think you'd be my final love Oh babe, I've only just begun I've just begun I keep my hands busy and my mind numb Just to keep the fever down And the truth is I ain't never wrote I ain't never wrote a single song, no no no no About you, babe, and I still can't now 'Cause I don't know how
4.
If I told you I wasn't scared If I told you I'd be right there Would you laugh or would you listen? Would you follow my lead? If I brought you a nectarine pit And you didn't know what it was Would you believe me if I told you that it'd be a tree? Oh, sometimes I think I'm the only one Not afraid of what will become And why kid yourself, there's a lot of stuff You should really be more afraid of I could tell you there's murderers And burglars all at large All heavy "R" words And that's just off the top Be afraid of the dark or the park late at night So get a night light But don't fear connection Or human affection Oh, sometimes I think I'm the only one Not afraid of what will become And why kid yourself, there's a lot of stuff You should really be more afraid of 'Cause there's spiders and monsters and sharks in the sea Holy war, racists, and misogyny If I were afraid of what I didn't know I'd spend my days hiding under my pillows Let's walk into the great unknown With our feet bare and our eyes wide Take in the scenery of possibility If I told you I wasn't scared If I told you I'd be right there Do you think you could trust me To catch you when you fall? Oh, sometimes I think I'm the only one Not afraid of what will become And why kid yourself, there's a lot of stuff You should really be more afraid of

about

I moved to San Francisco in the fall of 2014 after graduating from college. After a serious case of months-long writer's block, I spent the better part of 2015 writing new music as I settled into this city more and more. All of these songs were written, practiced, recorded, and produced in the comfort of my apartment in the Inner Richmond, mostly during stretches of time when my roommate wasn't home. Some of the lyrics were written on Muni buses and Caltrain, others at my office in SoMa. These songs are about loneliness and connection, writer's block and the abyss of the mind, and the strange phenomenon of being lonely in a city.

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released May 24, 2016

All songs © Molly Bolten (ASCAP)
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Molly Bolten
Special thanks to Devin Smith (for his Buddha-like wisdom) & Ethan Geller (for his bass-playing and quips)

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