Helsinki (1) from Dream Sequence by IBURNPOLICE

If it is not our collective struggle to better our friends
Then we are not innocent when they do harm to others
Stand by bystander culture, silence on the fraternity sofa
The drinking, the pubs, the pints of piss will have them giggling
While talking shit on their misses

The boys are too mothered they want to be taken care of but not to be smothered
Don't be too clingy or too attached
That's when they say that your crazy by the way that you act
But you keep acting with your heart
You're stronger than your past
They don't know how long it took for you to unmask
Emotions tattooed on my face and words spelt out on paper but somehow you're confused by my priorities being straight
I was always clear I wanted this but you laughed at me for wanting more
But you laughed at me for wanting something serious
You didn't come to bloom
I thought it was my bad gardening but you put yourself in a dark room

I retaliated, I pushed back, and that was where I came violent
Not you when you chased me and said I wasn't right inside my mind then
I wish I could've seen the signs then but I was spun from my dickmatising
Fucking and then we fighting
I became meditate and guided you through spiral shames
And found I left my self respect in the tidal waves
Throwing me against the rocks, keeping on both our socks
Let's get high and watch TV until I forgot
I wanted more in the first place
Settling in ease
Like my childhood used to tease
And the boys across the road were my friends until we were teens
Only my therapist knows these things

Settling into ease now
Settling into ease now

If it is not our collective struggle to better our friends
Then we are not innocent when they do harm to others
Stand by bystander culture, silence on the fraternity sofa
The drinking, the pub, the pints of piss will have them giggling
While talking shit on their misses who's tucking their kids in

• Alternative
• Punk
• bedroom indie
• electronic music
• folk punk
• indie bedroom pop
• United Kingdom