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This song is about anthropology and the history of anxiety and its function in human beings. I was at a meditation class in East Hollywood and the teacher was speaking about how our brains are wired for survival because that’s what they spend millions of years being developed for and negative emotions therefore have a louder resonance even in the modern age when running away from tigers is not a priority. The verses are about the anxiety and the chorus is about imagining a headspace having let go of anxiety.

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There’s no tiger on my tail
There’s no boogeyman under the bed where I sleep
There’s no demon in the dark
I’m still shakin’

Got a monkey on my back
Got a skeleton at home that I keep in a drawer
Got a scar across my chest
I’m still achin’

Yeah I’m freakin’ out
But, don’t you wanna dance with me baby?
Don’t you wanna walk slow?
Don’t you wanna sleep with both eyes closed?
And breathe real easy, now

Swallow spiders in my sleep
There’s no wonder why inside I’m always spinning out
Swimmin’ scared like a shark
Like stillness would kill me

And I swear to God that I can change the past
And the future, babe (I’ll do one with each hand)
I’ll shoot the albatross and wear it’s wings
I’m gonna fly me home

But, don’t you wanna dance with me baby?
Don’t you wanna walk slow?
Don’t you wanna sleep with both eyes closed?
And breathe real easy, now

I hear echoes all the time
Of the sirens that sheltered my mother from harm
They will bellow and decay
I know I will

Don’t you wanna dance with me baby?
Don’t you wanna walk slow?
Don’t you wanna sleep with both eyes closed?
And breathe real easy, now

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from Learning How to Swim, released November 12, 2021

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One time I snuck out of summer camp to see The Postal Service 10th Anniversary show at The Greek. I bought a grilled cheese and a beer with a fake ID. I ate, drank, and cried alone. It fucking rocked.

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