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My Little Legs Can't Keep Up EP

by Rebecca Karpen

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1.
Verse: Turn, The lights, Off. Bring, The curtains, Down. It’s much easier to think When darkness Surrounds me. Verse: I, Am scared, now. All, Alone, Now. It’s really hard to say The words out loud. Pre-chorus If this is real, Who is gonna save me? And if it’s not, Who’s gonna save me from myself. Chorus: So, sit me down And put your hands on my shoulders. Don’t tell me no lies about how it’ll all make sense when I’m older. The world is a strange place, I don’t want to embrace the uncertainty. So, Is anyone gonna save me? Verse: Outside, The leaves, Die. The cold strikes the night, now. Where do I go, Unfound, When nobody holds a hand out? Pre-chorus: If this is real, Who is gonna save me? And if it’s not, Who’s gonna save me from myself. Chorus: So, sit me down And put your hands on my shoulders. Don’t tell me no lies about how it’ll all make sense when I’m older. The world is a strange place, I don’t want to embrace the uncertainty. So, Is anyone gonna save me? Bridge: Is this any- Body’s girl? Coiled up in Words unfurled? “Save me, save me” I heard her cry. “Pick up these Wretched bones, and empty eyes”. Chorus: So, sit me down And put your hands on my shoulders. Don’t tell me no lies Cause it won’t make sense when I’m older. When your world is a strange place, You’re a fool to embrace the uncertainty. So, Is anyone gonna save me? So, Will anybody save me?
2.
Verse: Your scars don't make you a soldier But you seem To think they do. You walk around, looking down, Like you're so much older. But we both know, That isn't true. Chorus: But you're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens No You're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens Athens Cause you can climb up the mountains And look at the marble But you Won't find your own face staring Back at you. No You're no god you don't get No temple in Athens Athens Verse: Congrats You got out of the hole You've been stuck in For so long. Now you walk around With your head held high As if you're the only one Who’s allowed to be strong Chorus: But you're no savior, you don't get No religion named after you. No You're no savior, you don't get No religion Named After you. Sure you had your time on the cross But you built it yourself And you only had to stay there As long as you Wanted to. No. You're no savior, you don't get No religion Named after you Bridge: Oh you got out of it Oh you're so strong You can be proud of your battle wounds But this has gone on far too long Far too long Chorus: Because You're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens No No you're no god You don't get no temple in Athens Athens. Sure you had your time on the cross But you built it yourself And you only had to stay there As long as you Wanted to. No You're no god You don't get No temple in Athens Athens Athens
3.
Cragfast 05:33
(Verse) The lights go on In your room I didn't know you'd get home so soon But maybe it's not you. I should just move on (Pre-chorus) It's getting very cold See the shadows in the snow There are still flowers on your window and they are dying, brown, and old You left us, all alone (Chorus) I don't know why I'm here Standing outside your door Maybe some part of me expects That you could somehow love me And I'd somehow be adored. I don't know why I'm here I only know why I'm not with you Keep hoping you would call me, yet I know you're not going to. So I'll just sit and watch the flakes fall Oh, Take solace in the silence Of how nothing's, Gonna change, At all (Verse) Sometimes I hear your voice And it stops me in my tracks Don't know if it's a choice To not let go and dream on it as the hours slowly pass. Oh, I wish I could just Let this ruin collapse Collapse (Pre-chorus) My heart is feeling drained Why am I here I can't explain. But I'll try to watch you sleep soundly As I shiver in the cold, cold night Whispering your name Yes I'll tremble into the cold, cold night until I'm still Heart keeping time to the sound of your name like I think, I, All, Ways, Will (Chorus) I don't know why I'm here Standing outside your door Maybe some part of me expects That you could somehow love me And that I'd somehow be adored. I don't know why I'm here I only know why I'm not with you Keep hoping you would call me, yet I know you're not going to. So I'll just sit and watch the flakes fall, Oh, taking solace in the silence Of how nothing's, Gonna change, At all (Bridge) Watch the whiteness pile up. You don't even know I'm here. Why can't I call my own bluff. You will never know I'm here. Watch you desecrate my love, Knowing you want me to disappear Empty handed 'cept for my heart, full enough To drown in its own tears And you don't even want to know, I'm here (Chorus) I don't know why I'm here Standing outside your door Maybe some part of me expects That you could somehow love me And that I'd somehow be adored. I don't know why I'm here I only know why I'm not with you Keep hoping you would call me, yet I know you're not going to. So I'll just sit and watch the flakes fall Oh, taking solace in the silence Of how nothing's, Gonna change, At all (Outro) And nothing's gonna change at all Just gonna stand out here and watch the snow fall And nothing's gonna change at all Just gonna stay out here and watch your windows, Fog up! As the snow falls. And nothing's gonna change at all No no no nothing's gonna change at all-all-allllll~~~~~
4.
I don't think it's supposed to feel like this I'm so straightedge you can practically cut cheese Off the sides of my wrists. And sometimes I close my eyes, And pretend I don't exist. Count to ten Run and hide, And pretend, Just for a moment, That I'm still innocent And the world Has never, Been too nice, To girls like this, Seventeen years old, Still living like a to-do list. and I never learned to ride a bicycle No, I never learned to ride All the other kids zoomed so far ahead And my little legs Can't keep up. With this thing called love. Sometimes I can't sleep So I just stare up at the ceiling and the wall And the wall. And I'm trying so hard, not to think Of every way I could lose it all. So I think about the passing moments And the swings you put me through I keep pushing myself higher and higher When all I really want is a push from you. From you. And the world Has never Been too nice To girls like this, 17 years old, And still haven't had Their first kiss And I never learned to ride a bicycle No, I never learned to ride And all the other kids glide so far ahead in their cars and motorcycles And my little legs, can't keep up. No my little legs, Can't keep up With this thing called love. I'd like to say he can paint me Any color that he likes But it took me so long to find myself And I won't lose her again this time. And I know I'm not ready for love And I'm aware I'm not ready for you But it really does fuck me up That life keeps bending this 'ol heart black and blue And I feel like tearing on the walls And screaming at the ceiling. And I'd like to pretend that I could have it all. If I stopped being so afraid that for once, I actually gave a fuck about another person's feelings. I know you're gonna be A really great dad someday. And I know it's prolly years from now But is there any chance, you'd wait for me? Like you did, in the snow Watching Cold wind February blow But you stayed, Still By my side Until the night Let go In the next few days, You'll pester me about all I don't know Because you know just how to make me crazy. And I'll make fun of your favorite songs just so you'll blow, And you'll complain that I'm too fucking lazy. The days will turn to months and weeks But I'll keep my heart under locks close to me Bundled up in all the words I know I'll never speak. And in the end I'll just let my heart sink like the heaviest stone Because loving you, like growing up, Is a solitary process, I've gotta do it alone I don't think it's supposed to feel like this I'm so straightedge you can practically cut cheese Off the sides of my wrists. And sometimes I close my eyes And pretend I don't exist Count to ten Run and hide And, Pretend, Just for a moment, That I'm still innocent. And sometimes I close my eyes And pretend I don't exist. Count to ten, Run and hide, And Pretend, Just for a moment, Because I'm still, Innocent.

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When asked about the length of an EP, Rebecca Karpen once replied something along the lines of "as long as you want it to be." Now, with her latest release, she's followed up on her word. Four emotionally gripping tracks comprise "My Little Legs Can't Keep Up", a collage of acoustic cries of existential anguish and teenage angst, which at 28 tumultuous minutes, which would comfortably fit on two sides of a 12-inch vinyl, should logically be an album. In this not-to-be-missed breakout debut, Karpen combines the lyrical ambition of Joni Mitchell with all the passion of Tennessee Williams. All Rebecca asks is that you sit still and stop staring at your fucking phone.
-Patti Durst

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released July 30, 2016

All lyrics by Rebecca Karpen
Most music is also by Rebecca Karpen but Siena S. did co-write the guitar backing in Cragfast with her.
Baritone Ukulele: Rebecca Karpen
Vocals: Rebecca Karpen
Acoustic Guitar: Ben Flood
Cragfast Recorded By: Shahob Newman
Everything else Recorded By: Mark Via
Mixing By: Mark Via
Mastering By: Mark Via
Cragfast Produced by: Rebecca Karpen and Ben Flood
Everything Else Produced by: Rebecca Karpen
Cover Art by Finn Swede-Taillon
Album art concept by: Rebecca Karpen
Cover insert design by: Rebecca Karpen
Cover insert photo by: Nathaniel Korb
Just Wanna Add That ALL the feels are courtesy of Rebecca Karpen
So basically I own everything
You don't
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I play baritone ukulele and cry a lot.
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