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Phases

by Black Tar Heroines

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1.
Wake me up when I'm hanging over Not a crush, just a rush God I hate being sober Turn me on, turn me out And come a little bit closer Work me out, open up I wanna be your blackout, fucked up, one-night wonder Hey! Hey! Hey! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Bang bang, baby Fire away Popping pills with black coffee and a Kamel Red I hate the cold but Russian is my favorite roulette Turn me on, tie me down I want you taking me over Leave a kiss on my lips, your nails in my back Feel like a bullet just waiting to load One part silver, one glitter and gold Ready, steady, bang bang, baby Fire away, fire away (Fire away) (Oh yeah!) Fire away~ Fire away~ Fire away~ Fire away~ Hey! Hey! Hey! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Bang bang, baby Fire away Fire away Fire away Fire away Fire away
2.
Faded 03:02
We hit the city 'cause we're lookin' to score Took El Dorado to the liquor store Get some tequila, we'll take care of the rest I got twenty Four Lokos & some cheap cigarettes I ain't ever gonna look back 'Cause I ain't ever gonna change that If you think you're gonna fix me then I guess you're gonna miss me When I leave here with your dagger in my back I can't take it, I can't fake it I'm so jaded Get me sedated, I need elated Uncomplicated I'm so faded, medicated I'm suffocating Hit the soiree 'cause we're lookin' for more Super silver in the kitchen Molly's always on the dance floor Can't stop, I've got addictions to feed Silver gave me cotton mouth, I washed it down with lean I ain't ever gonna look back 'Cause I ain't ever gonna change that You can say I'm miscreated if you think your words are weighted When you're leaving, yeah, I hope you won't be back I can't take it, I can't fake it I'm so jaded Get me sedated, I need elated Uncomplicated I'm so faded, medicated I'm suffocating I can't shake it I can't take it I can't break it Am I gonna make it? So faded, so wasted I don't wanna fake it but I'm always medicated So wasted, I'm so wasted Every single day so motherfucking medicated So wasted, so wasted I'm so wasted So wasted
3.
Standing there On your knees They tell you "be a man, go get a job making more money for me" Who would see You for me If I told you line your eyes, heels high You're what I hate about me Fucked up like I always am Vyvanse romance 'til I run out again Vodka keeps the pain out longer But absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Makes the heart grow fonder Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Makes the heart grow fonder (x2) Never cared For you and me You keep your talk, I'll walk my walk It's always better for me You dragged us here You need the fear Need a few more shots for my thoughts It's getting harder to breathe Another night erasing our thoughts Hoping maybe my drugs would bring me closer to God Whiskey makes the lust grow stronger But absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Makes the heart grow fonder Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Makes the heart grow fonder (x2) Drink it in; Drowning in Breathe it in; Get around Closing in; Shutting down Sinking in; Blacking out Drink it in; Drown it out Breathe it in; Get around Closing in; Shutting down Sinking in; Blacking out Drink it in; Drown it out Breathe it in; Get around Closing in; Shutting down Sinking in; I'm blacking out Drink it in; Drown it out Breathe it in; Get around Closing in Shutting down Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Makes the heart grow fonder Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Makes the heart grow fonder (x4)
4.
How I swoon when you sway The way you whisper my name Those B-sides that you play You got that savoir-faire, it's fair to say The Dolce perfume you wear Your fingers run through my hair I don't know if you care Baby, I need your touch tonight Call me sundown, sister 'Cause I'm setting for you tonight Got those come hither eyes Break me out of my ties Girl, you're making me wise If we're making love, we're gonna make it right Not your other guy I shine as soon as I rise Would you say it's a crime How we nickel and dime all our time Dead on sight So wrong never felt so right Call me the sundown, sister 'Cause I'm setting for you tonight Oh lord (Sundown, sister, 'cause I'm setting for you tonight) (I'm setting for you, baby; let's shake things up a bit) Two in the morning and we're skipping conversation Your invitations always lead to inspiration 3 o'clock and we're raising expectations 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, infatuation 2 o'clock, we were having conversation 3 o'clock, it turned to confrontation 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 7 AM complications Baby, maybe we can sweat our problems away But I ain't promising I'll stay Oh no~ (Down, down) We're going down (x3) Let me be your sundown, sister Call me the sundown, sister Let me be your sundown, sister Let me be your sundown, sister (Let me be your sundown, sister) (Let me be your sundown, sister) (Let me be your sundown, sister) Let me be your sundown, sister I'm setting for you, baby
5.
How far do I have to go to be me? Answers only gimme more questions How long have you waited ot hear me scream? Thank God I wasn't paying attention Wake up if you're feeling alive Hands up if you're dying inside So what if it gets you off my mind? Normal's just too strange for me Your lies are just too hard to read Long gone is our chance to coexist We're going going gone, girl; plot twist Turn off the lights if you insist You're gonna tell me everything I've missed Ignorance ain't bliss no more, no more, no more Never is It never ends Wake up if you're feeling alive Hands up if you're dying inside So what if it gets you off my mind? Normal's just too strange for me Your lies are just too hard to read Normal's just too strange for me Your lies are just too hard to read Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
6.
Stayed up just to get a little baked up Wake up just in time to do my makeup Take off; Is the wait over yet? Who I've been ain't who I am Now what you see is what you get One step forward And two steps back Feel just like a needle hiding out in a haystack Oh, I had to see to believe On All Hallows Eve All Hallows Eve (All Hallows Eve) All Hallows Eve (All Hallows Eve) Waking up ain't the end of the dream What you see is what you get so tell me what you believe Tell me what you believe~ Tell me what you believe~ Showed up early to school Smoke outside, playing it cool What's so strange is how normal it feels Life is so mundane when you ain't dressed to kill One step forward And two steps back Feel just like a needle hiding out in a haystack Oh, I had to see to believe On All Hallows Eve All Hallows Eve (All Hallows Eve) (x4) Night is falling Waves are crashing Words we only use in passing What's the point if all we ever do is go right to romancing? Never met her Never asking Opportunity is tapping softly on the senses Spell or curse, October's so enchanting Do you like what you see? Do you know what it means? Is it getting hard to breathe Or just impossible to leave? (x4)
7.
Phases 03:40
It's all the same A cold emotionless game But who's to blame, who's to blame, who's to blame? When only God knows your name So alone, so alone, so alone tonight Won't you keep me warm? Won't you hold me tight? Just a game, just a game that I ain't gonna play with you No more Straight to the head again I need a firing pin There goes my heart again Gone with my innocence and in its place a better sin It's just a phase I tell myself every day I medicate, medicate, Medicate into this amaranthine haze It's just a phase, just a phase, just phase, it's just a It's just a maze, just a maze that I'll never escape Pretty face, that pretty face of yours is such a waste It's just a maze, it's just a phase Just a fucking phase Straight to the head again I need a firing pin There goes my heart again Gone with my innocence and in its place a better sin There goes my heart again Oh God I'm wearing thin There goes my mind again It's just another consequence of life in artificial skin Ooo~ Just another con~ (It's just another) Just another~ (It's just another) Consequence of life in artificial skin
8.
All For You 03:34
Listen up, think we've got a situation White noise, all I'm hearing on your station Don't wanna talk about it, don't wanna talk about it Ooo~ Ooo~ Heating up; victim of my own creation Always succumbing to your sensual persuasion Don't wanna think about it, just wanna drink about it Ooo~ Ooo~ (It's hard for me to fight it when you show up uninvited) I did it all for you, I'd do it all again (Your words get me excited but the love is unrequited) I did it all to lose, I don't know who I've been (Hard for me to fight it when you show up uninvited) I did it all for you, I'd do it all again (Your words get me excited but the love is unrequited) I did it all to lose, I don't know who I've been Turn me on; emotional evacuation Dionysian physical collaboration Too soon to joke about it, just wanna smoke about it Ooo~ Ooo~ Work me up; it's romantic instigation Love is freedom, baby; gimme liberation Too late to think about it, too much to drink about it Ooo~ Ooo~ (It's hard for me to fight it when you show up uninvited) I did it all for you, I'd do it all again (Your words get me excited but the love is unrequited) I did it all to lose, I don't know who I've been (Hard for me to fight it when you show up uninvited) I did it all for you, I'd do it all again (Your words get me excited but the love is unrequited) I did it all to lose, I don't know who I've been I'm just a story that goes on and on and on About a boy who found himself within the girl who wrote his wrongs She wants to hate him but she mustn't complicate him Change is ushered in on waves of fear that celebrate our separation I did it all for you, I did it all for you I did it all for you, I did it all for you I did it all for you, I did it all for you I did it all for you, I did it all~
9.
Eclipse 04:28
Crestfallen angel with starts in her eyes Back against the wall, she's gonna take it all This is where I begin, this is where I begin This is where I begin, again and again This is where I begin, this is where I begin This is where I begin Again and again It'd be so natural With every reflection to see the connections Baby don't you see it's too late for you Too early for me If I told you would it make you stay? If I loved you would you run away? Love is easy, it's just harder to say What's it matter now? What's it matter anyway? What's it matter, what's it matter now? What's it matter now? What's it matter now? What's it matter anyway? (x2) So irrational When every exception is just a deflection Baby don't you see I just ain't the woman I was born to be What's it matter now? What's it matter now? What's it matter anyway? (x4) What's it matter now? What's it matter now? What's it matter anyway? Doesn't matter now Doesn't matter now Never mattered anyway~
10.
Sungazer 04:18
Asleep, or daydreaming halfheartedly is where you'll hear you Between the sirens and the freezing rain, I feel the fear I feel the tears, I feel the pain I feel every-fucking-thing Out with the old, in with the fear Out in the cold it's all you hear Out with the old, in with the fear Out in the cold it's all you hear (Out with the old, in with the fear) God damn these bullet wounds And god damn the gunman too 太陽がいつに戻るの? 深夜に俺が自分の強敵になるで、 私たちの愛~~~を殺している Another solitary sleepless night waiting for the sun to rise By night's divide Another adversary shouts and bites .45 between the eyes If I don't wake, at least I lived the nightmare Out with the old, in with the fear Out with the old, in with the fear Another solitary sleepless night waiting for the sun to rise By night's divide Another adversary shouts and bites .45 between the eyes If I don't wake, at least I lived the nightmare Out with the old, in with the fear Out with the old, in with the fear Out with the old, in with the fear Out with the old, in with
11.
Bombshell 04:26
Steppin' out in a twilit mood It's gettin' old always fighting with you Don't mind the hair or the way that I move All English labels and Italian perfumes I know I'm always in the back of your mind I know you know that you're just wasting my time You're so convincing when you're telling your lies Oh yeah that tunnel vision's making you blind All dressed up with nothing to do I'll be up all night try'na talk myself outta you Ooo ~ I won't burn For you Light me up and leave me to die It's so damn cute the way you're always killing my time Maybe one day you'll learn, boy That I won't burn This witch don't burn It's an act, so what's my motivation? Feared reflection marked by hesitation Killing me would be the only cure for you So when you gonna take your medication? You want the diamonds and pearls But you ain't like those other girls Chewing on that nicotine bubblegum When will those heels walk their walk into my world? All dressed up with nothing to do I'll be up all night try'na talk myself outta you Ooo ~ I won't burn For you All dressed up with something to lose Up all night, drink back the feelings of you (Oh) Ooo ~ I wanna see you burn For me Light me up and leave me to die It's so damn cute the way you're always killing my time Maybe one day you'll learn, boy That I won't burn This witch don't burn Light me up and leave me to die It's so damn cute the way you're always killing my time Maybe one day you'll learn, boy That I won't burn This witch don't burn Light me up and leave me to die It's so damn cute the way you're always killing my time Maybe one day you'll learn, boy That I won't burn This witch don't burn
12.
Dawn Patrol 05:00
Believe It's all you have to do Deceive It's all they want for you Yeah, it's alright (Yeah, it's alright) You'll sleep another night (You'll sleep another night) Yeah, it's alright~ (Yeah it's alright~) I'm in love, I'm in love I'm in love with a sleepless dream (Sleepless dream) I'm in love, I'm in love I'm in love with a sleepless dream I'm in love~ I'm in love~ Believe It's all you have to do Beneath the fading nocturne On dawn patrol once more Yeah, it's alright (Yeah, it's alright) You'll sleep another night (You'll sleep another night) Yeah, it's alright~ (Yeah it's alright~) I'm in love, I'm in love I'm in love with a sleepless dream (Sleepless dream) I'm in love, I'm in love I'm in love with a sleepless dream I'm in love, I'm in love I'm so in love~ I'm in love, I'm in love I'm in love with a sleepless dream I'm in love, I'm in love I'm in love with a sleepless dream (Love, love, love, love) Sleepless dream (I'm in love) She's a sleepless dream (I'm so in love) I'm so in love So in love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love, Love, love, love, love Love I'm in love I'm in love I'm so in love I'm in love I'm in love

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released July 26, 2016

All songs written, performed, and recorded - Valeria Romans
All production, engineering, mixing, and mastering - Valeria Romans
Artwork - Valeria Romans, Kyrie Dial

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Flight Deck (Decatur, Illinois) and The Runway (Carterville, Illinois)

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Black Tar Heroines Decatur, Illinois

BTH is the solo recording project of Illinois multi-instrumentalist Valeria Romans. When I'm not chugging PBRs or passing the bong, I'm all about making music for beach parties & bar fights.

Punk, glam, sludge, sneering, loud, and DIY til the day I die. Rock & roll
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