Cradles

Album: Single release only (2019)
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  • I live inside my own world of make-believe
    Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities
    I see the world through eyes covered in ink and bleach
    Cross out the ones who heard my cries and watched me weep

    I love everything
    Fire's spreading all around my room
    My world's so bright
    It's hard to breathe but that's alright
    Hush

    Shh

    Tape my eyes open to force reality (oh, no no)
    Why can't you just let me eat my weight in glee
    I live inside my own world of make-believe
    Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities
    Some days I feel skinnier than all the other days
    Sometimes I can't tell if my body belongs to me

    I love everything
    Fire's spreading all around my room
    My world's so bright
    It's hard to breathe but that's alright
    Hush

    Shh

    I wanna taste your content
    Hold your breath and feel the tension
    Devils hide behind redemption
    Honesty is a one-way gate to hell
    I wanna taste consumption
    Breathe faster to waste oxygen
    Hear the children sing aloud
    It's music 'til the wick burns out
    Hush

    Just wanna be care free lately, yeah
    Just kicking up daisies
    Got one too many quarters in my pockets
    Count 'em like the four-leaf clovers in my locket
    Untied laces, yeah
    Just tripping on daydreams
    Got dirty little lullabies playing on repeat
    Might as well just rot around the nursery and count sheep Writer/s: Danny Maisonneuve
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sentric Music
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 17

  • Catmeow465 from MalvernThis song is so good and gives me a strange sinking feeling as it progresses. It's honestly, in my opinion, perfect!
  • Someone from SomewhereMy life in a nutshell
  • Random Guy from Pandorai felt like he was suffering from torture but doesnt care because life is a nightmare
  • The Sister In Bed With John from My BedThis song makes me feel like im inside of a jeep in the sahara desert and is about to be dunked in a pool full of hippopotamuses while eating KFC
  • Infernalheir from Coruscant's Mental AsylumI don't think I can begin to express how much this song makes me want to snap my neck, in the best way possible.
  • A_dimwit_was_here from New YorkI_CAN_RELATE_TO_THE_SONG_.
  • John from Yo Sisters BedThis song feels like im trapped in a freezer
  • Ella from The Worldi feel like this song is also about isolation and the frustration of everything you say bring ignored. it feels a lot like the idea of finally letting loose, killing your inhibitions and the people who are “in your way”. in the music video, he uses a lot of almost dystopian imagery plus a lot of fire and it gives the energy of bring trapped or brainwashed and finally succumbing to the feelings inside. maybe its cos i just finished the book but the song sort of reminds me of fahrenheit 451, especially with the music video. people being careless with the world, numb to everything, so that when people finally do speak out, they do so violently with absurd consequence. love the minimalist vibes, they really add to the isolation-y feel
  • Toy from Yo Mommas HouseI really like this song, it feels like a fever dream
  • Nightshade from Somewhere I Can't Be Foundi really liked tha song, it has a reconforting vibe but in the same time, it's slightly creepy
  • Concerned Grandma from ArizonaAnyone here watch Cradles music video? Your opinion on it please...
  • Concerned Grandma from ArizonaIs this song for 5-6 year olds? My daughter plays it for her son.
  • Somemusicenjoyer from BedroomCradles has a very unique sound to it, it is quite interesting. Great song
  • Tona from Sonoma CaWell done lyrics! Absolutely beautiful song!
  • HumanI think he chose it because adults act like they are still in cradles cuz of how stupid they are, Alex.
  • BrandiThat video is kinda trippy.
  • AlexWhy did he choose that for the title
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