Stranger Than Oz
from In The Black by The Lunar Laugh
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lyrics
I’ve been writing songs out of spite
I’m shaking up the fireflies tonight
Making too much from nothing
But it’s always something, you know
And you’ve grown to resent me
Now I’m sorry comes up empty
In and out of the saddle
With or without a paddle, let’s go
All I want is to bring it back
Get it out of the way
Keep it all in the black
So break me into pieces you can shuffle around the floor
If i can be the one you adore
The sands of time slip between our fingers
The sediment of tears still lingers
The fervor of these collisions
Shook my thoughts and visions to the core
You kept me as your disciple
And made me swear on a holy bible
Not to believe in the magic of sex in the dark anymore
Just outside of a luncheonette
Draggin’ a left-handed cigarette
I’m caught up in your smoke rings
Won’t you cradle me in your palm
If your keen enough to do me some more harm
Everything fell into place
In time for fate to bite me in the face
We’ll chalk it up to effect and cause
Life is always stranger than fiction
Doctor, please refill my prescription
Because Kansas now seems stranger than Oz
I’ve been writing songs out of spite
Maybe this time I’ll get it right
When the screams turn into whispers
I’ll slip into my ruby slippers
While this curse that has blessed us
Impresses the asbestos snow
All I want is to bring it back
Get it out of the way
Keep it all in the black
Can you love more than yourself
Can you be something real
Can you tell me exactly how I should feel
How I should feel
I’m shaking up the fireflies tonight
Making too much from nothing
But it’s always something, you know
And you’ve grown to resent me
Now I’m sorry comes up empty
In and out of the saddle
With or without a paddle, let’s go
All I want is to bring it back
Get it out of the way
Keep it all in the black
So break me into pieces you can shuffle around the floor
If i can be the one you adore
The sands of time slip between our fingers
The sediment of tears still lingers
The fervor of these collisions
Shook my thoughts and visions to the core
You kept me as your disciple
And made me swear on a holy bible
Not to believe in the magic of sex in the dark anymore
Just outside of a luncheonette
Draggin’ a left-handed cigarette
I’m caught up in your smoke rings
Won’t you cradle me in your palm
If your keen enough to do me some more harm
Everything fell into place
In time for fate to bite me in the face
We’ll chalk it up to effect and cause
Life is always stranger than fiction
Doctor, please refill my prescription
Because Kansas now seems stranger than Oz
I’ve been writing songs out of spite
Maybe this time I’ll get it right
When the screams turn into whispers
I’ll slip into my ruby slippers
While this curse that has blessed us
Impresses the asbestos snow
All I want is to bring it back
Get it out of the way
Keep it all in the black
Can you love more than yourself
Can you be something real
Can you tell me exactly how I should feel
How I should feel
credits
from In The Black,
released November 3, 2023
STRANGER THAN OZ
(Jared Lekites)
Co-Produced, recorded and mixed by Brine Webb at Lunar Manor, Oklahoma City, OK
Connor Anderson: electric guitar, percussion
Jared Lekites: lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, percussion
Triston Lightner: bass
Levi Sherman: drums, percussion
Campbell Young: electric guitar, guitar solo
STRANGER THAN OZ
(Jared Lekites)
Co-Produced, recorded and mixed by Brine Webb at Lunar Manor, Oklahoma City, OK
Connor Anderson: electric guitar, percussion
Jared Lekites: lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, percussion
Triston Lightner: bass
Levi Sherman: drums, percussion
Campbell Young: electric guitar, guitar solo
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The Lunar Laugh Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Lunar Laugh were an Indie Pop band based in Oklahoma City. The group intertwines their modern pop and rock song structures with hooks heavily under the influence of powerpop masterworks of the 60s and 70s.
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