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Green Light // Hero Shot

by Michael Malarkey

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1.
Green Light 03:42
I’ll be your red light, burning, yearning blue. Keeping it cool - well after midnight - down around the pool. Waiting for you to give me the green light. Girl, you know I’ll play the fool when I’m alone. So give me the green light. Oh, I’m such a mess without your love. I’ll be your cherry pie, the cat who’s got the cream. Mess with our team, we’ll kill you with true lies. You know, legends never dream. Waiting for you under the streetlights. Girl, you know I’ll play the fool when I’m alone. So give me the hot nights. Oh, I’m burning cold without your love. I’ll be your appetite, your summer salted tears. I’ll waste your years running from spotlights, hiding down the pier. If you can stand to give me the green light, girl, you know I’ll play the fool when I’m with you. Don’t give me that green light…forget it, lets light the fuse. We can shine on in this crazy emerald world. We can shine. I’ll be your dead light. I burn a busted hue. If I tell the truth, I just need a flashlight to navigate my way homeward to you.
2.
I can only give you what I got. My battered, bruised and broken love. No apologies or regrets. My fingers aren’t crossed no more. Every time I fall into the world, I feel like a mask in the crowd. The smoke keeps curling down and I don’t think my fingers work no more. I can only give you what I know. My bloody love, my highs and lows. How can I prove I’m not the world, if I don’t even know myself? From left to right, the hero shot. The gun was hot; the ice was melting. Back in the clouds and fight the sun, smirking, and I don’t even dance no more. I can only give you what I feel. My two-faced pride. My achilles heel. Shadowboxing, watching the clock. Behind the curtain, picking up tricks to entertain the angry mob, while in the bedroom I’m skimming the flood. Trying to sweat the drugs all out. And I don’t want to do it again. No more. I can only give you what I got. My battered, bruised and foolish love. I don’t even know if it’s enough, but at least I’m not thinking too much. From right to left, the baddie shot. Back to light and sunk in sunrise. I feel the blood fill up my head, swimming, and I don’t want to do it alone. I hope it’s enough. I give it to you anyway. If you want to stay. I hope it’s enough, but you give it away. Anyway, it makes me want to stay.

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released October 2, 2020

Written & Performed by Michael Malarkey

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