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Mean To Be Mean

by The Black Mariah Theater

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You’ve heard all my jokes before But I saw you laughing anyway I heard you telling one of my stories Don't say I never gave you anything You look so cute on that barstool I watch your fingers trace Little patterns in the condensation rings Do you wanna come home with me Do you wanna come home with me I’m just drunk on gin and attention Tell me anything you want me to forget ‘Cause my brain feels like a champagne bubble Leave me to my audience I’m just drunk on gin and attention Tell me anything you want me to forget ‘Cause my brain feels like a champagne bubble Leave me to my audience So do you wanna step outside for a minute Pretty girls don’t light their own cigarettes And the fresh air sounds exhilarating Are there any stars we can see From this dive-bar patio Do you wanna come home with me Do you wanna come home with me I’m just drunk on gin and attention Tell me anything you want me to forget ‘Cause my brain feels like a champagne bubble Leave me to my audience I’m just drunk on gin and attention Tell me anything you want me to forget ‘Cause my brain feels like a champagne bubble Leave me to my audience Paint my face Put on my armor You always said that I could be I could be such a charmer And my brain feels like a champagne bubble Ready to pop The effervescence makes me giddy And i don’t know when to stop Stop Stop Stop Stop I’m just drunk on gin and attention Tell me anything you want me to forget ‘Cause my brain feels like a champagne bubble Leave me to my audience I’m just drunk on gin and attention Tell me anything you want me to forget ‘Cause my brain feels like a champagne bubble Leave me to my audience
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Didn’t have to pretend to forget to call I didn’t think of you at all It’s a wonder you think of me Maybe this time I’m finally done obsessing And done with the second guessing Everything you said to me But i didn’t mean to be mean To be mean to you But i guess you just bring Out the worst in me don’t you I guess I’d just rather dance with strangers Than talk to you When I said i’d give you just one more chance Well I guess I’ll have to break my word like you always do We were no good for each other Always just pressing buttons Fighting until we scream No more waiting it out in our corners Counting on disappointments Wondering what it means That i didn’t mean to be mean To be mean to you But i guess you just bring Out the worst in me don’t you I guess I’d just rather dance with strangers Than talk to you When I said i’d give you just one more chance Well I guess I’d rather dance with strangers I’d rather dance with a stranger Than talk to you When i said i’d give you just one more chance Well I guess I’d rather dance with a stranger than talk to you
3.
Shakedown 02:40
I’ve still got dirt Caked beneath my broken fingernails Still feel the blood Oozing down in jagged trails And I think of home Though I swore never to return I only wish I’d thought to cross you first Remember all those years before We pricked our thumbs and then we swore We’d never count our sins Not like the coins in our pockets But now I’m face down Face down in the dirt Why don’t you shake shake shake shake Me down for all I’m worth You got me face down Face down in the dirt Shake shake shake shake me down For all I’m worth I wait for death to claim me But cheating her just made her angry And I worshipped you like an old god All endless toil and no hope for reward But now I’m face down Face down in the dirt Why don’t you shake shake shake shake Me down for all I’m worth You got me face down Face down in the dirt Shake shake shake shake me down For all I’m worth
4.
Broken Bone 04:04
Another lonely night And I’m coming apart at the seams I guess I’m not what you thought ‘Cause I’m not what I seem And I don’t wanna be stitched back together If there’s a thread left to see ‘Cause I’m not, I’m not, I’m not Who I’ve been I’ve got heart Made out of stone You put it there didn’t you You should’ve known That it won’t heal and mend like a broken bone Oh no no no It won’t heal and mend like a broken bone No no no It won’t heal and mend like a broken bone Another long night i’d half forgotten It’s harder to push you away than I thought then I’m who you made me to be Is this how you thought it would be I guess you thought if you just left well enough alone That time would heal and not that it’d steal away The only love you’d ever known You should’ve known You should’ve known better You should’ve learned by now You should’ve known You should’ve learned by now That I’ve got a heart And it’s turned to stone I let you break it Didn’t I let you break it I should’ve known That it won’t heal and mend like a broken bone Oh no no no It won’t heal and mend like a broken bone No no no It won’t heal and mend like a broken bone
5.
Please come over, babe I’m so starved for attention Tired of dancing all alone in my kitchen Ohhh, Ohhh Be my audience Say you loved me If I say If I said I missed you We can dance like that’s what we’re supposed to do But does she linger Does she run through your veins like expensive champagne Was she harder to forget than me Gold drips from her fingertips Diamonds hang from both her ears She doesn’t count her time by heartbreaks But by her ex-lovers I know she lingers I know she runs through your veins Just like expensive champagne I know she’s harder to forget than me Because I can’t stop thinking about her I can’t stop thinking about her I can’t stop thinking about her, too
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Old Flame 03:11
Is it too late to call you back now Did you learn from mistakes after all this time now I’m moving on up and out now But is it too late To fan this old flame I don’t know what to say ‘Cause some things are better off unsaid I think we had it good But back then We didn’t know any better Am I always chasing something Am I holding out for nothing Is it too late to call you back now Did you learn from mistakes after all this time now I’m moving on up and out now But is it too late To fan this old flame Not gonna bother you With any drawn-out long goodbyes Our resolutions falter Whenever we swear it’s the last time Your words are meaningless Free drinks always taste the best I’ll just bide my time I’ll let him bite my lip Am I always chasing something Am I holding out for nothing Is it too late to call you back now Did you learn from mistakes after all this time now I’m moving on up and out now But is it too late To fan this old flame Moonlight held you in a faint glow And your lips held your secrets in And we dance until we’d Wear these floorboards thin Now it’s like I never knew you I try so hard to forget you But I keep holding on to something Am I holding out for nothing Is it too late to call you back now Did you learn from mistakes after all this time now I’m moving on up and out now But is it too late To fan this old flame

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Recorded & Mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios

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released July 21, 2023

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The Black Mariah Theater Kansas City, Missouri

Twin sisters Analiese and Sophia make up the Kansas City based band, The Black Mariah Theater. Their sparkly witch-rock sound is genre-bending funky drum beats, jazzy guitar tones, and tell-it-like-it-is lyrics. Perfect for anyone who’s had a bad day, a lonely night or a broken heart. ... more

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