Twenty Dollar Tattoo (Roux & Yana)

from Fourth Strike Song Jam 2021 by Fourth Strike Records

lyrics, vocals, guitar - roux arlen harmony, bass, organ, mixing - yana special appearance from roux’s cat, oreo, who insisted his presence be known

they say the third time that a person dies
is the last time that their name has been said
but i think that i might just be an exception to that idea
'cause i'm just gonna keep on living in your head

it’s been some time but i find it’s still hard
and maybe i should think about other things
but moving on is strange, and i swear i won't ruminate
i know it's just a fucked up way of coping

and i know that i gotta get out of my shell sometime

we got matching tattoos the last time that you came here
of a bullet through a heart as if it were
something that we held dear
we got our twenty dollar tattoos from the shop out on the pier 
of a bullet to the heart even though
there’s nothing really in there,
no there’s nothing really in there

night after night i'm sleepless in my bed,
and so i keep finding myself up on the internet
i keep tossing and turning and why can't i just/stop myself from thinking
of the stuff that we would say and knew we'd regret

hey - i think that i should be getting paid overtime
‘cause it turns out that grief is much slower than setting it all on fire
i just wanna be your focus, i just wanted you to know this,
know that i'm fine, i'm fine, i'm fine, i’m fine i’m - oh god i'm just so fucking tired

and i know that i gotta get over this sometime

we got matching tattoos the last time that you came here
of a bullet through a heart as if it were
something that we held dear
we got our twenty dollar tattoos from the shop out on the pier
of a bullet to the heart even though
there’s nothing really in there,

we got matching tattoos the last time that you came here
of a bullet through a heart as if it were
something that we held dear
we got our twenty dollar tattoos from the shop out on the pier
of a bullet to the heart even though
there’s nothing really in there,
no there’s nothing really in there

and i know i gotta get out of here sometime
and i know that i gotta get out of my head sometime

they say the third time that a person dies
is the last time that their name has been said
but i think you just might be an exception to that idea
‘cause i think that you’ve been living inside of my head