Meant to Burn

from we've been the garages by the garages

by Woosh Official, Lyrics and vocals by Woosh (wooshorvalley.bsky.social, @wooshofficial on tumblr), Guitars by Alian ( dirtyheathen.bandcamp.com , agent392.bandcamp.com ) and Nia ( echoparallax.bandcamp.com, parallax.fyi ), Piano by Nia, Bass guitar by Julien ( serioustimes.bandcamp.com , okaysure.cool ), Vocal processing and backing harmonies by Aran P. Ink ( apink.bandcamp.com ), Drums by Astrid

"i’m thinkin’ bout the future
that never came to pass
and all the bloody sutures
in my face are out at last

i’m healing like a human
i’m an angel stuck on earth
what the hell am i doing
what the hell was it all worth

cause i just go and go
and keep on going
i grow, and grow
grow past the moments
where i loved, i lost
i fought for a home that
is gone, it’s gone now

if i had a nickel
for every time that i was thrown out
just as i was getting comfortable
i’d have more money than you could count

and maybe with all that i didn’t earn
i’d build my life back from skin and bone
or maybe i’d just watch the world turn
buy myself a nice headstone saying
“he was always meant to burn”

when i sleep i dream of gold
and when i’m up my body aches
none of us were ever told 
the horrid toll release would take

cause i’m living like i’m human
even though i never have
i guess the perks of being 19
forever they don’t last

cause i keep going and going
but why do i bother
when i keep growing older
and outliving others
all i loved, i have lost
and the home that i fought for
is gone, yeah, it’s gone now

if i had a nickel
for every time that i was thrown out
just as i was getting comfortable
i’d have more money than you could count

and maybe with all that i didn’t earn
i’d build my life back from skin and bone
or maybe i’d just watch the world turn
buy myself a nice headstone saying
“he was always meant to burn”

oh, i’m gettin too tired to be sad forever
i was not a liaison, not now or ever
i live like a flash fire, i burn bright but lethal
everybody says “parker, let yourself heal”

but my memory’s hazy, gone with the time
i don’t know how we got here, who did it or why
i am not a liaison, i was just hers
i was always an angel stuck here on earth
i am just a bad angel stuck here on earth
i am just a dying angel for what it’s worth

if i had a nickel
for every time that i was thrown out
just as i was getting comfortable
i’d have more money than you could count

and maybe with all that i didn’t earn
i’d build my life back from skin and bone
or maybe i would just watch the world turn
buy myself a nice head stone, saying

he was always meant to
he was always meant to
he was always meant to, yeah
i was always meant to burn"