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side effects may include

by ugly barbie

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clarke this is possibly the most beautiful album i have ever heard and i am always so blown away every time i listen to it ❤️❤️ Favorite track: falling in love // falling into sewage.
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*listing off side effects to different medications*
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where have you been? i'm afraid i don't know the answer my dreams are more exciting but sleep is not inviting and they stop broadcasting your mind maybe change the channel this time attention whore glamorize the demons inside you sew your mouth shut close the door x 2 can you take some constructive criticism ? as if my illness is art more of a daily routine i go through feel as if i'm flaunting my faults (chorus again)
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episode no 1 01:24
breathe, breathe, breathe don't let them see, see, see repeat the words nobody will ever love you shake shake shake shaking hands, hands, hands repeat the words you are a liar your chest is on fire tv screens and screaming static hearts and seeing things that aren't really there i'm not really here right now leave a message i might get back to you when i come back down breathe, breathe, breathe don't let him see, see, see repeat the words (words, words, words) he loved an idea not you shake, shake, shake shaking in my sleep, sleep, sleep repeat the words (words, words, words) you are a liar just feel desire for me
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there is a boy i'd like him to see what's inside of me zip off my skin let him crawl in and feel everything every crack others have left by turning their back on promises they've made stitching me up with needle and thread until i'm a patch work lover again he looks at me like i am the sun he is my moon i'm overcome lover don't go if you say so we'll melt into the sheets every time he says goodbye my chest aches why does he have this effect? i'll be there soon but nothing is new waiting this is too good to be true i remember every night with you up way too late my body a map your hands a compass you never hesitate you had my heart i thought i had yours guess i made a mistake i loved you too much and you couldn't feel the same way so here we are now nothing but time and distance between you and i even if you wanted to be mine i guess it wasn't right all of the thread coming undone setting just like the sun you are the moon and all i ever did was light up your room
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yes i'm aware my brain is fucked no need to apologize i know it sucks you wanna kiss it better but you can't stop lying to yourself you just wanna get in my pants sure we can have sex but admit you're emotionally unavailable after that instead of pretending you care only wanna see me in my underwear not while i'm hyperventilating and scared pretend you like my mind you just get off on my obsessive ways needing to check in everyday it's not like i wanted support anyway you just need a body to keep you warm (chorus)
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i’m sorry if i came off a little strong you didn’t do anything wrong i got a lot of ghost living in my walls closet skeletons of people i once loved nobody can stay forever people come and go as they please i put a padlock on my door i have trust issues about everything i have trust issues about everything i’m sorry i apologize so much i know i didn’t do anything wrong but it doesn’t help when you say let it go or leave me on read for so long i want you to stay forever but that’s an unrealistic need i sweep up the pieces of my patchwork heart i have trust issues about everything i have trust issues about everything i have trust issues about everything i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m holding the guns your finger on the triggers i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m isolating myself from everyone i’ve ever loved i’m sorry i’m sorry she made me her match box struck herself against me i’m sorry i’m sorry he was the wolf made me blow my house down i’m sorry i’m sorry i know it’s not your fault i don’t believe you when you say i’m sorry i’m sorry i have trust issues about everything i have trust issues about everything
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ugly barbie 04:06
i am just an ugly barbie cut off all my hair cover me in sharpies making strangers stare i am just an ugly barbie reject of runway models prettier if i gave a damn i don't care if you find me fuckable i'd rather be alone and happy than miserable with you if you didn't want anyone to know you shouldn't have followed through now i'm just a skinless skeleton in the back of your closet of mind but i took my bones back my body is mine i am just an ugly barbie grew out all my claws burned all the roses only left with throns i am just an ugly barbie you could swallow me once til i turned to melted plastic and coated up your lungs chorus erase me from your history just like that sure i'll never say if you can give me my v-card back i don't care who loves my skin i took away the beautiful to love myself again chorus

about

i've spent the past few months putting together my new EP 'side effects may include' while writing this it was a lot of experimental stuff, i had never mixed music before and also i am not confident in my mixing abilities but i wanted to try, i wanted this ep to reflect me and what it feels like to live in my brain on a daily basis. honestly i am so proud of it. i love it so much and i know not everyone may enjoy it because it is different from what i've made in the past, but it still rings true to why i make music. i make music to help myself and help others, one of my favorite things about music is that we can all connect to it for different reasons but we are all connected to one song, regardless of what the original meaning is. these songs are me, they represent my thoughts and where my brain has been over the last year as well as my life. living with mental illness isn't beautiful or artsy, but i make art and need to put my thoughts somewhere, and so i tried to remain as raw and as real as i could while making 'side effects may include'.

this is an ep may show you a different side of me you may have never noticed or realized.

also i am now using the name ugly barbie for my art. the reason behind this is because i've always wanted an artist name that isn't my own. ugly barbie happened why i decided to shave off all my hair again in a moment of trying to reclaim myself and my love for myself. recently i've been trying to be comfortable with feeling ugly, loving myself and loving my ugly, because it is okay to feel ugly. it reminded me of how some kids cut off all their barbie dolls hair and draw on them, changing them from the societal norm. taking something that once fit into a box and doing whatever they wanted, and often still finding them beautiful or more beautiful.

so i am an ugly barbie, and maybe you also are an ugly barbie. reclaim your ugly and make it beautiful.

anyway i hope you enjoy 'side effects may include' <3

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released March 29, 2018

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ugly barbie Portland, Oregon

a small, queer, caffeine addicted self taught singer/songwriter from the PDX area.

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