The Gardener EP

by Emily McNally

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1.
The Gardener 02:39
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Will you sit with me watch my garden grow? Look at how the petals open up even after all this snow I know that for a while now, skies have been grey, but what is life without a little rain? And someday The sun is gonna shine in my eyes again There are gonna be blue skies again I will be alright from my roots to my stem so that I can be beautiful for you I am not a scientist, I am not a saint I am just a gardener who's got too much on her plate But once we get to work and clear those pesky weeds away I will make sure that you are safe And someday The sun is gonna shine in my eyes again There are gonna be blue skies again I will be alright from my roots to my stem so that I can be beautiful for you Petals you can pick them off I love yous from I love you nots And someday The sun is gonna shine in my eyes again There are gonna be blue skies again I will be alright from my roots to my stem so that I can be beautiful for you beautiful for you
2.
Safety 03:26
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Can we go somewhere it's a little bit quieter than it is in our heads? than it is in our heads? Ever since I met you I've been a little bit wilder But that goes unsaid But that goes unsaid Won't you run away? I know you're not happy in the place that you stay so Take my hand We'll run away from Monsters and mayhem Cause I am An expert at saving it's how I save myself Don't you know how much your eyes light up with stars? Don't you know that you're my lighthouse when things get dark? Don't you know how much you make me smile? You say you're not worth much but I think you're worth much more than my while Won't you run away? I know you're not happy in the place that you stay so Take my hand We'll run away from Monsters and mayhem Cause I am An expert at saving it's how I save myself it's how i save myself and it's hard sometimes knowing that you're so far away I wanna wrap you in my arms and tell you that everythings gonna be okay We're gonna be okay Oh we're gonna be okay Gonna be okay Take my hand We'll run away from Monsters and mayhem Cause I am An expert at saving it's how I save myself Won't you run away with me?
3.
Tell Me All The Things You Do 03:20
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Chasing after tv glow Two bodies just pretending to know (oh oh) Touch me but don't tell me why We're fading into black hole skies (my my) Cause I don't wanna run no more I don't wanna cry I just wanna lay with you morning through the night Tell me all the things you do when you're alone (oh) wide awake, linen sheets think of me, does it sting that you couldn't take me home? (oh) If you want, if you need, you don't have to be alone You say your soul is like your bones You look away you take control (oh no) We break the rules we play the game Fuck it we're too young for shame (baby) Tell me all the things you do when you're alone (oh) wide awake, linen sheets think of me, does it sting that you couldn't take me home? (oh) If you want, if you need, you don't have to be alone Tell me all the things you do Tell me, there's no blushing moon Tell me all the things you do Tell me, te-te-tell Tell me all the things you do when you're alone (oh) wide awake, linen sheets think of me, does it sting that you couldn't take me home? (oh) If you want, if you need, you don't have to be alone Tell me all the things you do Tell me, there's no blushing moon Tell me all the things you do Tell me, te-te-tell
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how it starts 02:28
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Press down, press play This is how it starts, isn't that what you always say? Come to my bed so you don't powder your nose You move like closets through all of my clothes And I know that I can't save you But it feels like salvation to me And I'm trying hard not to break you But it feels like a breaking point to me From right here, you can see all of the sky Your head of curls between my thighs Nobody to ask if you wanted your drink with ice Ooh, I could give you anything you like And I know that I can't save you But it feels like salvation to me And I'm trying hard not to break you But it feels like we're breaking free
5.
I Was Here 03:10
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Pack up my summer in a ziplock bag Old maps and chatchkis, photographs of this and that I'll write myself a letter so that I'll remember all What if I don't hold on to this red string Can't retrace my old steps, the songs I used to sing? If the birds all eat my breadcrumbs, how will I know who I was? Call me the sentimental type, nostalgic but I have to prove that I was here What if I forget that I was here? I can't forget that I was here I was here. Boxes on boxes you'd call worthless stuff But I get a glow each time I go open it up If memories are treasure I'm trying to be a billionaire I fear I'd fall apart to lose the things that formed my heart that prove that What if I forget that I was here? I can't forget that I was here I was here. Ooh/ ooh Someday all the people that I love will move on Someday all the places that I love will be gone Someday I might not have my brain to rely upon Oh, so what happens then? How will I go back to when I was here What if I forget that I was here? I can't forget that I was here I was here. I was here I was here I was here I was here I was here I was here

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released September 6, 2019

Producing/Recording/Mixing- Sebastian Coloma
Mastering- Alex Pserodakus
Bass (The Gardener)- Magda Kress
Drums (The Gardener, Safety, how it starts) - Declan Zhang
Background vocals (The Gardener)- Declan Zhang, Taggart Price, Katie Glasgow, Sam Caps, Jess Freedman
Photography- Marilyn Lamanna

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Emily McNally New York, New York

Emily McNally is a queer NYC based singer/songwriter creating the soundtrack for the lovelorn and anxious generation.

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