Cryptic

from Growing Out Of It by Annie McLean

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Lead vocals, piano, and guitar: Annie McLean
Trumpet: Patrick Dudášik
Bass: Evan Lawrence
Drums: Francesco Catricala
Group vocals: Francesco Catricala, Abrielle Scharff, Collin McClutchy, Danny Caro, Carey Ozmun, Billy Cosgrove, Emily Rose Leopold, Justin Keith Hess, Alyssa DeMarco, Leah Woods, and Libby Larkin.

Music and lyrics by Annie McLean
Group vocal section by Annie McLean, Collin McClutchy, and Patrick Dudášik

Production by Collin McClutchy
Post-Production by Trae Sheehan

Art by Alyssa DeMarco

lyrics

Sometimes I feel like you’re speaking in tongues
A language just for us
One that you act like I would understand
Just you and me’s enough

And I don’t know how to read you
You’re sewn tight at the seams
None of your walls are see through
But you think I know what you mean

Everything you say is so cryptic
You gotta let me in to see
Have I been wrong about everything
Is it you who can’t understand me

Oooh ooooh ooooh

Words and words strung one after another
It’s all going over my head
I swear I’m listening, or I’m trying to
But I don’t’ see how we can make this work

Everything you say is so cryptic
You gotta let me in to see
Have I been wrong about everything
Can you still not understand me

You’re talking and I’m looking
Seeing myself in your eyes
Thinking of what I know you’ve done
Tellin’ myself that’s why

Everything you say is so empty
I was right about you all along
And now that I know your code I’m throwing it away
Won’t waste another moment on you

(na na na na, na na na ah x8)

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from Growing Out Of It, released August 9, 2017

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