I’D LIKE YOU NOT TO TOUCH ME, NOT TO LOOK AT ME THAT WAY
NOT TO CALL ME DARLING AND DISCOUNT THE THINGS I SAY
YOU SAY I AM BOSSY BUT I CALL IT DRIVE
IF AM NOT THE ONE WHO’S DRIVING WHO WILL
TELL YOU TO
STOP! GET YOUR FINGERS OFF ME
I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR SORRY
BYE, DON’T EVEN TRY
I’LL TAKE THE STONES YOU THROW
I’LL USE THEM TO BUILD MY OWN ROAD
I’LL RISE, OH I WILL RISE
YOU TELL ME WHAT I NEED, NEVER ASK WHAT I WANT
SEEMS YOU’VE GOT MY FUTURE ALL FIGURED OUT
YOU KNOW THE GATE, YOU HAVE THE KEYS
DEEP IN THE POCKETS OF YOUR SKINNY BLACK JEANS
I KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING, THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL GROOMING
AND ALL THIS COULD BE MINE, FOR A PRICE I CAN’T REPAY
DARLIN’ DO YOU THINK I WAS BORN YESTERDAY?
STOP! GET YOUR FINGERS OFF ME
I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR SORRY
BYE, DON’T EVEN TRY
I’LL TAKE THE STONES YOU THROW
I’LL USE THEM TO BUILD MY OWN ROAD
I’LL RISE, OH I WILL RISE
AND I GUESS I SHOULD BE FLATTERED YOU SHOWED INTEREST IN ME
BUT I’M NOT PLAGUED WITH SUCH INSECURITIES
YOU SAID I’D RUE THE DAY I THREW A SOLID OPPORTUNITY AWAY
I’M NOT YOURS TO OWN, I’LL BE MY OWN QUEEN I’LL BUILD BY OWN THRONE
I DID NOT COME HERE TO CRY, I CAME TO THRIVE
I WIPE THE TEARS FROM MY EYES, AND I WILL RISE
STOP! GET YOUR FINGERS OFF ME
I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR SORRY
BYE, DON’T EVEN TRY
I TAKE THE STONES YOU THROW
I’LL USE THEM TO BUILD MY OWN ROAD
I’LL RISE, OH I WILL RISE
credits
from Magazine Girls,
released March 18, 2021
Written by Rachel Jack
Produced, mixed & mastered by Dunt
Artwork by Lorna McKenzie-Syvertsen
A new album of perfect low-key gems from Kim Weldin of Tape Waves' unassuming bedroom pop side project Shiny Times. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 15, 2019