Speedy Ortiz Screen Gem Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We were the cast of 'Midnight Touch'
I was your girl, you were my side-stepping runt
But off the screen, out of the light
I was your boy, you were the craft in my sky

[Pre-Chorus]
And now I'm mono-maniacally trying to be somebody star-like to you
In the opening sequence, I keep receipts of every rope I slip through
And I count you, tired or tied

[Chorus]
I got one kid looking after me
And I never have to tell him not to call
No, I never have to tell him much at all
'Cause he already knows

[Verse 2]
Put me on top when I'm in shape
I want the glow, I want a registered name
Now that I've got a bright ideal, you'll say I should've just tried
I'll be your dame, you be the crust in my eye

[Pre-Chorus]
And now I'm mono-maniacally trying to land another read-through with you - just the opening sequence
We looked away and so we shoot and reshoot and reshoot
Tight or tied

[Chorus]
I got one kid looking after me
And I never have to tell him not to call
No, I never have to tell him much at all
'Cause he already knows

[Bridge]
But I just called to say I'm drab again
And I just called to say I'm done again
You toe the line and you lay low
Until you come back with fits to throw
I just called to say...

[Outro]
I'm mono-maniacally dying to be some kind of trouble for you
In the opening sequence, let's take a big step into the pig sweat
I'm mono-maniacally trying to be somebody star-like to you
In the following sequence, make me your screen gem