A vibrant dance track with rhythmic saxophone by the Kansas City-based indie band written during lockdown and inspired by street protests and duplicitous law enforcement agents. Frontman Isaac Flynn and the band is also joined by Bodye and sax player Henry Solomon (Haim, Thumpasaurus). To explore and enjoy more of Hembree’s work visit their Bandcamp page including previous single Reach Out, as well as the Spotify embed below and their website hembreemusic.com. Out on Oread Records.
Maybe this time
We’ll open our eyes
Roll in like an alligator
Sink in our bite
Oh
Tell me where you want me to be
Tell me what you want and you need
(they’re saying)
You can tell me
In the daylight
We try and we hide
Runnin’ like an elephant’s
Fallin’ from the sky
Tell me where you want me to be
Tell me what you want and you need
(they’re saying)
You can tell me
You can tell me
You can tell me
Alright
‘Cause anytime the night falls
Operators will swoop into the aisles
And take what everyone wants
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
Somehow they keep it runnin’
Without the love
Overcalculated villains
They’re tyin’ up
What everyone wants
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
Maybe this time
There’s no next time
Runnin’ while the helicopter’s
Flyin’ right by
Just tell me where you want me to be
Tell me what you want and you need
(they’re saying)
You can tell me
Sundown to sunrise
We see the antithesis
Playin’ like they’re innocent
Tryin’ to divide
Sayin’
Tell me where you want me to be
Tell me what you want and you need
(they’re saying)
You can tell me
‘Cause anytime the night falls
Operators will swoop into the aisles
And take what everyone wants
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
Somehow they keep it runnin’
Without the love
Overcalculated villains
They’re tyin’ up
What everyone wants
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
Brings love down
I don’t wanna be the one
That brings love down...
I don’t ever wanna slow down
Not right now
Teargas and it’s hard to digest
The whole city in a mode of crisis
Ran four blocks, better catch my breath
Then one-two-step with a left-right-left
Chin up and a long mile
Big badge and a false smile
The right food but the wrong aisle
Zeitgeist in a dogpile
Let’s pause for a moment of silence
Peace goin’ up but they call it a riot
“Please stay calm, it’s a moderate process”
To bite my tongue – not a part of my conscience
The credible risk of
Becoming a suspect
A crumbling halo
I’m back at the front door
Eye to the peephole
Ordered to stay home
‘Cause anytime the night falls
Operators will swoop into the aisles
And take what everyone wants
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
Somehow they keep it runnin’
Without the love
Overcalculated villains
They’re tyin’ up
What everyone wants
What do they want and
Who are they trying to please?
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