Name: Out of Hand
Duration: P00H06M01S
Description: a sapphic ballad? how original

Out of Hand

by Purser

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a sapphic ballad? how original

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she brakes as the stoplight changes red
in shotgun four words rip through my head
she is right there
she is right there

she drums on the steering wheel with her thumb
my heart starts to fight its way to my tongue
she is right there
she is right there

i wanna say
tell me why it feels important when i cook you dinner
tell me why i wish i knew you when i was a child
tell me why you’ve been alone for so long
when you never would need be again
i wont let it
if you’d let it
get out of hand

i’m nauseous from saying none of these things
she turns on her song and i’m idling
idolizing that wild way that she sings
she doesn’t care
no she might not care

i wanna cry out
tell me why all this confusion is horribly simple
tell me what lives in my sleep that is trying to get out
tell me why knowing you’re in the next seat
makes me ache like a taut rubber band
oh i would let it
if you’d let it
get out of hand

and when did this slow lightning strike me
and make every hair stand on end when she calls me
and when did her name sound so different
and when did she slip her cold hand in my yellow coat pocket

she says
tell me why stoplights take so goddamn long to start changing
i tell her that change can be scary and she cracks a smile
she gives her hand back to the wheel and in rushes
an absence i cannot withstand
i’d regret it
if i never let it
get out of hand
out of hand
out of hand
out of hand

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released February 15, 2023
purser: co-producer, vocals, guitar
simon knudtson: co-producer, percussion
chris augustinos: additional guitars
emma lambiase: bass guitar
river martel: synths, love
parker van der hyde: mixing
shawn fichter: mastering

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Purser Nashville, Tennessee

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