NICELY MESSEY

NICELY MESSY

(Lofi bedroom trip-hop / post-party bathroom light / 74-84 BPM. Male lead vocal, soft female backing. Dusty drum loop, muted Rhodes, warm bass, soft tape hiss, small room tone. Intimate, odd, slightly funny, tired but kind. No heavy synth, no record scratching.)

Toilet burbling

The bathroom

Is the only source

Of light

One can achieve status

From a variety

Of sources

Our choice of audience

Is our own making

Who are we going

To get

To judge us?

Your edginess

Is right below your ribs

Visible to all

In plain sight

Something like that

Does not affect me

That's where one has

The most comfort

Of bone

What kind of cage

Is this?

No lock

No door

How do you manage?

Nicely messy

That was the way

Nicely messy

Here we stayed

Longing for warmth

Barely managing heat

Nicely messy

Still on our feet

Such a sweet

Turn of events

I had not noticed

Nor do I now

To long for warmth

And yet

Barely manage the heat

The accidental nature

Of discover

Wicker elephant

With plastic plant

Racing the sun

In your eyes

If music is

The spice of life

Funk

Is the pepper

The age

Of adequacy

Lack of depth

Of quality

Pass it on

And re-light it

Not the darkness

Of night descending

Wake up

In a new light

Remove pressure

Of tongue

From roof of mouth

Remember

To let some stuff slide

Nicely messy

That was the way

Nicely messy

Here we stayed

Longing for warmth

Barely managing heat

Nicely messy

Still on our feet

There is no such thing as

Know when limits

Are near

Hold onto

Relationships

Know when limits

Are near

Hold onto

Relationships

Toilet burbling

The bathroom

Is the only source

Of light

Wicker elephant

Plastic plant

Nicely messy

That was the way

Of life here