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Let Me [Song + Lyrics] (by Benjamin + Cassa)

This song is part of collaboration with Cassa (who created the melody and lyrics).

I want to write a song about you
For a long time
I want to see you smile in the sunlight
No shadow
No lies

When rain settles on your face
I see rainbow-like halos

All of the time
You’re on my mind
Maybe we’re meant to
Maybe we’re meant to

Let it all out
Let it out
Like thunder dance in the storm
Let it out

I want to write a song about you
For a long time
I want to see your smile in the sunlight
Let me
Let me

If You Ever Need Me

Don’t make it too obvious.
In fact, don’t make it obvious at all.
Just pretend I have a Ph.D. in
vagueness. Open with some
mixed signals interwoven with silence
and then stick to the script while
bending over backwards to make
me read between the lines.
I should be trained in the art of you
understand how to color the colorless,
how to dance through the rain as if
tears are somehow watery sunshine.

So:

Please don’t bang on your chest,
blow the trumpet, sound the alarm,
pull out your hair, or stomp your feet,
because that’s just simply too obvious,
and I want to magnetize to your heart,
want to learn the positives to your negatives
so that I know that when you say you’re fine,
you really mean that your entire world
is on fire—close to blowing up or burning down.
I guess if our love is what I think it is,
I should be able to understand you
even when you speak without words.

I Used To Love You (Song + Lyrics)

[Intro BV’s]
Ah-oooh, Ah-ooh, Ah-oooh

[Verse 1]
I used to love you, baby
I used to trust you maybe
I used to think about you all the time

But I’ve been thinking lately
Other boys drive me crazy
Don’t mean I hate you, baby
Don’t mean I hate you, baby

The stars can make you lazy
Strike out your eyes maybe
The moon can make you crazy
You hear me howling, baby?

Don’t let me loose, baby
Cos I’ve been barking lately
Know something really crazy
Don’t wanna do it, baby

But these boys, baby
They’re like full moons, baby
They drive me crazy, crazy
They drive me crazy, crazy

You hear me screaming, baby?
You hear me screaming, baby?
You hear me screaming at the top of my lungs?

Burn out my eyes, baby
I want you hot, baby
I want you like a thousand suns

I want these other toys
But not like you boy
But not like you boy
But not like you boy

Not the way I want you
Not the way I want you
Not the way I want you
Not the way I want you

[Intro BV’s]
Ah-ooh, ah-oooh, Ah-ooh

[Verse 2]
I used to love you, baby
I used to trust you maybe
I used to think about you all the time

But I’ve been thinking lately
Other girls drive me crazy
Don’t mean I hate you, baby
Don’t mean I hate you, baby

The stars can make you lazy
Strike out your eyes maybe
The moon can make you crazy
You hear me howling, baby?

Don’t let me loose, baby
Cos I’ve been barking lately
Know something really crazy
Don’t wanna do it, baby

But these girl, baby
They’re like full moons, baby
They drive me crazy, crazy
They drive me crazy, crazy

You hear me screaming, baby?
You hear me screaming, baby?
You hear me screaming at the top of my lungs?

Burn out my eyes, baby
I want you hot, lady
I want you like a thousand suns

I want these other ladies
But not like you, baby
But not like you, baby
But not like you, baby

Not the way I want you
Not the way I want you
Not the way I want you
Not the way I want you

Entitlement

By Benjamin Grossman and Cassa Bassa

Fold me into your poems
to be read aloud in the quietest corner of your heart.

Place me between the tightest lines
where your uncompromising lips can be softened.

There is no winner in this tug of war,
only me striving to stay in your vocabulary.

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Please make sure to view her blog for additional poems and content: https://flickerofthoughts.com/

Paparazzi (Lyrics +Song)

[Verse 1]
I never thought that I’d be riding solo
I did so much to love you but still go
And now my heart is like a porthole
It’s opened up and out went my soul

I never thought I’d ever be this low
Can’t see the sun, the clouds, or even leave this room
Or even leave this room …

[Chorus]
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go, go, go
Go, go, go
You flash and you go
You flash and you go

[Verse 2]
You flatter and go
Like you ain’t got no soul
Houdini would be jealous of your show
And everyone knows what I know
And everyone knows you can’t love a ghost

Money’s the only thing you ever chase
You lost the love of your life for that race
And now you’re scared to even show your face
I hate to put you on blast in this space
But someone has to put you back in your place
Someone has to put you back in your place
…
Put you back in you place

[Chorus]
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go, go, go
Go, go, go
You flash and you go
You flash and you go

[Bridge]
I’ve waited six months for a call
You said you loved me but you had to move on
You said we’d talk soon but then you stalled
And then you never even called
…
You never even called
But I’m still waiting on
But I’m still waiting more
But I’ll still holding off
From falling back in love

[Chorus]
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you go
Like paparazzi
You flash and you

Ambush

You surprised my heart with an attack
Declaring war on my insides
With weapons never
Intended for conflict

You shot shit not from a bull
But a beast in human form
Even a guerrilla wouldn’t
Commit to those tactics

You agreed upon nonviolence
With plastic promises and cosmetic lies
Yet the paint on your face
Confirmed you were still in battle

You engaged without bloodshed
For you preferred the shedding of tears
A smile dropped here and a smile dropped there
You blew me up with peaceful kisses
The bombs of seductive love

I’m glad our one-sided struggle ended when it did
I would’ve never survived a nuclear relationship