boygenius - $20 (official audio)

boygenius - $20 (official audio)



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“$20” lyrics:

It’s a bad idea and I’m all about it.
Give it one more chance and then I finally had it.
When you wake up, I’ll be gone again.

Motorcycle in the front lawn

It’s an all night drive from your house to Reno
to the T-bird graveyard where we play with fire.
In another life we were arsonists.

How long’s the Chevy been on cinder blocks?

Mama told me that it don’t run
on wishes but that I should have fun
pushing the flowers that come up
into the front of a shotgun.
So many hills to die on.

Run out of gas, out of time, out of money.
You’re doing what you can, just making it run.

Take a break, make your escape.
There’s only so much I can take.

May I please have twenty dollars?
Can you give me twenty dollars?
I know you have twenty dollars.
I know you have twenty dollars!

#boygenius #therecord #TwentyBucks

[jackrizza]

wake up babe new Phoebe scream just dropped

[bratgirlbummer]

Whoever decided to put the lyrics in the artwork for these videos deserves a raise

[brennuswhite]

"in another life, we were arsonists"

this line goes so incredibly hard, idk why but I can't stop thinking about this line

[julia-tqsj]

adore how they have their 3 respective handwriting styles for the lyrics

[sarakearns]

When they harmonize, all is right in the world.

[ednaarredondo]

The way that the ending lyrics have each of their handwriting makes me want to sob

[davidaltes]

Drummers: “sure it’s a fun exercise, but you can’t actually get the average listener to groove to 7/8 timing with a bar of 5/4 thrown in every 7 bars. And especially not if you try to add a 5/4 bridge and 6/8 outro.”
Julien Baker: “hold my non-alcoholic beer.”

[MeeraWadher]

adore the idea of three friends just creating songs. like isn't that an ideal creative way to live + enjoy your work + spend time with your favs.

[annodomini]

This song just screams boygenius. It's like the EP was a bud, and this is the fully-blossomed boygenius.

[VoxGothica]

Love how grungy this song is, far and away my favorite so far. Julien is such a good songwriter.

[ynnahhh]

i’m having a horrible day thank god for phoebe lucy and julien

[moke]

brought me out of exam season depression and into significant debt

[ednaarredondo]

I THINK I JUST ENTERED A SPIRITUAL REALM DURING THAT ENDING

[ploue]

this song is great i loved the part where they all said "i'm not gay but $20 is $20"

[JoelareMagic]

The end of this song reminds me of Sunny Day Real Estate and Radiohead, a beautiful long, droning moment, perfect overlapping harmonies. Just great.

[comradehermit]

God, I love it when Julien talks about arson.

[Ursorion]

I love this song being a nod to Souvenir

[beagg]

“$20” lyrics:

It’s a bad idea and I’m all about it.
Give it one more chance and then I finally had it.
When you wake up, I’ll be gone again.

Motorcycle in the front lawn

It’s an all night drive from your house to Reno
to the T-bird graveyard where we play with fire.
In another life we were arsonists.

How long’s the Chevy been on cinder blocks?

Mama told me that it don’t run
on wishes but that I should have fun
pushing the flowers that come up
into the front of a shotgun.
So many hills to die on.

Run out of gas, out of time, out of money.
You’re doing what you can, just making it run.

Take a break, make your escape.
There’s only so much I can take.

May I please have twenty dollars?
Can you give me twenty dollars?
I know you have twenty dollars.
I know you have twenty dollars!

[vvsaint]

That Coachella line-up lookin pretty good right about now!! #itsbeengood

[iheartthirteen]

I love how their handwriting go so well together