NEON
The
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MANIFEST
When I started writing this album I had no idea it would turn out to be about some of the
shittiest times in my life. All I wanted to do was write a record that feels like a neon
feels—bright, glowing, sexy, fun… And I guess in the end we managed. The album is bright,
glowing, sexy, fun, at times a bit blinding. But to me, it will always be a heartbreak album.
A record about loss. And if I was to describe it to a situation, the album feels like a scene out
of a Kar-Wai Wong movie: A lonely woman lays on her bed in her small bedroom, the dark
place illuminated only from the outside neon signs flickering between red and blue, while
she thinks about the last person walking out that door and shattering her, spilling her
emotions all over the floor. And then she gets up, stops feeling sorry for her pathetic pretty
ass, and shuts the door behind all this mess. Life goes on, the light stops flickering, and we
dance our way into better things, hopefully a bit brighter, hopefully still glowing on the
inside.
I pray you enjoy this album, I’ve lived it for you.
–T*
NEON
ARIANA GRANDE
Candelight dinners/And cocaine on mirrors/Dressing up fancy/to warm city glimmers/Small plastic packages/filled up with things/this is what every Friday brings/we got/we got it goin‘ on/every Friday/we’re waiting for the bathroom stall/Every Friday we wait for our angel wings to fall/we’re all just fallen angels/I’m sure we do this every Friday/Just like Ariana Grande/No not just for pleasure/We do it for show
NO PLEASURE
SHE GIVE NO PLEASURE/NO PLEASURE/AND I MEASURED IN KEYS/FOR HER TO OPEN UP/AND I DID IT/RIGHT ON MY KNEES/AND THE SOUND THAT SHE MAKE WHEN I TOUCH HER/CANNOT COMPARE/TO A GIRL OF FINER STATURE/TO A GIRL I DON’T CARE FOR/OH LORD!/OH LORD/STILL I WISH THAT I COULD LOVE HER/LOVE HER/BUT SHE’S REALLY OFF/I TRY TO TOUCH HER KINDLY/EVERY TIME SHE GETS SO TOUGH/AND WHEN I WHISPER SWEET MAGNOLIAS/INTO HER EARS/SHE RINGS WITH FRIGHTENED TONES/AND LOOKS AT ME/WITH EYES FULL OF TEARS/SHE GOT NO PLEASURE /NO PLEASURE/SHE GOT NONE/AND I’M NOT WAITIN ROUND FOR RAW EMOTION/I’M QUITE DONE/I’VE BEEN SIZZLING MY LOVE ALL NIGHT/INTO HER MIND/BUT SHE JUST WONT TAKE IT/LITTLE GIRL IS TOO UNKIND/SHE GIVES NO PLEASURE
VIDEO LOVE
video love with you/video love/it’s you/now i got something i wanted to tell you/i tried a phonecall but i can’t seem to get through/it’s been maybe like two days since you texted me/you’re so out of touch i touch myself baby/i pull up my screen/you are my digital dream/oh yes that’s you/i pull up my screen/you are my digital dream/oh yes that’s true/video love/with you/There was something I wanted to text you/Deleted it all it never rang too true/I wish I would have known youd IRL leave me/I cringe when I binge your latests posts baby/You left me on seen/Alienated my screen/oh yes thats true
you left me on seen/never knew what we could’ve been/oh yes that’s you/video love/video love/video love/with you
COLD-HEARTED PARTER
There’s just one thing I wanna say to you/before you go away/before you shut the door/I won’t be looking back no more/Because you hurt my pride/Walked out on us
in stride/like there’s nothing there/Weren’t you just scared to collide?/I must keep looking on/strutting on/playing my songs/owning my shit/forget about it/forget about it/forget about it/forge onward/keep walking/through tears falling/while i’m talking
to my best friend on the phone/Cause I’m a cold-hearted parter/A train wreck of a partner / unusable / unable / unstable / unavailable / And now there’s not one thing
That I could say to you/’cause you went away/we’re through/And I don’t walk past your door/I don’t spend my time there no more/’Cause im a cold hearted parter/an unsuitable partner/split in two/not him not you/can’t no one take it/no one can take it/so i must go must keep looking on/strutting on/playing my songs/saying so long/forget about it/forget about it/cold hearted parter/cold hearted parter/cold hearted parter/cold
LIME
I braid my hair in the night/I’m gonna look so pretty/I’m low-key feelin’ all right/I’m bout to hit the city/Wave bye to all my boys while I ride right by/By the end of the night I’ll taste like key-lime pie/Silver Tequila and lime/I’ll take my salt in powder/All my enemy hoes can calmly rest in power/Throw my fist in the air/got my name on my back/Y’all gonna know what it is by the end of this track/There’s something magic bout an afterparty/The beat is bouncing in my heart/Silver tequila and lime/I’ll take my salt in powder/It ain’t the end it’s just the start/I’ll throw an MJ move, moonwalk into the sun/I’ll forget all ’bout you/you’re not my only one/Check my inbox to see who’s good and ready to roll/drink from now to forever/we got it goin’ on/I got some tears in my eyes and lime juice on my tongue/I’m shakin’ left and right really diggin’ this song/heartbeat of a hummingbird/the pressure’s through the roof/Just by looks you’d never know/I’ll play it super smooth/There’s something magic bout an afterparty/The beat is bouncing in my heart/Silver tequila and lime/I’ll take my salt in powder/It ain’t the end it’s just the start/
WASTED TIME
i wasted all my time on texting /i wasted all this time on this sex thing /i let the better part of me get the best of me /and now there’s nothing left from the rest of me/all my time is wasted/what a crime to waste it/never had a chance to taste it/emotional waste is what makes it/all the time i’m wasted/from all the time i wasted/and all the lime i tasted/there’s enough liquor to face it/i tried a little loving conversation/initiate a loving situation/from loving to a fucking altercation/over oceans/over borders/over nations/tune into the station/can’t relate to you there’s no signal/in your operation/no break to take in this damn hallucination/creation of a relation/sinking ship/there’s no colors on this trip/an LSD relationship/all my time was wasted/all the lines i tested/wrote all my lies you guessed it/they‘re meant for you/now face it
DARTS
you wanna stab me through paper/you wanna stab me through text?/why don’t you pull out a gun/shoot me by fucking your ex?/we argue up ‘til 3/not morning but afternoon/i want you out of my house/out of my bed/out my room/i walk around in a daze/swollen and broken inside/exhausted all from the craze/with nowhere to hide/and all the things you said/you didn’t mean them at all/words fall on fertile ground/but that’s just shit afterall/stop fucking round with my time/stop promising a fresh start/stop playing tricks with my mind/imprisoning my damn heart/why are relationships hard/why can’t we just fall apart/why can’t we ever end/when we can never start/never begin/or go all in/it’s frightening/the suffering/the not knowing
where the ending is/it’s all just hit and miss/you’re throwin darts/right through my heart/sorry is this a bad time/am i taking up space?/wait i won‘t apologize/i’ll just get right in your face/see i‘ve been hurting too long/and you never seem to care/you make me feel much less strong/you make me feel much more scared/i’m sick of getting it wrong/i’m sick of starting again/by now i’m completely sick/a bunch of pills in my hand/too tired to fucking sleep/and to on edge to feel right/you goddamn sharp shooter you/you love a good game of/Darts/Right through my heart/you’re throwin darts/right through my heart
BARGUMENTS
I take my ass home/walk from the bar/stumble through streets/wondering where you are/I chase these damn thoughts/kill them all in their wake/I’ve got this all covered/it’s a piece of cake/The bar is my element/I’m accustomed to/the customary bargument/The bar is my element/I’m accustomed to/the customary bargument/the customary bargument/I sit in the dark/and contemplate life/relationships suck/they’re nothing but strife/And I hear you coming/With your rattling keys/you want to say sorry/you’re down on your knees/But the fight is my element/I’m prepared to declare war/from a meanlingless bargument/But the fight is my element/I’m prepared to declare war/from a meanlingless bargument
UNFOLLOW ME?!
something ’bout you/makes me too confused/how could i feel so used/maybe you’ve given me clues/you’ve ignited my sparks/but your defensive remarks/weren’t there at the start/now all i’ve left is my art/and a few voice memos on my phone/sayin’ how i’m looking forward to you coming back home/but now everything’s changed/you’re acting so strange/check my follower list/i think what is this shit?!/you unfollowed me?!/how dare you unfollow me?!/Don’t you know what that means?/that’s so fuckin’ mean/still not over your ex?/even though we had sex?/should’ve known you’re not there/that you’d be this damn scared/now they will all know/everyone i follow/and who follows me back/they’ll all know you’re whack/but you unfollowed me?!/how dare you unfollow me?!/don’t you know what that means?/that’s fuckin’ obscene/and our sweet kitchen talks/dry chicken and walks/meant nothing to you/is that really true/is that really true/baby babe/i’ve done nothing but treated you sweet/when you gave me your ego tripping shit/for my career speeding up faster than yours/that’s really not my problem babe/do you just have an issue with successful girls/not gonna apologize for me/i’m not gonna apologize for me/i’ll be who i am/i’ll do drugs at 6am/you unfollowed me?!/how dare you unfollow me?!/don’t you know what that means?/you left me on seen?!/babe/you unfollowed me?!/how dare you unfollow me?!/don’t you know what that means?/see you fucked with the queen /yea you fucked with the queen/yea you fucked with the queen/and now this is what that means
GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY
with unlimited money/shit i‘d buy a lot of things/a herd of zebras/twelve thousand plastgic rings/shit /i‘d make the world my bitch/the people my whores/then i’d buy all the windows/just to fuck with the doors/i’d go all crazy in the bars and the stores/fill the pools with marbles/turn the walls into floors/put chains on people/watch them stumble and fall/my signature drink would be/liquid gold with adderall/everything in the world/won‘t have a price for me/oh what a glorious existence/that would fucking be/i‘d be like hey bitch/I‘m gonna buy your man/and you‘d know i could do it/because i fucking can/all the awards/well you can give them to me/because i own all your statues/i own every committee/honey you can‘t touch this/put your hands on me/so MC hammer bitch/i‘m ether can‘t you see/so give me all your money folks/i‘m done working for free/i’d surely better spend it/don‘t care if you agree/i‘d buy you too/i‘d buy you all/i‘d buy the metric system/to make you fucking small/to inflate my ego/i‘d sell all my shit/but there’d be no money/cause i‘d have all of it
LINER NOTES
NEON IS THE SECOND LONG-PLAYING ALBUM BY THE YOUNIVERSE
BASED ON LIFE BY TAMMY NIZNANSKA
ALL LYRICS WRITTEN BY TAMMY NIZNANSKA
VOCAL MELODIES BY TAMMY NIZNANSKA
ALL INSTRUMENTS PERFORMED AND ARRANGED BY JERGUS ORAVEC
ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY ADAM OLEXIK (LIME, UNFOLLOW ME, VIDEO LOVE)
PRODUCED BY JERGUS ORAVEC
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TAMMY NIZNANSKA
SINGLE GRAPHICS BY ADAM OLEXIK
MUSIC BY THE YOUNIVERSE
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO KANYE WEST FOR MAKING SHOES SUITABLE FOR JUMPING THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS TO MAKE THIS FUCKING RECORD
MAY THE YOUNIVERSE BE WITH YOU AND YOU WITH IT
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION