Head Rush

from Tactics by Alma Cook

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

I’m not so small as they try to market;
I’m not so calm, nor am I so harmless.
Mine is not a fire fed by chemical,
And what kind of Lover would I be if I didn’t let you know?

I’m not in line with the clean-cut kindness,
Like, “Just knock ten times if you need some guidance.”
But I know what you’re made of, I know what you’re hungry for—
And what kind of Lover would I be if I didn’t want it more?

So if at the ride’s end you’re ever tired & weak
And find you’re needing someone
To confide in, you can abide in Me;
I can be your all, ‘cause

There’s still time
To love you like I hope to someday.
Pay no mind;
She’s only in it for the head rush anyway.

I’m not so vain that I need to impress you,
And you’re not so brave that I need you at My rescue.
Don’t matter what you do, it doesn’t matter who’s involved—
What kind of Lover would I be if it mattered at all?

So you might’ve fought Me, you might’ve thought I lied
Or thought you caught Me tongue-tied.
It didn’t phase Me; turn the page & find
I’m not gonna change My mind, ‘cause

There’s still time
To love you like I hope to someday.
Pay no mind;
She’s only in it for the head rush anyway.

credits

from Tactics, released October 17, 2014
arr. Alma Cook & Chris Thigpen

e. guitar: Jeff Swanson
piano: Matt Jones
bass: Chris Thigpen
drums: Sam Jewell