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Geek Girl EP

by Hello, The Future!

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1.
Magic In Me 03:14
Long game is long And my fingers hurt tonight But I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping Till I get it right Long game is long And my fingers are on fire But I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping Till I can admire My handiwork That came from my own hands So I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping Till I understand What this power is That I can feel but I can’t see And I know it’s real I know you know it’s real So why did you never come for me Why did you lie to me After everything we’ve been through why did you deny me I’ll learn it myself I’ll do it myself I’ll practice myself I’ll work hard myself I’ll everything myself And when I’m done you’ll see There was always magic in me Long game is long But I’ve got my flash of light So I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping While there’s still this fight Between where I am And what I know that I can do So I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping Till I catch up to you So far ahead You got yours, so where is mine And they closed the doors I saw them close the doors But they could not close my mind They could not find me Like everyone else they were so far behind me I’m working myself I’m pushing myself I’m training myself I’m learning myself I’m everything myself And when I’m done you’ll see There was always magic in me I’ll become Who I am becoming And when I’m done then everyone will see There was always magic in me
2.
On silver discs For sixty seconds I cannot move I know they’re watching me I can’t let them see my thinking And right ahead is what I need If I can run but I don’t know what to do So I look at you What you said I still remember You look at me and I Still remember You said: I want to live as me And I want to die as me But I want to fight until I’m free No Hunger Games can get me The gong has rung I’m on my way But now you’re gone And I’m alone again Like I’ve always been I’m on the hunt It’s what I do I’m good alone I want to stay alive And only one can survive But what you said I still remember You looked at me and I Still remember You said: I want to live as me And I want to die as me But I want to fight until I’m free No Hunger Games can get me And then little Rue like little Prim You’re in my mind, I cannot Let you go I don’t know why I won’t leave her side, I understand now What you meant, oh Peeta help me I cannot play this game alone Together both of us will show the world what you said I want to live as me And I want to die as me And I’m going to fight until we’re free Until we’re free Come with me Come with me Come and fight with me Until we’re free And now we’re here Just you and me They’ve changed the rules But I can’t let you go No, we’ve come this far and I know You’d die for me I’ll die for you We’ll stop the games And maybe this is the end Take my hand, my friend What you said I still remember So look at me and we’ll Still remember
3.
Milk? They don’t have milk here anymore? They used to have it. We used to put it in our coffee And drink it. It came from cows But I guess there aren’t any more cows Anymore But this substitute is great You can hardly taste it. I mean you can hardly tell the difference. But you wouldn’t understand what life was like I mean, yes, it’s like this, but not quite What can I say? I really don’t know It was four hundred years ago. Cake? You’ve never heard of cake? I can’t explain it. It’s made of milk and eggs and frosting and chocolate And none of these words mean anything to you. But thank you for this coffee and this I’m not sure what to call it. I guess I’ve got a lot to learn But if there’s one thing I’ve learned It’s how to get along in new situations. I know you don’t understand and you probably Think I’m lying. I mean, if I listened to me I’d think I was lying But I’m not. But you wouldn’t know. It was four hundred years ago. No, this isn't time travel Because I can't go back. And everyone I ever knew is dead And I have to face it. And no, this isn’t immortality Not like you’d want it. It’s like—stepping through a hole Into a new place Into a new place And I have to face it. This is my world now. Science. Yes, I suppose I’m here for science. They said the future starts with me And here we are in the future Which is not exactly where I want to be. But see, I don’t get to decide. I guess I should be glad that I am still alive. But I don’t understand what to do next I don’t know how to navigate when the room isn’t a test Every place I’ve been, everything I know Came from four hundred years ago. And I have to face it. This is my world now.
4.
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me All I know is what’s running through my mind I don’t know what’s going to happen to me I know I must remember the past and I must remember what I have learned and I don’t know what’s going to happen to me I don’t know who I’ll have to pretend to be All I know is I have to prepare for whatever I find And when I find you I’ll say—but I can’t think about that now I have to think about something else now I know I must remember the past and I must remember what I have learned and I don’t know what’s going to happen to me What do we say to death? Not today. What do we say? We stab them with the pointy end. And what do we do with ourselves? Hide away. And nobody but nobody can ever be my friend. I’ll count the names again. Joffrey. Cersei. The Hound. Littlefinger. And when I find you I’ll say—but I can’t think about that now I have to think about something else now I don’t know what’s going to happen to me All I know is I wonder what it will feel like when they die I don’t know what’s going to happen to me I know I must remember the past and I must remember what I have learned and I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
5.
I had a home and family once And then the home and family left They gave me promises a mile long but one by one they Took them all away To pack a suitcase And leave the one place that I knew I left the waterfall and the woods and the air and the mountains all behind I left my family and I left you and I left all of us as pictures in my mind I kept your token that I thought would carry me back Anytime I liked I’d twist and turn the wooden bead and I would tell myself That someday I would return I’d be Johanna again And I would see you one more time if I could win But that was years ago and a wooden bead is a foolish thing to carry in your hand I had to let it go and I know you’re gone I know you’re gone I hope you understand Even though the screams still Echo in my ears I know someday I’ll sleep Even though the trees Are burned now to the ground The memories will keep Maybe in a year I’ll think of you again Make stories in my head But just for today I’ll put the picture down There’s work to do instead And no one left to love That day they drew my name They dressed me up They put me on a train My family disappeared But I knew if I won Then they would have to send me home again I wouldn’t let them take my mind I’d disappear somewhere they couldn’t find And when they rang that gong I had covered up my face And I had hidden back my eyes I was a brainless child until I saw my chance I made my kill and then I got my prize Even though the screams still Echo in my ears I know someday I’ll sleep Even though the trees Are burned now to the ground The memories will keep Maybe in a year I’ll think of you again Make stories in my head But just for today I’ll put the picture down There’s work to do instead And no one left to love They told me what I would have to do They told me the only promises they made Were the ones they made to other people They told me—but I said no, I wouldn’t ever let them Sell me like a toy and I was gone And I went home They let me go I should have stayed Because you’re gone And everything destroyed And when I saw your face and saw your eyes and saw what I had done I saw the trees I saw the graves I saw my family I saw what I had won That though I’d given everything to come back home That from that moment on I’d always be alone Then I was glad of all I had learned of how to stay alive and how to disappear I would rebuild, and I would fight, but I’d be gone inside they’d look but wouldn’t find me here Even though the screams still Echo in my ears I know someday I’ll sleep Even though the trees Are burned now to the ground The memories will keep Maybe in a year I’ll think of you again Make stories in my head But just for today I’ll put the picture down There’s work to do instead And no one left to love
6.
You don’t have to tell me But I like to hear you say it You wish I weren’t here You’d be there right now, without me But she’s not applicable; she’s full of errors, can’t be quantified A book of illogical contradictions and No power in the verse can stop me And that’s what’s problematic No power in the verse can stop me now You don’t have to tell me I know you found me broken You see what isn’t there You see us as we were, without me But all the memories we share are maybe made up maybe They aren’t real and maybe everything you see is faulty No power in the verse can stop me And that’s what’s problematic No power in the verse can stop me now Take my mind and let me fly Throw me out into the sky Take it all; just let me be I'll live with just the sky and me No power in the verse can stop me And that’s what’s problematic No power in the verse can stop me now You don’t have to tell me Your face grows dark and chaos has come again You wish I weren’t here You’d be with her right now, without me But she understands, she doesn’t comprehend, she can’t be quantified She wants a bullet in her brainpan squish and No power in the verse can stop me And that’s what’s problematic No power in the verse can stop me now

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Six songs, each told from the point of view of a different female character: Julia Wicker, Katniss Everdeen, Chell, Arya Stark, Johanna Mason, and River Tam. Created as part of a successful Kickstarter in July 2012.

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released July 18, 2012

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Hello, The Future! Seattle, Washington

My name is Nicole.

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