“Oyster Song” is the sixth track from Allie X’s debut album, Waiting For The Prize.
The track leaked online along with the rest of the album in 2017, after an attendee found a CD bought from her show in 2006, in which the album was sold physically.
[Verse 1]
Up in the morning, 7 o'clock
I don’t need an alarm
I got things to do and people to ignore
So that I can get to more important things
[Chorus]
And see what's in store for me
Because I know that things don't come easily and
I gotta work if I wanna change the girl in the mirror staring at me
I got control, I been out of my fingertips
Plus I know that life is my oyster
And I’m never gonna quit
[Verse 2]
You know it's funny, the satisfaction seems to never come
It seems to be there for the moment of a leading second
And then it's gone, but I gotta keep movin' on
Where am I going? Where?
[Chorus]
I'm going up, things don't come easily and
I gotta work if I wanna change the girl in the mirror staring at me
I got control, I been out of my fingertips
Plus I know that life is my oyster
And I'm never gonna quit
Oh, no, no
[Bridge]
What is this forcefield that's become my life?
Where other people end their happiness, they used to thrive
Where are the people who should be terrible to me?
I know they’re everywhere
But I can’t see, yeah, yeah, yeah
The deep end sea, come on, come on
Come on and teach me to see
[Chorus]
And maybe things don't come easily
But maybe I have to accept that the girl in the mirror is me
I can’t control my life
Need more than our stars, so maybe
It isn't, it wasn't up at that heart
Oyster Song was written by Allie X.
Oyster Song was produced by Jason Paul Johnston.