[Verse 1]
I know you don't mean to
But you just seem insincere
You wanna be a leader
But all I hear is fear, dear
Run your beak so frequent
Lost you all your teeth
What the fuck you thinking
With your fingers in your ears, dear
[Chorus]
You squa-a-awk
Until I wanna scream
You ta-a-alk
But don't say anything
You wa-a-alk
As if you're royalty
You ta-a-alk
But don't say anything
[Bridge]
Just a parakeeter
You take someone else's pretty words and—
[Chorus]
You squa-a-awk
Until I wanna scream
You ta-a-alk
But don't say anything
You wa-a-alk
As if you're royalty
You ta-a-alk
But don't say anything
[Bridge]
Just a parakeeter
You take someone else's pretty words
And peat-peat-repeat 'em
You're selling us a feeling
But baby I could do without your
Screa- all your screa-screaming
[Guitar Break]
[Outro]
Squa-a-awk
Until I wanna scream
Just a parakeeter
You take someone else's pretty words
And—
You just seem insincere
All I hear is—
Parakeeter was written by KAYE.
Parakeeter was produced by Elliot Jacobson.
KAYE released Parakeeter on Thu Nov 03 2016.
For a while, I’ve been thinking about how people who talk the most are often those with the least to say. There’s elegance in restraint, just as there’s garishness in excess. It’s one thing to talk for the sake of talking – but when the impulse to say anything for attention escalates into racism, se...