Requesting Validation, by Gabbie Rotts

Requesting Validation

by Gabbie Rotts

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1.	The Offering 00:51	lyrics	buy track
I wish I could be the better person It was not my intention to be so cruel I wish I could be the better person Someone you were proud of who brought out the best in you But I am all I can offer you I am all I can offer you
2.	Toxoplasmosis 03:36	lyrics	buy track
I have a new preoccupation Constantly requesting validating I want to escape from myself I want to be somebody else You cut my hand just because you could But you apologized like I knew you would All the ways to love someone All the ways this could go wrong I can’t give you what you want but what you need. People say it’s a disease. You’re part of me. I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I met you in September in the dog days of the summer The full moon was in Taurus, and our whole life is before us I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I’m not one for declarations Constantly inviting complications I wish I was someone else I wish I was the one you loved Yeah you’re in my head and i love the sound Nervous waiting home for you when you’re on the prowl I’m aching with new confusion Can’t you see what you’ve done I can’t give you what you want but what you need. People say it’s a disease. You’re part of me. I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I met you in September in the dog days of the summer The full moon was in Taurus, and our whole life is before us I love waking up to you I love waking up to you In the night, in the night I call out, call out to you In the night, in the night I come back, come back, come back, come back you I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I met you in September in the dog days of the summer The full moon was in Taurus, and our whole life is before us I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I love waking up to you I love waking up to you
3.	You Don't Know What You Are Talking About 02:48	lyrics	buy track
I know you hate honest conversation You don’t let me believe what I am saying Everything I thought was mine Suddenly became your right I hold your judgment like a reflex You won’t admit you love the damage Everything I thought was mine Suddenly became you right You said that I’m so unkind But how do you even sleep at night? Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about I know I need constant validation You told me what I do is unimportant Everything I thought was mine suddenly became your right I loath, failed at self preservation You hold just so you can control emotion Everything I thought was mine Suddenly became you right You said that I’m so unkind But how do you even sleep at night? Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Save your breath I can’t bleed anymore Save your breath You’ve blown yourself off course You define my obligations And deny my devastation What did you even want with me Besides to pull my parts off clean I know you love humiliation You don’t know you’re good at manipulation Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about Why are you so loud when you don’t know what you’re talking about
4.	What A Shame 02:31	lyrics	buy track
Oh, what a shame! I would have taken your name I would’ve driven down the boulevard, bought those cigarettes That you never really wanted, and this wasn’t what you wanted But we tried just in case I’d change my face Oh, what a shame! I would have faded away I would have been the guillotine to my own self esteem And just faded to the dust and melded to the rust And you never liked what I had to say Oh, you wanted so much! And oh, it was never enough! Oh, you wanted so much! You wanted so much! You wanted so much! And it always had to be a certain way! Oh, what a shame! We had to play these games And I held up a knife to your terrified eyes To show you that there’s more than this and you can do more than this And you’re not exactly who you say you are Oh, what a shame! You thought I soiled your name And I’ll go down in history as the bitch of misery But you’re a condescending hypocrite, conforming to your difference And you never liked what I had to say Oh, you wanted so much! And oh, it was never enough! Oh, you wanted so much! You wanted so much! You wanted so much! And it always had to be a certain way! We were a lost cause We were a lost cause We were a lost cause We were a lost cause Oh, what a shame! Oh, what a shame!! Oh, what a shame!!! Oh, what a shame!!!! Oh, you wanted so much! And oh, it was never enough! Oh, you wanted so much! You wanted so much! You wanted so much! Oh, you wanted so much! And oh, it was never enough! Oh, you wanted so much! You wanted so much! You wanted so much!
5.	It Means Something 03:54	lyrics	buy track
I threw my guitar across the room, it’s a metaphor And the worst nights of my life have always been because i wanted more And this has been a miserable year Someone I loved said that i’m not enough and my songs are unrelatable and weird But it must have meant something If it meant something to you It must have meant something If it meant something to you And all this bitterness I let it sit to avoid an emptiness And the quivering in my chest that it left almost bested my will to live If I had to do it again I’d go back to November 5th Conjure supernovas at a show on casa nova and tell you that you’re my friends But it must have meant something If it meant something to you It must have meant something If it meant something to you I thought i was alone and then I met you and knew I never was I thought i was alone and then I met you and knew I never was So thanks for giving a shit, for your depth and your talents For you reckless compassion and endless work ethic and for holding me when I needed it Because i know it means something If it means something to you i know it means something If it means something to you i know it means something If it means something to you i know it means something If it means something to you Ahhhhhhh
6.	Stay Alive 02:31	lyrics	buy track
Holding back and holding on I never thought I’d love some one Like you Like you Compare neuroses until midnight Tell you about the time I almost died It’s a miracle that we’ve both alive You say honey you look so fine Tonight Tonight Oooo Oooo Holding back and holding on I never thought I’d love some one Like you Like you Mood ring says I’m dead inside It’s a shallow breath for a deep dive You’re the epipen to my beehive You make me want to stay alive Alive Alive Oooo Oooo You are exactly like me And you are exactly like me And I never thought that that would be the thing That would make me love you IT MAKES ME LOVE YOU Holding back and holding on I never thought I’d love someone Like you Like You make me want to stay alive
7.	Crying At Taco Bell 02:10	lyrics	buy track
July 22nd, what a terrible day! I was crying at the Taco Bell when you asked if I was okay I wish I had met you later when I wasn’t so high strung I told you I’m a nihilist as a defense mechanism I heard you became an artist, writing prose in your space time Me, I’m a regret careerist, forgetting I am presently alive I wish I had met you later when you considered what you said I hold the knocks to my chest like a compress on your eyelids Some things never change Every day is a terrible day I’m still crying at taco bells Ask me if I’m okay Some things never change Every day is a terrible day I’m still crying at taco bells Ask me if I’m okay Ask me if i’m okay Ask me if i’m okay
8.	Biphobia 02:14	lyrics	buy track
I had a mouth of broken teeth And you think nothing about me is very interesting I was just holding on To the places i’d come from Nothing changes easily And I thought that the past had defined it But I guess I won’t mention it In case you think I’m an idiot Cause everybody knows This is how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows This is how it goes Everybody knows Broken homes, compulsivity Folding to the things holding me And i wish i had a stronger will Or that i could forgive myself I wish i wasn’t so ashamed And everything i said wasn’t a refrain I failed when i was off the cuff Cause you said that you heard enough Cause everybody knows This is how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows This is how it goes Everybody knows I’ll figure it out, I’ll figure it out I’ll figure it out, I’ll figure it out eventually I wasn’t enough, I wasn’t enough I wasn’t enough of anything But I’ll figure it out, I’ll figure it out I’ll figure it out, I’ll figure it out eventually I wasn’t enough, I wasn’t enough I wasn’t enough
9.	Don't Get It Twisted 03:31	lyrics	buy track
I don’t want to crash my car into your house anymore And I don’t want to be the one who says your insecure But don’t get it twisted I still think you need some work Don’t get it twisted You're the one who made me worse And I still hate you I still hate you Come to the night Oh, you’re so right Oh if you tried And even if you died I’d still hate you You think falling in love will somehow solve all your problems You’d rather buy a canvas than date a real-life person But don’t get it twisted I still think you need some work Don’t get it twisted Your the one who made me worse And I still hate you I still hate you Come to the night Oh, you’re so right Oh if you tried And even if you died I’d still hate you But don’t get it twisted I still think you need some work Don’t get it twisted Your the one who made me worse And I still hate you I still hate you Come to the night Oh, you’re so bright Oh if you tried And even if you died I’d still hate you
10.	Halloween 00:56	lyrics	buy track
I don’t celebrate Halloween anymore Even though it’s my birthday, which just means I’m Satan's whore Drank too much dressed up as slutty Virgin Mary My married friend tried to kiss me, and christians always hate me I can’t have fun anymore without causing myself harm I stumbled home and slept in my neighbors yard There are so many shitty people dressed up as better people So thanks for being nice when you found the Virgin Mary in your yard
11.	Contracts 03:29	lyrics	buy track
You're planting a garden in the yard your parents bought you Handing me some sunflower seeds, but that's not what I'm here to do I rip up your turnips in a fit of aggravation Why do you plant roots when you don't even want them Who gives a shit about fireworks we say as we watch them I bought you bedside tables, and you met my dad by accident We lit up a fat joint despite my paranoia When you said you couldn’t love me it was an annoyance Tear up your contracts and your expectations You can’t be alone but I think you’ve just learned to say that Make up your mind Make up your mind because it’s being made up for you You said you'd make me breakfast, but you want me to leave So I'm crying at the art museum staring at Modiglianis With broad strokes and longnecks, he broke all the rules But what does it matter if you don't tell the truth? I drive to your house because you're scared you hurt my feelings But you don't even know you're the one you are protecting You can lie to me all that you want But I hope this is something you will learn from Tear up your contracts and your expectations You can’t be alone, but I think you’ve just learned to say that Make up your mind Make up your mind because it’s being made up for you I was hoping you’d be nice to me for the rest of July I was hoping you’d be nice to me for the rest of July I was hoping you’d be nice to me for the rest of July I was hoping you’d be nice to me for the rest of July Tear up your contracts and your expectations You can’t be alone but I think you’ve just learned to say that Make up your mind Make up your mind Make up your mind
12.	Housewife 02:34	lyrics	buy track
I clean you house you don’t let me live in I clean you house you don’t let me live in I clean you house you don’t let me live in I clean you house you don’t let me live in I don’t want to be here anymore And you don’t really seem to care But you don’t want a housewife You just want a wife But if this is what it’s like I think i would rather DIE Blah blah blah I clean you house you don’t let me live in I clean you house you don’t let me live in I clean you house you don’t let me live in I clean you house you don’t let me live in I don’t want to be here anymore And you don’t really seem to care But you don’t want a housewife You just want a wife But if this is what it’s like I think I would rather DIE I have already built a home You can’t bare to be alone I want to go back to my home You can’t bare the lose control I have already built a home You can’t bare to be alone I want to go back to my home You can’t bare the lose control// You always said you want someone You always said you want someone But I am here// I am here I am here AHHH
13.	Fuckboy Sadboy 02:18		buy track
14.	Wrapped Up 02:08	lyrics	buy track
It was gonna be a big night I was looking just right When my throat got real tight And I let out a sad sigh My sister says I could do better But I always follow the same patterns I feel like I’m such a fool I could never resist you Cause you’re wrapped up, and you always do your own thing I’m hung up, and I’ll never hear the phone ring I messed up, and I always make the same mistakes I throw up, and it always seems to end this way I never seem to think twice All the pills were just fine I never could sleep right That’s why I’m so fucking nice My sister says I could do better But i always follow the same patterns I feel like I’m such a fool I could never resist you Cause you’re wrapped up, and you always do your own thing I’m hung up, and I’ll never hear the phone ring I messed up, and I always make the same mistakes I throw up, and it always seems to end this way I just wanna to feel better I just wanna to feel better I just wanna to feel better I just wanna to feel better I guess I’m better off without you You’re wrapped up, and you always do your own thing I’m hung up, and I’ll never hear the phone ring I messed up, and I always make the same mistakes I throw up, and it always seems to end this way Cause you’re wrapped up, and you always do your own thing I’m hung up, and I’ll never hear the phone ring I messed up, and I always make the same mistakes I throw up, and it always seems to end this way
15.	Fades To Black 03:44	lyrics	buy track
Took too long to realize Your blood is just like mine Everybody looked inside And sat there mystified I could not recall the story But it’s drenched in common glory History chides silently I don’t remember anything It all fades to black It all fades to black Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault What the hell does this have to do with me? All the things that you don’t want to believe I was drunk at the archives Just finding piece of mind You don’t even know your crime And I wish I could walk straight lines Everybody is so high What a way to feel alive I end up just dead inside The only way to hide It all fades to black It all fades to black Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault What the hell does this have to do with me? All the things that you don’t want to believe It all fades to black It all fades to black It all fades to black It all fades to black Everyone swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault Everybody swears there’s something wrong But I wish it wasn’t all my fault What the hell does this have to do with me? All the things that you don’t want to believe It all fades to black It all fades to black
16.	Try 03:00	lyrics	buy track
I didn’t have a reason to dream of future seasons Or even a good reason to leave the house The square bugs on my balcony get caught up in my unmade sheets And i haven’t seen you in six weeks and have nothing to talk about Been thinking of the trying times and the easy ones I made so hard Been thinking of the trying times and the easy ones I made so hard I asked my mother if she was proud of me And all she could muster is I am sometimes And you are the challenger to be more profound But all i could muster is I will try Been thinking of the trying times and the easy ones I made so hard Been thinking of the trying times and the easy ones I made so hard Is it worse I am already trying my best Is it worse I am already trying my best Is it worse I am already trying my best Is it worse I am already trying my best
17.	I Remember 02:27	lyrics	buy track
I remember when we would walk together Now I’m so bitter, I’m trying to get better But you won’t give me anything to hold onto It’s as if it’s nothing to hold onto I remember when those opinions were mine Now I steal them from the New York Times I would say just anything to impress you You act as if nothing could impress you I remember everything you said And I know how it feels when it hits my chest And all my pent up anger has hardened to a cancer And now I am so bitter but I know i’m getting better At dismissing your entitlement, confronting my resenting You said I could be anything, but you treat me like I am nothing You said I could be anything, but you treat me like I am nothing

credits

released October 16, 2020

Vocals by Gabbie Watts
Harmonies by Emily Backus and Olivia Honey on 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17

Guitars/Bass/Synth by Gabbie Watts
Bells on "Crying at Taco Bell" by Stone Irvin
Drums by Emily Backus on 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16
Drums by Jared Pepper on 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14
Aux percussion by Paul Stevens on 3, 11

Most of the album was mixed by Gabbie Watts except
Jared Pepper mixed "Fuckboy Sadboy" and his drums
Stone Irvin mixed/mastered "Fades to Black"

Special thanks...

to Jared Pepper for all the positive feedback and mixing help
to Paul Stevens for being a mensch and the mixing help
to Stone Irvin for all the early ideas support and mixing help
to Adam Scott for listening to all the mixes 1000 times
to Mary Claire for letting me use her life for material
to Amy Cadence, Zack Fowler, and Claire Darling for being my music scene
to Charlotte Watts for shooting the visuals and dealing with the noise
to Judah Andrews who also had to deal with the noise
to my cats Jimmy and Josie
to Emily Backus and Olivia Honey for being the best pals a gal could have

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Gabbie Rotts Atlanta, Georgia

"A lot of unnecessary profanity"
- moms

"Each song on Gabbie Rotts is a liberating sing-along anthem you want to scream as you’re burning pictures of your ex in the backyard."
- Immersive ATL

"all of your songs are very short, and the audience screams at the end bc they’re so scary."
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