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Lessons from the Playground

by Stephanie Floresca

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1.
Pretty Girls 01:41
Back even before I hit my teens, I found that everything came easy to all those pretty girls that wrote me off for playing the sports that could break my nails see I was the tomboy with the scuffed up vans and they met up on weekends to get their fake tans and talked behind my back but I was kinder than that and let everything pass my way and the boys all thought that I was weird too because I traded walking in heels for skills I could actually use and when they introduced me to skateboarding back then they were jealous cause I learned how to kickflip before them. but I get the last laugh cause look at us now look how we turned out good looks are a commodity but beauty isn’t everything and it doesn’t make much sense to wake up 3 hours early just to put on too much makeup. and you can call me what you want now but I’m not the one who ended up pregnant, bulimic, or hooked on hard drugs.
2.
Worth It 03:09
I can be your friend, I can be your love I can be all of the above but I won't be a second choice. I can be your sun and I can be your rain I can be your drizzle, your hurricane. as long as I'm the first you're thinking of. If you're in it for the long run, I'll tell you straight It's not gonna be smooth sailing everyday I'll love you tomorrow like I love you today I'll love you in 50 years like I loved you yesterday and no disagreement can take that away. And come the fall, well it'll just be a season They come and go, but what won't is the feeling of your hand in mine. I can't be your past, but I can be your now I can be the reason you love this town. and write the next song stuck in your head. I can make you laugh, I can make you smile make you wanna stay here with me for a while and never wanna get up and leave me hanging I can't promise everything will be perfect I can't promise everything will be perfect I can't promise everything will be perfect but I can promise it'll be worth it
3.
Aeroplane 01:03
I’ve never been comfortable sitting on an aeroplane or gotten sleep as a passenger on a moving train I’ve got these underdeveloped sea legs to blame but I’d see this scene all over again. sometimes I forget about the significance of all the seemingly insignificant. sometimes It’s hard to keep up a good conscience when you have to be careful and cautious be kind. be faithful, be smart, and you’ll be fine. daily smiles to strangers baby I’ll be bringing it back I’ll write questions that no one will find on hidden train tracks I won’t say I’ll keep promises when I know I can’t. but I’ll be honest when I say I can. sometimes I forget about the significance of all the seemingly insignificant. sometimes It’s hard to keep up a good conscience when you have to be careful and cautious be kind. be faithful, be smart, and you’ll be fine.
4.
Videogames 02:40
Twenty-five cents in my back pocket to continue to level thirty-four. I call Galaga a talent cause I've spent five bucks to be eighth on the leader board. If I could, I'd go back and restart this whole game. You and I would be together the alphabet would never be the same. Old school Nintendo thousands of IMs i've sent you I've beaten these games so many times I choose Yoshi and Kirby Super Smash Brother Derby and Crash Bandicoot with 2D lines. I say that I control this world- but you control mine One day, we can sell your Pokemon cards for lots of cash Your action figures like Squirtle, Charmaner, Brock, Ash but if you don't wanna do that it's fine with me We can work your Neopets up to the highest degree and finally beat your friend in the end. So wait a minute the ball is in your court. NBA Live on PS3 should be a sport. Select, start, A, B, A, B baby is the code It's your choice to choose freeskate or career mode. So what's it gonna be- Her or me?
5.
I keep what's on the tip of my tongue on the inside so I'm not looking in from the outside wanting back in I sit, ipod in, calm and steady I collect myself when im about ready to ruin everything. and the lines are drawn so who's side are you on now? I forgive and forget but you're making me regret it now. and if I were you I'd be a lot less clueless about the talk going around there's talk going around and the ignorance of thinking that nothing's wrong will be confirmed in this song. only if you're willing to listen. I can tell you everything and do so gracefully only if you'd like to know. I dont think you get that maybe all of this is unnecessary it's like involuntarily taking the long way out. and I hate making excuses for not wanting to be around. keeping secrets without enough courage to say out loud. my fingers graze past overexposed photographs of when problems were foreign to me and every day I'm reminded that I don't have a shield around and that teenage drama's found me effortlessly.
6.
Skylar 02:36
front a fake smile for the camera lenses rolled solo with the consequences mouth shut, lips sealed and glued trying to get rid of the scent of you. bitten lip on the front porch step back convincing smile. faded, set back stood up clean, like nothing even happened hidden well, a somewhat self inflicted hell Oh Skylar no one wants to beat you up while you're down. Outsider. You don’t wanna open up but I'll be around. don’t you know that this is what bestfriends are for. this is what bestfriends are for. took the car out for a drive cause it's easy to forget that you’re still alive when you barely sleep and wake too late and try to make them proud for your parents sake You’re sick of hearing that we’ve been there done that but I’d do anything to get you to come back home come back home. hidden well, a somewhat self inflicted hell everyone needs space everyone needs space but I know when you’re not what you say and not okay. everyone needs space everyone needs space but I know when you’re not okay and you’re not okay. oh skylar you don’t have to say it I already know oh skylar you put on a poker face but I fold. don’t you know this is what best friends are for.
7.
14 Days 04:07
Today, I sat in the middle of the road at 4:07 AM waiting for an "I'm still here" maybe he's still sleeping maybe he's still dreaming, but I hope he's thinking of me. I'm selfish when I wanna be. no call, no text, no idea what's left as I look at the half lit sky. maybe we're too young maybe it's too late maybe I gave too much away at least we kind of tried baby, it's a 13 hour flight and in 2 hours I'll board this plane if I don't get to say goodbye before your eyes open awake I'd like to let you know I'll spend 2 weeks of my summer thousands of miles away. parallel to this dotted line. so you can cut right here it doesnt matter much where this oncoming car will steer. so won't you save me just once? it was the longest 2 weeks of my life and when I watched the little islands pass me by I thought of you and though there were others, I felt so incomplete. Ive got 13 hours til I get home to broken friends, and I told you sos. and of course, the watered down "i want you, I miss you, I miss you" it was 14 days of hell in such a beautiful place what a waste.
8.
Hello, I'm quite stunned but my friend's call me Stephanie. I'm really tripping on my own words and it's not reflecting the best of me. Mmhmm You say the room is pretty crowded and it's not really your scene I can tell by way you can't settle in that steel plated seat. Mmhmm Your voice is like the feeling of holding hands for the first time, and for a moment, everything's right. Like that. The way it melts into my ears is like the way I feel when I'm enveloped in strong arms or a warm fleece blanket. Like that. Could you sing me to sleep? It's never been hard to feign confidence until you stood right in front of me And like being at the top of a roller coaster, I'll never feel ready to talk to you. When I mustered up the courage, I took a deep breathe in and as I exhaled, I completely forgot that I existed. I stood there for a moment, all red in the face my heart almost ceased to beat when you said my name You make me wanna write 10 albums all about the way you make me feel like I'm the only one in the room When all eyes are on you.
9.
Chivalry 02:43
I'm not asking for roses, or for that matter a bouquet I'm not asking for "just because" presents on my doorstep everyday I'm not that girl. I'm not that girl. oh I'm not asking for roses or chocolate or for you to call me baby I'm not asking for diamond earrings, necklace, rings, expensive things but could you just be a bit more gentlemanly? or does this mark the death to chivalry? I'm not your personal chauffeur. Just someone to drive you around or a walking wallet. Always leave the check for me to count and I'm not down. I'm not so down.
10.
Here we go again Back to where we once began Baby there's no end Disputes to try to get us back I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorries aren't really cutting it right now 'Cause all I need right now is you Please justify All the reasons you want out Please tell me why we can't glue it back together I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorries aren't really cutting it right now 'Cause all I need right now is you Honey, I know that things are getting rough for us right now But this is the 3rd time in a row that you're breaking my heart, breaking me down And I need you to understand that I can leave the rest, but when it comes to you, baby I can't Well if you're gonna leave don't forget your car keys I'll help you out the door, 'cause you'll be running back to me That's just the way it's always been I hate the way you break all of your promises Just be honest with me Do you know what honest is? That's just the way it's always been.
11.
Nicotine 03:47
You're my nicotine screwing up my dopamine receptors I've got a light head, I know my right from left though I think we should test that for safe measure I can't get enough and I don't wanna touch ground again I'm so sorry that you had to see this side of me, but there's no use trying to pretend that I'm way too good for someone like you you're my nicotine except so much better for me and it makes it hard to stay focused but hey, you already know this and I'm not sure if I like how you can look right through me but baby when you look right at me I've gotta remember to breathe You're my nicotine and I'm addicted to the way you hold my hand it's new to have to reveal how you make me feel a way that not just anyone can And I just can't quit I get dizzy just thinking of the thought of you and it's hard for me to understand fully that this is something that I can't undo. You're my nicotine except so much better for me and it makes it hard to stay focused but hey, you already know this and I'm not sure if I like how you can look right through me but baby when you look right at me I've gotta remember to breathe It's always too soon, too much I don't want us to rush No one was as numb as I was Shied away from feelings dropped them and called them clingy I claimed that all the things he thought we had were untrue and then I met you. you're my nicotine except so much better for me and it makes it hard to stay focused but hey, you already know this and I'm not sure if I like how you can look right through me but baby when you look right at me I've gotta remember to breathe You're my nicotine.
12.
I would’ve back packed all across the globe just to find you only two hours away while I was living in LA breaking the hearts of the wrong ones I met before you since we met, I’ve changed threw expectations away and let everything come naturally so the moment I realized I had fallen for you I was already knee deep you are my best friend you’ll never be less than. I’ll stick with you until the very end. Oh Brandon you have the best of me
13.
roll your sleeves roll your sleeves up can I have your sweater, turn the heat up. oh god I’m scared, I'm gone. back to where I started from loosen up loosen up your tie feeling better? do you feel alright? oh god I know I'm indecisive back to the blueprints, bad timing. I’ll wait for you but I wont leave myself behind. you’ll be my anchor and steer me away from first divide. Close all my open wounds and I’ll trust you with this knife. maybe we can work if we try but you’ll cut me up in slow decline. take me down take me uptown he’s waiting for the moment when I’ll come around we’re built on careful persuasion and I’m stuck in synthetic suffocation. it’s a number it’s a number’s game dating is win, lose, aim, obtain but fishing for answers isn’t fun when I catch, release and run. love, love, love don’t count me out. words leaving battle scars on my mouth.

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About love, loss, and lessons learned.

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released March 21, 2013

Stephanie Floresca- Guitar/Ukulele/Vocals
Patrick Navarro- Guitar
John Aquino- Percussion
Both vocals on Love, Love, Love

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