PWR BTTM - Pageant Lyrics






Body says to my brain
"Jesus Christ, why don't you love me?
I've been feeling so ugly
Can you just be patient?"

Brain says to my body
"Baby you know that I'm sorry
And I swear to god I'm trying
I just don't know how to change"

What kind of pageant is this?
Why the hell have I been acting like this?
What kind of pageant is this?
Why the hell have I been acting like this?

Body says to my brain
"I am going on vacation
And you know I love you baby
I've just gotta get away"

Brain says to my body
"Jesus Christ you are so lovely
And we're all each other's got, babe
I just don't know how to change"

What kind of pageant is this?
Why the hell have I been acting like this?
What kind of pageant is this?
Why the hell have I been acting like this?
What kind of pageant is this?
Why the hell have I been acting like this?
What kind of pageant is this?
Why the hell have I been acting like this?





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  1. K.... ....

    Dang, this album is really good

  2. T.... W....

    FOR ALL THOSE WHO JUST STUMBLED UPON THIS BAND:
    As from probably reading the other comments, there is a lot of blurry and unclear controversy surrounding this band with very little actual evidence. That being said, no one should ever condone inappropriate behavior especially the types of actions that were accused of this band. Assault allegations should NEVER be taken as a joke and it should be said without question that consent is always high priority with any relationship. That set aside, no one really knows to the full extent on what actually happened here and we might never know. One thing everyone should do though is to separate art from artist and enjoy what was made, especially with a band that has such an influential impact on the LGBT music community. Enjoy and connect with the messages being said instead of hating a band because of a two year old controversy that we still don't know weather or not is 100 percent factual.

  3. C.... C....

    Extraterrestrial Pagan? 25:59 Also, a bagel and lox with schmear is indeed delicious.

  4. b.... ....

    It’s crazy to think how this was right before society began to use the Hashtag MeToo. They would be more MIA if that was the case.

  5. C.... R....

    this is the most beautiful thing ive heard in a very long time

  6. R.... A....

    Anyone have a link??? The forgotten album

    R.... A....

    https://www.reddit.com/r/pwrbttm/comments/9we5uc/pageant_download_link/

  7. A.... ....

    Despite the controversy, I still miss them. I listen to this at least once a month when I’m feeling down.

  8. E.... ....

    Any1 got a dl link or something x) ✌️

    E.... ....

    search "download off youtube" and you'll find a bunch of ways to do it

  9. U.... ....

    The delivery of "When you are queer, you are always 19", absolutely kills me every time.

  10. J.... C....

    I need an easy way to download this onto my phone help

    J.... C....

    youtube to mp3

    J.... C....

    I want to download just individual songs but I cant seem to find many of them anywhere!

    J.... C....

    @Collin St. John same!

  11. R.... t....

    Man. I'll never get to see them in concert. I'll never get an autograph, and we'll never get another album, all because somebody had regrets over a past sexual encounter. The world is fucked and I'm mad.

  12. D.... D....

    They're just gay they might be giants... Awesome

  13. H.... M....

    Pure gold

  14. A.... ....

    I just want them to come back ughhhhh I’m so conflicted but I loved their music too damn much 😭😭😭

    A.... ....

    Dude seriously!!! Something about their music is so comforting. First rock band I've absolutely loved in a long long time. I wish the controversy could just be settled so I can know how to feel.

    A.... ....

    Hudson Meador yeah like when I found them I thought to myself “Wow a band I can listen through my teen years that’s queer focused and has really good songs”

  15. i.... l....

    They better fucking make more music after the legal stuff is figured out, or at least try to get Pageant back to water us dehydrated house plants

  16. S.... D....

    This makes me so mad. Callout culture is so stupid. There is literally no proof. I need them to reunite, they still have fans and we will support them 😍😍

  17. F.... F....

    Omg I just wish I could download it

  18. �.... �....

    for me is one of the best rock albums of the decade!!!

  19. M.... D....

    I haven't been this caught off guard by an album since Weezer's first. I don't want to spoil this by knwoing the details of the"controversy".

  20. i.... a....

    pet pagan

  21. L.... T....

    I keep coming back to this album. It's so comforting and honest ❤️

  22. A.... M....

    This album is near if not perfect. Should of never pulled it off iTunes.

  23. C.... ....

    YES FINALLY I CAN LISTEN AGAIN

  24. S.... D....

    Pageant"

    Body says to my brain
    "Jesus Christ, why don't you love me?
    I've been feeling so ugly
    Can you just be patient?"

    Brain says to my body
    "Baby you know that I'm sorry
    And I swear to god I'm trying
    I just don't know how to change"

    What kind of pageant is this?
    Why the hell have I been acting like this?
    What kind of pageant is this?
    Why the hell have I been acting like this?

    Body says to my brain
    "I am going on vacation
    And you know I love you baby
    I've just gotta get away"

    Brain says to my body
    "Jesus Christ you are so lovely
    And we're all each other's got, babe
    I just don't know how to change"

    What kind of pageant is this?
    Why the hell have I been acting like this?
    What kind of pageant is this?
    Why the hell have I been acting like this?
    What kind of pageant is this?
    Why the hell have I been acting like this?
    What kind of pageant is this?
    Why the hell have I been acting like this?

    "Oh, Boy"

    Oh, boy
    Do you wanna come over in an hour?
    You may leave a sour taste in my mouth

    Oh, boy
    Do you wanna be my lover?
    I would love you, and I'd love you, and I'd love you, and I'd never recover

    Don't you know how much I suffer?
    Don't you know how much I suffer?
    Don't you know how much I suffer?

    Oh, boy
    Can you tell I am trying?
    If you die, then I will die a trillion times

    Oh, boy
    It feels like I am dying
    Stay with me an hour and I'll be fine

    Don't you know how much I suffer?
    Don't you know how much I suffer?
    Don't you know?

    "New Trick"

    Good day, nice to meet you I guess
    Not trying to cause a big scene
    I'm not exactly a boy in a dress
    But thank you, I know what you mean

    Do you wanna ask me something?
    Do you wanna look at me?
    Do you wanna ask me something?
    Open me up and see

    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You're gonna be so good at it
    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You'll think it's so funny that you thought you couldn't do it

    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You're gonna be so good at it
    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You'll think it's so funny that you thought you couldn't do it

    Do you wanna ask me something?
    See the way you look at me
    It's all gonna be fine
    If you just stop staring you'll be able to see

    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You're gonna be so good at it
    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You'll think it's so funny that you thought you couldn't do it

    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You're gonna be so good at it
    Do you wanna learn a new trick?
    You'll think it's so funny that you thought you couldn't do it

    "Wash"

    I pretend to wash my hands again
    Again again, again again
    But you know I just can't
    I can't I can't, I can't I can't

    Don't tease me
    I just can't take it
    Don't tease me
    I just can't fake it

    I pretend to be your friend again
    Again again, again again
    But you know I just can't
    I can't I can't, I can't I can't

    Don't tease me
    I can't take it
    Don't tease me
    I just can't fake it

    "Kids' Table"

    I took a bite of my everything bagel
    With cream cheese, tomato, red onion, and lox
    Got on a train at a station
    Got off in the city and walked a few blocks
    Went to a room where a woman with Joy in her name shot my face with a light
    A light so intense and specific it burned up the hairs and they fell out tonight

    I'm starting to move more like a fish in the sea than a train on a track
    Glued to my seat from the kid's table
    I'm learning to walk with a chair on my back

    I took a selfie with God and they told me they get kind of lonely on top of the sky
    But when I said, "Come by for dinner," they vanished at once and they never said why

    I'm starting to move more like a fish in the sea than a train on a track
    Glued to my seat from the kid's table
    I'm learning to walk with a chair on my back

    I'm starting to move more like a fish in the sea than a train on a track
    Glued to my seat from the kid's table
    With a chair on my back

    "Big Beautiful Day"

    There are men in every town who live to bring you down
    Make themselves feel bigger making you feel small
    My advice is to look incredible
    As you make their lives regrettable by being your damn self
    God, it's so exhausting

    Curse that motherfucker who would spit upon another's body
    Who the hell gave you the right to tell me that I'm wrong
    Curse every one of you who tells me that I cannot be who I want
    Ain't no fucking way you'll fuck up my big beautiful day

    There are men everywhere who cannot help but stare
    When they see you 'cause they cannot understand
    Within those men there are boys who have never had the choice
    But to grow up and be scared to be your friend
    Jesus Christ, let's help them

    Curse that motherfucker who would spit upon another's body
    Who the hell gave you the right to tell me that I'm wrong
    Curse every one of you who tells me that I cannot be who I want
    Ain't no fucking way you'll fuck up my big beautiful day
    My day

    "Styrofoam"

    I dreamed I was a wet patch on the concrete
    Evaporating in the morning sun
    It felt so nice to sit there doing nothing whatsoever
    As whatever held me together came undone

    I woke up and my body was my body
    It looked like candy and it felt like styrofoam
    And if I could I'd take it off
    Take a walk around the block
    Since I'm stuck here, I guess I'll call it home

    Daydream of a girl who looks just like me
    Or at least the way I'd look if I were her
    I think about the way that she would feel to be
    And I think it might feel right but I'm not sure

    I wake up and my body is my body
    It looks like candy and it feels like styrofoam
    And if I could I'd take it off
    Take a walk around the block
    Since I'm stuck here, I guess I'll make it home
    Home, home, home

  25. S.... D....

    "Silly"

    I can not sit still
    Never have and never will
    Always running like a kid
    So afraid of what I did

    Always ringing like a bell
    So afraid to try and yell
    I find quiet oh so strange
    I love you too much I'm afraid

    Was I silly to love you with the force of my heart
    When that's queer and alive and so sad from the start
    Silly to think that you would ever change

    Was I silly to love you with the force of my heart
    When that's queer and alive and so sad from the start
    Silly to think that you would ever change

    Silly to think you'd change
    Gotta hope that I change
    Silly to think you'd change

    "Answer My Text"

    I sweat out seven pounds in water weight
    Just asking for your number
    When you gave it to me I went home
    And waited a couple hours, like the magazines all told me
    Then I sent you some emojis
    And a funny joke from that TV show you said that you like

    And that was eight hours ago
    And now everyone I know is either
    Fast asleep or staring at their phone
    I don't really care exactly what we do together
    Cause it's probably better than sleeping alone

    Answer my text you dick
    Or call me up and tell me that you're coming over
    I'll clean up my room so quick
    Answer my text you dick
    Maybe something I said before just wasn't right
    Or maybe your heart's on silent mode tonight
    On silent mode tonight

    Well you wrote me back eventually and took me to a movie
    You said it was a date, but I'm not sure if you were serious
    I act like I know what I'm doing and all my friends see through me
    It felt so cool when we got home late and made my parents furious

    But then you left again and I just felt confused and nerdy
    My teenage angst will be with me well into my thirties
    It always feels like there's something I don't know
    And as I watch you drive away, I'm screaming out my window

    Answer my text you dick
    Or call me up and tell me that you're coming over
    I'll clean up my room so quick
    Answer my text you dick
    Maybe something I said before just wasn't right
    Or maybe your heart's on silent mode tonight

    "LOL"

    I know that I'm always wrong
    Laughing at me, you were laughing along
    I didn't know you could take such a shape

    I know that I am naive
    And when I see you my heart is 19
    I didn't know you could take such a shape

    You know many things break
    I don't know what to say
    Ooh, ooh

    I know that I'm always wrong
    Laughing at me, I thought I belonged
    I didn't know you could take such a shape

    I know that I am naive
    When you are queer, you are always 19
    I didn't know you could take such a shape

    You know many things break
    I don't know what to say

    So I'm laughing out loud
    Laughing out loud, laughing out loud
    Laughing out loud

    "Won't"

    I won't say that you're selfish
    I won't say that you are unkind
    I won't say that you're helpless
    I won't say that you didn't try
    I won't say that you're evil
    I won't say that you are alright
    I won't say you're deceitful
    I won't say that you're on my mind

    Take pity upon me, I know honesty is a virtue
    Take pity upon me, I won't lie if it will hurt you

    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you

    Take pity upon me, I know honesty is a virtue
    Take pity upon me, I won't lie if it will hurt you
    But my god, life's real all the time, woah

    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you
    I won't say I don't love you

    "Now Now"

    I'm gonna beat myself up for beating myself up
    I'm gonna take my lunch money for beating myself up
    I'm gonna go blast off to the moon for beating myself up
    I'm gonna send myself to my room for beating myself up
    (Yeah, yeah)

    When are you gonna do that?
    Now!
    Hey wait, when are you gonna do that?
    Now!
    When are you gonna do that?
    Now!
    I think I'll do it now, now, now, now, now, now, now

    I'm gonna kick myself out of my house for beating myself up
    (Anyway, what I was saying was that)
    I'm probably gonna send myself a strongly worded e-mail
    (Oh my god!)
    For beating myself up

    When are you gonna do that?
    Now!
    When are you gonna do that?
    Now!
    When are you gonna do that?
    Now!
    (Give it to me!)
    Now, now
    (Just do it)
    Now, now, now, now

    "Sissy"

    Why does every boy on the street have something to tell me?
    Why does every boy on the street have something to say?
    Why does every man in a suit have something to sell me?
    And what would I give just to make them all go away?

    Cause I'm a big bad sissy
    And I'm gonna make you listen when I sing
    Cause I'm a big bad sissy
    And I'm gonna make you listen when I sing

    And who would I be if they never had taken my body?
    Drawn a blue box around it and put a toy gun in my hand
    Would I get such a thrill out of being so girly and naughty?
    Would I be so determined to be anything but a man?

    Now I'm a big bad sissy
    And I'm gonna make you listen when I sing
    Cause I'm a big bad sissy
    And I'm gonna make you listen when I sing

    In boots and my favorite dress
    On the way back from the bar
    I forgot how to shut up so I shouted back into the window of a passing car

    I'm beautiful and you can't take it
    I'm heavenly and you can't deal
    Roll your window up and keep on driving
    Hit me up when you know how to feel

  26. F.... A....

    Does anybody have a .zip file or download link?

  27. D.... S....

    Can't stop listening to this album what talent it's such a shame we can't even get an update on how they are doing

  28. F.... G....

    All the controversy aside, this is a good album honestly. Now Now! Is a fantastic track.

  29. H.... T....

    Man, what could have been...

    H.... T....

    Such wasted potential

    H.... T....

    agreed. They were about to go huge before everything went downhill so quickly

  30. i.... l....

    I wish this was on Spotify. I wish this band would put out some new music. I wish people respected them enough to let their art be itself and let this great album exist as if it was normal. I just found this band and I need to know more about them if they're still together as of now. I hope they put out some more music, because it'd be a huge waste for this great band to disappear and the talent wasted. No one will probably reply to this anyway... sigh.

    i.... l....

    Look @ Zygma's comment. Do that.

    i.... l....

    It makes me sad too, it's such an underappreciated album. Just one more album would make me happy

  31. Z.... ....

    I’d happily rip this and you should too. If your conflicted with the controversy and all, I say separate the art from the artist. And, when the only way you can get this album is to rip it, you’re not supporting the band anyways, so go for it.

    Z.... ....

    Zygma I couldn't agree more

    Z.... ....

    Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Jim Morrison, Gary Glitter. All make great music but have questionable pasts

  32. R.... ....

    All the shit was false, this should still still be available today.

    R.... ....

    You have absolutely no idea

    R.... ....

    Do you?

    R.... ....

    Garrett Hunt they admitted it

    R.... ....

    eughmanuel link to information please!

    R.... ....

    Garrett Hunt https://twitter.com/pwrbttmband/status/862723031990513665?s=21 i had misinterpreted this tweet as ben very vaguely admitting to having relations with the victim, but not wanting to make it clear at all. they wouldn’t open up an email address so for no one, in fact they called them survivors. but again looking into their updated statement, they negate themselves as they decide the email is helpless and ben didn’t commit sexual assault by their perspective. in the second statement, it’s very helpless and frustrating how they approach their goal in al this as totally impossible. My bad Garrett, but I don’t know how they want their fans to know when they haven’t communicated anything in way over a year.

  33. H.... ....

    Its absurd how their label dropped them... there has been tons of controversial musicians that would have still been supported but obviously a queer group that defiantly wont become mainstream soon isnt bring the label enough money so it is easier to drop them and the waves they were making

  34. K.... W....

    What I don't understand about these sexual allegations is that nothing is proven. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

    K.... W....

    people keep mentioning how others “were aware of everything” as proof, but they seem to forget that they *aware of the allegations* which still does not prove any mentioned action

    K.... W....

    that they were...*

    K.... W....

    Mijael Maratuech yeah, but when it's an admission from within the band, especially she there's only two members... it's tough to push aside that kind of thing as just someone saying something shit, you know?

    K.... W....

    This does not seem to meet your names policy hmm, I get where you're coming from. In a situation where you're reputation is on the line it would be easy to just throw someone under the bus to protect yourself. But it's hard to believe. I really think it's a loooot more likely that Liv knew what was going on and when push came to shove she knew she couldn't defend her bandmate. I guarantee admitting what she did was probably one of the hardest decisions she's ever had to make. I could be wrong though, who knows. It's a really tough situation.

  35. G.... ....

    Silly 00:00
    Answer My Text 02:34
    LOL 05:22
    Won't 08:08
    Now Now 10:28
    Sissy 12:52
    Pageant 15:16
    Oh, Boy 17:43
    New Trick 20:33
    Wash 22:59
    Kids' Table 25:45
    Big Beautiful Day 28:05
    Styrofoam 30:55

  36. S.... ....

    Society today: guilty until proven innocent. Maybe I should start this new thing too, and start accusing everyone of sexual assault. Youtube, how dare you sexually assault me?

  37. t.... ....

    The first song has the funniest connotation with the history surrounding the album's release

  38. T.... ....

    Lets all hope that this doesn’t get taken down

  39. A.... F....

    When will they be playing at the Roadhouse ?

  40. A.... H....

    Thank you for this upload. Regardless of controversy, this is a very important album that everyone should listen to.

    A.... H....

    Andrew Hilbert what's important about it?

    A.... H....

    Andrew Hilbert this album is a fucking masterpiece.

    A.... H....

    they had a really strong message but then Ben went and ruined it