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Bus

by Begonia

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I recorded Bus in the same sessions as all the other songs for the Fear album but in the end when I was putting the track list together it just didn't seem to fit in with the other songs like I originally planned. This song has always held a special place in my heart though and I've been performing it live for a while so I'm super happy to be finally putting it out on it's own to help usher in the end of the Fear era for me. It's a song about going out with your friends to try and feel something which I wish I could do right now more than a lot of things... soooo it's kind of a party song and kind of a sad song haha...my favourite.

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She just needs to be alone
Too much talking on the phone
Paying for sticks and getting stoned
He wants to take somebody home
But he’s a dog without a bone
Selling things he never owned

Worked up a bad reputation
Calling out but never hanging on
Maybe you’re better staying home

But you don’t

Grabbing a bus on the weekend
Digging for change but it’s never enough
Out all night just to breathe in
Running away or just looking for love
All the space you try to fill in
It only leaves you in the dark
No more words left for speaking
Raising your hands to feel a spark

Smooth like a college kid in debt
Trying to bum a cigarette
Sometimes you quit then you forget
He moves like an arrow through the brush
Oh she knows she’s spotted

But he’s too sharp to the touch

Worked hard and now you’re flying
One day you’ll find yourself a ghost So free
But not like you had hoped

You’re not alone

Grabbing a bus on the weekend
Digging for change but it’s never enough
Out all night just to breathe in
Running away or just looking for love
All the space you try to fill in
It only leaves you in the dark
No more words left for speaking
Raising your hands to feel a spark

You work so hard and now you’re flying
One day you’ll find yourself a ghost
One day you’ll find yourself a ghost
One day you’ll find yourself a ghost
One day you’ll find yourself a ghost

Grabbing a bus on the weekend
Digging for change but it’s never enough
Out all night just to breathe in
Running away or just looking for love
All the space you try to fill in
It only leaves you in the dark

No more words left for speaking
Raising your hands to feel a spark

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released January 22, 2021

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Begonia Winnipeg, Manitoba

As Begonia, Alexa Dirks has blossomed into an indie pop powerhouse who feels like music’s best-kept secret to her fans.

New album Powder Blue is out Feb 24 on Birthday Cake Records.

Begonia has been nominated for a JUNO Award and longlisted for The Polaris Music Prize. Her music has been on numerous Netflix & Oprah Winfrey Network, and NPR named Begonia as one of 10 Artists You Need to Know.
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