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"Belly Ache" is a song about liking somebody (so so so much) even though they don't like you back. It's about wanting to tell them how you feel but being afraid. And it's also about being insecure and queer and awkward. So, essentially it's the oldest story in the book. I co-wrote it with a friend of mine way back in my sophomore year of high school and ended up recording it the following year. I released that version of "Belly Ache" in 2020. This is that same song y'all know and love but rearranged and spiced up a bit!

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Lyrics:

it starts like this in a room so heavy
in a living room that feels like it don’t welcome me
my boots are tied in
my legs are crossed
this is what being alive costs

i got this melody in my mind that keeps me up at night
i have this urge to love her
but she don’t treat me right
my boots are tied in
my legs are crossed
this is what being alive costs

but i got this silly little belly ache
that i think is movin’ to my brain
i wanna tell ya
tell ya the truth, babe
i got this silly little belly ache
and i know is movin’ to my brain
wish i tell ya
tell ya the truth, babe

you’re an angel from a higher world
but i’m feelin’ like i won’t be enough
you got me stutterin’ every time you walk
and i’m starin’ at your lips every time you talk
and this is where it starts

i got this feelin’ that you come with more than i know
but that’s okay ’cause i’m sure that i just want you to know
that i’m in
i’m in i’m in i’m in for the long run

you have a heart that fills me like a balloon
and i would float for miles just to hear a tune that sounds
that sounds sounds sounds like you

but i got this silly little belly ache
that i swear is moving to my brain
i have tell ya
tell ya the truth babe
but i got this silly little belly ache
and it’s settin’ up in my brain
i will tell ya
tell ya the truth babe
you’re an angel from a higher world
but i’m feelin’ like i won’t be enough
you got me stutterin’ every time you walk
and i’m starin’ at your lips every time you talk
and this is where it

oh
oh
oh
oh

baby i got this silly little belly ache
and baby it’s migratin’ into a very gratin’ migraine
’cause baby my brain has a little belly ache

so the roses will bloom
every time i’m with you
and the sun and the moon
it makes up all that you are
’cause i do
want to
love you
this belly ache has conquered my brain
but not much more than you

’cause i just feel like the roses will bloom
every time i’m with you
look at the sun and the moon girl
it makes up all that you are
’cause i do
want to
love you
this belly ache has conquered my brain
but not much more than you

no
no more than you
you know that nothing’s more than
more than you

credits

from Songs to the Monster Under My Bed, released May 1, 2021
Mirabai Kukathas (she/they) - lyrics, melody, vocals
LASH (she/her) - lyrics
Zoser Dunbar (he/him) - electric guitar
Grafton Downs (he/him) - bass
Olivia Green (she/her) - drums (arrangement)
Matt "Sabyu" Sablan (he/him) - drums (recording), keys, production

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