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number one boy by mxmtoon

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mxmtoon

number one boy

Release date: 1st November 2024

From liminal space
Track 7
3:50
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About This Track

'number one boy' by mxmtoon is a 2024 alternative track from the album 'liminal space'. The lyrics frame a childhood-sized fantasy, built into a dollhouse and then measured against what somebody else thinks or feels, with the speaker questioning whether they will be seen the same way. A cold, sideways intimacy runs through lines like “in the blind spot of your heart”, as the focus shifts from expectation to disappointment, and from domestic construction to the cramped, moving space of the backseat of a car.

"number one boy" is a track by mxmtoon, from the album liminal space, released 1st November 2024. The track is 3:50 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about mxmtoon.

About the Artist

mxmtoon

mxmtoon

Lyrics

number one boy

Did you feel disappointed the summer that I was born?
Were you prayin' for blue skies and you got a pink storm?
And you built me a dollhouse, but I'm playin' with model trains
When you look at him, can you look at me the same?
Ooh, in the blind spot of your heart
The backseat of your car
Screamin' over the radio
Ooh, breathin' hard on the glass
Leavin' messages on the window
Hopin' maybe you would come and ask me
"Did you wanna go out?"
"Did you wanna play catch?"
Can I tell you how my day was?
That I did well in class?
Sit on the couch
Share a split screen
I'll be your player two
But I really wanna be
Your number one boy
Your number one boy
I'm a country away, but I still learn to play your favorite songs
In the hope that I can sing 'em long after you're gone
Ooh, in the blind spot of your heart
The backseat of your car
Screamin' over the radio
Ooh, breathin' hard on the glass
Leavin' messages on the window
Hopin' maybe you would come and ask me
"Did you wanna go out?"
"Did you wanna play catch?"
Can I tell you how my day was?
That I did well in class?
And sit on the couch
Share a split screen
I'll be your player two
But I really wanna be
Your number one boy
Your number one boy
(Your number one boy)
In another place, in another time
I could see your face through my brother's eyes
When I'm needing you, even still you stand
Holdin' out your hand
(Your number one boy)
In another place, in another time
I could see your face through my brother's eyes
When I'm needing you, even still you stand
Holdin' out your hand

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Track details

From liminal space

3:502024
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Album
liminal space
liminal space
mxmtoon
1st November 2024
Track number
7
Release year
2024
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  3. 3rain
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  4. 4elevator
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Alex O’Shaughnessy, Chloe Kraemer, mxmtoon
    Producer
    Carrie K, Chloe Kraemer
    Drums
    Carrie K
    Vocals
    mxmtoon
    Bass Guitar
    Julie Melucci
    Electric Guitar
    Julie Melucci
    Mastering Engineer
    Heba Kadry - هبة قدري
    Mixing Engineer
    Laura Sisk
    Piano
    Chloe Kraemer
    Programmer
    Chloe Kraemer
    Strings
    Chloe Kraemer
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