PEGGY Reveals Debut EP 'DEAR READER' | Complete Lyrics List

PEGGY, an indie-pop artist from Michigan, has been captivating audiences with her enchanting music since her viral debut single "Fictional Men" in 2021. After attending Berklee College of Music and majoring in music therapy, PEGGY began releasing her music independently, quickly gaining attention for her unique sound and lyrical depth.

Her debut EP, "Dear Reader," released by Nettwerk Music Group in early 2024, is a collection that embodies PEGGY’s personal sanctuary through sound. It was crafted with the help of notable collaborators such as Bram Inscore and Andrew Tufano.

(Watch 'ALICE' Music Video below)

FEMININE RAGE

[Verse 1]
Athena cursed Medusa just because
She deemed her suddenly impure
Athena cursed Medusa just to spite Poseidon
And settle her scores

Poseidon didn’t learn a thing
In fact I’m not so sure he even cared
Then Athena cursed medusa to a life of taming snakes
Within her hair

[Chorus]
Anne Boleyn and Antoinette
Did they deserve to lose their heads
Or was it just wish of angry men

Ophelia was driven mad
No shit her lover killed her dad
Just so you know I’d probably do the same
And you wonder why
There’s so much feminine rage

[Verse 2]
Helen was abducted just because she was the object of a man
And Circe was abandoned
Cause her father never cared to understand

Each version of the story
Feels like men get all the glory, in the end then
Then we grow up and read about em
And villainize the victims in our heads

Romeo and Juliet, she wasn’t even 14 yet
Her father tried to marry her away

Persephone was forced to go, to live with Hades down below
And in the end it’s her who took the blame

In every story ever told, it always ends the same

[Chorus]
Anne Boleyn and Antoinette
Did they deserve to lose their heads
Or was it just wish of angry men

Ophelia was driven mad
No shit her lover killed her dad
Just so you know I’d probably do the same
And you wonder why
There’s so much feminine rage

ALICE

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a haze, nothing on her brain
Full of empty smiles, they'll say sit and stay a while
Her head up in the clouds, where has she gone now?
Then Alice took a fall into the rabbit hole
So the story goes

[Chorus]
Alice, Alice, heart and soul fell into a rabbit hole
Dreamers dream until they don't
Lost her mind a while ago
Alice, Alice, don't you know?

Wonderland was all a hoax
Made it up so she could go
Madder than a hatter Alice broke

[Verse 2]
Alice stayed at home, losing track of time
Staring at the ceiling, she escaped into her mind
Like the cheshire cat, the ceiling fades to black
And in her mind she'll drown
As she chased the rabbit down, down, down

[Chorus]
Alice, Alice, heart and soul fell into a rabbit hole
Dreamers dream until they don't
Lost her mind a while ago
Alice, Alice, don't you know?

Wonderland was all a hoax
Made it up so she could go
Madder than a hatter Alice broke
Alice, Alice, heart and soul fell into a rabbit hole
Dreamers dream until they don't
Lost her mind a while ago
Alice, Alice, don't you know?

Wonderland was all a hoax
Made it up so she could go
Madder than a hatter Alice broke
(Madder than a hatter, Alice
Madder than a hatter, Alice)

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MESS

[Verse 1]
I always smile but it doesn't reach my eyes
And I'm forgetful but I promise that I try
It's a curse and a blessing
The way that I'm never resting
My mind's always moving much faster than my mouth
I know what to say but it never comes out right
You know what I mean, right? (You know what I mean, right? No)

[Pre-Chorus]
This party is too loud
The noise makes me stressed out
I know (I know, I know, I know)
Oh, I know

[Chorus]
I'm a mess
But that doesn't make me less than you
I'm naive
But still I wish the best for you
And I may make mistakes that I shouldn't at my age
I know I'm not incompetent
But, damn, you make me feel that way

[Post-Chorus]
You make me feel that way, you makе me feel that way
You make me feel that way, ah
Ah

[Verse 2]
Somеtimes my own room is the safest that I feel
And nothing around me feels like it's real
I sit alone in a panic, there's always something I'm forgetting
I always remember the strangest things I've said
When I'm alone at night in my bed
And my head is a choir, and my only desire is for silence, shh

[Pre-Chorus]
And my thoughts are racing
The fear I keep chasing
I know
(Oh, I know)

[Chorus]
I'm a mess
But that doesn't make me less than you
I'm naive
But still I wish the best for you
And I may make mistakes that I shouldn't at my age
I know I'm not incompetent
But, damn, you make me feel that way

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FLIGHT RISK

[Verse 1]
I’ve never been good at staying in place
As soon as I land I’m packing a new suitcase
One missing sock, travel shampoo
Every weekend a different bedroom
How do I break it to you

[Chorus]
I’m a flight risk
Don’t know how you missed my name
No fly list
But I’m not gonna miss my plane
Since the first date, I was packing
Left my luggage, in the backseat
Of a taxi, no I don’t know why
I’m like this
I’m a flight risk

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I feel, a little bit lame
Watching you stand, alone at baggage claim
But I cut you a break, by cutting you off
Cause I got a discount on booking.com
And I’m gonna use it
Whether you like it or not

[Chorus]
I’m a flight risk
Don’t know how you missed my name
No fly list
But I’m not gonna miss my plane
Since the first date, I was packing
Left my luggage, in the backseat
Of a taxi, no I don’t know why
I’m like this
I’m a flight risk

[Bridge]
I’ll be leaving, soon as I’m there
Got my reasons, promise I care
I’m just scared to let you see me, like this
I’m a flight risk

[Chorus]
I’m a flight risk
Don’t know how you missed my name
No fly list
But I’m not gonna miss my plane
Since the first date, I was packing
Left my luggage, in the backseat
Of a taxi, no I don’t know why
I’m like this
I’m a flight risk

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30 SECONDS LOVE STORY

[Verse 1]
Contemplating
Saying hello
It’s irritating
How much you don’t know
Just a stranger who boards the train
Before I get to say, anything
Now I’m thinking
Devising a plan of what I might say
If we ever met, hey how are you
I know you don’t know me, but
Would you like to

[Chorus]
Yeah this happens every day
I fall in love with a different face
And tonight you’ll be miles away
But I cannot quiet my mind
Something different something new
I spend my whole life in a moment with you
Just a glimpse of a future
That’s not meant to happen

But for 30 seconds
I’d like to imagine

[Verse 2]
I think I read once
Maybe online that butterflies are
Just warning signs
But you got me in disarray
And I feel them anyways

[Chorus]
Yeah this happens every day
I fall in love with a different face
And tonight you’ll be miles away
But I cannot quiet my mind
Something different something new
Spend my whole life in a moment with you
Just a glimpse of a future
That’s not meant to happen

But for 30 seconds
I’d like to imagine

[Bridge]
There are millions of people and millions of lifetimes
And maybe in one of them, I found my voice
And I told you I liked you, and then came for coffee
In 5 years we’re married, a house and a family
Then I snap out of it, realize I’m crazy
And watch your train pass me by

[Chorus]
Yeah this happens every day
I fall in love with a different face
And tonight you’ll be miles away
And I’ll push you out of my mind
Something different something new
I spent my whole life in a moment with you
And I saw the future
Was fun while it lasted
It was just 30 seconds
But still I imagined

DEAR READER

[Verse 1]
This must be what the poets talk about
You read me like nobody else
This is different I can tell

This must be what the dreamers dream about
You pulled me off the pages
Been waiting for ages for you to arrive

[Chorus]
Let me be the Wendy to your Peter Pan
Paint me like the sky touch down in never land
Baby will you come back when the story ends?
Promise that you’ll read me
Read me again

[Verse 2]
This must be what writers write about
Can’t you see you’re my Mr. Darcy
And I’m Lizzy Bennet
We’re fated to happen

[Chorus]
So just imagine that I’m Wendy
You’re my Peter Pan (you’re my Peter Pan)
Paint me like the sky touch down in Neverland
Baby will you come back when the story ends?
Promise that you’ll read me
Read me again

[Bridge]
Stories end and pages fold
And over time our story’s told
But we’ll stay young between ink and pen as they read it
Again and again and again and again

[Chorus]
I’m the Wendy to your Peter Pan
Paint me like the sky touch down in Neverland
Baby will you come back when the story ends?
Promise that you’ll read me
Promise that you’ll read me (promise that you’ll read me)

[Chorus]
I’m the Wendy to your Peter Pan
Paint me like the sky touch down in Neverland
Baby will you come back when the story ends?
Promise that you’ll read me
Read me again

[Post-Chorus]
Promise that you’ll read me
Read me again

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