Symbol Manipulation (Official Music Video) - Penelope Scott

'Fear Of God', the new album, is out now everywhere: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pen... Vinyl & CDs: https://shop.penelopescott.com/ Edited by Michael Pilato and Penelope Scott Directed by Hannah Klein Special thanks to all the artists who gave permission to use their work in this video: Frankie Fey @frankie.fey Satrio Yudho Pratomo @yudho.xyz UNTRUST US @1_800_untrust_us Chesuqi @chesuqi Drezzdon @drezzdon Lyrics: Call it symbol manipulation And what else is left to say when Sex is codified and math is felt Everything’s touching everything else Flip a pattern, fit it in somewhere new Sometimes I wish there was something else I knew how to do I want to sort right, I want to parse good I want to scrap it all and move to a new neighborhood I always want someone like you To see how well I studied I am a perfect girlfriend For someone who doesn’t know me What if the thing I love to do Is not the thing I’m good at What if I’m not in love at all? What if I’m just proficient? Call it symbol manipulation What is left to investigate when All I can do is love in terms of more Of the same loves I already loved before I imagine that I’d impress you If you got to know me I would be the best and you Would see the pattern, the manic vision The thing that made me weird when I was a kid Maybe I won’t know it when I see it But I really think I will Maybe I’m a naive little girl But I want to let it kill me I move the pieces on the board But I don’t know where I’m supposed to go I want the soul behind the symbol to manipulate me Call it symbol manipulation Call it pushing the food around your plate again Call me a genius, call it fate Call me on the phone and ask me on a date (um) I don’t know what I really love When he looks at me I see through his eyes Not his fault, it’s not mine either My precious consciousness fractures in the ether I always want someone like him To see how well I studied I am a perfect mirror image Of someone who loves me Maybe I don’t love him I want to do the thing he does Maybe I don’t love what I do, I just want him to love it I want connection that blows my world apart for the better I want a feeling that destroys me and puts me back together I want to be so in love that it makes me sound crazy But I don’t know what I love and baby maybe one two three four Call it symbol manipulation And what else is left to say when Sex is bureaucracy and code is God How do I ask for what I really want? Everything touches everything else We could untie the topography of hell Sex is bureaucracy code is god How do I ask for what I really want Website: https://penelopescott.com/home/ Instagram:   / penelope_creature_scott   TikTok:   / worsethanithot   #PenelopeScott #fearofgod