In "Litterbug," Wavess pairs the urge to discard love with the ache of wanting to fix it, caught between laughing in corners and crying onstage. The repeated vow "not this time" fights the impulse to throw everything away, while a controlling partner and a woman settling for a dress sketch a relationship built on resignation. Burning letters and wanting to choke on a name reveal how intimacy curdles into resentment, yet the plea to stop crying suggests tenderness still flickers beneath the damage.
Litterbug Lyrics by Wavves
I wanna laugh in the corner
I wanna cry on the stage
I wanna take you for granted
Waiting just to throw it away
I wish I had all the answers
Wish I could heal your pain
Waiting just to throw it away
Waiting just to throw it away
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Baby’s got a letter, got a photograph
He’s been mad controlling, but he means the best
She’s got nothing better so she picked the dress
Baby, stop your crying
Baby, stop your crying
I wanna burn all your letters
Want you to choke on my name
I wanna feel something better
But your voice is gonna echo the same
I wish you could stop pretending
Wish I could carry the blame
Waiting just to throw it away
Waiting just to throw it away
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Baby’s got a letter, got a photograph
He’s been mad controlling, but he means the best
She’s got nothing better so she picked the dress
Baby, stop your crying
Baby, stop your crying
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Baby’s got a letter, got a photograph
He’s been mad controlling, but he means the best
She’s got nothing better so she picked the dress
Baby, stop your crying
Baby, stop your crying
