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Mosquitoes
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Mosquitoes was released on August 29, 2025 by Anti/Epitaph as a part of the album Straight Line Was a Lie
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Release DateAugust 29, 2025
LabelAnti/Epitaph
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM119

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Beths
The Beths
Performer
Elizabeth Stokes
Elizabeth Stokes
Guitar
Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce
Guitar
Benjamin Sinclair
Benjamin Sinclair
Bass Guitar
Tristan Deck
Tristan Deck
Drums
Charmian Keay
Charmian Keay
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elizabeth Stokes
Elizabeth Stokes
Composer
Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce
Composer
Benjamin Sinclair
Benjamin Sinclair
Composer
Tristan Deck
Tristan Deck
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce
Producer
Michael Howell
Michael Howell
Recording Engineer
Bevan Smith
Bevan Smith
Mixing Engineer
Joe Lambert
Joe Lambert
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There’s a creek I would walk to
When my house felt like a locked room
Lean on little wooden bridges
Watch the eels playing cool
I could walk a little further
Down the dirt path on the shoulder
To the biggest waterfall my city limits could produce
[PreChorus]
Boy, it fell
Kept on falling
Biting down, carving rock, slow erosion
[Chorus]
Lay me here on the stone
I’m only here to feed mosquitoes
Only skin, only blood
A little less now than there was
[Verse 2]
In January '23
The creek became a raging sea
A great torrential flood that ripped
The bridges from the banks
The soft slope of the valley
Ravaged, cracked and wounded badly
Fallen giants breathing heavily
Across the severed track
[PreChorus]
They fell
Stayed fallen
Roots exposed, reaching high
Something’s growing
[Chorus]
Lay me here, by the bones
I’m only here to feed mosquitoes
Only skin, only blood
A little less now than there was
A little less now than there was
[Bridge]
I still go, it’s been a year now
Past the chain link fence that keeps out
With the bridges all still blown out
You can’t amble anymore
Overgrown, abandoned
I take off my shoes to cross and
Find the current has forgotten
How it felt to break the world
[PreChorus]
And if I fall
I’ll fall in
Soaking wet, ruined pride, Tui laughing
[Chorus]
So leave me here, let me go
I’m only here to feed mosquitoes
Only skin, only blood
A little less now than there was just
Leave me here, on my own
I only breathe to feed the ego
Only flesh, only blood
I’m letting go of what I’m not
A little less now than there was
A little less now than there was
Written by: Benjamin Sinclair, Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pearce, Tristan Deck
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