Belly Ache

belly ache is the first song i ever recorded - i spent most of my sophomore year of high school working on it. i released it originally in 2020, and re-recorded it for my 2021 debut album. it’s about pining and wishing and dreaming and having a bit of a tummy ache. enjoy!

  • It starts like this in a room so heavy
    In a living room that feels like it don’t welcome me
    My boots are tired in
    My legs are crossed
    This is what being alive costs

    I got this melody in my mind that keeps me up at night
    I have this urge to love her
    But she don’t treat me right
    My boots are tied in
    My legs are crossed
    This is what being alive costs

    But I got this silly little belly ache
    That I think is movin’ to my brain
    I wanna tell ya
    Tell ya the truth, babe
    I got this silly little belly ache
    That I know is movin’ to my brain
    I wanna tell ya
    Tell ya the truth, babe

    You’re an angel from a higher world
    But I’m feelin’ like i won’t be enough
    You got me stutterin’ every time you walk
    And i’m starin’ at your lips every time you talk
    And this is where it starts

    I got this feelin’ that you come with more than i know
    But that’s okay ’cause i’m sure that I just want you to know
    That I’m in
    I’m in I’m in I’m in for the long run

    You have this heart that fills me like a balloon
    And I would float for miles just to hear a tune that sounds
    That sounds sounds sounds like you

    But I got this silly little belly ache
    That i swear is moving to my brain
    I have tell ya
    Tell ya the truth babe
    I got this silly little belly ache
    And it’s movin’ up to my brain
    I will tell ya
    Tell ya the truth babe


    You’re an angel from a higher world
    But I’m feelin’ like i won’t be enough
    You got me stutterin’ every time you walk
    And i’m starin’ at your lips every time you talk
    And this is where it starts

    Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
    Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

    Baby I got this silly little belly ache
    And baby it’s migratin’ into a very gratin’ migraine
    ’cause baby my brain has a little belly ache

    And I just feel like the roses will bloom
    Every time i’m with you
    And the sun and the moon
    It makes up all that you are
    ’Cause I do
    Want to
    Love you
    This belly ache has conquered my brain
    But not much more than you

    ’Cause i just feel like the roses will bloom
    Every time i’m with you
    Look at the sun and the moon girl
    It makes up all that you are
    ’Cause i do
    Want to
    Love you
    This belly ache has conquered my brain
    But not much more than you

    No
    No more than you
    You know that nothing’s more than
    More than you

  • 2020 Single Version

    Mirabai Kukathas - lyrics, melody, vocals
    LASH - lyrics
    Daniel Pak - electric guitar, bass, production
    Matt “Sabyu” Sablan - electric guitar, production

    2021 Album Version

    Mirabai Kukathas - lyrics, melody, vocals
    LASH - lyrics
    Zoser Dunbar - electric guitar
    Grafton Downs - bass
    Olivia Green - drums (arrangement)
    Matt "Sabyu" Sablan - drums (recording), keys, production

belly ache at backyard concert 2022

belly ache at SoundOff! 2020