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Hysteria
05:35
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Oh wandering womb, where do you go?
What are you looking for?
Who can make you stay?
Lay your hands on me
Gently, kindly.
Oh roving eye, what do you see
Around the dusky corner?
Save your dreaming for your sleep
Doctor’s orders.
Rest your eyes on me
Sadly, longingly.
Don’t be disturbed
Don’t be distressed
It’ll go away any day
Don’t be unnerved
Don’t get upset
It’s just a little case of hysteria.
Oh wandering womb, what are you whispering?
Who tried to shut you up?
How did they make you settle down?
They said, know your place.
They said, we know best.
Don’t be disturbed
Don’t be distressed
It’ll go away any day
Don’t be unnerved
Don’t get upset
Don’t be concerned
Don’t feel oppressed
Don’t breathe a word -
Hysteria
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2. |
Little Disaster
03:07
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Who’s calling the shots now?
Who’s calling the shots now?
Who isn’t a little rough around the edges?
Who isn’t a little soft around the core?
You and me
Sprawled out
Shacked up in our hiding place
'Til I don’t know whose things are yours
And I don’t know whose limbs are yours
And who’s calling the shots now?
Who doesn’t love to sabotage from time to time?
Who doesn’t know how to play dead?
Weren’t you there when I was on the floor?
Weren’t you there when I was running out the door
So you’d come running after
We’re no strangers to disaster
But this
My friend
Is something different
This my friend
Is disappointment.
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3. |
Coda
07:00
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After the war
Twilight cigar
Dreaming of small songs
Mother’s been gone
Such a long time now
Don’t wake the children
He wasn’t a collaborator
But then, he didn’t say no neither
After the victory
Back in North Carolina
Safe on the right side of history
He drowns in whiskey dreams
Ungraspable melodies
Hadn’t you heard?
The war is over.
Hadn’t you heard?
There’s nothing left to kill.
The sky is drawn and quartered
We are safe within our borders.
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4. |
(shh)
00:51
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5. |
Smile
05:34
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Hey girl, where you going with that big guitar?
You flip your long hair, flick your long finger
Pretty bird girl, won’t you play me sing me a song?
You’re a big girl, but my car’s bigger.
Hey girl, where you going with those tears in your eyes?
It’s a sad world, but I’ll make it better.
Sad girl, you know I can make you smile
I’ll take you home, girl, take you home.
Girl, why don’t you smile?
Girl why don’t you smile?
Girl why don’t you smile?
Why don’t you smile, girl?
Hey girl, where you trying to run?
You know you can’t, no you can’t run away
You may be fast, girl, but I’m faster
You may be wild, but I’m a disaster
Just let me run with you a while
And I’ll make you smile
Don’t you want to run with me?
Don’t you want to be my friend?
Don’t you want to talk to me?
Don’t you want to be my girlfriend?
Where are you trying to run?
Hey girl.
Why don’t you play me a song?
Hey girl.
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6. |
(krk)
00:28
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7. |
Eggshells
06:38
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Nobody told you how to lie
Nobody taught you how
Nobody told you not to cry
You just figured it out
Nobody put that mask on you
Nobody glazed your eyes
Nobody weighed your body down
It was you who cut you down to size
Somebody told you you had eggshells on your head
Somebody quoted you from books he hadn’t read
Somebody loved you for the softness of your skin
Nobody warned you that his self was paper thin
Nobody told you that the decks were stacked against you
Nobody told you that it’s not enough to be just as good
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8. |
Cry
01:55
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Sometimes a girl needs to cry on the subway
Sometimes a girl needs to cry on the subway
Sometimes a girl needs to cry.
Sometimes a boy needs to cry in a stairwell
Sometimes a boy needs to cry in a stairwell
Sometimes a boy needs to cry.
Sometimes a man needs to cry on the sidewalk
Sometimes a man needs to cry on the sidewalk
Sometimes a man needs to cry.
Sometimes we all need to cry on the subway
Sometimes we all need to cry on the subway
Sometimes we all need to cry.
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9. |
Superpower
05:19
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There’s no such thing, sir
As a beautiful wall
There’s no such thing, sir
No such thing at all.
I don’t want a superpower
I don’t want a nation-state
I don’t need no rich man
To make my country great
I don’t want an empire
I don’t want a golden dome
I just want a place
Everyone can call home.
I don’t want a superpower
I don’t want the good old days
I don’t want to be exceptional in any way
I don’t want dominion
I don’t want no rise and fall
I don’t want no borders
And I sure as hell don’t need no walls
This is not what I signed up for
This is not what I signed up for
'Cause there’s no such thing, sir
As a beautiful wall
There’s no such thing, sir
No such thing at all.
I don’t want a superpower
I don’t want a nation-state
I don’t want your lies
I don’t want your hate
I don’t want your towers
I don’t even want to say your name
But some day soon
We’re gonna trump you
At your own game.
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10. |
(the shape of a fox)
01:04
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11. |
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It shouldn’t hurt this much
The thousandth time
But each pain robs my brain of blood
And leaves me bruised and swollen.
It shouldn’t hurt this much
The millionth time
But each scream drains my soul of love
And leaves me cold and broken.
What if I am taken and you are left?
What if I, forsaken, am left to tend the plow
And die a hundred deaths?
How can I be lost or found without you?
How can I be damned or saved without you?
What if I see him where I’m not supposed to?
What if I hear him when I’m not supposed to?
What if I see him in the inner rooms?
What if I hear him in the wilderness?
It shouldn’t be so cold
To die a million deaths
Only to be told
It was only the beginning.
If this is the beginning, Lord,
Then can’t we begin again?
Why do you build a house only to tear it down?
Why do you bear a child only to eat it up?
And why do you build a world only to burn it down?
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Meaghan Burke New York, New York
Meaghan Burke is a Brooklyn-based cellist, singer, and songwriter of many hats. She can be found playing with The Rhythm Method string quartet, Forever House, Loose Lips Sink Ships, The Gene, Dead Language, and various other outfits.
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