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Ball & Chain
08:14
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The old ball and chain tied around her ankles
The pattern stays the same innocence lost pleasure gained
No rights to give, no love to take
No rights to give, no love to take
From ball and chain
They cull us ducks the same siting upon pleated knives the grooves do drain
Colored lights hypnotize, drive insane, another american woman slain in vain
No rights to give, no love to take
No rights to give, no love to take
From ball and chain
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Death, Sex, Cigarettes
01:37
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No thoughts head empty
Is that what you said to me?
Death, sex, cigarettes
Catatonic dreams
Put poison barbs in my brain
No sigh to set free
Am I at peace?
Were they real feelings
What is the name carved in my chest?
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Queer as Fuck
03:47
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Smoke all around me, cacophony of screams
They point dirty fingers at me, spit piss from the high seats
Blind me, tie me, bite me, degrade me
This faggot's got sharpened teeth
Queer as fuck; I'll never hang up this vest
Leather and denim, with a bit of princess aesthetic
They try to label us think we're all related; makes me sick to my stomach
Not of blood sisterhood, just as thick gorilla glue
Bad bitches keep family they choose
Queer as fuck, deal with it
Queer as fuck, you don't live with it
Queer as fuck, paint me a target
I'll never hang up this vest
As long as I live, as long as I draw breath
They'll have to pry my womanhood from my cold dead fingertips
Queer as fuck, don't let them hang you up
Queer as fuck, We're never giving up
Never hang up your vest
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Body of Lust
04:11
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I am the gristle on your steak
I am the viscera caught up in gnarled teeth
I am the blood on your plate
Cast me aside when you're done before I leave a stain
From the outside still looking in
Got no place to call home; got a lot of sin
I am your alley whore
fifty dollars to get with me, I don't really care what for
Is this the body you lust after?
Leave your ass marked and bruised you still come back begging for more
I am the snake whip at your waist
Stiletto heel sunken in and set to desecrate
From the outside still looking in
Got no place to call home got a lot of sin
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Two Way Street
06:28
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My room is haunted by material ghosts
No traces of love left; shattered pictures
Carve my insides up, spit me out
Sink your fingers in and tear out my heart
It's a two way street
My bed is haunted by lingering scents
No amount of washing can remove this stench
Carve my insides up, spit me out
Sink your fingers in and tear out my heart
It's a two way street
This town is haunted still by all their ghosts
No traces of love left, fractured memories
Carve their insides up, spit them out
sink my fingers in and tear out your hearts'
It's a two way street
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6. |
Trauma Bondage
11:17
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Hot. Cold
Freeze. Boil
Running from something we're not sure
Generational pain and our own woes
I know my heart, I've spilled it's blood
You know yours too, but do we belong
For we still have this trauma bond
Love you; I can't be near you
I have to scream, my voice
turned shrill deafened to your ears
I guess I was not loud enough
For we still have this trauma bond
I wish these dreams never came real
It's leaving me, but the heart is imprinted here
Fragile egos torn to a whim
Not sure anymore if I ever was real
Why?
Are you the new reason I cannot sleep at night
Former abuse replaced by love gone sour
Please little mouse take me back- no go away
Please take these pre-existing knives from my back
I'd heel to you for you to heal
loyal black hole heart
Trauma bondage
No
It's unhealthy to say I need you here at night
Put poultice over my wounded years and frights
I can forgive, but I cannot forget
You'll always have a piece of me and I don't want it back
Because the piece of you I have is enough
loyal black hole heart
Trauma Bondage
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I try to move, the walls remain.
Gritted teeth turned to hunger pangs
Hours of waiting rooms, for five minutes with a doctor.
Exclaims.
I'm not familiar with you people, care to explain?
At least the nurses are nice; save their glaring stares warding away
Heroin, HIV and lice
Cut me lips for I do not bleed, inject me with ease blood draw
of a first memory
Take this voice in echoes, tuned out and ventilated
Eyes to take in metal to skin, how romantic
not alone, not unique
jump through their hoops a circus sinner they see
A point of breaking I cannot stay
I try to move; the walls remain.
Waste away in Idle waits
Killing time to make amends
Acquiesce your vampyric desires
It never ends
Waste away in idle waits
Killing time to make amends
Time and time again
Acquiesce your vampyric desires
It never ends.
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8. |
Black Widow
05:49
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Here I am
Different time and space; similar woes
I've grown numb to all of the tears over the years
At least I tell myself so
I don't like it anymore, getting tied of enjoying the show
I sound morose; I'm a liar if you say so, but
I don't like it anymore
Here I am
Staring at a silhouette
of a woman unknown to me in such proper dress and form
Was she always so cold?
I don't like her anymore, pretty tired of loving on
The wrong souls; I'm a liar if she says so, but
I don't like her anymore
Here I am
In the web I have sown
Turquoise cigarettes; perfect the art of the resting frown
It'll get me through the night, boys
Feign happy again
gather 'round listen to my tale and pour a drink
In my hands; Because we're all liars when we're stoned
To all these distant dames and these shallow men
To all the in between who've lent a helping hand
The only constant was me so I'll wish you all the best
SIncerely
To myself
Sincerely
To you and all the rest
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Robyn Graves & The Sordid Affairs Duluth, Minnesota
A Duluth, MN based Queercore band fronted by Robyn Graves. Music dedicated to giving the audience a palpable emotional
response. A simple trio setup. Music about trauma, bad sex, lamenting about the patriarchy and being a general fuck up. Cathartic music for the femme outcasts in the metal and punk scene.
We'll bring the babes to the show, but they are all gay and mad about life.
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