Gifted Girl Blues

from From Your Bones by Briar Rabbit

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lyrics

I found the poetry you keep in your breast
Next to all the quarantined dreams you had
So I strip down, I took a breath and sank beneath
The water line and when I opened my eyes
I could have cried

Ever since the age of six you learned to keep it in
Curly hair and off-white skin, checked boxes that never quite fit
But you bit down and took a breath and found a grin
You said "being brave is a choice we make"
You never said it was easy

Haunted tales you seldom tell turn fingers into fist
Heartless, Spineless, Faceless figures make my mind violent
But you calm me down, tell me "They're not around
besides, it's been years
there are things in this house we just don't talk about"
then something in your voice shatters

When you go there
You bury despair like a seed
Don't you dare sit under that tree

Come sit with me

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from From Your Bones, released January 21, 2014

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A 2013 International Songwriting Competition winner & B.B. King's Nephew, Briar Rabbit believes pop music and intelligent lyrics are not mutually exclusive

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