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The American Song

from Dark Water by Katie Blount

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lyrics

Katrina unwinding carrying her scorn
Fleeing the pain of our own enemy storm
Holding on to freedom as if it were all we could own
Riding that sleeper like a wild horse in flight
Scuffing heals through every crossing we fight
Was then I wondered why your eyes froze open

Caught your mirror of words reflecting back
Someone I could not trust in me
Bleeding me free

Your thoughts spilled over flooding your mind
I heard them escape before escape was denied
Teaching the meaning of shame in your confessions
Your fear was something more than you could make sense
You felt it cut the bone of your splintered defence
As your story lay open ready to be stolen

Caught your mirror of words reflecting back
Someone I could not find in me
Bleeding me free

Saw your father standing with scars in his hands
Showing you his injured love seek revenge
Offering each blow as if they hold some kind of glory
Your mother in the corner her shadow buried alive
Viciously demeaning any rescue she tried
As your cuts reveal loves bitter rage repeating

Caught your mirror of words reflecting back
Someone I could not feel in me
Bleeding me free

Knew where this was going could feel from your lie
Deception promising you were so justified
A fist for a fist, a wound for a wound, the loving love kills
Now I look up see the ice crack your eye
Convincing everyone its tears from your cry
You’re just another boy who thinks he’s
Red-blooded carbon

Caught your mirror of words reflecting back
Someone who was lost in me
Bleeding me free

Your lover’s still waiting for the reason to appear
Lingering on the last moment to come clear
Why you could never say why you were leaving
She thinks she sees your face on the billboard of ninth
Where there was a sale of a lover for a bribe
Did you take the money? Tell me
Did it feel like forgiveness?

Caught your mirror of words reflecting back
Someone I could not love in me
Bleeding me free

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from Dark Water, released January 31, 2020

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Katie Blount London, UK

Katie Blount has written an album with the skill of a poet and the heart of a musician. With lines like ‘Fingerprint my mind for evidence’ and ‘I’ve been fooled by the weight of a rolling dice that only ever landed in mid-air’. These songs aren’t lighthearted tunes, but ones that draw you into the heart and soul of who we are underneath our disguises. ... more

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