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Winnie

from Hell​-​On by Neko Case

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I’M HERE TO TELL YOU A STORY
I’M HERE TO TELL YOU A LIE
MY POETRY’S WEAK AND I KNOW IT
I WAS DROP DEAD SAD AND CRAZY SOMETIMES
SO I FUCKED OFF
WAYWARD CANNON
TO THE SEA..

ON LAND I WAS JUST AN APPETITE
ALL THAT STARTED AS A JOKE NOW RULED ME
SICK ON CHRONIC MATHEMATICS
I JUST WANTED TO FEEL MUSIC

A FEVER DELIVERED ME FROM THE FLU
THE NIGHT HAG’S HANDS SPREAD LOVINGLY
PULLING THE CAPE FROM THE SUNRISE
REVEALING A BANK OF WARSHIPS CALLED “SHE”

LESS WARLIKE THEN RECKLESS I REALIZED
NO WEAPONS WERE DRAWN THAT I COULD SEE
SAVE THE BLAZING STARE OF THEIR CAPTAIN
WHO HELD LIGHTNING CAPTIVE
FRIM IN HER TEETH

I LOOKED OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
I SAW THE GIRL WHO CHANGED EVERYTHING
THAT’S WHEN I MET WINNIE
I WANTED TO BE HER SAILOR’S TATTOO

SHE SANG ME A SONG THAT WAS TOO SAD FOR SOME
STRUCK UP THE BAND AND FILLED UP HER LUNGS
HER MOUTH WAS SHARP AS THE RIB OF A STAR
AS SHE TOLD NO TAME TRUTHS
THAT WOULD BREAK OUR OWN HEARTS

“WE WERE WARRIORS!
WE CLOTHED OURSELVES IN THE GUTS OF OUR ENEMIES
WHO'D NO RESPECT FOR THE WILD!"
“WARRIORS!
LONG BEFORE HOT WIRE, SAFARI PARK HUSBANDRY..
AND THE JOY RAN THROUGH US LIKE A WELDERS FLUX
WE JUST WANTED TO BE MUSIC!"

HER GRAVITY PULLED UP MY SAD REMAINS
INTO THE CURVE OF CUNNING BOW
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG, WINNIE
I WANT TO BE YOUR SAILOR’S TATTOO
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG, WINNIE..
BLURRING, SOFTLY INTO YOU

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from Hell​-​On, released June 1, 2018

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