oh, every girl in town, they know my name
at any door i’m never turned away
my tongue has many uses
(be it pleasure or excuses)
invite me in, but know i cannot stay
i’ve got a reputation to uphold
i’m in my prime, in spite of getting old
each tune and each recital
offers proof that i’m still vital
they buy my lies wherever they are sold
i go by many names and many faces
i’m infamous and wanted many places
i’m searching for, you see,
a missing part of me —
but let’s not look at that! alone, i’m free
this entertainer travels with a band
some friends who revel with me ‘cross the land
and though we’ve faced real danger
i still feel that i’m a stranger
like any story, nothing goes as planned
into my rambling life, there comes a tether
unfortunately two birds of a feather
a girl i wish i’d known
a daughter, smart and grown
she hates me, and again i am alone
now disillusioned with my fame
there’s one way i can clear my name:
embrace my kin and hence begin
a life of reparations
to prove i can be something more
to her (and me) i shut the door
on those i called my friends
and leave a wake of devastation
my selfhood making much more sense
my lifeblood given recompense
i find my self remaining incomplete
but all good stories have a knack
for recapitulation —
i’m beckoned back to once familiar streets
now as divine appointed storyteller crowned
i tell my tales both live and leather-bound
we all could use reminding
that our pasts are never binding
and any part that’s missing can be found
I discovered this band mere weeks ago through pure chance; someone recommended Fair in a discussion about wholesome songs. And it was; love at first listen. YouTube recommended me Battle Cries next, so I gave that a listen too, and the the energy and the overlapping lyrics made me fall in love anew.
I bought this album and Ruin less than a day later. Everything TAD have made is true art, different from everything else I've heard. Mayana
TTBT has some of my favorite songs written by The Mechs. Iphis is my personal favorite due to its ties with Greek Mythology, but it's definitely an album I have on repeat constantly. yumeinati
The Australian folk-pop singer tackles deconstruction, her Christian childhood, and sexuality on her infectious sophomore album. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023