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Light for Shadows

by The Women of STL Music

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I lied when I said I had time for you. Oh well, what’s the worst a mistake can do? Well last night I cried for the very first time about how I fell for you. I tried my best to hold on to you. But my hands are too content and that can take some getting used to. Well last night I cried for a very long time about how I changed you. ‘Cause I have a little black heart. When it comes to falling in love I’m worlds apart at the start. It’s the debt that you bring, the fire you lack, the noises you don’t make that keeps me from coming back. I made my bed now I’m gonna lay in it. It’s cold and hard but that’s how I want it. Well last night I cried for a very long time about how I failed you. ‘Cause I have a little black heart When it comes to falling in love I’m worlds apart at the start. It’s the debt that you bring, the fire you lack, the noises you don’t make that keeps me from coming back. Well last night I cried for the very last time about how there’s no changing me.
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Contradictions multiply Everything you say is a lie How can you tell when you’re not well But everything is yours Oh, it’s all yours But everything is yours Everything is yours You have become numb Many turn to one Alone and shallow no one will follow But it’s all yours Oh, it’s all yours But it’s all yours Oh, it’s all yours Your heart is black Just like you wished Still repressing what you missed Yeah, it’s all yours Oh, it’s all yours But it’s all yours Oh, it’s all yours Then brightness dulls When everything fades to nothing but it’s all yours no, nothing is no, nothing is oh, nothing is yours Nothing is yours Nothing is yours Oh no, nothing is nothing is yours
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Invasive seed tended tenderly in a fertile sepulcher. The purity of perfect blossom belie her brutality. Datura round and white, spread your petals in the night Atropa Bella Dona, luminous alluring sight You want the air that I breathe to be poison, and you are The darkness you wish on me is the darkness in your heart The bitterness with which you regard me is your own That poison draped in a smile, it is your tome. Under sleepy spell of sundown rises up the sweetest scent Who would guess those pendulous petals would warrant such regret? Datura round and white- spread your petals in the night. Atropa Bella Dona luminous alluring sight You want the air that I breathe to be poison and you are The darkness you wish on me is the darkness in your heart The bitterness with which you regard me is your own. That poison draped in a smile, it is your tome.
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Rise up You need to rise up You need to dust off You need to rise up You are down You need to rise up Don't defeat yourself Stay towards the sun We can be anything It's true You are down You need to rise up
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We don't have too much to say But they feel like fighting The troubles of this modern world Are too much for our kindness So we packed our things and moved away Somewhere out west Where greener grass is always best So they say This journey has been long and tough And changes everyday I can't help but look around And fall along the way no matter how long Were on the road You always lead me home Guides you see Oooh Oh Hawks along the way Your views are very sharp she said Red Tailed and wild With Visual Range of UV light Of the land for miles Magnetic Fields of men and hope I hate to see you go Where heaven only knows You're truly free
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Excuse me? What did you say? I don't believe I was talking you Run along and be on your way I don't even know you All you saw was a girl in my hand And figured I was living in sin Just a beer, movie, or fare. Normal things that draw a stare Why you charged? Why you lit? I don't even know you So, smoke a joint. Screw a fat chick How you know you don't like it unless you've tried it? Then keep your thoughts to yourself Don't come to me sober, single, and poorer You're bringing me down I don't care about you. So please, don't care about me I like blue and you like red? Is that the way it's suppose to be? I don't care what the carpenter said He doesn't even know me I live my life by my own lines It's my crime on my time Pick up the remote and change the channel It's no scandal
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ICE - Cumbia 06:18
Bienvenido al paraiso. El agua es tan cálido. ¿Le nadar conmigo? ¿Subacuático? ¿Le gusta la cumbia?

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This compilation features the music of the women that were profiled in Light for Shadows, a 2017 photographic project by Susan Bennet/Ooh St. Lou Studios. Your purchase also includes a pdf liner notes booklet with song lyrics and artwork from the series.

Read more about the project and see all the images plus behind-the-scenes videos at oohstloustudios.com/women-st-louis-music/

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released October 27, 2017

All visual content ©2017 Susan E. Bennet/Ooh St. Lou Studios. All rights reserved.

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Susan Bennet is a commercial portrait and headshot photographer based in St. Louis, Mo., USA.

Her personal projects frequently focus on the depiction of women in media.

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