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Is not everything morbid?

from Before the robots told us where to go by Joe Peacock

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This song was released as a single in September. Read about it here: joeonmusic.tumblr.com/post/658500485779767296/new-ep-coming-morbid-or-inspiring

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Is not everything morbid?

On Storm King Mountain a log cabin
Was Djuna’s unconventional home.
The child who taught her brothers and sisters
Was abused when she was 16 years old
Married off to a man 30 years older
But she left him after a couple of months

In New York she became a writer breaking the rules
Depicting the bodies of women explicitly

It’s not where you wash your neck,
It’s where you moisten your throat that counts
Suffering is how I’ve learned
everything that I know

Is not everything morbid?
When you’re drunk on shadow wine
Is not everything morbid?
When ugliness is all you find
Is not everything morbid?
Force fed what you do not want
Is not everything morbid?
Your being burning with revolt

Djuna's heart was shattered in the city of love
Thelma totally shunned her when Nightwood came out

Silence makes experience
Go much further, you know
Something unendurable
Can then lead to joy

Is not everything morbid?
When you’re drunk on shadow wine
Is not everything morbid?
When ugliness is all you find
Is not everything morbid?
Force fed what you do not want
Is not everything morbid?
Your being burning with revolt

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from Before the robots told us where to go, released December 3, 2021
Composed and performed by Joe Peacock
Produced by Joe Adhemar
Piano played by Joe Adhemar

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Joe Peacock Birmingham, UK

I'm a prolific singer-songwriter from Birmingham - a genre-hopping storyteller, whose music has been compared to Bowie, Blur, Costello and many others. Mostly, my songs tell stories that I find interesting and thought provoking. My music has all been recorded at home so far and all money from the digital sales of my music go into paying producers/mixing & mastering engineers. ... more

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