The Wife's Lament

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1.Quicksand

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Soft Rock  

Duração: 5:34

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan


Letra:  



You were on your knees

now I’m on mine

our love is all freeze

out of time



I believe you’re not feeling like I do

I don’t think you’re down this slope like this too



Stuck and drowning in all this quicksand

screaming under this quicksand

dying down this quicksand



I’m all acquiescent

and you’re wielding

I smell your scent and

go in hiding



You think you’re the only
one in overthrow

You think I’m not seeing where all of this will go



Yeah, I’m swimming under ice

Frozen and broke inside

My organs are getting hard



You’re in an endless summer

but you won’t take me with you

fucking bummer



Stuck and drowning in all this quicksand

screaming under this quicksand

dying down this quicksand





Instrumental:



Quicksand fala sobre como a criação de meninas sob um viés machista age sobre elas na vida inteira fazendo com que elas adquiram doenças psicossomáticas 




2. The Wife’s Lament

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Emo Rock  

Duração: 3:35

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan


Letra:



Just smoke another cigarette

Have no idea where’s my husband at

I’m just here to do his breakfast


I am staring at my diamond ring

Thinking of when I was a beauty queen

I felt like I could do anything



But mama told me to fuck a rich guy

and make him make me his fucking wife



Oh, but I had a lot to say

And it gets darker everyday

I wonder if somebody knew

That I had my, oh

I had my talent too



I’m retouching my blonde hair

and pretending life was fair

I hope someday the angels take me there



I hope the white fences disappear

I hope my man stays nowhere near

I’d like to be somewhere I don’t feel fear



But papa said to be a good girl

That I need to be someone’s pearl



Oh, but I had a lot to say

and it gets darker everyday

I wonder if somebody knew

That I had my, oh

I had my talent too



My dreams, they all went away

My mind is stuck at the gray

I wish that somebody knew

That I had my, oh

I had my gifts too



I had my

I had my needs too



But my eyes left

its colors for you



Instrumental: 




The Wife's Lament fala sobre o papel social que foi imposto às mulheres: se casar, ter uma família e esquecer de si própria em prol dessa família.

3. Gluttony



Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Soft Rock  

Duração: 5:18

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan


Letra:



Being the king of east side

might not be good for fools like you

You don’t have an inch of sight

What kind of ruler you’d do?



You don’t wanna see my tears

Don’t wanna see my tears

You will explode of fear

You’ll explode of



I’ve got the virtue

and you’ve got the sin

I‘ve got the fire

You’ve got your gluttony



There’s money in your mouth

Money in your mouth

and I came for it



There’s money in mouth

Money in your mouth

and I’m here for it



It’s a sad world

It’s a sad world

It’s a sad world
(x2)



Being the lord of west side

they might not fall for fools like you

Paper running through your mind

that thing runs everything you do



You don’t wanna feel my flames

Don’t wanna feel my flames

You don’t wanna hear my name

Don’t wanna hear my



I’ve got the virtue

and you’ve got the sin

I‘ve got the fire

You’ve got your gluttony



There’s money in your mouth

Money in your mouth

and I came for it



There’s money in your mouth

Money in your mouth

and I’m here for it



It’s a sad world

It’s a sad world

It’s a sad world
(x2)



Is that how you wanna live?

but you’ve just got there by now



Is that how you wanna live?

baby, We are taking you down



Say my name, baby

I’m in flames



I’ve got the virtue

and you’ve got the sin

I‘ve got the fire

You’ve got your gluttony



There’s money in your mouth

Money in your mouth

and I came for it



There’s money in your mouth

Money in your mouth

and I’m here for it



It’s a sad world

It’s a sad world

It’s a sad world
(x2)



Instrumental:





Gluttony fala sobre quebrar o papel social citado em The Wife's Lament, ele é um desabafo a um homem (não a um homem específico mas à figura masculina) de uma mulher que quer correr atrás de si mesma e fazer o próprio dinheiro. A música tem caráter satírico. Infelizmente, essa música é só um anseio da mulher, o eu lírico, como prova a próxima faixa do disco.

4. We Don’t Know Love

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Soft Rock  

Duração: 3:13

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan


Letra:



Oh, it’s easy

for you to say

All this games you

didn’t have to play



You always tell me

to be a good wife

but it’s not enough

to keep you by my side



I think I don’t

love you anymore

I’m sure you don’t

love me anymore


In your wallet

there’s a picture of me

but you’d never

open and see



You told your friends ’bout the other woman

that she’s young and she’s stronger

I didn’t care

I just got to bed



I wonder if you’d get tired of her too

About the time she would lose

That’s all I care

It wouldn’t be fair



Anymore

I’m sure you don’t

love me anymore



Yeah, we don’t know

love anymore



(repeats until the end)



Instrumental:




We Don't Know Love volta para a narrativa da mulher casada. Apesar de ser uma música sobre desilusão amorosa, ela também traz uma crítica ao comportamento masculino de trair sua mulher com uma mais nova, perpetuando a demonização da velhice e o ageísmo.






5. Pretty Girl

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Hard Rock  

Duração: 4:10

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan



Letra:



Yeah-eh, Yeah-eh



I can feel the hate through your ocean eyes

Your bitter words took me by surprise

Slowly siphoning down my soul

Yay, yay



I was born within the hardest streets

Raised upon a lot of bleeding sheets

I know I’m stronger than this road

I’ll survive this cold



Say your shit about me

I don’t care anymore, no

I can see your despair when your songs start to fall



I have bleeding wounds but

you didn’t win this war

They’re chilling out for me, yeah



You know I can be a pretty girl

but I don’t wanna be

And even if you wanted baby, no

You’d never rock like me



At the end

At the end

You’d never rock like me (x2)



I can see in your face the jealousy

growing fast just like your fucking gluttony

I read you like an open book

Yay, yay



I’m your devil, be careful with my horns

they can leave your skin all red and torn

I’ve more self love than what you took

You’re just a damn crook



Say your shit about me

I don’t care anymore, no

I can see your despair when your songs start to fall



I have bleeding wounds but

you didn’t win this war

They’re chilling out for me, yeah



You know I can be a pretty girl

but I don’t wanna be

And even if you wanted baby, no

You’d never rock like me



At the end

At the end

You’d never rock like me (x2)



Your face is what makes you fucking bold

What will happen when you get old? (x2)



Oh yeah


You know I can be a pretty girl

but I don’t wanna be

And even if you wanted baby, no

You’d never rock like me (x2)



At the end

At the end

You’d never rock like me (x3)







Instrumental: 



Pretty Girl é a postura da mulher traída diante da amante. Apesar de a mulher ter essa postura, o intuito dessa música é mostrar como o machismo muitas vezes também está enraizado na mente das mulheres, que culpam a amante ao invés de culpar o homem traidor.

6. Dope

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Hard Rock  

Duração: 4:43

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan



Letra:



I saw the first time I cried

that we would just scream and fight

I can’t even say that you tried

You slept over night



And everytime you beat and choked

You said you loved me, what a joke

My heart is not the only thing broke

My thoughts turned to smoke



But I am quite ahead of your game

And now I’ll choose not to play

You never saw me as a teammate

A love forgotten is your fate



I fucked with you till I saw I need more

cause your heroin is all that you love

Call me when you’re not rotten to your sad core





Don’t pull me back when I walk out the door

Don’t say you’re sorry, that’s a fucking bore

Let me go cause your sorry head is full of dope

It’s full of dope

Full of dope



You say it helps you on your work

Don’t wanna hear another word

You just wanna escape this world

You’re a fucking jerk



You stood and just watched me bleed

Forced me on my fucking knees

I won’t be here anymore to see

this violence you feed



You chose your path and it’s not me

Unstable like waves in the sea

The old girl that you loved

won’t stay to see you shattered



I fucked with you till I saw I need more

cause your heroin is all that you love

Call me when you’re not rotten to your sad core



Don’t pull me back when I walk out the door

Don’t say you’re sorry, that’s a fucking bore

Let me go cause your sorry head is full of dope

It’s full of dope

It’s full of dope





Kiss your old fucking dope

Love your old fucking dope



[Instrumental]



I fucked with you till I saw I need more

cause your heroin is all that you love

Call me when you’re not rotten to your sad core




Instrumental:



Dope fala de um estágio do casamento da personagem em que o marido se torna um alcoólatra e viciado em drogas, e acaba violentando-a. Ela finalmente tem uma epifania e sai do relacionamento.

7. Heroin

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Soft Rock  

Duração: 3:50

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan



Letra:


Heroin

You wanna be known and that is your

Heroin



Don’t you ever feel alone with this

Heroin

siphoning your whole soul?



Oh

You need to let it go



You need to change how you see yourself

Empathize before they make you go through hell

It’s possible to leave this hole you fell

Numbers won’t make you happy how you want



You can’t hold on to this

There’s more in life than this



Heroin

You wanna be known and that is your

Heroin



Don’t you ever feel alone with this

Heroin

siphoning your whole soul?



I- Ah


Don’t wanna see you sorry for yourself

Laying on ranks won’t do you well

You’ll be on crumbs if you don’t outsell

Life will be gone and you won’t even smell



Save yourself



There are great people in this world

You’re not better just because you make a show

And fame goes down someday like the snow

But somehow you still won’t let it go



You can’t hold on to this

There’s more in life than this



Heroin

You wanna be known and that is your

Heroin



Don’t you ever feel alone with this

Heroin

siphoning your whole soul?



Ah

You’ll end up all alone


Instrumental:



Em Heroin, Banshee abandona a perspectiva da personagem e assume a sua própria para dialogar com o homem. Aqui, ela fala da constante busca do homem pelo status, o que aviva sua masculinidade tóxica.


8. A Man’s World Is Satan’s World

Artista: Banshee

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Soft Rock  

Duração: 3:20

Compositor(es): Banshee

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes, Lee SooMan



Letra:



The knife is on my neck

The gun is on my back

He’s pulling himself inside

Will it get better if I close my eyes?



If I prayed

on my knees

would this happen to me?



But if God

was really there

With this would he agree?



Angels take me from here

I wish I could disappear

If I grab another beer

Will I bear another year?



If I wore

a longer dress

would I have this memory?



If I stayed

at my home

Would he crave in this deep?



Will the pills

on my head

take the pain away?



It’s a satan’s world

no light to see

and no fucking mercy



(repeat until the end)



Instrumental:






9. Torn (feat. Agatha Melina)

Artistas: Banshee; Agatha Melina

Data de lançamento: 26/02/2020

Gênero(s): Soft Punk

Duração: 3:39

Compositor(es): Banshee; Agatha Melina

Produtor(es): Oliver Sykes; Lee SooMan



Letra:


[Banshee]

The angels are all crying

What did you do that for?

I’m on the ground, you’re leaving

stains on the door



[Banshee & Agatha]

Now you’re gone

and I’m torn

Leaning on the walls

stumbling on the floor



Should I fall down

or clean all this blood?

Why can’t I just drown

in my bathtub?



[Banshee & Agatha alternam versos]



Think you already forgot

how you ripped head to toes

but I find it hard to stand

as the soft wind blows



[Banshee & Agatha]

Now you’re gone

and I’m torn

Leaning on the walls

stumbling on the floor



Should I fall down

or clean all this blood?

Why can’t I just drown

in my bathtub?



[Agatha]

You're the drug that I abhor

And I can't breathe anymore

Scratches and bites, let me go

You murdered my heart and my soul



[Banshee & Agatha]

Now you’re gone

and I’m torn

Leaning on the walls

stumbling on the floor



Should I fall down

or clean all this blood?

Why can’t I just drown

in my bathtub?



Drowning and drowning (x8)







Instrumental:


A Man's World Is Satan's World  e Torn abandonam de vez a narrativa para apelar para a sensibilidade do ouvinte sobre o abuso sexual.