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Wise Blood

by MADAM WEST

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Arminda K Such a dynamic track – can feel a real driving force from the key and bass lines, and the change in direction at the end gets my pulse going. Plus the bookworm in me loves that the song is based on a Flannery O'Connor novel. :)
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Based on the 1952 Flannery O'Connor novel of the same name.

IMPOSE premiere: www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/madam-west-wise-blood

lyrics

I got wise blood like my daddy
Every morning grabs me by my belly, drags me outta bed
Heart of gold, feet of stone, heart-sleeve-gone gold
Heart of gold, feet of stone, heart-sleeve-gone gold

Cold wretched fight inside
Thoughts tangled and overgrown
Wise blood like my ma
But thoughts tell me to jabber
Before my mind has grown

Picture me all grown and whole
Burn away the darkest hours
I’m alright, I’m alright, I’m alright
Make me a brand new
A simpler soul

He’s either dumb or hurt for hurt’s sake
God rolled into one person and killed and shrunk and died
Birthed this clinging baby
Wakes with the sun and says that prayer and lies
But the day carries a message
Like the ape carries the man
Wise blood like his father
But it’s still blood he’s drinking from the corner of my mouth

Picture him, all grown….

Ooh…
Tangled and overgrown…
Wise blood like my ma
Wise blood like his father

Picture him all grown and whole
Bastard of a wiser time
I’m alright, I’m alright
I’m not about to die
In a cage of enemies

Tangled and overgrown...

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released August 12, 2016
Recorded and mixed by Oliver Ignatius at Mama Coco's Funky Studio
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering

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MADAM WEST New York, New York

Joni Mitchell fronts Yo La Tengo after they’ve taken too much adderall. Indoor Music Festival Chic. Fake Book Realness.

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