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Metamorphosis EP

by Motherwort

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1.
ALONE Windows shut and ready to die FEARFUL Afraid of it but never asking why FAITH Unquestioning belief makes it real YOU'RE RIGHT And what I say won't change the way you feel NOTHING NOTHING Can change the way you feel OH OH OH It's how you feel OH OH OH But it's not real OH OH OH It's how you feel OH OH OH But it's not real ALL LIES Reality conflicts with your truth MIRRORS An echo chamber in your photo booth FAITH Irrational belief makes it real YOU'RE RIGHT And I can't seem to change the way you feel NOTHING NOTHING Can change the way you feel OH OH OH It's how you feel OH OH OH But it's not real OH OH OH It's how you feel OH OH OH But it's not real GO A prisoner of your own reality A prisoner, stuck in your own fantasy STOP
2.
La Loba 04:27
La Loba on the mountainside In a cave she'll hide all the bones Piecing them together In any weather and all alone And her growls and groans Her coughs and moans Will tell you that she's there As she sings the souls Into bones of wolves She'll call you into her lair La Loba on the mountainside In a cave she'll hide all the bones Piecing them together In any weather and all alone And you dance and sway In the animal way You think you've lost all fear And you'll stalk your prey 'Til you find where it lay A trembling scared little deer La Loba on the mountainside In a cave she'll hide all the bones Piecing them together In any weather and all alone And you'll free the deer From a blinding fear From wasps and nettles you came Rising up from the flames With a howling rage The wolf reclaims her name Growls and groans, coughs and moans Growls and groans, coughs and moans Growls and groans And coughs and growls and groans And moans
3.
Miserable 04:26
It's late at night and I'm watching clock hands Feeling solid.... controlled again Got to work on time and paid some bills Drove by my dive bar... I skipped that thrill. I see your flirting come through my phone. I took a look... pressed ignore. I don't know what it is you'd want from me So I keep telling you, just let me be. Please just let me be miserable Can't you see he was right Please just let me be miserable I'm not worth holding at night Please just let me miserable Stop being so sweet If I was worth all this troubling for Don't you think I'd have a ring? I've got it down on how to get on by I'm so damn far from wanting to try I've got my battered heart all stitched up fine This little girl's not up for a fight But I gotta admit your loving feels so good All that sweetness, some romance too But I don't know what it is you want from me So I keep telling you, just let me be. Please just let me be miserable Can't you see he was right Please just let me be miserable I'm not worth holding at night Please just let me miserable Stop being so sweet If I was worth all this troubling for Don't you think I'd have a ring?
4.
Walking through the darkness and it's half past midnight Movement in the shadows away from the street light Keys between your fingers and adrenaline's pumping Walk a little faster and your heart is thumping Thinking / FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE I don't want to be here Thinking / FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE Better make a choice now Sun on the horizon and it's half past six now Waiting for the moment but your mind's putting tricks out Movement in the shadows and adrenaline's pumping Finger's on the trigger and your heart is thumping It's thinking / FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE It doesn't want to be here It's thinking / FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE Better make a choice now In a situation Pupil dilation Time to ask a question Are you predator or prey? In an altercation Fearing escalation Fight to survive, Or try to run away? Spring to life away from stone Pacing in my bony cage, defensively driving Skillfully maneuvering in armored hiding Brakes and gas together, engine's whining Stuck in survival mode and insides dying Thinking / FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE I don't want to be here Thinking / FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE Better make a choice now FIGHT, OR FLIGHT, FREEZE, APPEASE?
5.
I feel so numb, I'm out of gas The world outside keeps spinning fast Gotta keep up, gotta make it OK I gotta big mean truck that don't run this way Running on empty, running all day Running on empty, and the man don't pay I'm not crazy, the world is crazy The working class is what they call me baby I'm not a commodity, that object I create's not me I'm just a slave to the political economy Running on empty, running all day Running on empty, and the man don't pay Oh great source, where are you? Sinking in, find true blue I'm a feather in this whirlwind Oh great source, slow the wind Slow the wind, slow the wind Running on empty, running all day Running on empty, and the man don't pay
6.
New moon outside And the frost lays heavy on the ground Eyes open wide As we swim through the wreckage we have found Summer's past and gone And I'm choking on the things that I want to say When all is said and done Seems like winter's here to stay When winter settles in And in the darkness that it brings Will you remember where we've been And promise to wait for Spring? In the still of the night We're together but you're so far away Snow falling light On frozen bodies made of clay Bitter memories Drift down softly in my sleep Fascinating me Haunting the edges of my dreams When winter settles in And in the darkness that it brings Will you remember where we've been And promise to wait for Spring? Yesterday seems so far away And tomorrow is but a dream Trying hard not to put the blame On everything, on everything Rising up for another day With shadows of the things I've seen Being careful with what I say And letting go of the things I've been When winter settles in And in the darkness that it brings Will you remember where we've been And promise to wait for Spring?

about

Songs by farmers, recorded by farmers! Motherwort began as a way for hard-working farmgrrrls to blow off steam. Borne from the soil and seasoned with fire, we came together and created this EP.

Recorded and mixed over the Winter of 2021-2022 by Paul Martin at Big Sky Music Studio at Sweet Land Farm, Trumansburg NY.

Mastered by Mark Gunnery

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released January 10, 2023

Youngiee Quennell: fiddle, acoustic guitar, vocals
Mahra Parian: electric guitar, vocals
Heather Sandford: bass, vocals
Ashley Ickes: drums, vocals

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Motherwort Ithaca, New York

Farm-grrrl folk-punk! Motherwort is a fierce 4-piece band with a unique blend of folk-inspired punk energy. Drawing from many influences ranging from Bad Religion, Bikini Kill, and the Pixies, to Celtic and Appalachian traditions, Motherwort plays music from the heart while connecting with yours. ... more

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