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Debra

from Portraits by Pale People

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lyrics

When
I was a little boy
You kept a secret soul
You sought illicit joy
Oh, Mother—

I
Hid when you battled him
Angry passivity
Self-conscious victimhood
Waste another

Year—
Grasping the burning iron
Teach me how to shrink from him
Teach me how to be a liar
Hide yourself

Well—
Screwing your brains away
Flagrant disloyalty
Come clean
When the silence starts to smell

When
I was an older boy
You left me emptiness
Left us to be destroyed
Motherless

All—
Hot clammy summer days
Let's disappear this way
Howling like dogs
At the foot of the

Wall—
I'll revisit your history
Discover your crimes
Tear all your mysteries
Asunder

You
Never felt beautiful
Never felt good inside
Doubted that you'd
Ever been a good mother

Oh—
Your body spreads open
Lonely and bloated
Bored and badly broken

When
I was growing up
I felt the undertow
Fragile—prone to choking up
Little white

Lies—
Hungry for secrecy
Utterly without decency
Shameful experiments
Between my

Thighs—
We both live our little lives
Barely coming up for breath
Mother says no one
Can be trusted—

She
Fears that I'll go insane
Families are all the same
No one ever
Tells the truth 'til they get busted

Oh—
Your body spreads open
Lonely and bloated
Lovely and clean
Voice as milky and silky as cream

When
I dreamed of evil things
Sickness and violence
Coming up crying in the morning

You
Held me very very very tight—
You set my head aright—
Was as if you'd
Never heard of performing

credits

from Portraits, released March 24, 2017
MACK GILCREST Piano, Vocals
KURT SKRIVSETH Bass, Guitar
BRIAN TREMPER Drums
Additional percussion and insane announcer on "Josephine" by Brian Tremper
Additional violin, accordion, trombone effects on "Josephine" by Mack Gilcrest
Lyrics by Mack Gilcrest I Music by Pale People
Engineered by Jon Filkins at RedBall Recording Studios - Missoula, MT | Produced by Jake Whitecar
Mixed by Jake Whitecar and Jon Filkins at Orangutan Sound - Missoula, MT
Mastered by Jason Suko at South Sound Sound - Seattle
Copyright © 2017 Pale People Music I Cover artwork by Rachel Chansler
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Pale People Missoula, montana

Missoula, MT’s worst-kept secret.
An eccentric piano-rock quartet with a varied oeuvre, from soft confessionals to howling rants about the lonely and insane.
Better than sex. Cheaper than therapy.

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