a heart wrenching song about a young woman's experience with rape.
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Story behind the song
the lyrics for this song was unfortunately inspired by a real life rape that was experienced by the vocalist.
She brought the lyrics to us in February of 2000 and from the moment we heard her play this heart wrenching song on accoustic guitar we were moved to work passionately on it. In April/May of 2000 we recorded her vocal tracks.
We had already pretty much finished the bulk of the music by the time we were approached. The original instrumental was entitled "among the clouds".
For this remix, we used verse one, the chorus and a selected line from verse two. I think that ultimately this arrangement made the song that much more haunting.
Lyrics
she called me on the phone
and asked if we could talk last night
i heard it in her voice
i knew something wasn't right.
he was 22.
he seemed so nice was all she said.
but now at fifteen years,
my friend wishes she were dead.
(chorus)
i wish i had somewhere to cry
i wish i'd laid down and just died
but i don't
i can't take the pain no more
i think i'll close up every door
but i won't
why couldn't you just leave me be
and stay away from me
stay away from me
she lit up a bowl