We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Pity Party

from Strings by Rachel Zylstra

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1.25 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

I finally can’t escape the writing on the wall
Around about this afternoon I knew I’d lost the ball
I finally can’t escape the fact I haven’t showered
Or changed my clothes since yesterday morning at eight

Been lying here stuffed and pruned of the sparkle I thought I had
I am lusterless and ruined – oh poor me, why don’t I eat my pity, too

And what am I to do with all the endlessness I feed
Point me to the thing that makes me full

I finally can’t escape the fact I am a coward
I’ll ingest another layer to shield me from the blow
Of being indistinct, of being not enough
To merit the intentions of someone I could love

Been lying here dulled and dumbed by mindless and anxious consumptions
Dull me to the world, dull me to the words I think I remember you saying
That I wish I’d dreamt

Been lying here stuffed and pruned of the sparkle I thought I had
I am lusterless and ruined – oh poor me, why don’t I eat my pity, too

Oh take your hands and hold them at your sides
Stop your quivering, stop your whining, you giant little mouse
You’ve got the chance to make it up again as you go along
Keep writing, keep listening, keep living, keep moving on

(I finally can’t escape the writing on the wall
Around about this afternoon I knew I’d lost the ball
I finally can’t escape the fact I am a coward
Point me to the thing that makes me full)

I finally can’t escape the writing on the wall
Around about this afternoon I knew I’d lost the ball
And what am I to do with all the endlessness I feed
Point me to the thing that makes me full

credits

from Strings, released April 24, 2012
Music & lyrics by Rachel Zylstra
Strings arrangement by Matt Gelfer

Rachel Zylstra: piano and vocal
Matt Gelfer: violin
Greg Williams: viola
Paul Wolfram: cello

Engineered and mixed by Justin Milner

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rachel Zylstra image

Rachel Zylstra New York, New York

contact / help

Contact Rachel Zylstra

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Rachel Zylstra, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now