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Chopping Block

from Leave Me Be by Lila Blue

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lyrics

I’m gonna leave you here
On the chopping block
All you’ll get from me is the detached compassion
That I let your corpse get a tan

I wish I was a windswept girl
All blonde thin-limbed and effortless
But I’m effort
And I’m full like a tree trunk
Pushing its way through the earth

And I’ve been told that I say too much
That I’m either a glutton or I’m gaunt
Well I’ll just sing some la-di-das for you
If nonsense is what you all want

la-di-da, la-di-da, la-di-da, la-di-da

I like a lazy lie and a lazy lay
In the afternoon on a hot summers day
But if you ask me, I’ll fib all glib and calm
And say
Lights off, socks on

I wish I was a woman king
But I’m not
I traded my childhood for this
And all that I got
Was a brick wall between me and you
Made slick with pretty poems
So you can never get through

I say too much
I’m a glutton or I’m gaunt
Well I’ll just sing some pretty la-di-das for you
Cause pretty’s been slapped on my knuckles
And pretty is what I’ve been taught

I was a prophet once
All ruddy-cheeked
Writing infant hymnals
That could make the world weep

Now I’m a lion in a zoo
Just pissing myself
Hoping I can roar right for you

Roar

So please just leave me here
Sucked dry of every metaphor
And when the curtain closes
Let’s hope that neither of us notices that
That’s what you’re leaving for

La-di-da, la-di-da

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from Leave Me Be, released April 24, 2020

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Lila Blue New York, New York

LILA BLUE (they/she) is a 23 year old non-binary and queer folk musician, singer-songwriter, playwright and performer based out of Brooklyn. Their projects navigate themes of grief, joy, intergenerational trauma, rage, queerness and collisions with divine and haunted spirits, stemming from their own intuitive practices. They've released 3 LP’s, 2 EP’s, with LP 4, SWEET PEA, arriving 11/10/23 ... more

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