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I Met the Devil

from Sweet Pea by Lila Blue

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In the wake of one of the worst nights of my life, I ended up sitting on the bathroom floor with my rapist. After some silence, he chuckled and said, “You’re going to turn this into a song, aren’t you?” So I did.

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I met the devil
I met the devil
I kissed his cheek on my bathroom floor
and asked if he could make me small again
He said my child
He said my child
I could scrub you clean of this life
Your skin would still feel like a dirty word
I said
You were the prodigal child
You know how it feels to fall
Someone stole my pride
So they could feel ten feet tall
So give me this, give me this, give me this, give me this, give me this
I can't be here, I can't breathe here any more
He looks at me
He looks at me
And asks my dear what makes you fear
The ache of life that lives inside your bones
I tell him no
I tell him no
I will not confess and crack open my chest
Just so you can see what makes me run
He said
I'd have to bring you deep down deep down into the grime
It's gonna hurt down in the dirt, but smallness has a price
So give me one, give me one, give me one, give me one, give me one
Reason I should ease your ache
I tell him slow
I tell him slow
I loved someone with all I had
I loved someone with all I had
I loved someone with all I had
But they broke something in me that I can't fix
He grins at me, he grins at me, he grins at me, he grins at me, he grins at me
And says, oh, my child you must be blind
For that's the smallest one can be

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from Sweet Pea, released November 10, 2023
Written by Lila Blue Coley / Lila Blue Music (ASCAP)

Vocals - Lila Blue
Bass - Saskia Lane
Viola - Ashley Frith
Resonator Guitar - Phil Roebuck
Lap Steel - Damon Daunno
Acoustic Guitar - Lila Blue
Drums - Phil Roebuck
Producer - Jordan Brooke Hamlin
Recording & Mixing Engineer - Jordan Brooke Hamlin
Assistant Recording Engineer - Lake Wilkinson

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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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