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Survival of the Unfittest

by Queen Of The Meadow

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1.
Smother 04:14
Is there something such as too much love ? And is it true, you'd drown a flower Into too much water ? Or can the sun Turn its kiss into a burn ? Wrapped in my arms I didn't feel you shiver And in a land of plenty You can still feel hunger You only wanted to undo What was forced onto you Daughter, May you rise Stronger Cause I need a light To embrace your thunder Will you stand as prosecution witness Or can you put up with my failures and my weakness I stood my trial Pleaded guilty of charge Would plead to anything so you Could get through Daughter, May you shout Louder Cause I need a light To embrace your thunder I had found a way to carry on But I loved you wrong I loved you wrong Say « Mother, You smother », Say « Mother, You smother me »
2.
Moonchild 03:31
Outside, Moonchild Stands by in the schoolyard She'd wait forever Sitting on her mood swing Staring at the ground Digging with her foot The dirt around Secret magic vision Seeing passed the people Lost in transition Daydreamer... Inside, an outcry Held by the living stage fright Clinging tight To the reins of caution Favoring the deads For the conversations Unfolding her head Secret magic vision Seeing passed the people Lost in transition... And all realities crumble Through an invisible Looking glass A spirit in a dream That never lasts She's a martyr, A painted warrior, The silver figure, Dancing on the water Moonchild Outside, Moonchild Stands by in the schoolyard
3.
Ô Holy is the crusade they launch To clear the head of the maniac Sealing the lips They silenced the little devil Biting the bit It complied like a tamed animal Wheel it in to the shrine The needle filling in the line The limbs were numbed I wonder why When you went to war My flag was already high Charge, clear, shock The sarge you hear will raise his flock It's the charge of the Light Brigade The treatment of choice for the renegade A paper boat is drifting On the stream of tears of oblivion Carrying away The dreams of the little children Finding its way To the bottom of the ocean Neon light And the sharp sheet of ice They screened the gold And left me the brown Kicked the dead horse When it was already down Charge, clear, shock.
4.
Honey 05:09
I thought our bond so strong You'd reach me from beyond I looked for signs, knocks, ghosts and shadows What those people testify in talk-shows If you had only stayed a little bit longer You would have heard me sing And met my new daughter And sometimes I still hear the phone The one you thought meant that I was home But then I remember That I cried over and over And like the smell on your pillow case You were gone without a trace And you said: « till death tears us apart, And hopefully a little after that » I bake the cakes you made But they never taste the same I scrape the nooks and crannies of my memories Stitching back the pieces of your stories If I had only told you a little bit sooner I would have held you tight To keep your soul well strapped And sometimes I still feel the warmth The one I found in your woolen arms But then I remember How your limbs became colder And like the plague of Medusa's stare You were stone and I was bare And you said we'd meet sometime somehow But I miss you now
5.
La Louve 02:30
There's a Wolf under the Willow tree Howl and howl as you can plainly see There is no harm In the weeping leaves' embrace There's a wolf hiding in the darkness She will never tell of her distress Harrowing fears Eat the kindness off her face And she runs till her paws fly off the ground And she runs till the thaw brings up the dawn Of a new howl : « Awoooooo... » There's a Wolf under the Willow tree In the moonlight I can plainly see Wondering eyes Ask the meaning of the chase
6.
Roll my burden up and up Never reach the mountain top And even if the struggle only matters It'd be nice once in a while To see the world from up high From your steel and ivory tower Faceless heads walk the gutter But if you want to see scars and smiles Then you belong to the ground To see the world from way down I wanted you to know my name But it's not always been the same I want to see the look on your face When your world falls Down the river flows the blood Her dead child carried by the flood But Rosasharn will save us all And feed the world in her arms You see the work of a woman
7.
Why would I owe you anything When I owe it to no one And I'll take pride in all my failings As long as the credit is mine Join the parade in a swarm of flies Your crown of laurels Suits your greedy eyes Shall I praise the Lord For a comfortable cell Shall I raise my voice In this celestial hell Bearing my name I'll shine in all my commonness Yielding to no one And I'll take the blame for your Highness He's yours and the loss is mine Playing the fool on a house of cards You thought your scheming Would catch me off guard Like an unfortunate tattoo on your arm It will be bearing my name Like the scar you got when you smashed your fist It will be bearing my name And the ghost you desperately chase It will be bearing my name Now the bullet aimed at your head It is bearing my name Why would I owe you anything When I owe it to one but I
8.
You're so strong yet too blind to see The mountains you lift And push back daily He checks all the levels And handles the finance But you're no rebel And give him His hundred and fifty third chance Spread you arms and dance While you still know how Next time you give him a chance Might be your last bow Spread you wings and fly While you still know how Or next time you try You might crash and die After the storm the waters are still You catch your breath And against all will He gives you just time To forget you stance Tell yourself you're fine And give him His hundred and fifty fourth chance You're wearing invisible chains Hands tied, You really think he's gonna change He's so confident That you're not gonna flee That he didn't even bother Hiding the key Oh run... There's no hundred And fifty fifth chance No there's no hundred No there's no hundred fifty fifth time
9.
If I wish for you to die You'll just end up living longer And if I let you see I cry You'll lick my tears and get stronger Starve the monster, starve the monster From my woe feast no longer But I, I am just the infant The one who does not speak But you said nothing about singing And as a bird I tweet Save the Father, save the Father To his Hoe chained forever In what kind of fairytales Did you read the princess slays Dragons, beasts who chose as prey A fallen King or Prince of Fails You suckle faith like bone marrow But now that I'm gone Whom do you feed yourself on ? When I'm gone Remains my song
10.
Modesta 02:36
Hot summer breath Blowing through the window Black streak of hair Like a snake on your shoulder There's a bead of salted water Like morning dew on a rose I wish I could kiss it softly So not to disrupt your pose Modesta, Let me rest my head In the curve of your breast Let me run my hand On the hills of your land Modesta Fire in the chest Burning through your lover You're all I want to be As a woman and a mother I fear my heart will wake you up Pounding like a drum in the war Modesta, Let me rest my head In the curve of your breast Let me run my hand On the hills of your land Modesta Let me take your hand And love you till we blend Modesta

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Video "La Louve":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUVjS5wgeG4

Video "The King and the Hoe":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fmzlnb1LgE

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released June 4, 2021

All songs written by Helen Ferguson.
Produced and arranged by Queen of the Meadow (Helen Ferguson and Julien Pras).

Recorded and mixed by Julien Pras at Mad Reed Studio
Mastered by Stéphane Teynié at A/D Mastering.

Cover photograph by Pierre Wetzel.
Layout by Ludivine Martin.

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