FAWM: "Great Escape"

Great Escape

Liner Notes

Content warning: exorcising various childhood traumas through violent ukulele performance

Lyrics

Always was a little witch I was a strange precocious kid I could influence a room by sending out a love balloon, yeah But I cast myself out of my body to do it Abandon ship when the anchor goes through it Gotta be sweet and gotta be cute and that’ll make me safe I knew

Real love’s safe and that’s not real So we make do with how we feel Real love’s safe and that’s not safe We start to fear, we start to chafe

Always was a little ghoul The kids made fun of me in school I could make them go away by sending out a hate parade, yeah But I cast myself down into hell just to do it Abandon ship when the anchor goes through it Gotta be mean and gotta be weird and that’ll make em all afeard

Real love’s safe and that’s not fun When you’ve spend your life on the run Real love’s safe and that’s not safe We start to fear, we start to chafe

Safety doesn’t always feel safe That’s when we make the great escape Safety doesn’t always feel safe That’s when we make the great escape

So it was odd I settled down And moved back to my parents’ town But I was a sleeper cell and conflict made me leave myself I haven’t been in this body in years I’m at the bottom of the ocean, my dear Gotta be cute and gotta be sweet, but I’m weird and kind of mean Gotta always keep you guessing, am I a curse or blessing It’s not me, I am infested with the demons of hard lessons Home life is quite daunting when I am the house I’m haunting

Real love’s safe and that’s not cool I don’t want you to see me whole Just watch the balloons and parades And I will slowly slip away

Safety doesn’t always feel safe That’s when we make the great escape Safety doesn’t always feel safe That’s when we make the great escape

Real love’s safe and that’s my pick It really hurts, it’s super sick It feels depraved to be okay When it’s in chaos you were made

Safety doesn’t always feel safe Safety doesn’t always feel safe Safety doesn’t always feel safe Safety doesn’t always feel safe Safety doesn’t always feel safe Safety doesn’t always feel safe

Comments

@quadrivium 1w

Holy shit, this decided to ambush me as I was poking around to listen to new songs. The intervals and jagged melodies on the "Real Love's safe" are really effective, and dig right into the hind brain. It has so much frenetic energy--you don't sing it with gritted teeth, but I grit my teeth as I listen. It's SO relatable. I definitely performed various roles to make the folks around me happy with me. Needed that A+ in human, but never really got it. I love how accurately you convey the alienation of one's body and self with the lines "But I cast myself out of my body to do it/Abandon ship when the anchor goes through it."

Again WOW!

@orinthebard 6d

I am so sorry to have ambushed you but I'm glad the lyrics conveyed the vibe 🤣🙃

@alyxanderjames 1w

Oh wow, friend, this is a big one. There's so much you've captured here..."Home life is quite daunting when I am the house I’m haunting" is a hell of a line, although there are so many killer lyrics here, like that last chorus! Thank you for posting this 💜