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Idle Hands / Sloth

by Zoe Gray

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part of a collection, Girl Deadly, adapting the 7 deadly sins through a feminist lens.

lyrics

i am tired
so much of the time
it’s hard to reconcile
when everywhere i look
there’s statues weeping
people sleeping
we’re lined up single file
to get our knuckles rapped with books

we aren’t allowed to read

i am tired
so much of the time
it’s hard to lift my head
when every time i move
there’s strings on my elbows
they lead off to the shadows
i’d rather just play dead
i’ve got nothing to prove

we aren’t allowed any needs

my idle idle idle hands
used to itch i liked to play the keys
my vital vital vital plans
used to buzz i used to sting the bees
i used to be so inspired
always on i’m oh so wired
it gets hard to be desired
now i’m only tired

i am tired
so much of the time
i’m sitting in a garden
but the flowers all are dead
i never fed them
i’m too preoccupied
with my heart that starts to harden
the cotton in my head

for shipping fragile items

i am tired
so much of the time
it’s hard to care for flowers
when someone drank the water
it wasn’t me, for sure
i don’t drink much anymore
we’re lining up for hours
like lambs unto the slaughter

watch the gyre as it widens

my idle idle idle hands
used to itch i liked to play the keys
my vital vital vital plans
used to buzz i used to sting the bees
i used to be so inspired
always on i’m oh so wired
it gets hard to be desired
now i’m only tired

my idle idle idle hands
used to itch i liked to play so loud
my vital vital vital plans
used to puff i used to scare the clouds

i am tired
so much of the time
i’m here counting sheep
cause everyone i know
is just pushing up a rock
and watching where they walk
i just want to sleep
and i want to be slow

aren’t i allowed a pillow

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released December 4, 2019

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girlhood, occult longings, love like wilding.

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