Buttons and Ribbons

from Songs from the Plague Year by Weird Babies

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My life is traced by buttons and ribbons
My life is traced by cables and trays
So many lights, and applications
So many platforms and so many days.
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Scissors cut my cables.
Needles pierce my skin.
Scars and patches build up,
Shows the shape
I’m in.
Scissors cut my cables.
Needles pierce my skin.
Scars and patches build up,
Shows the shape
I’m in.
----
My life is lived with bladders and livers (in the pain)
My life is lived with scalpels and rays (we get paid)
So many cuts, and operations (in the scars)
So many sutures and so many saves. (we are made)
----
Scissors cut my cables.
Needles pierce my skin.
Scars and patches build up,
Shows the shape
I’m in.
Scissors cut my cables.
Needles pierce my skin.
Scars and patches build up,
Shows the shape
I’m in.
Scissors cut my cables.
Needles pierce my skin.
Scars and patches build up,
Shows the shape
I’m in.
----
My life is hung with curtains and scissors (in the act)
My life is hung with backdrops and praise (we create)
So many lines and dramatis persona (in the play)
So many characters and so many plays. (we evade)
My life is traced by buttons and ribbons (in the act)
My life is traced by cables and trays (we create)
So many lights, and applications (in the play)
So many platforms and so many days.

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from Songs from the Plague Year, released July 2, 2021
Music and lyrics by Josh Freed, Alex Dent, and Avi Zevin

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Weird Babies Washington, D.C.

Steeped in DC, Weird Babies “writes twitchy, paranoid punk” that tries to grapple with these fucked up times. Bass and vox: Josh Freed, guitar and vox: Alex Dent, drums and yelps: Avi Zevin.

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