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See​-​Through

from Violets by Belle-Skinner

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about

I wrote this in 2012 or 13 when I was in the UK - originally imagined it as an uptempo indie-rock song. Someone please do a cover of this for me.

lyrics

Mirror mirror on the wall
You are not the fairest of them all
You bring the world down, down to its knees
Your words are only empty batteries

They're not the truth

And I don't care
And I don't care
And I don't care
I'll cut off my hair
All of my hair
All of my hair
I'll black my teeth
Un-line my eyes
Erase my smile

'Cause I'm onto you
You're see-through

Black mirror mirror in my hand
Our lives are over at your command
A single eye, a single mouth
You're awful quiet, we are awful loud

You're not the truth

And you don't know
And you don't care
And you don't think
You're everything
You're everything
And yet nothing
And you don't see
And you don't see
And you don't see

That I'm onto you
You're see through

(lala)

Mirror mirror of my mind
You're so peculiar, I cannot rely
One minute you are always, always there
The next, you're vanishing into thin air

You're not the truth
But really you

Don't have to be
Don't have to be
Don't have to be
Forever happy
Forever happy
No not for me
And finally
I can breathe
'Cause I don't have to be

Yeah, onto you
You're see-through

credits

from Violets, released May 26, 2020
Guitar and vocals: Maria (Belle-Skinner)
Cello/bass, rainstick/chimes: Eric Margan

Engineered/recorded by Jason Brown at Starling Studios
Produced by Maria Brosgol and Eric Margan
Mixed by Eric Margan
Tape engineered by Rick Spataro of Onlyness
Mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Music
Album Artwork by Mila Kapustina milakapustina.com

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Belle-Skinner is an indie-folk artist from upstate NY/Bklyn who mixes mid-century pop with fingerstyle contemporary folk, and then makes you cry.

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