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I wish you well
I really do
It may sound like I’m being sarcastic as hell, but it’s true

I need to go
I’ve stayed too long
Thanks for the drugs, the laughs, and the fake ass songs

Sleep well
Live and breathe well

Because nothing I have to say is of value to you
I will not supplicate and weep like some vacuous tool
Instead, I will pick up my things and leave the room
Address what ails my soul, but not for you
Not for you

I wish you well
I really do
It sounds like hypocrisy, yes, ‘cause it is, but it’s true

We are here
It is now
It’s all I can do to make only a loving sound

Farewell
Play and sing well

Because nothing I have to say is of value to you
I will not supplicate and weep like some vacuous tool
Instead, I will hang up my socks and my sweaty costume
Speak only where I am wanted and say only what’s true
But not to you

I sang in a children’s choir
I stuck to the treble staff
I whimpered and stomped and I got what I wanted
But never did learn to give back

I sang in a chamber choir
It echoed and I felt safe
I went home and sang to my favorite caged bird
Giggled and drooled like a nutcase

My African Grey sang back
In English inflected like mine
I went to the cupboard and never to bed
Blacked out and passed out of line

I don’t need a children’s choir
To help me sing songs about fear
I’ve felt it and caused it, and now I am tired
I don’t really know why I’m still here
I don’t really know why I’m still here
I don’t really know why I’m still here

Farewell
Sleep well

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from Hide and​/​or Seek, released June 7, 2019

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Queen Cabbage New York, New York

Originating in late 2017 at SUNY Purchase, Queen Cabbage is a folky art rock band dedicated to synthesizing silliness, seriousness, life, death, the beautiful, and the grotesque into earnest, powerful, emotionally immediate music for eager feet to dance and stumble to, for thoughtful hearts to beat and break to, and—most importantly—for authority figures to disapprove of. Queens ~~ Welcome! ... more

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