Name: Tearing Down Wallpaper
Duration: P00H02M37S
Description: Literature 1892

Alex Retro - Tearing Down Wallpaper

from Double Prizes! [Split] by Alex Retro & Gentlemen on Escalators

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Literature 1892

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She doesn't wanna be here, but he won't listen to a word
She explains her condition to him, but he acts like it's absurd
She's scared of something he doesn't comprehend
All that he wants is to go home and bring these problems to an end

Another night and she'll be losing sleep
The yellow wallpaper will leave her feeling creeped
He'll be in the next room over and won't bother to diagnose
These very real conditions that bother her the most

He's shutting out her needs because of some arrogant belief
Some sexist ideal that she should behave perfectly
And he closes his eyes to the painful truth
Her wallpapered room is just an isolation booth

Another night and she'll be losing sleep
The yellow wallpaper will leave her feeling creeped
He'll be in the next room over and won't bother to diagnose
These very real conditions that bother her the most

She just wanted to go home
She just wanted to go home
She just wanted to go home
Now she locks herself alone

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from Double Prizes! [Split], released August 12, 2014
Written and performed by Alex Retro

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