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PublicA Goddess: Reversed
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Subtitles ready[INTRO] Come on in, now. Mind the water. It bites when it’s hungry. [VERSE 1] I drew my circle in the mud tonight With a catfish bone and a butcher’s prayer Hung my crown on a cypress knee Let the moss braid up my hair I told the moon, “Don’t look away” I told the frogs, “Don’t sing” There’s a god down in this hungry ground And I came to take his ring [PRE-CHORUS] I been good, I been patient I been sweet as rot in bloom But I’m tired of kneelin’ When I was made to rule the gloom [CHORUS] I got teeth in the water I got blood on my tongue I got saints in the cellar Still singin’ what I’ve done Oh, the bog calls me daughter But I’m done bein’ young I got God on my tongue, boys God on my tongue [POST-CHORUS] Eat, little preacher Sing, little lamb Crown me in hunger-- [INTERRUPT AND CORRUPT] Hush now, Daughter. That ain’t your command. [VERSE 2] Who taught the water how to wait? Who taught the rot to bloom? Who laid the first king belly-down And made his grave a womb? You come with teeth still soft and clean Callin’ thunder from my sky Like you invented storms, child Like Gods can learn to die [PRE-CHORUS] Little witch Little Daughter Little mouth full of want You don’t take a God by hunger You become what Gods would haunt [CHORUS] I got teeth in the water I got roots in the bone I got saints in the cellar Beggin’ not to be known Oh, the bog calls you "Daughter" But it kneels when I come You got God on your tongue, girl I got God under thumb [POSSESSED POST-CHORUS] (Kneel, little preacher) (Hush, little lamb) (Crowns are for fathers) (Learn what I am) [POSSESSED BRIDGE] You got hunger, I can use it (You got pride, I’ll make it kneel) You got teeth, but teeth are nothing (Till they learn what not to feel) Do not dream beyond my shadow (Do not name what I have named) You can rise beneath my mercy You can rule beneath your shame [POSSESSED POST-BRIDGE CHANT] Kneel, little daughter Hush, little lamb Blood, bone, and water Law of the damned [POSSESSED OUTRO] Sharpen every tooth you own (But bite where I allow) You wanted to be holy (Learn obedience now)