Every female artist seems to have an angry song, and this is mine. Some relationships are great... to get out of. I always think that my songs don't really come from me so much as through me. That is, they just come. This song came to me while I was pulling weeds from a flower bed, hot and itchy and streaked with dirt. It pretty much came all at once and I think it came together pretty quickly musically, too.
lyrics
I'm tired of walkin' on eggshells
Afraid I'll break the silence
And get your snide remarks instead
I'm tired of makin' excuses
Findin' reasons to avoid you
'Cause I know what you'll want in bed
I treated you badly and you flew
But I can't say I mind
'Cause you treated me badly, too
You treated me badly, too
I don't like wearin' what you want
I wish that you would love me
For the woman I am inside
You thought that you were entitled
Took me too many years to figure out
You'd never be satisfied
I treated you badly, now I'm free
But I can't say I mind
'Cause that's how you treated me
Didn't like how you treated me
Sometimes I still dream that you're nice to me
Then I wake up and remember the truth
You treated me like a whore
Did you think that I wouldn't want something more?
I'm sorry for the things I've done
I didn't mean to hurt you
I really didn't think you'd care
You didn't want conversation
The only thing you seemed concerned about
Was my underwear
I treated you badly, now we're through
But I can't say I mind
'Cause you treated me badly, too
You treated me badly, too
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