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Benna
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A conversation with Jamaica Kincaid's story 'Girl.'
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Intelligent lyrics wrapped in dripping wet melodies. Been descibed as music you've always wanted to hear but never had the chance to.
To quote a bit of Shakespeare, "A life mended is but patched". The sutures split and the life drains from the wound. Once healed, the scar remains as a reminder of the pain. These are my scars. These are my thoughts, ideas, and wisdom I have gained along the way. The twisted raised surface of a life torn and mended and torn again. This is my collagen, my bandages, and all that lies beneath. It's been years since I have visited this page. I should be working to remedy that soon. The degree is in the bag--at least most of it--and the music can now resurface. Over the course of the next few months I will be going back to work on the Lethologica album. At this conjuncture, the tracks look like they'll be a lot more complete and complex (and possibly more eclectic) than the work I have done in the past. I am also hoping for a bit more congruence of sound--one of my biggest concerns with the last two albums. As the songs come together I will be uploading them for your perusal. Those of you who have been waiting for something new, I apologize for my absence. For the rest of you, I apologize for my return.
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#9,434 today Peak #222
#1,495 in subgenre Peak #46
Author
Timothy Goss
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2007 angryclown music
Uploaded
June 07, 2008
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MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:09
Story behind the song
When I play this song, people generally love it, but they always ask, "What the hell is benna?" Benna is a type of carribean music which is generally quite sexual in nature. It is a call-and-answer style music where the male calls out to the female and she responds back and so on. Singing songs like this on Sunday is considered blasphemous.
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For all I am For all I'm bent to be For the love of God Or whatever the whole thing means I am here Where disillusion enters dream I have called and found no answer I have given you your chances But if all I'm searching through are empty pockets If all these thoughts are fallacy If these bodies are just empty sockets If awareness is only energy transferred I should not believe I should not believe I should not believe But still I will not sing Benna on Sunday For all you've not said For all you've yet to tell me I must draw my own conclusions If I'm to find my absolution And if I celebrate The death of my eternity . . .
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