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topic 6 | revenge, the banshee

from topics of cancer by riife

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lyrics

so there’s this banshee...
embracing death, she’s been watchin’ over me
she reminds me of men and their mendacity
she reminds me yuh gotta get your revenge
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and her death knell is just around the bend
for all these grand narratives while they’re in bed
yuh, she’ll cut off, she’ll cut off their heads
she says, that’s how she’ll get her revenge
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yuh, doesn’t this sound of revenge just feel so seductive ‘n’ sweet
like an orgy of grim reapers coming for the colonizers’ wet dreams
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she's taught me "living well is the best revenge"
yuh, now i can relate to what she meant
eat all my cake, be all about love, 'n' feel myself again
fuck on my cake. all night. in front of them
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cuz seducing myself is my revenge
and giving them hell is our revenge
and shredding their cred is my revenge
and death to all false grand narratives
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the banshee, she's always with me
giving life to my capacities
she rings her bells ‘n’ hooks me in
she transforms her power and so can i
*“colonialism [it] was a start up”
and for so long – i admit – i bought in
so i’ll divest from this mess
cuz this is the hill that i’ll gladly die on
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and as i die. i will rise
and as they die. we will rise.
and as they die. i will rise
and as they die. we will rise.

*somnath bhatt

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from topics of cancer, released June 25, 2021

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