She takes on too much
She talks about all that’s wrong
She has a hole in her back from all the damage she’s done
And don’t you want to give up
Show ‘em who you really are
Just another fallen soldier
Living out a secret war
My mom don’t give up
She don’t give a fuck
Cancer couldn’t eat her
Lung infections can’t defeat her
My mom don’t give up
These sorts of things seem to run in our blood
People calling feeling sorry, don’t pick up
And don’t you want to surrender
To the vaster and greater
And don’t you want to go
Belly up
My mom don’t give up
She don’t give a fuck
Cancer couldn’t eat her
Lung infections can’t defeat her
My mom don’t give up
Hold on to your baby hat
I never get to say you’re beautiful
Fall out your hair
Blind out your eyes
In a wheelchair
or flying through the sky
You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful
My mom don’t give up
She gives zero
Fucks
Cancer couldn’t eat her
Lung infections can’t defeat her
My mom don’t give up
Mom, don’t give up
Courtney Swaine is not a newbie on the rock music scene. Being a founding member and one of the creative heads of "Bent Knee", and in this context renowned for her charismatic delivery of vocals and keyboards on stage, it's not a surprise that her solo works are of a similar innovative quality. Her second album "Monstre" clearly is her most venturous and experimental one of the three available on Bandcamp at the time of this writing (April 2019). Seemingly without effort, she's pushing the boundaries of the relevant rock subgenres beyond all conventional limits, so the only reasonable tag that's left is aventgarde - and that's a good thing! Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
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