Black Belt Eagle Scout - Masques

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lyrics

MASQUES

Une fois
vos masques détachée
je ne vous craindrai plus.
Avalée des avalés
je me retire à l’ombre.
Face à face
à la deuxième personne
des paroles parlées
mes mains à ton visage.
Ton masque enlevé
je ne te craindrai plus;
on est du même côté
on se tient droit à l’ombre.
Suis-je trop mal préparée
trop conne, trop distraite
pour éparpiller publiquement
mes noirs et mes blancs
mes opinions et critiques?
Le souvenir de quelque chose d’intelligent
que j’avais à dire? Ou devais-je porter
toute ma vie d’une idiote?
Vos masques détachés
je ne vous craindrai plus.
Avalée des avalés
je me retire à l’ombre.
Face à face
à la deuxième personne
des paroles parlées
mes mains à ton visage.
Ton masque enlevé
je ne te craindrai plus;
on est du même côté
on se tient droit à l’ombre.
Suis-je un cheville foulée
sur la piste de danse?
Suis-je Cro-Magnon
sur la piste de danse?
Suis-je les têtes de milliers
d’innocents qui roulent
roulent entre nos pieds
sous l’éclairage qui efface nos rides,
cache notre acné et le reste du monde?
Enfants poètes,
privilégies.
Qui profite de nos talents?
Sans vouloir
t’insulter je le dis ici:
Fuck ton enfance difficile,
on partage tous le même deuil.


(translation)
Your masks untied, I will fear you no more. Swallower swallowed, I retire to the shade. Face to face, at the second person, words are spoken, my hands to your face. Your mask taken off, I will fear your no more; we are on the same side, we stand up straight in the shade.
Am I too ill-prepared, too dumb, too distracted to spread out publicly my black and my whites, my opinions and criticisms? The memory of something smart I once had to say? Or should I bear wearing the mask of an idiot my whole life? Your masks untied, I will fear you no more. Swallower swallowed, I retire to the shade. Face to face, at the second person, words are spoken, my hands to your face. Your mask taken off, I will fear you no more; we are on the same side, we stand up straight in the shade. Am I a sprained ankle on the dance floor? Am I Cro-Magnon on the dance floor? Am I the heads of thousands of innocents rolling, rolling between our feet under the light show which erases our wrinkles, erases our acne and the rest of the world? Poet children, privileged. Who benefits from our talents? Hoping not to insult you I will say it here: Fuck your difficult childhood, we all share the same grief.

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from Ô, released April 2, 2021

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Geneviève Castrée, Geneviève Elverum
1981-2016

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