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Dead Girl Walking

from Airing from Kolyma by Lilou & John

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"Dead Girl Walking" is a modern Guy Fawkes tale in combination with #120dB and #FreeTommy. The story spins around media and politics, asking the question of censorship and truth. "There is a tipping point in society and the song is trying to zoom in on that precise moment when public discontent might has been allowed to grow too big and people start acting violent for they see no other alternative, and the song is perhaps a warning to people”, John says. Originally, Lilou had an almost cynical voice when singing the song that changed into anger during the recording process, and the catchy melody and guitar were meant to give the tragic story a party wrapping that could emphasize the absurdity of the whole situation. ”The song deals with the logic of revolution and we try to explain why they happen”, she says. ”The murder at the end of the song is just our way to describe the growing public outrage. All politicians and journalists should listen to the song just to understand the other side of the story, like all our music, you can learn from it.”

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And she walked cross the field
By the church of St George
And the wind was as warm as the day

But the moon was so cold
Far away like the day
And the green grass led her away

To the docks on the rocks
She laid down like she had
All her seven summers but tonight

Just a girl without a name
Just another "woman" slain
That longed to be mother and wife
But the "child", 33
Who just loved liberty
Took poor young Mary-Anne’s life

She was gone and the long
Night would not ever end
And there would never shine down any light

And they found her next day
Naked in the grass
And her eyes could not see anymore

Raped and murdered, Mary-Anne
And the anger they felt
In the neighborhood sealed every door

Just a girl without a name
Just another "woman" slain
That longed to be mother and wife
But the "child", 33
Who just loved liberty
Took poor young Mary-Anne’s life

In the papers they read
”We all need to calm down”
”He’s a good boy”, ”anger is so bad”

Media they covered up
The entire story
After all it was just one more dead

Someone from the government
Talked about compassion
And ”this boy has seen a lot of pain”

But compassion is a bitch
When he finished speaking
Someone put a bullet in his brain

Just a girl without a name
Just another "woman" slain
That longed to be mother and wife
But the "child", 33
Who just loved misery
Took poor young Mary-Anne’s life
Took poor young Mary-Anne’s life
Took poor young Mary-Anne’s life

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from Airing from Kolyma, released June 20, 2018

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