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Betrayer

by Kate Powell

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1.
Dégage 02:55
je n’ai aucun désir de te voir aujourd’hui je m’en fous de toi arrière de moi, espèce de diable qui osait tenir mon parapluie qui m’a regardé comme si j’en vaux la peine dégage, tu ne sais pas de quoi tu parles dégage, laisse-moi mariner dans mon jus je ne répondrai pas à ton texto de merde franchement j’suis sur le point de supprimer ton numéro pour qui te prends-tu qui osait s’extriquer de mes mauvaises habitudes qui s’est mis à part dégage, tu ne me connais pas autant que tout ça dégage, comme c’est fatiguant d’être vu dégage, tu ne sais pas de quoi tu parles dégage, laisse-moi mariner dans mon jus je n’ai aucun désir de te voir aujourd’hui franchement je suis sur le point de je ne sais quoi
2.
A Lover 02:39
I had a lover of whom I worked hard to be worthy he had two large hands that covered my body entirely I sang him ballads sometimes he cried at their beauty oh that was redemption when he sank his big tears into me and that was the sound that came out of me a big four made of little threes dreamt I gave him all my love I woke up with scarcely none dreamt I gave him all my love woke up with scarcely none and that was the sound that came out of me a big four made of little threes
3.
I’m a dabbler, but not a dilettante I’ve gotten real good at this one thing after all I never told you, but then you never asked whatever I thought of you back then is in the past La la la la la la la A strange feeling, hand under my chin sustained eye contact tells me that you’re going in for a sad lick before you’re making words about how we both have a lot of things to work through De ta bouche à mon oreille I’m a creature of commodity if you’re withdrawing your claim I’ll make it very easy it’s my nature to force your retreat when the dust settles you’ll wonder who did the leaving want no part of juvenile bereavement just a frozen single serving that I can believe in I never told you, but then you never asked whatever I saw in you back then is in the past La la la la la la la I’m a dabbler, but not a dilettante (dilettante) I’ve gotten real good at this one thing after all I’m a dabbler, but not a dilettante (dilettante) I’ve gotten real good at this one thing after all I’m a dabbler, but not a dilettante (dilettante) I’ve gotten real good at this one thing after all I’m a dabbler, but not a dilettante (dilettante) I’ve gotten real good at this one thing after all
4.
Sister Mary 03:11
This graphic design is making me sick but it is my punishment to sit here and stare at it when my sister Mary went blind from the fever I promised to help her and never to leave her Do you want to sympathize with me, a traitor? Do you want to come to care for me, a consummate betrayer? This coffee machine is spitting at me but it is my punishment to sit here and take it when my sister Mary went to live with the Ursulines I would not see her past the gate of the convent Your color of lipstick is making me hungry but it is my punishment to refuse all nourishment My sister Mary wrote me in cramped lines, told me she was thriving in the care of the Ursulines Do you want to sympathize with me, a traitor? Do you want to come to care for me, a consummate betrayer? Do you want to sympathize with me, a traitor? Do you want to come to care for me, a consummate betrayer?
5.
CEDEX 04:41
I know it’s hard to believe after all the shit we’ve been through I can’t stomach the thought of waking up one more day next to you it’s a concession to frailty that I’ve written you this excuse if I don’t get on that train then I will eat myself alive and make you watch Do I owe you my forwarding address Do I owe you a lock of hair from my head to remember me by Well you tried to explain but it was never the same after that and I tried to get past it but now I know you’re capable of treason you can catch my eyes and say that no one ever looked so good under you if I don’t leave you today I’ll eat myself alive and I will make you watch Do I owe you my forwarding address Do I owe you a lock of hair from my head to remember me by It’s a concession to frailty that I’ve written you this excuse if I don’t get on that train Do I owe you my forwarding address Do I owe you a lock of hair from my head to remember me by Do I owe you my forwarding address Do I owe you a lock of hair from my head to remember me by
6.
In The Clear 02:43
The part I most regret about everything to do with you is how I seem not to have learned anything the lie I like to tell about what it is I feel for you is that it’s the same thing all the time Hear this story told by all the girls who ever thought sex buys interest and affection no one wants to hear that they were not deceived so much as they failed to listen carefully You think that I still love you, baby and I’m not sure I ever did but that is not to say I’m in the clear wish that I could tell you, baby how good I’ve got it since we split but that would mean I still need your attention The things we will not say are ever more important than will you help me lift this box one might also say that waiting for apologies is no better than withholding them You think that I still love you, baby and I’m not sure I ever did but that is not to say I’m in the clear wish that I could tell you, baby how good I’ve got it since we split but that would mean I still need your attention

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Dedicated to my biggest fans

Recorded in my kitchen in Santa Fe mostly very late at night.

Featuring:
Arthur the baritone ukulele
Uther the soprano ukulele
Craig, the long-suffering 1965 Baldwin Acrosonic upright piano
Unnamed garage sale bongos
A three-string cardboard Appalachian dulcimer
...and me!

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released October 31, 2014

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Kate Powell Seattle, Washington

irritating sagittarius with a heart of gold

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