This project began as a short collage animation and poem for a class project and slowly evolved into a full length song and video production. Not having a lot of experience in animating, video editing, and audio recording, this was a huge learning process - which I am grateful to have had the resources to accomplish.
Special thanks to my father, for the enormous help with recording and audio production; my siblings, for their musical talents; and my animation professor at CCAD, Mr. G, for the continual support and encouragement.
Lyrics:
Pretend to be woman
and breathe war
Has shaped a crisis
From the sky -
life, open, born
Mother, Slave,
would you spoil the show?
To see like a woman
It's all worth it, you last public thing,
you beautiful thing
The bubblegum skies,
are cloudless and clear.
Like mirrors in water
that melt when you're near.
There's cold in the walls,
thin flower in hand -
All dead by winter,
still felt on the skin
They can't force you to crawl
They can't make you begin
They can serve you it raw
They just wanna be friends
Things without flesh
Doesn't doubt eat ourself?
leaking color and season
Is there worth inside all of their evil?
How do you feel?
They can't force you to crawl
They can't make you begin
They can serve you it raw
They just wanna be friends
(x2)
You think it's your only disease,
questions of love bite like fleas -
Return to your maker,
young fetish, faith take her,
keep covered the eyes who can't see
The messenger's shot all to Hell,
I'd follow the toll of the bell -
Legs open, the curtain,
show master, your burden
from the comfort of your cell
They can't force you to crawl.
They can't make you begin
They can serve you it raw
They just wanna be friends