To anyone who doesn't know where the song is from--its from a musical called 36 questions!!! It's a podcast musical (no visuals, just listening), and all 3 acts are on TH-cam!!!! HIGHLY recommend.
So I just noticed a motif of water in this song, and idk about the rest of the musical, but it’s a pretty cool touch. Could possibly symbolically represent how families like this can look calm and safe at first, but are actually really chaotic and turbulent under the surface, freezing, merciless, and even deadly- but looks perfectly safe from above. (Source: my mom is actually insane, help).
Its crazy how this musical is getting so much more love since its been out for years! This is my favorite song out of the musical and just ugh i love it
Lyrics: When I was a little girl, like really little, like 8 or so, I was playing in my fathers study; a place in the house I wasn’t supposed to go. My father fancied himself a sailor- His study was filled with nautical decor. He kept a boat in a bottle on the top of a shelf... And it shattered on the ground when I slammed the door. I told my mother everything- I told her I was so so sorry. She told me: “Don’t cry, when he comes home tonight we can make everything okay- This is all we have to say- we don’t remember a boat in a bottle- it must have fallen off it’s shelf alone.” “We know you loved it, we’re so sad it’s broken- but neither one of us was even home~” And it’s our word, yes our word- against his. So I hid screwups from my father; made up school awards to please my mom. Whatever made the steak taste better- whatever kept the waters calm. I was told to keep their secrets and in turn they’d keep mine. As I got older I got dumber- I couldn’t help but cross the line. Three times I nearly wrecked my life- three times I nearly came to ruin. Three times went crying- to my parents, who said they’d make it go away. Yes, this is all we had to say: “We never rented a house in Sedona- We didn’t see Camille the day she died. We haven’t been on our boat in some years now- so we don’t care what you found inside.” And it’s our word, yes our word- it’s our word, yes our word~ Against theirs. Somebody was paid to make it go away- Everyone was paid to make the problems go away~ Doesn’t matter who gets screwed, or who is blamed- or what you need to do to clear your name. An inconvenient truth can be easily erased. When I was 26, I was living in New York. I developed some fun habits; put my white blood cells to work. I remember it so clearly~ I was home alone on a Tuesday night. To level out, I popped some downers- but couldn’t seem to get my mind right. I drew a bath and slipped into it- and suddenly became aware; I couldn’t keep my head above water. I took a final gasp of air. And as I lay there helplessly- a million different thoughts came to me: I saw my parents hearing the news; your only daughter drowned today. I thought about what they might say. “Our daughter Judith, no she moved to Austin! She’s very happy there, or so we hear. She’s always been so goddamn independent, the years go by and now we barely see her.” “Our daughter Judith, you must be mistaken! You mean the girl we raised as if our own? We loved her so much, she felt like our child- but eventually, we had to send her home.” It’d be their word, only their word. It’d be their word, only their word~ on it’s own.
I don't fully understand what's going on, but I love the fact that when he accidentally? killed that girl, he went to his parents and they covered him up. I didn’t quite understand if they had a good family, but the fact that he was sure that he could come to them with such a problem is awesome.
THIS TOOK YOU *FOUR* DAYS?! Buddy, you can _speed_ work!! Ive heard of animatics shorter than this that took months or weeks to create. You being able to create one that's five whole minutes and this level of quality is impressive!!
HOW ON EARTH IS THIS NOT VIRAL? I really love the way you draw facial expressions, movements and the shape of their face is so pretty. The dad is kinda hot ngl
This is BEAUTIFUL!! I love this song and I am now so invested in your story and your characters. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this before, absolute highlight of my month (not even an exaggeration) Please keep it up!! Your artstyle is so nice!
you know the animation is good when it makes you break down about your own shitty coping mechanisms 🤡 but seriously, this is really impressive and well done, great job!
This is how I always imagined the boat falling off the shelf bit. It just sounded like it was more to protect her daughter than it was her being a pathological liar
Overt actions are what you do to another. Withholding the truth from others, sets up persistence because they can [never be told] what you know to be truthful. The downfall of everything worthy.
Why’d you make the parents so friggin fineee tho like common ever heard of bi panic 👋😭 but no this is seriously really good I love the art style. This is appealing to watch unlike some very choppy animations Iv seen 😅
Bro this song fits this book I had to read for school so well. Like they literally had the police investigate the, for so,thing they found in the boat that they hadn’t used in a while and the main character’s first backstory point was when she was 8 and the mom made her lie about what happened. But also so many details are way too different (like the entire last part)
@@MochaVicta AWWW UR SO CUTE!! You have a lovely personality ♡ Its stunning!!! and I would date all the characters in this video LMAOO I'm so glad you did this song I love it so much!
This is absolutely beautiful! I absolutely adore animatics that pay attention to the *subtle* movements, it really adds SO much believability. Tinting the background in some spots adds quite a bit too! Well done! 👏
Fjjrjgjejcje this is increadible, and you're so talented!! And I love how you drew all of the clothes, the creases and wrinkles are so perfect (I'm still learning how to make them look accurate😩🤚) honestly, all of your animatics are phenominal!! Edit: I just watched it a third time and wanna add how amazing the hair is too rjgvjrrjdjejc
Kckskxnsks THANK YOU, YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING You're so nice ;'00 I wanna get another video out by next week since I'll have spring break to work on it haha
me rewatching this many times to procrastinate work: *notices something* HEY HANG ON- IS THE DAD IN HANDCUFFS TOWARD THE END?? WHATD HE DO TO LAND HIMSELF IN JAIL
So...I figured that I should add I'm demi, and my attraction is primarily personality based, to provide some context (Demiromantic Bi [ace] to be specific)
i dont wanna talk about how long it took me to find this song. all i could remember was something about the bottle breaking and them covering for their kid and that it was an animatic
[Verse 1] When I was a little girl Like really little, like 8 or so I was playing in my father's study A place in the house I wasn't supposed to go My father fancied himself a sailor His study was filled with nautical decor He kept a boat in a bottle on the top of a shelf And it shattered on the ground when I slammed the door [Pre-Chorus] I told my mother everything I told her I was so, so sorry She told me, "don't cry When he comes home tonight We can make everything okay This is all we have to say [Chorus] "We don't remember a boat in a bottle It must've fallen off its shelf alone We know you loved it, we're so sad it's broken But neither one of us was even home" And it's our word Yes, our word Against his [Verse 2] So I hid screw-ups from my father Made up school awards to please my mom Whatever made the steak taste better Whatever kept the waters calm I was told to keep their secrets And in turn they'd keep mine As I got older, I got dumber I couldn't help but cross the line [Pre-Chorus] Three times I nearly wrecked my life Three times I nearly came to ruin Three times went crying to my parents Who said they'd make it go away Yes, this is all we had to say [Chorus] "We never rented a house in Sedona We didn't see Camille the day she died We haven't been on our boat in some years now So we don't care what you found inside" And it's our word Yes, our word It's our word Yes, our word Against theirs [Bridge] Somebody was paid to make it go away Everyone was paid to make the problems go away Doesn't matter who gets screwed, or who is blamed Or what you need to do to clear your name An inconvenient truth can be easily erased [Verse 3] When I was 26 I was living in New York I developed some fun habits Put my white blood cells to work I remember it so clearly I was home alone on a Tuesday night To level out, I'd popped some downers But couldn't seem to get my mind right I drew a bath and slipped into it And suddenly became aware I couldn't keep my head above water I took a final gasp of air [Pre-Chorus] And as I laid there helplessly A million different thoughts came to me I saw my parents hearing the news "Your only daughter drowned today" I thought about what they might say [Chorus] "Our daughter, Judith? No, she moved to Austin She's very happy there, or so we hear She's always been so goddamned independent The years go by and now we barely see her" "Our daughter, Judith? You must be mistaken You mean the girl we raised as if our own? We loved her so much she felt like our child But eventually we had to send her home" It'd be their word Only their word It'd be their word Only their word On its own
michael just sitting there watching everybody simp over his parents: 🧍♂️
Dude I simp over the parents, it's a mutual respect ;]
aidjskdjkwkdjs lmao me too i was just kidding lmao 😭
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but like- how can you not
Fr-💀
To anyone who doesn't know where the song is from--its from a musical called 36 questions!!! It's a podcast musical (no visuals, just listening), and all 3 acts are on TH-cam!!!! HIGHLY recommend.
Oh I thought 36 questions was like the musician's name
And Spotify! That's the original cast where you can listen to the music + script
I’m listening to it rn and I’ve become two songs this one and for the record
i’ve recently watched all of the acts, also highly recommended :)
I listened to it awhile ago and I like some of it but didn't like the ending. Still some great scoring.
I like how Michael baths in clothes it’s such a mood that he’s just not bothered to take them off to bathe properly
So I just noticed a motif of water in this song, and idk about the rest of the musical, but it’s a pretty cool touch.
Could possibly symbolically represent how families like this can look calm and safe at first, but are actually really chaotic and turbulent under the surface, freezing, merciless, and even deadly- but looks perfectly safe from above. (Source: my mom is actually insane, help).
Lmaooo 😂, hope you're doing better ❤️🩹
Really?! If she is, it's dangerous!!
The part in the song that went something like "We never own a house is Sodona." gave me chills for no apparent reason.
I'm sorry but the seemingly emotionally unavailable father. UGHHHHHH, he is so fine. I cannot. AND WHEN HE SMILED? painstakingly attractive.
Why do some of us always go for the assholes in fiction
@@greenbird6435 because their so hot???? its actually unfair
Right?? Like goddamn he’s so fineee, and at 4:58 he is it just ahhhhh
Its crazy how this musical is getting so much more love since its been out for years! This is my favorite song out of the musical and just ugh i love it
Same! I think my favorite would be either this or better version, or Natalie Cook. Honestly all of them are bops xjsjs thank you though!!
What’s the musical?
@@roboticcrabanimates 36 Questions :)
@@roboticcrabanimates it's a podcast style musical, all three acts are uploaded on TH-cam!!!
the 0 dislikes is making me really proud of humanity
I know right 👁💧👄💧👁 makes me so happy bro cjdhdh
Whelp, someone had to spite you
And then two people had to fuck it all up
Those 7 people decided to fuck this all up now
11 fuckers now, godammit. This is why we can’t have nice things.
Um.... is anyone gonna mention that the parents are hot af?
JCKSJD YEEEESSS HUNKY DADDY GABRIEL 😭😭
YESSSS
You aren’t wrong
The dad is like a dilf dilf
They’re both so attractive.
Wow, this is brilliant! You're criminally underrated.
Awh tHank youuUu!!
Lyrics:
When I was a little girl,
like really little, like 8 or so,
I was playing in my fathers study;
a place in the house I wasn’t supposed to go.
My father fancied himself a sailor-
His study was filled with nautical decor.
He kept a boat in a bottle on the top of a shelf...
And it shattered on the ground when I slammed the door.
I told my mother everything-
I told her I was so so sorry.
She told me:
“Don’t cry, when he comes home tonight we can make everything okay-
This is all we have to say-
we don’t remember a boat in a bottle- it must have fallen off it’s shelf alone.”
“We know you loved it, we’re so sad it’s broken- but neither one of us was even home~”
And it’s our word, yes our word- against his.
So I hid screwups from my father;
made up school awards to please my mom.
Whatever made the steak taste better-
whatever kept the waters calm.
I was told to keep their secrets
and in turn they’d keep mine.
As I got older I got dumber-
I couldn’t help but cross the line.
Three times I nearly wrecked my life-
three times I nearly came to ruin.
Three times went crying- to my parents, who said they’d make it go away.
Yes, this is all we had to say:
“We never rented a house in Sedona-
We didn’t see Camille the day she died.
We haven’t been on our boat in some years now-
so we don’t care what you found inside.”
And it’s our word, yes our word-
it’s our word, yes our word~
Against theirs.
Somebody was paid to make it go away-
Everyone was paid to make the problems go away~
Doesn’t matter who gets screwed, or who is blamed- or what you need to do to clear your name.
An inconvenient truth can be easily erased.
When I was 26,
I was living in New York.
I developed some fun habits;
put my white blood cells to work.
I remember it so clearly~
I was home alone on a Tuesday night.
To level out, I popped some downers-
but couldn’t seem to get my mind right.
I drew a bath and slipped into it-
and suddenly became aware; I couldn’t keep my head above water.
I took a final gasp of air.
And as I lay there helplessly-
a million different thoughts came to me:
I saw my parents hearing the news; your only daughter drowned today.
I thought about what they might say.
“Our daughter Judith, no she moved to Austin!
She’s very happy there, or so we hear.
She’s always been so goddamn independent, the years go by and now we barely see her.”
“Our daughter Judith, you must be mistaken! You mean the girl we raised as if our own?
We loved her so much, she felt like our child-
but eventually, we had to send her home.”
It’d be their word, only their word.
It’d be their word, only their word~
on it’s own.
Wow I can't believe you actually types all that out! Good Job!!!
Thank you
How long did it take to type that (・'v`・)？？
@@elissawilliams8368 About 20 minutes. Let’s just say I was very bored that day.
@@Mini_Pandan-K Thank you
I don't fully understand what's going on, but I love the fact that when he accidentally? killed that girl, he went to his parents and they covered him up. I didn’t quite understand if they had a good family, but the fact that he was sure that he could come to them with such a problem is awesome.
THIS TOOK YOU *FOUR* DAYS?! Buddy, you can _speed_ work!! Ive heard of animatics shorter than this that took months or weeks to create. You being able to create one that's five whole minutes and this level of quality is impressive!!
I want to like but the number is right where it needs to be so I’ll comment instead
HOW ON EARTH IS THIS NOT VIRAL?
I really love the way you draw facial expressions, movements and the shape of their face is so pretty.
The dad is kinda hot ngl
Yes zaddy Gabriel
Also thank you sO MUCH JDJSJS
Ha, it is now
you're so underrated it actually hurts
PbBb thank you 👁💧👄💧👁💜
Whoever disliked is probably one of the dumbest people-
Also this is art- I love it
PfFf
Thank you tvt
your artstyle is immaculate 😩🌟
Thank you broski 👊😔💜
Aaaaaaaaa holy shittt this is so good omg, I love your art style smm and "our word" is such a good songgg
It is!! The whole musical is like, a bop tho
Thank you so much!!😢💜
This is amazing!
Thank you!!:DD
Been looking through our word animatics because I love the song so much. This is the best one by far :D
AWWWE BRO THANK YOU
I didn't realise how recent this was! Quality work!
Thank yoUuU!:D
4:30 - 5:02 sounds really angelic tbh
Love the animation❤
This is BEAUTIFUL!! I love this song and I am now so invested in your story and your characters. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this before, absolute highlight of my month (not even an exaggeration)
Please keep it up!! Your artstyle is so nice!
HFISID YOU
YOU RIGHT THERE
STOP
I AM THE OVERLOAD POLICE
YOU HAVE OVERLOADED THIS ARTIST AND
AND IM SO GRATEFUL
The mom tho- 😅😅 girl in red???? sweater weather?????? ✨PLEASE✨
the parents are so hot like im literally drooling
you know the animation is good when it makes you break down about your own shitty coping mechanisms 🤡
but seriously, this is really impressive and well done, great job!
by far the best animatic I’ve seen with this song 💞💓
AwawwW thank you!!😢💜💜
Wow! I love the way you draw! Their expressions are amazing!
AwHh THANK YOU!
The OC is amazing and the animation (sjudj omg amazing)
I love it
AAA thank you so much!!! I'm so happy you like it :'DD
What ever kept the waters calm..
I can't stop listening to this
omg I love your art style!
very good animatic, keep up ze good work :D
Thank you sm!!:D 💜💜
painful 😭 last bits hurt my heart.
PLS THE MOTHER IS SO PRETTY
THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE YOU ART AND THE STORYLINE YOU PUT WITH THE SONG OMG 💕💕💕
AAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! T0T THAT MADE MY DAY
@@MochaVicta NO PROBLEM
That heathen did NOT just get into that the bath FULLY CLOTHED
This is how I always imagined the boat falling off the shelf bit. It just sounded like it was more to protect her daughter than it was her being a pathological liar
Overt actions are what you do to another. Withholding the truth from others, sets up persistence because they can [never be told] what you know to be truthful. The downfall of everything worthy.
I love the musical 36 Questions!!! Also this is very good!
this is so good, I love your art so much 😍
AwhHHh THANK YOU!😢😭💜
Man, I just wanted to see some awesome animatics from a song I like and now I've subscribed to six people -
Why’d you make the parents so friggin fineee tho like common ever heard of bi panic 👋😭 but no this is seriously really good I love the art style. This is appealing to watch unlike some very choppy animations Iv seen 😅
this is amazingggg! can't believe I'm only just finding your channel!
Oh my God this is so pretty! I just found your channel and I'm already addicted ❤
AwHHh THANK YOU!
Welcome to my channel :')💜
I know I'm late but I've watched this so many times ! I love your art style so much !
Aaa thank you so much!!!💕💕💕
Ughh the art is absolutely fantastic >
Thank you!:)
I really like the expressions in this !! :O
Thank you!
ok but little Michael's floofy hair is just...*Chefs Kiss*
Yess floofy hair ftw 👁👁💜
Bro this song fits this book I had to read for school so well. Like they literally had the police investigate the, for so,thing they found in the boat that they hadn’t used in a while and the main character’s first backstory point was when she was 8 and the mom made her lie about what happened. But also so many details are way too different (like the entire last part)
I keep coming back to this animatic for this song 😀👍
Bro thats so cute :'0 ty
This is absolutely stunning oml
No YOUR absolutely stunning!
But srsly thank you djshdjd
@@MochaVicta AWWW UR SO CUTE!! You have a lovely personality ♡ Its stunning!!! and I would date all the characters in this video LMAOO I'm so glad you did this song I love it so much!
I seriously gotta figure out how you draw such lovely figures. Drawibg human figures is honestly the hardest part of art
This is absolutely beautiful! I absolutely adore animatics that pay attention to the *subtle* movements, it really adds SO much believability. Tinting the background in some spots adds quite a bit too! Well done! 👏
Me on my way to bash the 14 people who disliked this: 👁👁🔪
This was amazing!
It's a complete masterpiece
your artstyle is so amazingly beautiful!!! I love how you draw your characters and the hairstyles!!
AAA THANK YOU!!!💜💜
@@MochaVicta NO PROBLEM❤️❤️❤️
OH!!! THANK YOU!!!👀💜
I love the way the song fit song fits in with the animatic. AAaaaa I wish my art was like that LMAO I could never that is how good it is! : D
THAT'S PERFECTION!!!!
I love the way you draw hair so much,,,
Great animatic!
I want the dad's hair his hair is amazing
But the way you draw and draw positions is really good! I can't believe you did this! And the Musical? Beautiful!
Fjjrjgjejcje this is increadible, and you're so talented!! And I love how you drew all of the clothes, the creases and wrinkles are so perfect (I'm still learning how to make them look accurate😩🤚) honestly, all of your animatics are phenominal!!
Edit: I just watched it a third time and wanna add how amazing the hair is too rjgvjrrjdjejc
Kckskxnsks THANK YOU, YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING
You're so nice ;'00 I wanna get another video out by next week since I'll have spring break to work on it haha
@@MochaVicta IM SO EXCITED, IM SURE IT'LL BE ANOTHER MASTERPIECE!!!
First time hearing this song and it is so dang sad
And your art to go along with it is gorgeous!
THIS IS SO POG WHAT- omg fam 5 minutes 👏👏 this is fabulous,, animation buddies 🥺❤️❤️
BAHAHA YESSSS ALSO THANK YOUUUU
aahhh the art of gaslighting
Oh my god I love this. Especially the end
Thank you! I really like how I did the end too 👁👁💜
This is so cool you did such a good job
Thank you!! 💜💜
I don't understand how could you not like this I can't stop watching this is like my 10th time watching this 😍😍😍
This is so amazing!! And I love the art style
I'm excited to see what comes after! Don't feel like you have to rush! It's very very good!
♡♡ Thank you! I'm hoping to get one out at least every month for 2021 :)
No, because that dad is a DILF if I've ever seen one ❤
i am FASCINATED what the context is
Omg this is amazing how are you underrated wtf⁉️
Bro thank you fjsjdn
My man looks like cg5, but either way this is great
I- I got a fucking dog body pillow add before this wtf this is a fever dream
This was very pog yes indeed
This is incredible. Thank you.
me rewatching this many times to procrastinate work: *notices something* HEY HANG ON- IS THE DAD IN HANDCUFFS TOWARD THE END?? WHATD HE DO TO LAND HIMSELF IN JAIL
Dad ran a drug trade with mom but he took the fall :]
@@MochaVicta ......this shouldn’t make him more attractive but it does-
Everyone's simping over the parents, and I'm like, "Sorry, I'm not attracted to emotionally abusive and manipulative people."
So...I figured that I should add I'm demi, and my attraction is primarily personality based, to provide some context
(Demiromantic Bi [ace] to be specific)
@@Dreamheart101You are Demi as well? Fuck yeah, we are uniting! 😁
The animation was fantasic! Also I decided to listen to 36 Questions a great musical podcast on TH-cam. I do reccomend it.
i love this animatic
I love this musical! Wonderful animatic!
This animatic is awesome! Your artstyle is amazing dude ;0;
DUDE OH MY GOD I HAVENT INTERACTED W YOU IN A WHILE YOUVE GOTTEN SO GOOD W ART
HOLY SHIT YEAH HI OH MY GOD YOU.SAW THE CRINGE 😭😭💙💙💙
I loved this it’s so amazing!!!
WTF is the dad and mom so hot- like damn
HOW ARE YOU NOT FAMOUS also protect baby Michael at all costs.
Its cuz im so inactive 😭
This song is so sad ahhh
I love it though
And the expressions and movements
It's so well done ❤❤❤
✨beautiful ✨
This is pickletown and alpas the 7th end level of quality
Ill start sobbing 😭😭💜
the art is good really illustrates the song very well
You’re so talented! I love your art style I’ve watched this over and over or like an hour now lmao!
Oooo nicely done dude! Wish this video had more likes
Awhhh,, thank you man 😭💜💜
Your art style is so cool!
3:20 (just a timestamp for myself)
This is soooooooooooooooo Goooood I love it. I have watched it like 10 times now lol.
i dont wanna talk about how long it took me to find this song. all i could remember was something about the bottle breaking and them covering for their kid and that it was an animatic
THIS WAS SO GOOD HOLY SHIT
ASDFBX THANK YOU
[Verse 1]
When I was a little girl
Like really little, like 8 or so
I was playing in my father's study
A place in the house I wasn't supposed to go
My father fancied himself a sailor
His study was filled with nautical decor
He kept a boat in a bottle on the top of a shelf
And it shattered on the ground when I slammed the door
[Pre-Chorus]
I told my mother everything
I told her I was so, so sorry
She told me, "don't cry
When he comes home tonight
We can make everything okay
This is all we have to say
[Chorus]
"We don't remember a boat in a bottle
It must've fallen off its shelf alone
We know you loved it, we're so sad it's broken
But neither one of us was even home"
And it's our word
Yes, our word
Against his
[Verse 2]
So I hid screw-ups from my father
Made up school awards to please my mom
Whatever made the steak taste better
Whatever kept the waters calm
I was told to keep their secrets
And in turn they'd keep mine
As I got older, I got dumber
I couldn't help but cross the line
[Pre-Chorus]
Three times I nearly wrecked my life
Three times I nearly came to ruin
Three times went crying to my parents
Who said they'd make it go away
Yes, this is all we had to say
[Chorus]
"We never rented a house in Sedona
We didn't see Camille the day she died
We haven't been on our boat in some years now
So we don't care what you found inside"
And it's our word
Yes, our word
It's our word
Yes, our word
Against theirs
[Bridge]
Somebody was paid to make it go away
Everyone was paid to make the problems go away
Doesn't matter who gets screwed, or who is blamed
Or what you need to do to clear your name
An inconvenient truth can be easily erased
[Verse 3]
When I was 26
I was living in New York
I developed some fun habits
Put my white blood cells to work
I remember it so clearly
I was home alone on a Tuesday night
To level out, I'd popped some downers
But couldn't seem to get my mind right
I drew a bath and slipped into it
And suddenly became aware
I couldn't keep my head above water
I took a final gasp of air
[Pre-Chorus]
And as I laid there helplessly
A million different thoughts came to me
I saw my parents hearing the news
"Your only daughter drowned today"
I thought about what they might say
[Chorus]
"Our daughter, Judith?
No, she moved to Austin
She's very happy there, or so we hear
She's always been so goddamned independent
The years go by and now we barely see her"
"Our daughter, Judith?
You must be mistaken
You mean the girl we raised as if our own?
We loved her so much she felt like our child
But eventually we had to send her home"
It'd be their word
Only their word
It'd be their word
Only their word
On its own