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Paper Cuts

from Amped '93 by The Impulse Powers

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In ‘93 I had set up a house party. I suppose it was an attempt to make friends, and to validate myself through their approval.

To do this, I had to present myself to them, and how better than through music. Nirvana’s Bleach felt like the right way to make me look the right mix of angst and rage and emotional turmoil.

Things went off the rails.

lyrics

JUST BLEACH TO SPEAK FOR ME/
ANGULAR AND FULL OF VITRIOL/
SO STRANGERS CAN APPEAR/
ANSWERING MY CLUMSY DRUNKEN CALL/

BARE BULBS/
IN EMPTY ROOMS/
GIVE OF THE LIGHT/
THAT REST EVENLY/
TO THE CORNERS/

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME/
I TURN TO MY VODKA/
FIND A PLACE DEEP THERE/
FREE OF YOUR BLANK STARE/
THAT KNOWS NOTHING HERE/

THOSE CHILDREN STEAL AWAY/
AS I BEGIN TO DREAM THERE’S LOVE THERE/
MOST KIDS JUST WANT TO PLAY/
AND NOT JUST HEAR MY WAILING WAILING/

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME/
I TURN TO MY VODKA/
FIND A PLACE DEEP THERE/
FREE OF YOUR BLANK STARE/
THAT KNOWS NOTHING HERE/

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from Amped '93, released July 9, 2022

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The Impulse Powers Manchester, UK

A music and writing project, which mines my personal history to try to move past painful or negative memories.

These songs and poems confront and then re-inscribing adverse experiences, to try to find acceptance, solace, or even glimpses of joy in dark times.
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