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FORAGER - Split Lip [NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission 2025]

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7.5K views 3 months ago #tinydeskcontest #tinydesk #nprmusic
FORAGER, recorded live for the NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2025 Shyamala Ramakrishna, lead vox Jack Broza, guitar Colum Enrique, drums + percussion Nolan Nwachukwu, bass Kenyon Duncan, keys + backing vox Keren Abreu, backing vox Mixed by Jack Broza Evan Carter, Cinematographer Jack McGovern, Assistant Camera Jacob Gusentine, Grip "Split Lip" is about the mixed messages our culture sends girls and women about motherhood--what it gives, and what it takes. The narrator angrily resists the role of the mother but is too consumed by its mystery to walk away. ~~~~ Will I tire like a dog of something to tend to Or will it mend me to try to mend you? Did she end where I began, like nothing men do Or will it mend me? Fill my diary of a void, or it would be a pity You wouldn’t change a thing but you would trade with me You wouldn’t change a thing but you would trade with me Skinned knees, cartoon quicksand I swear they’re pretending They’re counting e …...more
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FORAGER - Split Lip [NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission 2025]
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Feb 82025
FORAGER, recorded live for the NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2025 Shyamala Ramakrishna, lead vox Jack Broza, guitar Colum Enrique, drums + percussion Nolan Nwachukwu, bass Kenyon Duncan, keys + backing vox Keren Abreu, backing vox Mixed by Jack Broza Evan Carter, Cinematographer Jack McGovern, Assistant Camera Jacob Gusentine, Grip "Split Lip" is about the mixed messages our culture sends girls and women about motherhood--what it gives, and what it takes. The narrator angrily resists the role of the mother but is too consumed by its mystery to walk away. ~~~~ Will I tire like a dog of something to tend to Or will it mend me to try to mend you? Did she end where I began, like nothing men do Or will it mend me? Fill my diary of a void, or it would be a pity You wouldn’t change a thing but you would trade with me You wouldn’t change a thing but you would trade with me Skinned knees, cartoon quicksand I swear they’re pretending They’re counting every minute up until the ending They’re counting every minute up until the ending Split lips and ashy hands Split lips and ashy hands Will I tire like a dog of something to tend to Or will it mend me to try to mend you? Did she end where I began, like nothing men do Or will it mend me to try to mend you? Far away, the tiny hands are ready to fight me I turn my back, but she looks just like me I turn my back, but she looks just like me The other way’s a lonely land Of laptops and Vespas What other way to be? The mother of all questions What other way to be? The mother of all questions Split lips and ashy hands Split lips and ashy hands Will I tire like a dog of something to tend to Or will it mend me to try to mend you? Did she end where I began, like nothing men do Or will it mend me I’ve never been empty of flesh and blood to bend to Staying put won’t help me, holding out I end you They’re saying happiness like this, now, don’t it even tempt you? I end where you begin or, holding out, I end you Will I tire like a dog of something to tend to Or will it mend me to try to mend you Did she end where I began, like nothing men do Or will it mend me to try to mend you #nprmusic #tinydeskcontest #tinydesk

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