creature

from so does the dirt by saint joan!

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lyrics

cut me loose like i was something new
did you feel the knife like it was you
or did i come easy like i was meant to be
something that belonged to you

i will not come when you call
i will not come when you call

dangle on the leash of what you want
i will roll your world inside my palms
now you would like to heal that chasm in your side
but i recede, i bite

i will not come when you call
i will not come when you call

arctic hackles bristling i rise
bare your teeth to cut me down to size
i hope that i am more than everything you made
i’m learning to be safe

i will not come when you call
i will not come when you call

credits

from so does the dirt, released November 22, 2019
from margaret atwood's speeches for dr. frankenstein part x:

The creature, his arctic hackles
bristling, spreads
over the dark ceiling.
his paws on the horizons,
rolling the world like a snowball.

He glows and says:

Doctor, my shadow
shivering on the table,
you dangle on the leash
of your own longing;
your need grows teeth.

You sliced me loose

and said it was
Creation. I could feel the knife.
Now you would like to heal
that chasm in your side,
but I recede. I prowl.

I will not come when you call.