Name: Stained Cotton
Duration: P00H03M18S
Description: Stained Cotton is a folk and surrealism-inspired exploration of the double standards of and sexism towards women in British society. Written last year during the heightened coverage of misogyny and violence towards women in the media, the song describes the unjust, oppressive and vulnerable position many women are forced into.

Stained Cotton

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Stained Cotton is a folk and surrealism-inspired exploration of the double standards of and sexism towards women in British society. Written last year during the heightened coverage of misogyny and violence towards women in the media, the song describes the unjust, oppressive and vulnerable position many women are forced into.

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You wouldn’t be at all surprised to know
They stole her vows before asking her to go
Would it be so strange for her to use
This fickle power she’s learned to abuse

To a place where the ice breathes
And death’s but between sheets
You’ve left what you once had
But the door locks in the Keep

And they say she was always mad
The girl with the bloodied hands
That they sooth with melted meat
As such holy text demands

Perform it all I see
The day slowly dawning
With cut tongues and broken teeth
The light slowly forming
Maintain treasured as you please
The night slowly calling
Bent backs and heavy knees
Your gaze carefully crawling
A new rouge to start the show
A fresh you raring to go
A speck of blood upon the lip
Hidden amongst such spender is

‘Perform it all’ I see...
It’s three in the morning
Cut around day dreams
All but stained cotton
Walk to the village sore
Past cattle and laboured hordes
Cut around day dreams
With losses long forgotten

Perform it all I see
The day slowly dawning
With cut tongues and broken teeth
The light slowly forming
Maintain treasured as you please
The night slowly calling
Bent backs and heavy knees
Your gaze carefully crawling
A new rouge to start the show
A fresh you raring to go
A speck of blood upon the lip
Hidden amongst such spender is

You wouldn’t be at all surprised to know
They stole her vows before asking her to go
Would it be so strange for her to use
This fickle power she’s learned to abuse

credits

released September 2, 2022
Lyrics & music: Amelia Stokes & Fraser Fulton
Performed by: Midnight Ambulance
Produced by: Paul Winton, North Road Studios
Mastered by: Ed Woods
Artwork: Ritchie Collins

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Midnight Ambulance are an alternative rock duo from Scotland.

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