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Tied to the Post

from Before You by Alicia Palmquist Hansen

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You can hold my eyes
Hold my body with yours
But my mind’s flown out
The open doors

This is happening
Too much these days
Gave it too much freedom
Now it never obeys

I’ve always allowed it
To wander at will
When I’m tied to the post
It can make its own kill

What have I done,
Who is this beast
Who comes home bloody-mouthed
Though I’ve laid out a feast?

My mind’s this treacherous thing
With a pair of dark wings
When I want it to stay
That’s when it quickly flits away

Perhaps I should keep it
Hooded and caged
But when I tried that before
It became so enraged

I slowly lost
My will and nerve
Now there’s no question
Who rules and who serves

My mind’s this treacherous thing
With its dark powerful wings
When I ask it to stay
That’s when it always slips away

It’s such a terrible thing
I should have clipped its wings
But if I forced it to stay
It would just escape in some other way

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from Before You, released November 6, 2018

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Alicia Hansen Vancouver, British Columbia

Haunting and sophisticated, Vancouver native Alicia Palmquist Hansen’s “ethereal voice and classically informed arrangements come together in experimental pop that’s both listenable and challenging” (Now Magazine).

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