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    "the record is a perfectly paced blast of dark pop that deftly reflects Fortune’s growing prowess as a songwriter” - Pitchfork

    "a grim, melodic sweet spot between total bummer and feel-good sing-a-long” FADER

    "Post-punk prodigies" - SPIN

    “Dark, twisted new-wave confessions from a goth goddess” - Rolling Stone

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lyrics

My body has its limits
These scattered bones
Pulled in all directions
It takes a toll
I tumble down your stairs
Like an avalanche without warning

Waiting for illumination
It never comes
Choking on the elevation
In my lungs
Elation, oh elation
How fickle you are in the morning

Didn’t I tell you this could die?
Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I?
Didn’t I say I could walk away at any moment?

This unrelenting shadow
Is casting doubt
It wants to carve me til I’m hollow
And snuff me out
It’s a damned if do, damned if I don’t
Ever-after

Your calamity seduced me
And kept me near
Wrapped in subtle forms of sorrow
And laced with fear
But I haven’t any room for more than
My own disaster

Didn’t I tell you this could die?
Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I?
Didn’t I say I could walk away at any moment?
You fool me once, you won’t fool me twice
I’m not a virgin on the altar of sacrifice
Didn’t I say I could away at any moment?

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from American Tragic (EGR re​-​issue), released January 30, 2017

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