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Drowning All My Sorrows

from Fantoche by Alacartoona

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lyrics

i'm trying to drown all of my sorrows
but they're learning how to swim
i've tried white poison, tried to shoot them
but i just can't do them in
lately i've begun to think
that there's no way that i can win
i'm trying to drown all of my sorrows
but they're learning how to swim

there are no silver linings if you haven't got the gold
and wishing things and dreaming dreams just leave you empty and cold
calling them the fairer sex doesn't mean that they play fair
you'll bend and twist and ache to be kissed 'til you're tossed out without a care

we're trying to drown all of my sorrows
but they're learning how to swim
we've tried white poison, tried to shoot them
but we just can't do them in
lately we've begun to think
that there's no way that we can win
we're trying to drown all of our sorrows
but they're learning how to swim

that which doesn't kill you can leave you scarred and broken for life
you'll beg for the noose if you survive the abuse and they won't even give you a knife
the men that tell you, 'trust me,' are the ones to never believe
their words will ring hollow as they ask you to swallow their lies and still stay naïve

[chorus]

so i put on the paint and i make you all smile
but you're really just baring your teeth
so hear me sing and watch me dance to forget
that we're shrouded in grief
the stage lights are bright and the room is loud
to keep the dark at the door
suspending our lives as we drown out the cries
and we drink and we dull pain once more

we're trying to drown all of my sorrows
but they're learning how to swim
we've tried white poison, tried to shoot them
but we just can't do them in
lately we've begun to think
that there's no way that we can win
we look down in our glass
there they are floating in the gin
we're trying to drown all of our sorrows
but they're learning how to swim

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from Fantoche, released September 14, 2012
Words, music: Kyle Dahlquist

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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri

Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more

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