Price is a lawyer and one of the few responsible adults in our cast, and she envies her friends’ reckless lifestyle. Price’s family has been putting pressure on her to succeed all her life; she wishes she could rebel against all that crap, but you can’t fight fate. This is a duet with D, the only other main character with an office dayjob (he's a graphic designer).
lyrics
PRICE:
The Lord cursed me before I was born
My first cells divide
The program inside was already running
The Lord cursed me before I was born
The choices I'd make
Were already made before I had choices
The Lord cursed me.
He gave me the spirit to never say die
The talent to raise expectations too high
Now nothing's enough and I can't figure why
PRICE, D:
The Lord cursed me before I was born
It can't be denied
The pull of the tides, the call of your nature
The Lord cursed me before I was born
My first cells divide
The program inside was already running
The Lord cursed me.
PRICE:
He gave me the conscience to know wrong from right
So the tiniest fuck-up would kill me inside
He gave me compassion, then drove me to crime
PRICE, D:
The Lord cursed me before I was born
The news from on high:
Everything that you try will blow up and burn you
The Lord cursed me before I was born
"In your formative years," He said,
"You'll have no idea how to handle rejection."
The Lord cursed me.
PRICE:
He gave me the insight to open my eyes
To know when you're lying, which is most of the time
I prayed for a respite
This was the reply:
PRICE, GRUB, D:
"There is no point, there is no plan
Don't even try to understand
You have no rights, you have no soul
You'll take it 'til I say so
GRUB:
On your knees and open wide"
PRICE, D:
The Lord cursed me before I was born
His Holy Decree:
"By age twenty-three your hair will be graying."
The Lord cursed me before I was born
His Heavenly Word:
"Before you get heard, you'll turn suicidal."
The Lord cursed me.
PRICE:
He made me look normal so I could fit in
And get close enough to see what I was missing
And all of the bad things that I would become
Were waiting in ambush before I was born.
credits
from Rise And Shine: Day 2,
released December 15, 2019
Words and music by Jed Davis
Published by Eschatonality/ASCAP, all rights reserved
Heather Maloney: vocals (PRICE)
Jed Davis: vocals (D), organ
Mike Keaney: vocals (GRUB), bass
Alex Dubovoy: guitars
Joe Abba: drums
Produced by Jed Davis
Recorded by Jed Davis at the Ramones Loft, New York, NY, and Pile of Sound
Additional recording by John Delehanty at O Studios, Albany, NY, and Pete deBoer at Excello, Brooklyn, NY
Mixed by Tim Latham
Mastered at Howie Weinberg Mastering by Howie Weinberg and Will Borza