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One Day I'll be Real

from Strange Little Smile by Rosi Lalor

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ONE DAY I'LL BE REAL feels like the most vulnerable/personal song on the album. I felt I'd finally managed to articulate something that had been on the tip of my tongue my whole life. It speaks to having been exposed to intense objectification, of being forced to sacrifice my natural, authentic self and to operate from a 'role self' instead. The more I learn, heal, grow, and listen to other women's stories, the more I see that this is a collective, transgenerational wound. Thanks to Bethany Webster, I now understand that the most insidious forms of patriarchy and are passed on from mothers to daughters. My prayer is that future generations of little girls grow up without having to choose between connection and authenticity, at ease in their own skin.

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I can make a dreary day seem full of sunshine
It's a trick I learned when I was very small
when a few kind words at the right time
could keep the toppling buildings tall

Now I can breathe a sacred wind through tired sails (I can)
I can mend a broken heart with glue and nails (I can)
I can even put a train back on its rails
I can do anything, go anywhere
inside the fairytale

One day when my work is done
a golden chariot will come
and it will take me to a place
where I'm safely embraced
then I'll become a real someone

What if I let the wind blow through these tired sails?
Put down the glue, put down the nails?
And leave the train, just leave the train off its rails?
And let me rosey cheeks go pale?

One day when the truth has won
a golden chariot will come
and it will take me to a place
where I get to have a face
and a heart
and and mind
and a soul
and the body of a real someone

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from Strange Little Smile, released July 8, 2021

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Rosi Lalor Cork, Ireland

Rosi Lalor grew up in Liverpool and now lives in County Cork. She is a storyteller and mystic at heart, with a large dose of clown thrown into the cauldron. Her song-craft is a satisfying process of resolving inner conflicts. Strange Little Smile is her second album, Flowers For The Living (available on itunes & Spotify) is her first. ... more

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