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Sheela​-​Na​-​Gig

from Strange Little Smile by Rosi Lalor

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It is always special to encounter a SHEELA-NA-GIG carving on the side of an old church. PJ Harvey's brilliant song of the same title expresses Sheela's 'exhibitionist' energy directly, as did Sinead O'Connor when she tore up a picture of the Pope, and so did Maya Angelou when she delivered 'And Still I Rise' to a crowded theatre, straight from that oil well at the meeting of her thighs. My song is more about my terror of expressing her energies directly (see 'witch wound' reference above). The 'old friends' I am clinging to are Fear and Shame. Sheela is the ultimate antidote to these two miserable beasts.

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The table's not where it used to be
the one that did not welcome me
is out in a field, I see it now absorbing rain
and I'm not guilty though I know it's in pain

The bed's in pieces in the yard
the one that made communion hard
the one that told me I would never find rest
lies awake with its own nails in its own chest

The sky is now the roof
The lady of the house is now the truth
Her touch is so soothing
it helps with the losing of old friends

It's bitter lonely on the mountain top
Stick out my tongue say "Make it stop!"
As though I'm praying for the lifting of a curse
She laughs and brings me underneath her skirt
and rocks me awake and alive
she melts me and she moulds me
she makes me one of her kind
I'm one of her kind
I'm one of her kind

The sky is now the roof
The lady of the house is now the truth
Her touch is so soothing
it helps with the losing of old friends

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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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