“But I fear I have nothing to give… I have so much to lose here in this lonely place.” …but it isn’t, is it? She’s adrift without her art. Everyone knows it’s going to hurt, but at least we’ll get hurt trying.” There are things Scarlet has to give up, looking after her sisters. “Don’t look so shocked, don’t judge so harsh– you don’t know, you’re only spying. “It’s alarming, honestly, how charming she can be– fooling everyone, telling them she’s having fun.” Carmen is tired, and she’s scared, but she has to keep smiling, or else she’ll just be a fool.
“They take their bodies apart like toys for the local boys, because they’re always there at the edge of the water.” The novelty has worn thin, and the power she thought she had is becoming a cage. “Take a look at the girl next door– she’s a player and a downright bore! Jesus loves her, she wants more, oh, bad girls get you down.” Carmen has discovered her sexuality and it makes feel powerful– she knows she’s ignoring advice, but she’s having fun.ġ4) Water’s Edge, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds I fall in and out of love with everything– I really don’t know what I’m doing.” Injured– permanently?– and feeling lost, Ruby tries to run away from herself. “I drive fast so I can feel something, I ruin my own life just for nothing. “Trees break the sidewalk, and the sidewalk skins my knees– there’s glass in my thermos and blood on my jeans.” An accident throws the rest of her life into stark relief. “You give it, we take it you build it, we break it you sign and we erase it you feel it, we fake it.” Ruby feels alone at school, surrounded by people who frighten her with their sameness. All of the people depend on you not to hurt them or bang the stick down….” She feels power in play, she feels powerless in the world, she tries to keep going.
“Pick up a stick, dig up a crack, dirt in the street becomes a town. “They took the game right out of it, they took the game right out of it! When I am a man, I will become an astronaut and find Peter Pan….” She doesn’t want to grow up and deal with stupid things like prettiness and jobs, she wants to have fun. “Well, I go to the river to soothe my mind, to ponder over the crazy days of my life.” Ginger wanders, finding happiness in solitude, away from expectations. “Rain, will you wash me through the night? Rain, divine, divine, divine, divine….” What is left of Rose, after what she’s found? Is she happy now? Would you believe her, if she said she was? I want you.” The violence of the world takes her by surprise– it beauty is matched by unpredictability. “My love, I am the speed of sound– I left them motherless, fatherless, their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths, but it’s never enough.
“You want my reply? What was the question? I was looking at the big sky… the big sky, yeah…” Rose fills herself with the pure joy of nature, and feels more at home there than with people. Your dusty eyes as cold as clay– you didn’t hear my warning.” She never truly believed she was in danger, and that was her downfall. “Oh, my sparrow, it’s too late, your body limp beneath my feet. “Grandma, there’s air beneath my bed and it whispers– and it whispers when I rest.” She tries to make sense of the adult world to no avail. “Mothers’ hearts are warm and mild, I would rather see this world through the eyes of a child.” Robin’s heart is innocent, which makes her prey. Illustrations and annotations under the jump– this is a real labour of love for me, so please have a look! Three tracks per sister, four extra tracks at the end. My The Path playlist I’ve been working on for… much too long.
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