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Gave Me The Itch

by Shrimpwitch

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    Orange tape with red tape!!!! Photographic still from film clip, "Digestion", by Kalindy Williams, Orbit Arcade. Illustration by Elise Nielsan. Graphic design and heading by Kim Prawn.

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1.
Trouble 01:56
Contained inside your heart And finding it hard to grasp Solitude And I don't want to start To imagine us apart Don't want to be rude I would never let You to keep me like a pet But you do Trouble isn’t hard it’s growth... Trouble isn’t hard, it’s growth... I give you my oath It's nothing worth a fret And this isn't a threat I love you Under your protection I am swarmed with affection Red and blue There isn’t a trait That I would ever hate Something’s there I feel I suffocate Anxious and super late But you care! Trouble isn’t hard it’s growth... Trouble isn’t hard, it’s growth... I give you my oath I wanna build myself up I have it kind rough Saying no You drink me from a cup I go down kinda rough Icy snow Trouble isn’t hard it’s growth... Trouble isn’t hard, it’s growth... I give you my oath
2.
Leerers 01:47
Just because I look funny Just because I have a body Just because I have hair Does not mean you can stare There's a force that surrounds me That you think you want desperately Your perverted sinister glare To which I've become aware I'm not here For you to leer I'm not here For you to leer Your gaze is cold and shadowy Is wrong and horrid not flattering My lightness, glittery and fair Is threatened by you to which you don't care I won't stand here and be objectified Part of my naivety had died You don't know what this feels like Don't touch me, don't kiss me I'm not here For you to leer I'm not here For you to leer (cont)
3.
Green Potato 01:59
Was it a politician? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Was it a UFO? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Was it a green potato? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Was it a so-and-so? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Was it a news headline? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Was it a transport fine? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Was it an unfair crime? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Or was it me this time? That gave me the gave, gave me the itch Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!) Gave me the itch! (Scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy, OH!)
4.
5.
Shadowing is fun for me As I sit by your cherry tree I’m supported by your talent I unfortunately repent Calling on the angels high To sing your lucky lullaby Green looks good on me Green looks good on me Green looks good on me Green looks good on me Fill the air with high regard Might need a security guard Be a shame if you would fall We’d never hear from you at all Tumbling from your pedestal Whoever wishes it so cruel Maybe then, they would fine I’m the best, leave you behind... Green looks good on me Green looks good on me Green looks good on me Green looks good on me
6.
Repetition 01:40
Wetting the iceberg Rounding up the herd West flies the birds Garbage to the curb Start to finish Serving the same dish Circle-swimming fish Routine is rubbish Repetition, you’re making me reel Without answering the question You enter a spiel And having the gal, to lie to us all You’re a marionette A thousand feet tall Sharpening the pencil Composting fruit peel Skinning road kill Run of the mill Terminating your contract Hitting the sack When light falls to black Progress falls back Repetition, you’re making me reel Without answering the question You enter a spiel And having the gal, to lie to us all You’re a marionette A thousand feet tall
7.
Sever 03:09
When you have nine lives And most of them we share And leading my own You hiss, scratch and glare When you have eight legs And you hold me down I’m stuck in your web No room to move around When you have seven sins Wrath and envy transpire I singe and burn In your ire hell fire Sever! Sever! Sever! Oooh-ohh! Sever! Sever! Sever! Oooh-ohh! When you have six-six-six On your shoulder Your fury grows hot Our love turns colder When you have five senses Focused on my faults Crumbling, I manage your Sensory assault When you have four limbs Hurling the blame Pinned against the court Fouls called in the game Sever! Sever! Sever! Oooh-ohh! Sever! Sever! Sever! Oooh-ohh! When you have three tenses And we share the past The future to be sweeter if In the present we part When you have two conceptions Of fair and felonious Your ghastly perceptions Could be spared, and harmonious But when you point one finger Three fingers point back Inside your mind, inside your trap These three fingers I wanted to sever Coz rather than count back those moments together Where I felt I could shut away and whatever But now it sounds to me that you hate me forever, And it always hurts and it’s not very clever how it turned out and now I’ll see you never...
8.
Digestion 03:37
Failure is a balance, of victory and chance, if you have some remanence, to suffer for romance Purge the urge to wallow, take your pride and swallow When you're feeling hollow, go deeper than the shallows Villainess internal sabotage, fills my eyes with rage It took panic and sickness, to cleanse trauma with sage I took a chance, and I was brave I drank till I was bloated, self-care was demoted Listless and emoted, with trauma left un-noted, Skilfully able to repress, the horror I had to address The power I possess, to finally find my happiness Villainess internal sabotage, fills my eyes with rage It took panic and sickness, to cleanse trauma with sage I took a chance, and I was brave There was so much to digest, I finally made some progress, I find sometimes I get depressed, to the path to success
9.
Mystique 02:10
10.
Shrimping 02:32
Aah - ooh - uhh - eurgh

about

A story told by two Crustacean Queens over two years about being fed up, sexed up and enraged.

credits

released January 9, 2019

Shrimpwitch is:
Georgi Goonsack - vocals and drums
Kim Prawn - vocals and guitar

Gave Me The Itch was recorded and mixed by Oscar Casley 2018.
Mastered by Mikey Young in 2018.
Album artwork By Elise Nielsen.
Album Layout by Kim Prawn.
Photography by Kalindy Wiliams.
Cassette released on Psychic Hysteria 2019.

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Shrimpwitch Melbourne, Australia

Georgi Goonsack (vocals/drums)
Kim Prawn.
(vocals/guitar)
Shrimp-charged garage punk.
Debut album 'Gave Me the Itch' out January 2019 <3

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