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Two Fridas

from Dream Girl by Tisa Batchelder

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Two Fridas, inspired by the painting by Frida Kahlo, depicts a long, slow march towards self-love. Limitations are destroyed. The dark corners of self are approached, acknowledged, and integrated with tenderness, with determination, with ferocity.

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I am sky vast blue-black
I am thick cloud cover
If I, my clouds, are swept away, I know vast I remain
And with or without my partner, my lover
I tell you I remain
I tell you that I remain
And I am Earth, flat, and brown
I am so dark on the horizon
I am bare, I'm void of rain, I'm so bright on the foreplane
When you see me you see division
What do you have your eyes on?
I tell you it's all the same
I tell you its all the same

They say there are two loves one sacred one profane
I say they can't reconcile their pleasure and their pain
Yeah, I say they would hide their pain

One heart is whole one heart is scarred
The wedding dress is torn and blood stained
But my peasant clothes remain unmarred and
I tell you they're just the same
I tell you they're just the same
I hold an image of him I love that man
I hold the snips that cut the vein
And cool smooth dry skin-I hold my own hand yeah
I tell you the love remains
I tell you the love remains

Here is my heart, it's on display
Cross section exposed, but I'm not afraid
You ask is love unrequited? From myself, I say,
I'm undivided yeah
I tell you I'm undivided

You sense an air so heavy, you seem so serious
You see wounds, I won't deny it
But do you see what I show? Is it so mysterious
When I tell you
I am united
Yeah I tell you I am united

I sit erect upon this bench
I sit with myself reflecting
What's come to pass
What will be
My commitment's to love
And to all of me
My commitment is to love all of me

credits

from Dream Girl, track released August 4, 2023
Tisa Batchelder-piano, vocals, & glockenspiel
Gregg Ostrom-bass & trombone
Anna Jacobson-French horn
Rebekah Abel-trumpet
Gerald Dowd-drums & percussion

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Tisa Batchelder Chicago, Illinois

Called “absolutely original” and “truly unique", Tisa Batchelder's songs are haunting, cool, and lush; layered with winks and nods. Her vocal delivery meanders then soars: light and airy sing-song; gutsy, witchy mystery; searing, soul-baring emotional expression.Tisa's songwriting is informed by study of literature and filmmaking as well as a life-long fascination with healing. ... more

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