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Natalie Anne Merchant est une chanteuse et musicienne de rock américaine.

✵ 26. octobre 1963
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Natalie Merchant: Citations en anglais

“hey Jack Kerouac
I think of your mother
and the tears she cried, she cried for none other
than her little boy lost in our little world that hated
and that dared to drag him down
her little boy courageous
who chose his words from mouths of
babes got lost in the wood
hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts
they all spoke through you”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Hey Jack Kerouac

“My drug period was between the age of 17 and 18. That was a time when I was experimenting with a lot of things, I was experimenting with sleep deprivation, fasting. The longest fast I ever did was 12 days. You go that long without food and you hallucinate. I would take this powder made out of guarana seed, my friend Mary would bake it up like cocoa in muffins and leave them on my doorstep. My drinking period was when I was 13, 14. Drugs fascinated me for a short period of time but not any more. A glass of wine puts me in a weird enough state.”

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NME (1 July 1995)

“talk, talk, talk about it
you talk as if you care
but when your talk is over
tilt that bottle in the air
tossing back more than your share”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Don't Talk

“So their eyes are growing hazy
'cause they want to turn it on
so their minds are soft and lazy
Well, hey, give 'em what they want”

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Song lyrics, Our Time In Eden (1992), Candy Everybody Wants

“If lust and hate is the candy
if blood and love tastes so sweet
then we give 'em what they want
Hey, hey, give 'em what they want”

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Song lyrics, Our Time In Eden (1992), Candy Everybody Wants

“trouble me
disturb me with all your cares and you worries
trouble me
on the days when you feel spent”

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Song lyrics, Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Trouble Me

“newspapers ask intimate questions
want confessions
they reach into my head
to steal the glory of my story”

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Song lyrics, Tigerlily (1995), Wonder

“don't talk, I will listen
don't talk, you keep your distance
I'd rather hear some truth tonight
than entertain your lies”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Don't Talk

“who do you believe?
who will you listen to
who will it be?
it's high time that you decide
in your own mind”

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Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Life Is Sweet

“the color of the sky as far as I can see is coal gray
lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
a quiver in my lips as if I might cry”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Like The Weather

“If I could calm or restrain you
for the sake of pity
save the pistol
save the cynic's tongue
save the cool white stare
treat me to an honest face sometime”

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"Scorpio Rising"
Song lyrics, The Wishing Chair (1985)

“where in hell can you go
far from the things that you know
far from the sprawl of concrete
that keeps crawling its way
about 1,000 miles a day?”

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Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), Motherland

“Ophelia's mind went wandering
you'd wonder where she'd gone
through secret doors
down corridors
she'd wander them alone”

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Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Ophelia

“take a look at my body
look at my hands
there's so much here
that I don't understand”

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Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), My Skin

“let me
have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning
please don't hide them just because of tears”

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Song lyrics, Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Trouble Me

“where is the halo
that should glow 'round your face
and where are the wings that
should grow from your shoulder blades?”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), City of Angels

“motherland cradle me
close my eyes
lullaby me to sleep
keep me safe
lie with me
stay beside me
don't go, don't you go”

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Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), Motherland

“hey Jack
now for the tricky part
when you were the brightest star
who were the shadows?
of the San Francisco beat boys
you were the favorite
now they sit and rattle their bones
and think of their blood stoned days”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Hey Jack Kerouac

“people ruthless, people cruel
see the damage that some people do
full of hatred, full of pride
it's enough to make you lose your mind”

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Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Break Your Heart

“you'll know it's true, that you are blessed and lucky
it's true, that you are touched by something
that will grow and bloom in you”

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Song lyrics, Our Time In Eden (1992), These Are Days

“Ophelia was a circus queen
the female cannonball
projected through five flaming hoops
to wild and shocked applause…”

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Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Ophelia

“heaven, is this heaven where we are?”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), City of Angels

“threats like, "if you don't mind I will beat on your behind"
"slap you, slap you silly" made me say,
"o, what's the matter here?"”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), What's The Matter Here?

“doctors have come from distant cities
just to see me
stand over my bed
disbelieving what they're seeing
they say I must be one of the wonders
of god's own creation
and as far as they can see they can offer
no explanation”

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Song lyrics, Tigerlily (1995), Wonder

“I saw my first Henry Darger collage/paintings in the early 1980’s when the tale of Henry’s life was just emerging through rumor and scattered fragments of his book. He lived and died a recluse in Chicago where no one knew of his writings or paintings. There was a folk art gallery in New Orleans that had acquired a small pile of Realms of the Unreal illustrations. I was on tour with REM at the time, Michael Stipe and I visited the gallery where we had a first look at these images of seven little horrified girls pursued by a purple and orange winged cats or evil professors on horseback or resting peacefully under giant sunflowers. I was completely captivated and intrigued.”

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“have I been blind
have I been lost
inside myself and
my own mind
hypnotized
mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen?”

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Song lyrics, Tigerlily (1995), Carnival

“see them walking, if you dare
if you call that walking
stumble, stagger, fall and drag themselves
along the streets of heaven”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), City of Angels

“who will draw the calvary in
risk his very own precious skin
to make our Angelinia a free and peaceful land again?
Henry
who'll love a poor orphan child?
Henry Darger”

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Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), Henry Darger

“what a cold and rainy day
where on earth is the sun hid away?”

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Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Like The Weather

“For the time being I am enjoying my chance to enjoy civilian life off the road. If I combined all the months that I have lived out of a van or tour bus it would amount to twelve solid years. That would be twelve years of driving or flying an average of 100 to 400 miles per day and sleeping in a different city every night. It was a very unique lifestyle that I adapted to and even enjoyed with it’s surreal pace. It’s also a lifestyle that can take a toll on the body and relationships with the people that you are constantly leaving behind.”

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