Esthero in Progress

so,  i’m most likely only doing this because i’m drunk…..i have always been so guarded but i wanted to give you a sneak peek.  ‘black mermaid’ is a special song because i wrote it with jahi sundance, and we wrote it for my sister Cree summer to sing. I tried to write it from her perspective. I never had any intention of recording it myself, but after a lovely night with Chin Injeti, we all rolled back to the studio, i whipped out the guitar and played this song…..Chin said “i don’t give a fuck who this is for, you need to record this song” and though i protested, i eventually caved in….and boy am i glad i did, because this is the song that spurred the rest of the album that i have just spent the last year making. This is the song that started it all. This is my first exercise in simplicity. Pretty much just me and a guitar, piano and upright bowed bass. Very little bells and whistles. And if it weren’t for Chin Injeti, I don’t know if any of it would have ever transpired.   I humbly ask that you listen in headphones and please do not rip it.

Black Mermaid

i’m a black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you
’cause i’m a black mermaid
nothing rarer you will find
i am here for you to love me
i’ve been here for all o’ time

and i will wait for you to see me and to understand
that a woman can restore the soul of any broken man
if you can look beyond the waves and just believe in me…..
i am the lighthouse standing strong atop the rocks and sand

’cause i’m a black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you

and i’ve spent most of my life deep down inside myself
i’ve dreamt about the possibility of someone else
who could see the things i’ve seen and steal away with me
into the darkness we could fade because we know ourselves
and i’m his black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you
yeah i’m a black mermaid
from the bottom of the sea
i will teach you how to love me
into greatness i will lead you

and i’ve spent most of my life deep down inside myself
i’ve dreamt about the possibility of someone else
who could see the things i’ve seen and steal away with me
into the darkness we could fade because we LOVE ourselves

and i’m his black mermaid
he thinks i’m beautiful
yeah i’m his black mermaid
he thinks i’m beautiful
i am beautiful

(All the dark horses and all the good men,
won’t you come put me back together again?)

i am beautiful.

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