this track is so unbelievably epic... You need to be scoring films.

In "Dark Side" with the lyric "I'm weak minded - give 'em candy, bread and watch them weep," I allude to the Latin satirical poet, Juvenal's: panem et circenses (bread and circuses). 
My alter-ego MISSY Shapeshifts between a confused and impulsive citizen of a future dystopia & and dark political figure generating public approval with diversion, distraction or base needs.  "Bread, candy & a show."  Tapping into the new, algorithm-driven social and political apathy with an archaic reference. x

"A Gasoline Goth Pop Nightmare, MISSY is both an artist and Music Producer - using her sound-weaving abilities to lure you into a dream world of her own creation."

MAJOR ARCANA

Dark Side

Written in the throws of lockdown, missy brings out the heaviest of her beats to compliment the weight of the times.

Hell In My Head

reaching your midlife crisis in your early 20s? yep....

Quarter Life Crisis

Cage

https://youtu.be/LD2Vn4fsPXQ

Watch the performance here!

Narcissist (Live)

MISSY and SWEATR join forces to craft some dark magic !

Speak Now - MISSY x SWEATR

Abigail Knudson © 2015

Written by Abigail Knudson
Produced by Timothy Greenslade
Co-Produced by Abigail Knudson
Engineered, Mixed and mastered by Timothy Greenslade @ Greenslade Music

Religion

I'm a walking disaster,
Drawn to the enemy, 
Where the crow calls I will follow
Sucker for the grave-yard digger
Shot my own foot, running to the ditch I dug
There's many little bones in the closet now, 
Making a twisted sound
A howling in the night and it's coming my way
come to collect that pound

Pound, flesh
Blend, fresh
Run, fly, boy cry
No heroes, no heroes, no heroes
Running to the ditch I dug

New year, new me, new hideaway
It's all lies anyway
Can't cope, can't grow
Stagnant cynic-hope 
"here lies your loving gaze"

Building up a back bone, 
Battle drone, so alone
I'm pristine shit, best of all the bad bits!

Pound, flesh
Blend, fresh
Run, fly, boy cry
No heroes, no heroes, no heroes
Running to the ditch I dug

(What's there left to believe, only empty gestures)
Baby you can trust me
Baby you can trust me
Look me in the eye, tell me i'd tell a lie

FLESH

Thematically, Petty tackles the immaturity that can sometimes rear its ugly head when people meet somebody truly compatible for the first time. The self-destruction, the excuses and the fear that comes with finding what fits you, versus the more negative relationship-with-a-fiery-ending that you believe you deserve. Most people run from something good for them faster than something that is bad for them and Petty tries to encapsulate the indecisiveness and regret that comes with tackling that.

V1
It's not important, don't get up for me
Just gotta breathe you out, sink in some honestly 
Your Kiss, like venom in my veins
Love, like heaven in the rain and I'm soaked
Pre
If only we had met a different place a different time, 
I would swallow my pride and have the guts to make you mine
But I'm too Petty, hold onto the things you did so wrong,
But so right, so right, so right….
Ch
We can't let go
We can’t let go of this, cos we're too petty
Uh, yeah we’re too petty
V2
Caught dodging your ghost, howling in the night
Creak of the stair, is she coming up here? 
Your Kiss, like venom in my veins
Love, like heaven in the rain
And I'm soaked

Pre
If only we had met a different place a different time, 
I would swallow my pride and have the guts to make you mine
But I'm too Petty, hold onto the things you did so wrong,
But so right, so right, so right….
Ch
We can't let go
We can’t let go of this, cos we're too petty
Uh, yeah we’re too petty

Bridge
We've been played by our own game,
No cards left, no heart is safe
Oh and we're not ready, no we're not ready
The truth hit me like a tonne of bricks and you had me with a click of your fingers,
Oh and we're not ready
We're not ready 

Chorus
We can't let go
We can’t let go of this, cos we're too petty
Uh, yeah we’re too petty

Petty

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