Girl Without A Past

(from the upcoming Daphne Lawless album, Small Group Psychosis)



They never look much closer

They see what they want to see

Nothing stays that might disclose her

In her false transparency



But she always feels uneasy

In the darkness of the soul

Something lies beneath the pleasing

Of the part, but not the whole



As she stands before the mirror

Makes believe the dream can last

She's the woman of the future

She's a girl without a past



She has memories in boxes

Which she stores against the light

But the monsters laugh at locksmiths

And she thinks it serves her right



And she knows the change is final

That no traces still remain

Her obsessions wrapped in vinyl

Prematurely by the brain



In the fire of her mortality

The holy dice were cast

Now she's clinging to her sanity

A girl without a past



If she thought someone would love it

She would gladly turn the page

But she strives to rise above it

It's the spirit of the age



She could sleep with random strangers

Or improve her mental grip

She is conscious of the dangers

And she never lets it slip



She's the life of all the parties

But she leaves them very fast;

It's a weight upon the heartstrings

Of a girl without a past.



Now she stands before the mirror

From the first day to the last

She's the woman of the future

(Just as long as no-one shoots her

And as long as living suits her)

A girl without a past.