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Something Familiar

from Caterwaul by Ilia Nicoll

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There was something so familiar in the Way she raised her hood
She waded through each syllable in
Ways I understood
She offered up her fingers for the
Handshake or the fist
But bit the nails and beauty marks that Lovers always missed

It’s funny how the gentle-hearted
Get real tough
The curtsy for the critics must be
Mean enough
That no one can dispute what they hear
The master is the mute, always
Mocking from the mirror

‘Little woman, little woman,’ crooned the Crone inside her head
She cut a breast from off her chest, made Arrows sing instead
But there was something missing
When she soldered on her shell
‘Oh soul!’ she cried, ‘Okay, I lied, but Body – never tell!’

It’s funny how we lose the movement
In our hips
When focusing amusement on our Layered lips
Like orifices only betray
The girls we choose to give, not
The girls we hide away

One, two, three – flash!
Caught me with the night trash
Faking
And gambling with the sense we’re Making
So long as no mistaking for the
Girls in the magazine
We forget what we have shown
We forget what we have seen

I swear I saw that girl before
She’s everywhere I go
Maybe if I asked her she’d
Admit what all she knows
Cuz nobody’s an island and we’re
Not alone
The arbitrary symbols that we
Share have shown
That though we can’t compare, we agree
There’s no woman quite like you
There’s no woman quite like me

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from Caterwaul, released August 12, 2014
Vocals, electric guitar, strings: Ilia Nicoll
Drums, synth, autoharp, back up vocals: Jake Nicoll
Electric guitar: Noah Bender
Bass: Darren Browne

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Ilia Nicoll Stratford, Ontario

Ilia has been a longstanding fixture of the East Coast Canadian music scene. Her songwriting is lyrically astute, melodically adventurous and cinematic. In her classic vocal stylings you can find evidence of her childhood obsession with 60s American/British folk and Judy Garland. Since her last European tour just prior to the pandemic, she’s been mothering a child and a collection of new songs. ... more

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