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Truth Trapped in My Throat

by Akira & the Merpeople

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From the new musical, Akira & the Merpeople

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DELFINA:

JUST LOOK AHEAD,
THERE’S NO BURIED TREASURE.
DON’T LOOK BACK, JUST FIND OUR WAY.
AND WHAT I LOSE,
THERE’S NO WAY TO MEASURE.
OH, WITHIN MY DREAMS I’LL SEE YOU,
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE MOVED ON.
IT TAKES ME TIME TO PROCESS,
BUT BY THEN YOU’LL BE LONG GONE.
SO LONG, SO LONG,
I LET YOU GO ALONE.
SO LONG, SO LONG,
THE TRUTH TRAPPED IN MY THROAT.

MAYBE SOMEDAY
I’LL SEND YOU A LETTER,
IN A BOTTLE THAT MIGHT BREAK.
A THING I’LL DO
TO FEEL A LITTLE BETTER.
OH, I’LL SEARCH MY DREAMS TO FIND YOU
MAYBE WE’LL DREAM THE SAME ONE
IT TAKES ME TIME TO FULFILL
ALL THE DREAMS THAT I HAVE SPUN.

SO LONG, SO LONG,
WILL YOU EVER KNOW?
SO LONG, SO LONG,
THE TRUTH TRAPPED IN MY THROAT.
SO LONG, SO LONG,
HOW WILL YOU EVER KNOW?
SO LONG, SO LONG,
THE TRUTH TRAPPED IN MY THROAT.

THE WAVES RUSH IN,
THE WAVES RUSH BACK,
THE SEA IS ALWAYS CHANGING.
BUT ME, NOT ME.
I AM MOVING SLOWLY.
I HAVE A ROCK, AN ISLAND,
AND MUST I CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM?
NOTHING’S EVER EASY.
HOW CAN I CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM?

SO LONG, SO LONG,
WILL YOU EVER KNOW?
SO LONG, SO LONG,
THE TRUTH TRAPPED IN MY THROAT.
SO LONG, SO LONG,
HOW WILL YOU EVER KNOW?
SO LONG, SO LONG
THE TRUTH TRAPPED IN MY THROAT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I AM THE FRAGILE BOTTLE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HEART TRAPPED INSIDE THE BOTTLE.
FLOATING SO LONG, FLOATING SO LONG.
THE TRUTH TRAPPED IN MY THROAT.
SO LONG, SO LONG,
WILL YOU EVER KNOW?

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released February 21, 2021
Performed by:
Ashley Pérez Flanagan

Music by Teresa Lotz
www.teresalotz.com

Lyric by Claire Tran
www.clairetran.net

Audio Engineer: Anthony Spinnato

Ashley Pérez Flanagan on instagram: @ashflanny and @moondrunkband

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Akira & the Merpeople New York, New York

Akira & the Merpeople takes place in a world where merepeople are trapped in human bodies. At night the liberated merpeople call these humans to come back to their true selves. Akira, is a rebellious teenager, with a punk band, who believes she is supposed to be a merperson. Her mother, Huệ, a Vietnamese refugee who came as a "boat person," is keeping Akira from the ocean, out of her own fear. ... more

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