#doris.

CHILDREN'S WORK (DESSA) I grew up with a book in my bed, I got these dark circles before I turned ten […] and I’ve learned how to paint my face, how to earn my keep, how to clean my kill

BIG BIRD IN A SMALL CAGE (PATRICK WATSON) I asked the caretaker ‘cause he was their maker, he looked at me and laughed, took another sip from his glass, he said open up your ears and hearts, you put a big bird in a small cage and he’ll sing you a song

LIBRARIES (YELLOW OSTRICH) once you leave all your stories will be gone, libraries burn fast, they weren’t built to last, flames of memory burn brighter than the rest

LABOUR (PARIS PALOMA) this was an escape plan, carefully timed it, so let me go […] if we had a daughter, I’d watch and could not save her, the emotional torture from the head of your high table, she’d do what you taught her, she’d meet the same cruel fate

ARCHIVES (SQUALLOSCOPE) we are weightbearers, we are archives, and we pay with our lives for what we carry

HEART OF MY OWN (BASIS BULAT) I wrote on these walls a simple charm to keep the wolves at bay, gave of my heart, the strength of my arms to hold you close and safe, but I kept my eyes closed, I’ll never know where the shadows are these days

SUCH A COMMON BIRD (WENDY MCNEILL & ANE BURN) I am a lone wolf, a beauty and a beast, both hunter and hunted, soft tongue and sharp teeth, I’m torn from my travels, yeah raw from this road, as I drink from storm puddles, and the stories I’m told

I'M NUMBERS (EMILY WELLS) I’m numbers, I’m numbers, I’m numbers ‘til I’m not

INVOLVULUS (JOHANNA WARREN) you know who I am, drop the stories take my hand, I have done the best I can, Orpheus looked back, Hades knew he would, just a quick glance over his shoulder, now she's gone for good

BETTER THAN THIS (ANE BRUN) I can’t believe that we won’t learn from history, we will learn from history, better than this, fate is always pending, let’s take the wheel and turn away