2025 Original Album Drafts

by Unwoman

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1.
Where are you going? Where did you come from? What is your wish for the future of The human race? Is it for liberty For all but to harm? If not I’d kindly ask you to reconsider The direction you face Billions of people Selling the dream, make-believing they believe Sell us on you Billions of people saying yes to you Before you gain power over us We have to ask what you’ll make of us Before we give you power over us We have to ask what you’ll make of us! Oooh and we’re primed to trust If you find any single way to help us And we give too much In the name of deference You have a right to be a god among men if you are a good one And I think you all can be good if you stop and listen And I have the right to be the king of all things if I share the good ones And still have the right to say no if the price is too much With infinite edges as textures, connections are added Another dimension where minds are enthreaded I know you’re invested in my pleasure — You trust its return in exponents And I am the future dragging the past behind me From other directions where lives were diverted Meet me out back: if you’ve got what I want You’ll read my mind next century You’ll read my mind next century Oh you won’t wait to touch me next time! But it’s not too late! Oooh and we’re primed to trust If you find any single way to help us And sacrifice too much In the name of deference You have a right to be a god among men if you are a good one And I think you all can be good if you stop and listen And I have the right to be the king of my things if I share the good ones And still have the right to say no if the price is too much What if every child deserves the world? Make it a good one: the best you can.
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Ooh unsurprisingly I have Stumbled into the sound Of the loneliest place in your head Are you even around? Am I alone in this: Do you always feel held now? [forgetting the dark of your history] Oh give me a reason to stay on earth What will take to make it worth The suffering I experience The suffering I cause Why does it have so much more power than bliss does? So I, so I, so I beg pull me out and give me more Many have died of lack of pleasure before Have you known desperation To find your heart a home? And always try to be compassionate to those who were here before: “We humbly submit we would love to enrich the lives you have here”
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You’re running out of love I’m running, out of fear You say “as long as someone’s moving” If we act up we’ll disappear You’ll say “the neighborhood’s improving” Well everything ends, everyone dies in the end And each day life gets a little bit worse until then Everyone ends, everything dies in the end And each day life gets a little bit worse until then It’s easy enough to say it’s all bullshit When you’re staring down someone else’s gun When rules you didn’t choose write your life Hey at least the boss is getting some but Everything ends, everyone dies in the end And each day life gets a little bit worse until then Everyone ends, everything dies in the end And each day life gets a little bit worse until then Have you seen Nostalgia lately? I must be having such a great time I forgot about the good times! But someone planted succulents here By the bridge to Daly City Sometime in the last two years Just because they’re pretty (I could have missed this! I could have missed the flowers!) [chorus] [And what do I take with me? No you can’t make a copy!] Lift your face to brugmansia in the night We’re not on the path you planned But we’re alright…
4.
Civilization 01:11
They say it’s normal to feel despair When pondering our “civilization” But then I remember healed broken bones are Civilization’s definition To want to be there for The people you care for Whether or not they can return the favor And hell no it’s not normal! If we were civil, truly All of our value Would be measured by: how can I help my fellow beings?
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You heard this was the place to find your baddest self A dark and sensual world to taste heaven or hell You want a commanding touch — do you need to be taught? The answers to your prayers may be deep in these vaults (And I opened that door so you don’t have to…) I walk the halls alive where good girls never dare The path of liberation is one I’d like to share Do you need to be led, do you long to be free? I make a good example — come along with me Come out, come out… And I opened that door So you don’t have to Oh opened the door Come find me Anytime — day or night I promise I’ll always want you She said no but she didn’t say never From now on, forever there’ll be a light in my eyes That she’ll come and find me Hope is one thing, faith is another Keep putting one foot in front of the other till I’m Somewhere good: I believe that she could love me Seven delicious weeks since first you came to call We’ve danced in every room down these tawdry halls And yet I feel there’s something that you’ve never shown Come to my arms my sweet, let yourself be known And I opened that door So you don’t have to Oh opened the door Come find me Anytime — day or night I promise I’ll always want you She said no but she didn’t say never From now on, forever there’ll be a light in my eyes That she’ll come and find me Hope is one thing faith is another Keep putting one foot in front of the other Till I’m somewhere good I believe that she could trust me Let my spirit see yours in all its beauty I’m ready! And I opened that door… (We could be anything we’ve always wanted) And we all can be gods here
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The Body 05:27
You’re going to get me Sooner or later You’re going to get me sooner or later And you’ll love me And you’ll lap up everything that I say or do But I won’t lead Because I can’t respect those who’d follow a fool Through the longest nights We all want someone Who will see and know and understand But most mistake dominance for love Helplessness for true surrender And I do my best to recognize that overgrown seductive power Yes you love me And you lap up everything that I say or do But I won’t lead Because I need to see where your impulse takes you And you love me you love me you want to dive in deep Just don’t forget the body Don’t forget to feed me Dont forget the body A delicate and elegant deserving lady Just don’t forget the body Give it everything this little princess needs Just don’t deny the body Give her anything she turns it out in threes And you love me, you love me, you want three more of me It will take some work And a lot of time It will take some demolition But you best believe You deserve That Life And pleasure makes smooth medicine And you’ll love it And you’ll learn to love even the harshest truths If you accept There’s turning the ship until all of us do (And you’ll love me) And that’s what we owe each other And you’ll love me down to my bones once I reflect the divine within every person Don’t forget the body etc And you’ll love me And that’s what we owe each other And I’ll reflect the divine I prayed to people outro…
7.
Prayed To People I take on faith that you want what’s best Yes come test my faith in people I take it on faith that you want what’s best For me and all people I prayed…. I prayed…. I prayed to people I prayed to people! And I fear that things will never be as they were What if you never get better? I took that bitter pill and it became part of me To see every possibility Does this find you deep in your hallucinations Or dreaming state And are you seeing anything like I see While I am awake? Like the god in me (like the god in me) Sees the god in you (sees the god in you) Picture us, all us mothers deep in pleasure Not a care in the world Remember that the past is never gone You will live on! And although it took somes decade for me to Learn to see we’re all divine It was always your example that led me As if by larger design I prayed…. I prayed…. I prayed to people I prayed to people! My review is neutral.
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What to Do 04:01
I’m back in my body and I am almost happy Will you please stop telling me what to do? I have survived this No thanks to you Would you please stop telling me what not to do too? And coming out of that spell Meat-puppeted by Someone who should not have been trusted And I say “wiggle your big toe” It’s still the mastermind show I thought I got him out of my head No inhibitions Fake till I make it I must persist to Disturb the complacent I’m back in my body and I am almost happy Will you please stop telling me what to do? I have survived some bullshit Thanks to you Would you please stop telling me what not to do? But I find my grasp already Weakening on anything that I have to initiate myself So it seems that free will is just Another muscle you must Exercise just like anything else Dancing to music Only in my head I must persist To comfort the afflicted And you wonder who can you trust They disappoint all of us Still they won’t stop telling us what to do! You are not immune to propaganda! I am not immune to propaganda! You are not immune We are not immune I am not immune to propaganda!

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This is a collection of early drafts (already available to subscribers) of my original songs that will appear on my next album. I wanted to make it slightly easier for folks to not have a huge pile of songs to sort through as they join my subscription.

As of March 22 I'm omitting
- one song that I haven't finished writing yet
- the three songs on "Who's Afraid of Being Revolting?"
unwoman.bandcamp.com/album/whos-afraid-of-being-revolting
- "Mamas, Please Let Your Babies Grow Up"
unwoman.com/mamas.html
- and "Broken Girl"
unwoman.bandcamp.com/track/broken-girl-featuring-eric-oehler

There will probably be at least one more draft before the final release that will have updated versions of most things including all of those.

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released March 22, 2025

Placeholder cover is How Sir Tristram Drank of the Love Drink by Aubrey Beardsley

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Unwoman San Francisco

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Unwoman is a self-produced cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and electronically arranged beats, her solo music is a futuristic homage to her classical training. Unwoman has been featured at steampunk, goth, and sci-fi-related events all over North America and has collaborated with many notable acts. ... more

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