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Bee Without Wings

by Elin Grace

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Little Bit Delicate 04:13
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Lyrics My town’s scary when evening turns to night When I’m far from home I’m wary, even in daylight And I don’t like it when people are too brave I bite my hangnails when I’m nervous, and I always behave Stop right there, I’ve a fragile sticker on my collarbone Today I learned Stop right there, I’ve got bruises from words and I’m ticklish Would you like to learn? Don’t break me, I wanna be whole again Don’t melt me, I’m not prepared Self-indulgent, maybe materialistic I’ll look at my hands and say “I’m a little bit delicate” Ill to hell with humour, stupidity not wit And I wish to death I had a say in deciding my next fit See if I really wanted to be newer, bluer I’d find a stretch of untouched land, growing crops like me not you Stop right there, I’ve a fragile sticker on my collarbone Today I learned Stop right there, I’ve got bruises from words and I’m ticklish Would you like to learn? Don’t break me, I wanna be whole again Don’t melt me, I’m not prepared Self-indulgent, maybe materialistic I’ll look at my hands and say “I’m a little bit delicate” Tap me on the shoulder and you might just knock me over And now I’ve dropped all my folders ‘cause you tapped me on the shoulder I’m a typical girl, marketing ploy, I’m childish, it’s so stylish They are all ashamed of me, grew up to what I’m supposed to be (Please) Stop right there, I’ve a fragile sticker on my collarbone Today I learned Stop right there, I’ve got bruises from words and I’m ticklish Would you like to learn? Don’t break me, I wanna be whole again Don’t melt me, I’m not prepared Self-indulgent, maybe materialistic I’ll look at my hands and say “I’m a little bit delicate”
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Breathe 05:08
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Lyrics Help me look for a window, I need to get some air Can’t find a key to the door and I don’t have a pin in my hair I don’t have the transparency to admit my skin is crawling I pick off the bugs on my own, and I’ve decided I’ll go out to the chicken shed and sit between the eggs I hope the hens don’t mind me here, they keep pecking my legs And it’s been just over two days, and I think I’ll stay here for four The hens, they like me by now – well, they don’t bite my anymore But I’ve forgotten how to Breathe x4 Peel my hands from my eyes, you have finally found me Played hide and seek at age 5 but I’m still good at disappearing, see? I’ve been talking enough and thinking too much I’m breathing too fast and losing my touch This idea was dumb, can you call my mum? I think that I’m becoming undone I sit and clutch my muddied knees as my chest begins to heave I am a cheat for being weak, but will you stay while I sleep? But I’ve forgotten how to Breathe x8 As my head hits the pillow, feathers start to grow all over me A flightless bird, a worried girl; who is she? A heavy heat clings to me and it grounds my feet Let the breeze drift so sweetly and bend my knees for me, and carry me Please carry me Teach me to breathe Let me Breathe x16
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Doll 04:14
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Lyrics Call her little miss perfect, don’t search down too deep You wait till the heart monitor stops its beep So suck it all in then, don’t want to breathe out Any imperfections will cause too much doubt And they say ‘No pain, no gain’ If pain is gain, then beauty is torture So tear the meat from off the bones and leave the skeleton there to show That you were more than just a doll: there was terror inside your delicate bones A clump on her pillow and more in the bath Extensions to hide this will always work out Exterior beauty brings challenge each day One pound on, one pound off; a problem to face And they say ‘No pain, no gain’ If pain is gain, then beauty is torture So tear the meat from off the bones and leave the skeleton there to show That you were more than just a doll: there was terror inside your delicate bones A ballerina on stage couldn’t bring that much grace Her clear skin is perfect, not a blemish in place But inside is failing – the damage is done The doll’s legs are too weak now to stand straight upon No you are not a star honey, cause even stars burn out Let the stupid ones look pretty, cause your job is to drown And they say ‘No pain, no gain’ If pain is gain, then beauty is torture So tear the meat from off the bones and leave the skeleton there to show That you were more than just a doll: there was terror inside your delicate bones
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Dainty 04:50
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Lyrics I’ll phone you up as I cross the road Close my eyes, you tell me when to go I don’t trust my body but I trust your voice You could do better, glad to be your choice And I am everything to you – boys are made to make you blue The playground tells you boys are always rude But you? You’re new You brush my hair and tell me “I love you” (Can I be) dainty? Can I be dainty? Dainty (I want) I want to be more than I am I’m not enough, I know I can be You love me more than you quite should You make me feel so understood And I am everything to you – boys are made to make you blue The playground tells you boys are always rude But you? You’re new You brush my hair and tell me “I love you” (Can I be) dainty? Can I be dainty? Dainty (I’ll be) I’ll be too loud until I’m mute Place me in the corner out of view You ask “What can I even do To make you know you’re too good to be true?” How am I good enough? How am I good enough? How am I good enough for you? With my hand down my throat, I feel my fingers through my neck I walked around town like this – only he noticed It will not be enough until my ankles don’t hold me I cling a little too tight, like my favourite dress It never suited me anyway So I made myself small for you, but you let me be big You don’t want me choking on dreaming new year, new me And I lowered my voice for you with my hand back down my throat, But you pulled it back out again I’ll learn how to grow, Today I’ll sit down by our tree, between your knees You love me for me, and I’m dainty again And I’m happy again
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Perfume 05:02
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Lyrics I fell in love in a thrift store We were looking at this 80s haul George and your best mate John You make me wish my name was Ringo or Paul How dare you make me feel so wanted? I’ve never felt so far from fear – and it’s only been a year Maybe one day the fear will completely disappear. Only want to know you Almost want to be you Simply want to steal you, and everything you are And everything you are I’d like to be your perfume, wear me on your neck I’ll move out of my bedroom to sleep inside your head To sleep inside your head I bruise quite easily, saying leaving you would bruise sounds a bit rude Knowing you’s greedy, I’ll put on a pound or two. Will you let me know you? I like your stories twice through, I like your eyes, they look brand new You’re expensive, you’re a Starbucks brew Only want to know you Almost want to be you Simply want to steal you, and everything you are And everything you are. I’d like to be your perfume, wear me on your neck I’ll move out of my bedroom to sleep inside your head I’d like to be your perfume, wear me on your neck I’ll move out of my bedroom to sleep inside your head. To sleep inside your head, to sleep inside your head And I cry too easily, saying if you left I’d cry seems a bit dry Fall for you faster than a bee without wings falls from the sky I don’t know all that much but I know the angle of your nose I think it’s lovely I think that you might be home

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My debut EP, 'Bee Without Wings', featuring lead single, 'Breathe', is out on Bandcamp now! My EP blends quirky piano ballads with jazz fusion influences, and I write about love, coming of age and self-esteem.The first song I wrote on the EP was Doll, when I was twelve, and the most recent song is Breathe, at eighteen, so the EP really tells the story of my teenage years. It reflects on themes of being insecure in a relationship, but finding confidence and self-expression whilst also finding love… This EP feels like my first little body of work, and I’ll always have that. It’s a diary of my teenage experience.

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released September 23, 2022

Written and performed by Elin Grace
Sound engineering by Oscar Featherstone
Produced by Oscar Featherstone and Elin Grace
Mixed by Tchad Blake
Photography and graphic design by Sam Stevens

With special thanks to the Forté Project

Thanks also to Nia Bolland, Rich and Eleri, Adée, Jace, Tricia, Mrs Bowen, Bethan, George and his best mate John, Annie, Tiz, Tom, Mum and Dad, and Sammy.

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Elin Grace is a 19 year old independent singer-songwriter from rural mid Wales, whose debut EP, ‘Bee Without Wings’, blends quirky piano ballads and jazz influenced indie-pop with deft vocal harmonies, and sweetly sophisticated melodic arrangements.

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