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Better or Worse

from Serpentine by Gillian Grassie

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Momma, Papa, please come quickly
there's something in my room
It's creeping in all four corners
and I'm too afraid to move

Now it's you who've got me quaking
my lord this house is shaking
and I don't fit under my bed

Is it better or worse to know it's been like this
since we first left that garden of Eden?
I don't blame the woman or the fruit or the serpent
they are gifts and tools and we need them

My parents they never made much sense
as a married couple they were pretty ridiculous
they jumped off the deep end and they held their breath
and they hoped for the best
Well I've had a partner or two
and I've learned like you
it can be harder than hell to hack it
we open our mouths
we sigh love, we cry foul
and we can't always seem to back it

Oh is it better or worse to know it's been like this
since we first left that garden of Eden?
I don't blame the woman who took fruit from the serpent
they are gifts and tools and we need them

Of all of nature's laws, you know
inertia is the worst
'cause once you've chosen to
start in motion you can't
stop alone or reverse
and sometimes in my dreams I follow
the length of an outstretched arm
and see the gloss of a shiny red apple
yet unbitten in the palm

Oh is it better or worse to know it's been like this
since we first left that garden of Eden?
I don't blame the woman or the fruit or the serpent
they are gifts and tools and we need them

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from Serpentine, released October 30, 2007

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Gillian Grassie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gillian Grassie is an American singer-songwriter and harpist who splits her time between Philadelphia and Berlin.

"It’s rare to hear a young singer with such control and understated soulfulness, and even more rare to hear a harp provide such a deep percussive groove. I was immediately captivated by her sound.” - Grammy-winner Marc Cohn
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