Name: Skeleton
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: The protections we build in response to abuse or trauma serve us well…until they don’t.

Skeleton

from Cherchez La Femme by Karyn Oliver

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The protections we build in response to abuse or trauma serve us well…until they don’t.

lyrics

No one likes a crybaby kid
Swallow your fear, keep your feelings hid
So I work to harden my skin
You can’t touch me if you can’t get in

All alone safe in my Skeleton

Look at me I bounce when I fall
Look at me I feel nothing at all
Put me up there on your highest wire
I will leap right through your fields of fire

All alone I inspire

When I built this shell I could not see
I left outside all that I need

Hard and thin growing brittle in the sun
Please crack me now so I can come undone
I will work to soften my new skin
You can’t touch me if you can’t get in

All alone trapped in my Skeleton

credits

from Cherchez La Femme, released October 20, 2023
Produced by: Katherine Etzel
Mixed by: Katherine Etzel
Mastered by: Adrian Morgan, Timeless Mastering

Musicians
Vocals, guitars: Karyn Oliver
Bass: Carolann Solebello
Drums: Cheryl Prashker
Guitars: Anne McCue
Tambourine: Katherine Etzel
Backing Vocals: Katherine Etzel

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Karyn Oliver Fort Worth, Texas

2024 FAI Official Showcase Artist
WINNER 2020 South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Contest
New Album Here!

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May 5

Muddy Creek Music Hall at Old Salem

Winston-Salem, NC

discography

Cherchez La Femme

Oct 2023
Pelican

Aug 2023
Jenny

Aug 2023
Cry Hallelujah

Feb 2023
A List Of Names

Apr 2022
Magdalene

May 2013
Red Dress

Dec 2012
Hurricane

Sep 2007

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