“‘The song tells a story of finding a particular comfort in the kindness of strangers, after meeting someone at a party the night after Jill Meagher’s body was found in Melbourne 2012.
‘I had been in Melbourne performing the previous day when she was found and felt the weight and impact it had on o...
Barricade
Barricade
Pushing all the people away
One night under a Cheshire Cat moon
Conversation with a woman who said
"I hear your quiet frustration,
and I hear your cry"
She burnt up all my disconnection
With a sympathetic smile
[Chorus]
Susanne
Held me without even holding my hand
Oh, uncovered all of the traps
Susanne
Susanne
Showed me the map of the master plan
I found my faith that was lost in the couch
Susanne
Hide and seek
Hide and seek
Hoping someone would find me
In the back yard the next night
After that girl from Melbourne died
We said
"We shouldn't even know her name,
No, she shouldn't be in this song"
But after you've lived in the city for ages
You start to put the wolves clothing on
[Chorus]
Susanne
Held me without even holding my hand
Oh, uncovered all of the traps
Susanne
Susanne
Showed me the map of the master plan
I found my faith that was lost in the couch
Susanne
Susanne was written by Sarah Belkner.
Sarah Belkner released Susanne on Fri May 29 2015.