Origin
Crying * Track #4 On Beyond the Fleeting Gales
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Origin by Crying
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CryingProduced by
CryingWrited by
Z Santos & Nick Corbo & Ryan GallowayAbout
In Origin, Elaiza Santos explores a complicated relationship with a demanding and critical mother. Crying’s music has touched on the theme of hypercritical family members before, most notably in ES:
Every goddamn family reunion
Someone’s got something to say
How did you become this way?
As if I’ve...
Origin Lyrics
Setting: house of three
Daughters with a debt for their mothers to collect
So, each toe the line
Oh, when I go home I’m not there, no
Because some time away still won’t repair
Wounds that we didn’t make, but open
Restlessness becomes
A weapon that hides under my tongue
But by the skin of my teeth
Pity is a demon
Coursing through the night
Every time the door locks thrice
Mothers will expect that their
Daughters won’t forget
What they’ve sacrificed
Leave as a villain or stay behind
To howl as a victim who’s “renounced”
Their pride in order to nurture
What I couldn’t do
Won’t happen to you
Clue: Every battle that presents itself
As new fits on a parallel between
Another child and their tender
Selflessness becomes
A lock and chain that keep her from
Chasing a fantasy
Save her; she’s just a baby
Crawling on all fours
Eventually, she’ll reach the door
Origin Q&A
Who wrote Origin's ?
Origin was written by Z Santos & Nick Corbo & Ryan Galloway.
Who produced Origin's ?
Origin was produced by Crying.
What did Crying say about "Origin"?
The track is directly influenced by Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother? and one panel in [Marjane Satrapi’s] The Complete Persepolis where parents are like, ‘This is how it works: Parents take care of their children until they’re old enough to take care of themselves, and then they take care of us.’...