Kendra Dantes & Nino Tosco
Bookish Songs Collective & Arcana (singer)
Bookish Songs Collective
Tessa Barcelo & Gio Navas
Victoria Carbol
Bookish Songs Collective & Ellyse Moir & Kaya Hass & Tessa Barcelo & Kendra Dantes
Bookish Songs Collective
Gio Navas
Tessa Barcelo
Bookish Songs Collective
Gio Navas
Beth Crowley
This song is based on Genya Safin from the Shadow and Bone trilogy. The title is a reference to her iconic quote from Ruin and Rising, “Na razrusha’ya. E’ya razrushost.” Translated from Ravkan, it means, “I am not ruined. I am ruination.”
Keep me bidden to your will
Keep me silent, keep me still
I know things I’ll never tell
A ruined girl is hard to kill
Tasteful poison on my skin
Deadly water I’m sinking in
Keep me quiet, it’s common sense
I’m too aware of the consequence
Silent feet on tiled floors
I’m wishing he would leave me more
I’m a servant at my core
I do my service and lock the door
Close my mouth, I shut my eyes
Dreaming dreams of regicide
I’ll keep my treason in my mind
A girl that’s full of deadly lies
Taste of darkness on my lips
I hear the creatures listening
Rake their talons on my skin
I fall to them time and time again
Tasteful fabric hides my face
I’m a phantom in this place
I feed the fire, I heat the gates
Let me leave or keep me safe
Rebel chant I scream my cause
I can’t remember what it was
I keep my severance under lock
I’m the keeper key and all
Flecked in blood I make my kill
I never wanted I never will
Keep my silence with my skill
A ruined girl is hard to kill
Ruination was written by Kaya Hass.
Bookish Songs Collective released Ruination on Fri Jun 10 2022.