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gala.

by nina gala

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1.
born wet 07:14
theres so many words i've never spoken tiny jewelry lockets never opened i buried my tiny mind in sand and snow i tucked away my love in the back of the top drawer i was born wet but i had to walk made to speak forbidden to talk shy in the summer you cut my hair off i looked like joan of arc in a turtle neck and denim overalls some things you just don't get back that others have taken you kick and then you scream and then you give in don't forget to leave a light on somewhere inside yourself you will have your entire lifetime to try and dig it back out and here i am and i wasn't meant to be beautiful or brilliant yet here i stand not as ugly as you imagined somehow beautiful and brilliant i was born wet but i had to walk
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when did my uncle start saying i love you every single day all these acts of kindness somehow combined into a great big wave and i sailed away the neighbors called us little mothers cus we took care of ourselves sneaking through the forest hovering over the stove putting dad to sleep well i've been hell so i know a pineapple paradise so maybe i'm in over my head don't knock me off my feet life just don't seem worth living without my dream so i'm reaching for the fruit i don't know if it's ripe but i've got to try so i'm reaching for the fruit hoping for something sweet hoping for something right get me the fastest black horse you can find and i'll ride away
3.
dog days 05:04
parachute of fear and doubt always looking for the ground or my way out settle now cus i love you right out in the open there is no hunter and no prey spent years in a shell in the darkness of the ocean but every dog has it's day drunk off your hum you sing in my ear all day long careful hands make quiet minds come inside cus i love you right out in the open the tallest tree in the storm i'm living off of the shock of your lightning you're my best friend forever more if i'm an orchard you're an orange grove a field of wheat the sweetest honeycomb i'm loving you until i grow old i find solace in what's to be seen and told
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bare bones 05:00
"bare bones" a short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYQ5gMg90MY i don't like this circumstance locked up all the time i need a chance to smell the roses before i grow old and die memorys a funny thing we grow older but it stays young and everything we thought we knew starts to unravel whats out there and whats inside of everybody else's mind i wanna see your spirit crawl outside of your body and dance in moonlight tonight baby put your tarot cards down you keep drawing the face of death but you know you don't have to worry no cus you've got to die to be reborn again

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"gala." is a memoir-- an exploration of girlhood, vulnerability, trauma, and silence.

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released January 16, 2017

the entirety of "gala." was written and performed by nina, recorded by jon birkholz at hippo hut and mixed by chris freeland at beat babies recording studio.

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nina gala Baltimore, Maryland

intensely intimate songs that draw attention to the richness of our inner worlds

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