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Scorpion

from A New Day by Electric Penelope

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I'm not going to reveal who this is about so don't ask. Its not autobiographical though so that narrows it down by one.

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She sips on her grigio
And she looks in the mirror at her hair.
What she’s thinking you’ll never know
But a memory of someone lingers there
And she sings like a nightingale
And her eyes burn the colours of the flame
But she stings like a scorpion
When there’s nobody to blame.

She sits in her living room
And contemplates the colours on the wall
And the cracks hidden by the gloom
Keep her occupied from thinking of it all
And the children begin to play
And they see her, but they don’t understand
Why her eyes sometimes look that way
When she takes them by the hand.
And she sings like a nightingale
And her eyes burn the colours of the flame
But she stings like a scorpion
When there’s nobody to blame.

Somethings aren’t meant to last.
Somethings will never be the same
But we don’t get to change what’s past
That doesn’t mean there’s nothing left to gain
So sing like a nightingale
Let your eyes burn the colours of the flame
And sting like a scorpion if it takes away the pain
You can sting me like a scorpion
And I will love you just the same.

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from A New Day, released October 12, 2012

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Electric Penelope Berwick Upon Tweed, UK

Electric Penelope is a prolific songwriter, singer and producer. She was raised predominantly in London above the jazz club her parents ran, which brought about her jazz and soul inspired songwriting.

She self released her debut album and is presently working on her second album due for release in November 2013. Her sound is inspired by soul, funk, jazz, 60‘s pop and reggae.
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