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“Maybe I’m Bitter” is about the surreal and overwhelming aspects of life that mound on top of one another, eventually leading to a deep state of dissociation. The song is carried like a meditation, starting in subtlety and ending in a swirl of sounds and layers. Working with sound artist Ryan Albert (of Pornog and The Metabolic Studio) as instrumentalist, engineer, and co-producer, Babehoven opens a new chapter of sonic development and songwriting.
Of the track, Babehoven explains:
“This song is about the emotional aftermath of a loss of home, a loss of trust, and a splintering of family. It is a personal attempt to encapsulate what dissociation feels like in my life.”

lyrics

If I were an actor
I’d cut off all of my toenails
And put them inside a jar
Tell them it’s magical
To be somebody else
To make up someone else’s protein
I don’t need anything
I, I don’t need anything

In the reflection
I thought I looked sixteen years old
In the distance,
You’re lying in a circle on the floor
Your toes touching your head, your limbs wrapped around, open spread
I thought that I liked it,
But, I’m realizing maybe I don’t
You might not notice
Seems like I’ll always stick around,
But, this dog bites me
I don’t think he likes me
I think that he doesn’t like me
I don’t think he likes me
I think he doesn’t like me

As I’m getting older,
Noticing how I start to change,
Maybe I’m bitter
Maybe I’m meant to be insane
I can’t pack my suitcase,
I feel like there’s cotton in my brain,
Maybe I’m dreaming
Maybe I’ll go to sleep again

But you said
You’re using me
For all of my resources
I’m useful, so use me
And maybe I am, I am, I am, I am

But, in Afro Funk class,
Jessica says to channel strength,
Courage, and Confidence
And, hey, that reminds me,
I think you don’t like me,
I think that she doesn’t support me
And I know what love’s like
I’ve made friends like family
And I deserve better,
I’m sick of the toxins in my life
So I’m trimming the weeds out,
I’m trimming the weeds that take, take, take,
And you don’t ever call me,
You don’t seem to notice that you’re fake
I think I don’t like it
I don’t think like it
I think I don’t like it
I think I don’t like it

credits

from Demonstrating Visible Difference of Height, track released December 13, 2019
Coproduced and mixed by Ryan Albert.
Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service.

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Babehoven Hudson, New York

Babehoven is a band fronted by songwriter Maya Bon with collaborator Ryan Albert.

New album 'Water's Here In You' out 4/26!

inquiries:
babehoven@gmail.com
mgmt@babehoven.com

NA booking:
andrew.morgan@teamwass.com

UK/EU booking: nikita@playbookartists.com
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