Name: Adventures in Vulnerability
Duration: P00H02M31S
Description: This is a song about coming to terms with a traumatic experience- being pulled in two directions - wanting to be close to people but being unable to because of what happened then.

Adventures in Vulnerability

from Locked Down in Leith (2021) by Lou Mclean

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This is a song about coming to terms with a traumatic experience- being pulled in two directions - wanting to be close to people but being unable to because of what happened then.

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I’ve been hard to love lately
I’ve been hard to love for years
I’ve been living sedately, all my kindness in arrears
The only way I knew to let you in was skin on skin
But I’ve been trying…Yeah I’ve been trying!

Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Even if it isn’t true?
Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Cause a girl like me would want you to?

All the frustration building seemed to explode above tonight
As the sky was turning violet in that pulsing strobing light
I’ve just been a stranger seeking shelter from the storm
Just another lonely human trying to keep warm.

Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Even if it isn’t true?
Can you pretend that it shocked you?
Cause a girl like me would want you to?

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from Locked Down in Leith (2021), released March 8, 2021
Written, performed & mixed by L.Mclean

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Lou Mclean Edinburgh, UK

LOU MCLEAN is a singer/songwriter who sprang from the GRS Edinburgh collective. Taking her place as the riot grrrl scene’s token pop princess, she writes darkly comedic feminist bangers, always focussing on lyric & melody. Her musical journey has been as eclectic as her influences, spanning genre and ignoring convention. She is currently studying MA in Songwriting at UWS. 'Killjoy' is her 4th EP. ... more

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