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Spit It Out Lyrics
Such a pretty mouth
But ugly words always find their way out
Tell me to swallow them down
Sometimes I wanna erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
I like the space under your skin
I might invite myself in
I tried a taste of your medicine
It made me sick
I need to spit it out
Spit it out
Such a pretty girl
But pretty things should be seen and not heard
Ornament on a shelf
You make me wanna erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
I like the space under your skin
I might invite myself in
I tried a taste of your medicine
It made me sick
I need to spit it out
Spit it out
But ugly words always find their way out
Tell me to swallow them down
Sometimes I wanna erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
I might invite myself in
I tried a taste of your medicine
It made me sick
I need to spit it out
Spit it out
But pretty things should be seen and not heard
Ornament on a shelf
You make me wanna erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
Erase myself
I might invite myself in
I tried a taste of your medicine
It made me sick
I need to spit it out
Spit it out
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Their experiences of playing and working within a male-dominated industry formed the foundation for their current sound, which is born from the desire to reject toxic standards of femininity and embrace a more equal world. ‘Spit It Out’ embodies this outlook, as the band explain in more detail: The song is about rejecting harmful ideologies that we’ve come to accept as normal, even though they perpetuate our own oppression. Most people understand that misogyny, sexism, racism, etc are wrong, but don’t often notice when it occurs in our every day lives, in the media, or how we’ve been conditioned to perceive the world. We can even unknowingly become part of the problem because we’ve internalized these ways of thinking. We wrote the song about resisting societal standards which only serve to benefit those that hold power over others. By simply refusing to accept these ideologies, we can weaken the pillars in our society that allow oppression and injustice. It all starts with questioning them in the first place, and then deciding that we aren’t going to continue to contribute to them.