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Broke​(​n)

by Flower Crown Me A Queen

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I lost my train of thought at dissociation station.
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Can you tell me what it is that makes you love the truth? Is it golden, is it perfect, is it only made for you? I wish life would keep me clean for just another day But if I can't be in your arms, then between your legs I'll stay Oh, the crow across the street tried to look me in the eyes With whispers of the future, of the time I didn't die I'm inclined to trust a corvid if for nothing else at all Than a morbid inclination, dial tone, pick up the call I looked down in horror at my slowly splitting chest It was parting like the sea, oh it was soft, and it was clean It's a mainstreet where the streetlights only flicker on one side It's a mile and a half to work, and the other just to cry If my dreams can tell the future guess it means I'm dying soon I can't howl for attention so I'll howl at the moon Undergo a transformation, stuck in infinite transition Take a number, take a seat, take the break you fuckin' need
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Gay Boutique 03:33
Who does self awareness help When every thing’s a construct in itself If you know that it’s fake why still indulge the folks who made it Harm’s never been a problem, so why start now, On hypothetical situations I’d be getting into myself I want to flail against a whip But only if it’s real to me See, destruction can be beautiful As long as it’s me that bleeds Never learn a lesson Never think Never speak As the language of the tongue Exists not for you or me Everyone loves a happy ending I just hate that it ends at all But I guess infinity is worse off than a curtain call So I guess I’ll have to rectify my peace with avant-guard Make a home out of a hole and a hole out of a star
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In la bonte there are no tests Only open silhouettes And the tree, it billows out Like explosions from the house Walkin' home, with only me And no future in between Oh it beckons something fierce Something only I can hear This is not the time Yeah you won’t see me die At least the part of me that does Stick around, just because I am proud of who I am, not who I was I’ve begun hallucinating On the sidewalk, on the highway I’ve been dreaming of a future Where the kids go out and play And the shadows on the sidewalk They grow crisp with every step The moon is shining bright I will take what I can get I made it home again But this never ends If I learn my lesson, that’ll be the day I die Oh with you I saw the knot work in the sky
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Angry Enbie 02:49
Shut the fuck right up Or you will see fucking violence I don't wanna swallow lies I'll no longer sit in silence You will say my name correctly And respect the pronoun -They- It's something I don't take softly And yet every fucking day I do a mental calculus With everyone I meet My doctor, colleagues, vendors, friends And people on the street I have to decide To see if they are worthy Of taking up my time Comfort, energy, safety See, I have to go to a place A murky, iresome part Of my heart Every time That I start To disclose, To explain, To impart On to those Who complain Think I'm insane It's a pain To have to Justify Exactly why I exist Why I'm not cis Why don't I just take The factory make Of my "type" I hate to gripe ....but actually -Fuck You- I am who I am Hard won And fucking sought for And if I have to You best believe What I am I'll fucking -Fight for- It took a long time for me to know Enbie was the way to go So I do understand It's hard, but I'll not hold your hand See, I have to go to a place A murky, iresome part Of my heart Every time That I start To disclose, To explain, To impart On to those Who complain Think I'm insane It's a pain To have to Justify Exactly why I exist Why I'm not cis Why don't I just take The factory make Of my "type" I hate to gripe ....but actually -Fuck You- I'll continue to live proudly Say my name loudly And demand you do the same This isn't a fucking game And if you try To deny Or even sigh At my existence? Well then -Fuck You.-
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Well I can finally feel my hair drop beneath my shoulders And I can feel the stares of people on the street I can finally hold my chest in my hands But I can't hold the respect of my family The writing on the wall's too fucking loud You either die, or you try getting out Well they said that I can't live in spite forever Fucking watch me, FUCKING WHATEVER They say I'll never be a pretty girl Well why the fuck do you think I want to BE? I don't want to exist in a world that treats me like a specimen, a figure of study Take a fucking look, take it in, take a fucking sip I taste like liberation, melted shackles, gender war Abomination, exultation, and a failure to disclose What the fuck does it matter if you're ready to explode? I want the best for my friends And if that means killing you, then buddy I'm all in You shouldn't expect a predictable mess I've been aching for freedom, a tangible jest The joke's that you're serious, you and your coin With only two sides, what the fuck is the point You box yourselves in then complain you can't breathe If it's chaos you want, then that's what you'll receive
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Right? 02:15
Woke up this morning with a gun to the back of my head Beat me up and let me die String me up and let me fly I was thinking, I was thinking what the fuck’s going on? This isn’t a battlefield, but can you see the dead for miles? This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right What the fuck is fucking right?? Well now it’s the same old story They’ve been telling that one for years I couldn’t be less about the notion that we’re gonna fuckin' die But I guess it’s time to go, pack it up, we’re headed home Think about the seeds you sowed, did you know what you would grow? This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right What the fuck is fucking right?? {"I ask you, if we allow this kind of thing to go on, what's gonna become of us real americans?" "I've heard this kind of talk before but I never expected to hear it in America. "I saw it in Berlin, I heard the same words we have heard today, but I was a fool, then. I thought that Nazis were crazy people, stupid fanatics, but unfortunately it was not so." "Hey, that fella's talking about me!" "And that makes a difference, doesn't it?"} This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right What the fuck is fucking right?? This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right This isn’t right, This isn’t right What the fuck is fucking right??
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Puzzle Piece 06:06
Oh we tiny little beings So frail and yet so brave So strong, yet so afraid So crucially unimportant I walked for years in your shoes Tell me, did they belong to you? I died before I was born Lost in the glow of the mourn I don’t mind Everything will be alright In time The breath you move with your lungs The dreams you move with your tongue The hair you tangle in knots The days you know you forgot I don’t mind Everything will be alright For a time now and again You are my love, you are my friend I’d be lost at sea if that wasn’t home for me No map, no stars, no compass in sight But you know that’s what I like When you left, you left everything to me But I’m short about a single puzzle piece Would you believe? I would believe I don’t mind Everything will be alright For a time Now and again You are my love, you are my friend
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Pay To Play 06:12
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Chipper 06:38
Today I fell in love with nothing in particular Except for maybe the sky and the trees, and everything in between How I long for the times we’ve yet to have I want to be, I want to live, I want to stay And on the nights when the moon wears her halo We’ll sit and sing, and dance with the stars On some nights, I go walking alone Looking back at all the great friends I've known Thinking about it makes me smile So I try to keep it in my mind a while And on the nights when the moon wears her halo We’ll sit and sing, and dance with the stars And on the days when the sun is nice and warm We’ll take a walk through the park arm in arm (gay noises) When together, the music we play Is just the best in every possible way Whether the song is chock full of meaning Or it's simply just an expression of our feelings And on the nights when the moon wears her halo We’ll sit and sing, and dance with the stars And on the days when the sun is nice and warm We’ll take a walk through the park arm in arm

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This is an album about broken things; broken bodies, broken minds, broken economic and social systems.

Touching upon topics such as chronic pain and disability, experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations while sober, societal perceptions of one's gender, and the pervasiveness of capitalism in every aspect of our lives, this album is both personal and relatable, a danceable protest, a fuck you with a smile.

Capitalism continues to wreak havoc on our minds and bodies while stripping away resources and land from Indigenous peoples, and at the same time enabling fascism to dig their heels into our social consciousness to excuse locking children away in death camps and shooting Black people in the street and in their homes.

This needs to change. We need something different.

Recorded all by ourselves in a garage and Dahlia's room, this is the first proper "full electric band" recording project that Flower Crown Me A Queen has produced, and we are incredibly proud of this album. We hope that you have as much fun listening to it as we did making it <3

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released July 30, 2020

Dahlia McAluney: Drums, Bass, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Skully Stilgorick: Electric and Acoustic Violins, Vocals
Meghan Goodner: Trumpet
Myra Groobert: Vocals

Recorded @ The Workshop in Laramie, WY
Mixed and Mastered by Dahlia McAluney @ Dumb Slut Studios in Laramie, WY

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A couple of cuties with a whole lot to say. Queer posi-rage folk punk from the high plains of Wyoming <3

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