Didn't Know Better

by Queen Frequency & The Twats

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Exploring the constraints of motherhood, "Didn't Know Better," Queen Frequency's third single, bases its storyline off of the turn-of-the-century feminist novel "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.

Lyrically the song dissects the domestic demands that are expected of women across time, while, sonically, the song resembles a soulful rock ballad similar to if you'd mix Adele with Florence and the Machine.

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A ripped up letter rests in the dust
She didn't know better
No, no, no
A girl walks barefooted away
From her two-story house
With pastel walls
Two boys
Double closet
And banker husband

And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection

She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison

Her life was mapped out
Years before she even met the Earth
Decades of tradition
At age 8, whiskey breath
Her mother whispered the truth
"Get out while you can
My daughter, this life is toxic"

And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection

She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison

Time got to her
Deflated her curls
And she did everything right
Just like they told her

And the day she woke up
Was the day that she died
To this life of masquerades
And cold shoulders

The beach with the stranded boat
Was her choice
Stepped out of her dress
Waded in the water
She swore that she would
Never look back
Down and down she went
With a smile
Freedom in the black

And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection

She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison

Time got to her
Deflated her curls
And she did everything right
Just like they told her

And the day she woke up
Was the day that she died
To this life of masquerades
And cold shoulders

One who awakens gradually
Out of a dream
A delicious, grotesque
Impossible dream
To feel again the reality
Pressing into her soul

She didn't know better than anyone else

credits

released September 25, 2020
Meghan McDonald: lyrics, vocals, guitar

Joseph Freeman: producer and mix

Rachel McHugh: violin,

Holly Kaplan: synth

Haleigh Stilton: drums

Daniel Martin: bass

Darrell Thorp: Mix

Album art by Yeganeh Yoosefian

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Queen Frequency & The Twats is a multi-genre rock band that incorporates feminism and science fiction themes into its music.

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