To Be Pulled

by Evan Diem

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This song is about coming out and imperfect teeth. It was inspired by a few people I care deeply about.
Read it each way, both ways, or your own way.

lyrics

You can take a break from being perfect and straight
to show you’re leaning off-center or the way that you abbreviate
in your descent, going under cover in the nice white lines
made up of all your brothers.
And they stand up straight like pickets in the suburbs
and you’re afraid to link up with each other.
They want to pull you until you change,
you can fight back hard enough and force them to accommodate.

You can be the queen with your own crown,
oh, now doesn’t that sound cool?
Scream when they pull you out, shouldn’t have been allowed to.
Loudest one they’ve gotten, mouth full of cotton wool.
You put up a fight, you know what it’s like to be pulled.

You can have your back turned or be too big,
you’ll see nobody else go as far as you did.
If when you came out you were told to be less bold
just know if they tear you out, you’ll come back gold.
You made it hard to swallow, you’re Apollo with the arrow.
If your body’s Picasso’d, you’re hollowed. you’re narrowed.
You’re a bottom up riser, a top down fighter,
you’re an inside traitor, you’re a riot inciter.

You can be the queen with your own crown,
oh, now doesn’t that sound cool?
Scream when they pull you out, shouldn’t have been allowed to.
Loudest one they’ve gotten, mouth all full of cotton wool.
You put up a fight, you know what it’s like to be pulled.

credits

released March 27, 2020
Music, Vocals, Lyrics - Evan Diem
Bass, Drums, Mixing, Mastering - Ben Mueller
Production help - Spencer Newton
Cover art - Sam Bree (@crasscorvus)

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Evan Diem Syracuse, New York

Relatable songs on overly-specific subjects.

discography

Distant Pulses

Sep 2023
Muscle

Jul 2022
Get Set Go

Jan 2022
More To Read

Sep 2020
People Face

May 2020
To Be Pulled

Mar 2020
Bones

Nov 2018
Narcissus

Mar 2017
Mitigations

Oct 2015
20 EP

Feb 2015

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