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SUM'S NOTES: This song was inspired by a crazy girl I met in 2005 at a Vinyl Junkie show who had a turtleneck up to her nose. She took a liking to me, but she was out of her mind. The moment I realized she was crazy was when I called her name and her head turned around in that turtleneck but her body stayed still on some Exorcist shit. Scared the hell outta me. The idea of Jaquelantern was born. An abused girl with charm, power and a tragic past. Badtouch makes his second appearance on vocals during the chorus here.

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The Tale of Jaquelantern

she danced in the mirror
with a tattered blue dress made of material hung from her shoulders
wrinkled and withered
don't get the jitters
her head was a pumpkin smiling and empty it simply would echo when he
would hit her
touch her her father would, comin home late from the factory horny
lifting his daughters skirt he would kiss her
stick her with his stinger and when he came inside her, in her baby
pumpkin ears softly he would whisper
oh jaquelantern you're a whore just like your mother was and even though
the puss is gone, I don't miss her
her head was a pumpkin but the candle blown out before she even turned
11 aint that a sad somethin
now in this haunted mansion,
empty abandoned wearin costume jewelry in a dirty dress she was dancin
dancin in the mirror, paul found her and she turned around to see him
thru her pumpkin eyes a lil clearer

hearing her name
jaquelantern around
carved in her face
a smile she could never turn around

she took the boy by the hand
her fingers were little delicate frightened fragile agile shimmering
slivers of icicles
she showed him every room
there had to be thousands and all of em were empty except for the
mirrors
the whole house was gray
a bay window on the top floor viewed the city she gazed from it
every day
blue curtains flapped in the wind
they matched her gown, standing by the window in a tragic smile that she
could never turn around
so paul asked again
she turned around, stooped down and answered thru her broken smile (“of
course”)

credits

from The Nobody Hole [A Sci​-​fi Hip​-​Hop Opera], track released October 29, 2010
Produced by Badtouch. Written and Performed by Sum & Badtouch.

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Sum Los Angeles, California

House of the Red Solar Sky (LP) coming in 2023.

Two-time Indie Music Award nominated songwriter, with music all over your favorite TV shows and videogames. Almost 20 yrs deep, always getting better, virtually unknown but constantly collaborating with legends, go figure. My space-funk band is called The Milky Way, we are currently hibernating. See my website for the full story. ... more

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