Lucy Dacus – "VBS" (Official Music Video)

Lucy Dacus’ new album ‘Home Video’ out now on Matador Records. Order and stream the record here: https://lucydacus.ffm.to/homevideo

Watch a Q+A with Lucy Dacus and art director / animator Marin Leong here: https://youtu.be/o9lthSh-YYI

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“VBS” Lyrics:
In the summer of ’07
I was sure I’d go to Heaven,
but I was hedging my bets
at VBS.
A preacher in a t-shirt
told me I could be a leader,
taught me how to build a fire,
and to spread the word.

In the evening everybody
went to worship and weep.
Hands above our heads,
reaching for God.
Back in the cabin,
snorting nutmeg in your bunkbed,
you were waiting for a revelation
of your own.

Sedentary secrets
like peach pits in your gut,
locked away like jam jars
in the cellar of your heart,
waiting to be tasted
and ultimately wasted.
You were gonna win me over
from the start.

Your poetry was so bad,
it took a lot to not laugh.
You said that I showed you the light,
but all it did,
in the end,
was make the dark feel
darker than before.

Your dad keeps his sleeves down
through the summer for a reason.
Your mother wears her makeup
extra thick for a reason.
When I tell you, you were born
and you are here for a reason,
you are not convinced the reason
is a good one.

While you’re going to sleep
your mind keeps you awake,
and it makes your heart beat
fast and loud.
There’s nothing you can do,
but the only thing you found:
playing Slayer at full volume helps
to drown it out.

Your poetry was so bad,
it took a lot to not laugh.
You said that I showed you the light,
but all it did,
in the end,
was make the dark feel
darker than before.
Dark feel darker than before.
Dark feel darker than before.

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Directed and Animated by: Marin Leong
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Website: https://marinleong.com/

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