Name: What is it About Me
Duration: P00H02M54S
Description: A song about antisemitism.

What is it About Me

from m e s s y - a quarantine EP by Salem Corwin

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A song about antisemitism.

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what is it about me that hurts you?
why do you burn to say things you know aren't true?
I ask as though I don't already know, I wish I didn't have to
what is it about me that scares you?

(plucking interlude - Gm, C, Gm, C)

was it the vengeful cackles of the witches you burned us as?
is it the way that we keep small fires in our houses, anyway?
was it the sound that coins made when they ricocheted off my body during play-dates?
is it the whispered prayers of my grand-someones that somehow still remain?

(plucking interlude - Gm, C, Gm, C)

Am I too much? Are we too loud?
is it the curls that crown my head?
is it the crackle of oil, is it the warmth of a candle,
or the sweetness of honey, or the smell of challah bread?
or the rumbling "H"s that float from our throats, as our mothers sing to us in bed?
I can ask all day, but you'd still want me dead.

(plucking interlude - Gm, C, Gm, C)

what is it about me that hurts you?
(I don't give a damn)
why do you burn to say things you know aren't true?
(those aren't what I am)
I ask as though I don't already know, I wish I didn't have to
what is it about me that touches you?

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from m e s s y - a quarantine EP, released October 1, 2020
Written and performed by Salem Corwin.

(ft sounds from the highway outside my recording location)

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Salem Corwin New York

🎃 He/Him 🎃
I'm a soft 'lil Jewish actor/songwriter from the Hudson Valley of NY.
Learn more about my music, acting, and general queer shenanigans at corwinsb01.wixsite.com/salemcorwin !

profile & cover photo were taken by Hannah Corwin. ... more

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