Inventing The Wheel Lyrics
She’s missing in action
You can read her like the times
Splitting hairs and giving airs
She’s guilty of the crime
Don’t underestimate the murder
Your eyes can commit
Killing me so tenderly when you won’t just admit
You’re suffering
Gold rush and mercury indoctrination spoon
Some buy their way in mercy
Some get taken out too soon
The rest of us run underneath
Like rain in the ravine
Flowing with bloodline and pollution
Trying to get clean
Life and all its fragility
Leaving her imprints upon me
A riddle I cannot begin to guess
She’s not inventing the wheel
She’s not the first to feel
Like she’s the only one coming up against herself
She’s the spitting image of her old man in a spiral
The more responsibility the more you crave denial
The wind speaks like an orator some message from the wild
Like the courage of a mother letting go of her first child
Life and all its fragility
Running at the center of living
A riddle I cannot begin to guess
She’s not the crop or the cream
She’s not about to seem
Like she’s the only one coming up against herself
How long, how wide, and how deep
How bad could it be
To blow it off and run away from yourself?
Waking up to a heavy cup
Ambition drinking me
Helpless I watch another death
Play out on TV
I render it down to size and sound
‘Til it comes as no surprise
To sleep all through the night and still wish
To open my eyes
Life and all her fragility
The midwife of this urgency
A moment I may never get again
A moment I may never get again
A moment I may never get again
Madison Cunningham, Inventing The Wheel
Madison Cunningham is set to release a deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning album Revealer, featuring two new tracks and demos of previous songs. The album includes the previously unreleased track “Inventing the Wheel,” which Cunningham says “wrote itself” and explores the idea that everyone experiences emotional limitations. The album will be released on May 5th via Verve Forecast. Cunningham will also be the direct support for Hozier’s upcoming U.S. tour, performing in 25 cities including Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl. Revealer was critically acclaimed and won the Best Folk Album Grammy at the 65th Annual ceremony.
