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I Never Saw The Sea

from Kid Stuff by Snaggletooth

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Rosa- Mental hospitals are scary places. The day before we recorded this song I had to cut down the rope that my friend had been planning to hang himself with, and take him to a mental hospital. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, because my mom pulled me off of a rope when I was a little girl, and I have been in and out of mental hospitals 3 times in my life so far. Taking my friend into one of these places after so many years away from them forced me to acknowledge the good things that institutions like this can provide. However, this song is obviously about some of the shittiness inherent in locking away people who need help. Its awful that these institutions, which are full of abuse, neglect, rape, and torture; are sometimes the only places that we have to turn.

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I remember rocking back and forth. Trying not to panic. I wouldn’t want to give those big strange men a reason to take me into the back room. To tie me down and shoot me up. I remember waiting for lasagna days. Something to pass the time when the pills blur the days together. It might not hurt that bad to climb the razor wire. It can’t be worse than waiting here for them to pull my number from a hat.
They left the light on so I had to hide beneath the covers. They had us competing with each other. They had us competing for who was the least crazy one. We tore each other down as much as the doctors did. We made each other hate ourselves more. We broke each other down. We made each other hate ourselves more. And this makes me angry more than it makes me sad, but all I can do is cry.

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from Kid Stuff, released December 15, 2014

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