Venus, The Birth Of (Prod. PlaneFace)

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One of my best mates found a huge faded print of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus years ago. It was completely faded blue with a hefty ‘gold’ frame, stunning in all it’s faux glory. I wasn’t shy in letting my friend know how much I loved it and how jealous I was that it hung on her wall and not mine.

A few years later she moved into a smaller space and knowing how much I adored it, gave Venus to me to look after.

It sat sideways for a year in my little studio apartment in Kings Cross as it was far too big to fit on my walls but I didn’t care. She had a huge presence in my dinky room and was begging for a song to be written about her.

She inspired me to write about how powerful women are often ridiculed and sexualised for no reason, labeled things their male counterparts aren’t like, abrasive and sassy.

Venus is a complex and endlessly inspiring queen to me and now hangs proudly above my bed New Zealand. Let’s just hope there’s no quakes anytime soon.

lyrics

Your villain ain’t,
Your villain ain’t,
My monster, my monster
My, my monster 2

Gilded in gold and bigger than my room
Bigger than my room
Botticelli told only half of a story
Strokes of a master
Faded into blue, Faded into blue,
Zepher trying to cast her away
Out of frame
What’s her name?

Your villain ain’t,
Your villain ain’t,
My monster, my monster
My, my monster x2

Shattered and cold she’s bigger than my room
Bigger than my room
Botticelli hid only half of her body
Of her body
Pearl of the ocean faded into blue
Faded into blue
Zephyr trying to blow her away
All the same
She can’t be tamed

Your villain ain’t,
Your villain ain’t,
My monster, my monster
My, my monster x2

It’s a shell, it’s not a plate
Her worth is not for you to rate
It’s a shell, it’s not a plate
Her worth is not for you to rate

Your villain ain’t,
Your villain ain’t,
My monster, my monster
My, my monster x2

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released October 7, 2021
Produced by PlaneFace
Mixed by Lewis Moody
Mastered by Andrew Edgson (301)

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