Men & Girls - Acoustic Performance - Jaclyn Van Happen
This song was developed as a theme song for a film series called 'Men & Girls' produced by www.bluefoodfilms.com
Everything these days is an information war and battles are being lost every day in the fight to slow down the steady expansion of sex trafficking in our communities. This series will provide powerful weapons on the side of sexual health and safety for both men and girls.
LYRICS
(Man)
The screen
My curled hand
The images alive, my fantasy, my curse
It says ‘do as I say, and all will be fine’
This is my secret life and you are mine
I click the ways and go through the motions
My body leads the way, shadowy commotion
A hotel, a lobby, a room, a girl
My madness takes her
My shame unfurls
MEN AND GIRLS 4x
(Girl)
I lived online
thought it was magic
The lust, the love, he was magnetic
All my hopes, turned to all my fears
Needles and beatings, how did I get here
He was the one who stole the sun
Trapped like an animal living in cum
Flashing lights, hand cuffs then prisons
Homes for whores
The system’s derision
MEN AND GIRLS 4x
(Man)
Serving mankind,
With a cape behind me
I rose to take my place
A protector in my head but ashamed in bed
I thrash until I taste
Mother, wife, daughters understand my rhyme
They learn what not to see
Those who love me, cloth me, scold me and hold me
Would be repelled by the real me
MEN AND GIRLS 4X
The sky is bright
The barn so clean
The beasts sense my pain, I cry so seen
I hate the world and torment the nameless
I rage to be free; I choose the shameless
My body, my soul, I am so disconnected
Slowly, slowly I fight to be respected
I understand now you can never control me
I was never weak, I will always know my enemy
MEN AND GIRLS 8x
Performed by Jaclyn Van Happen;
Written by Jaclyn Van Happen & Bryan Bakker;
Produced by Bizbio Inc.; Mastered by Bret Killoran
www.menandgirls.ca; www.bluefoodfilms.com