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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval
Vocals
Daniel Meyer Grønvold
Daniel Meyer Grønvold
Guitar
Hans Hulbækmo
Hans Hulbækmo
Percussion
Håvard Volden
Håvard Volden
Guitar
Hawa Sakho
Hawa Sakho
Bass Guitar
Johan Lindvall
Johan Lindvall
Keyboards
Kyrre Laastad
Kyrre Laastad
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval
Producer
Kyrre Laastad
Kyrre Laastad
Producer
Heba Kadry
Heba Kadry
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We were married on a rainy day
Isn't that how the song goes?
I wore black jeans and codeine
I guess I wanted to make sure I seemed "relaxed"
[Verse 2]
"It's just for contractual reasons", I explained
Signing the papers
As if I truly believed that a contract was further
From the institution than the industrial happiness complex
[Verse 3]
But in the year of love
I signed a deal with patriarchy
Now watch me step
Into the place where you can see me, look at me
You think that I'm different, but I'm a stagehand
Look, it's there, under the ring
The imprint on my skin
[Verse 4]
A year later, I'm on stage
When a man proposes to a woman
Right in front of me in the middle of a song
I thought I knew what was about
[Verse 5]
And I am holding a disco flashlight
It is meant to make the audience
Feel like multitudes of colours
That belong to nobody in particular
That they share between their bodies
But now all it does is light up a proposal
A normcore institution
I am giving it my voice
But then again, I already did
I already did
[Verse 6]
But in the year of love
I did what I never thought I would
And you may think I'm different
But listen, all contracts can be sung in my voice
Now I am a just a stagehand
Look, it's there, under the ring
The imprint on my skin
[Verse 7]
Oh
Written by: Jenny Hval
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