Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Vulvodynia
Vulvodynia
Performer
Kris Xenopoulos
Kris Xenopoulos
Electric Guitar
Luke Haarhoff
Luke Haarhoff
Electric Guitar
Lwandile Prusent
Lwandile Prusent
Lead Vocals
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kris Xenopoulos
Kris Xenopoulos
Songwriter
Luke Haarhoff
Luke Haarhoff
Songwriter
Lwandile Prusent
Lwandile Prusent
Songwriter
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Christian Donaldson
Christian Donaldson
Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Qina ndoda namhlanje uzozwa ukubi
[Verse 1]
Forced to participate tradition
This rite of passage
Has claimed the blood of countless
Adolescents
Rebirthed into this veil of adulthood
Cuts from head to toe, their life force flows
The bloodthirst sated
These boys will wager their own lives
The elder at the ceremony prepares his knife
[PreChorus]
He cuts
You must be willing to die
He cuts
To be inducted as a man
He cuts
You must be willing to die
He cuts
Prove your mettle while he strips your skin
[Chorus]
Draped in robes of wool, initiated, they shall endure
Filth seeps in their skin, now acknowledge by elder kin
Stripped of their old cloth, now it burns and smoke comes forth
[Bridge]
Dehydrated, the healing begins
Endure the rite and now bleed
Tradition has taken hold and is blurring the lines of our ignorance
Dehydrated, the healing begins
Endure the rite and now bleed
Tradition has taken hold and is blurring the lines of our ignorance
[Chorus]
Cuts
Yeah, you must be willing to die
He cuts
To be inducted as a man
[Bridge]
Bathed in our forefathers blood the
Endless cycle has no intent of being erased
We will bury our past and begin anew, we must uphold tradition
The right to be known amongst the clan as an adult has to be earned by your drive
Forsake who you once wear and shed your essence rise to the standards we've placed before you
[Chorus]
Draped in robes of wool, initiated, they shall endure
Filth seeps in their skin, now acknowledge by elder kin
Stripped of their old cloth, now it burns and smoke comes forth
This will be the last you'll ever see your foolish past
[Bridge]
Judgment, judgment
You will be exiled, defaced
You will be judged
For your transgressions, you will not be seen as a threat, nor a man
[Outro]
Judgment, judgment, you will be exiled
Defaced, you will be judged for your
Transgressions have not been met with the
Grace of the tribe
Judgment, judgment, you will be exiled
Defaced, you will be
Judged
Written by: Kris Xenopoulos, Luke Haarhoff, Lwandile Prusent, Thomas Hughes
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