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Wonderful Life

from Caretaker by Malachi Graham

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The resonances in this song run deep, as deep as family history and family trauma. The tragedy of some caretakers lies in how putting so much into the world can crush the one who is giving. We’re all learning to breathe, and if you let it, this music can fill up your chest. It starts dry, with pain, but it ends wet with tears that might be joy.

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LYRICS:
When you were getting treatment
I watched your favorite movie every night
About a man who gave up every dream he ever had
Someone always needed something he could give

There’s enough of me to go around until there’s not
There’s enough of you for everyone to use, but...
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life
Everybody cries

So call your wild creatures
They’ll hop and flap and skitter to your knees
More mouths to feed, but they’ve done their share of feeding too
When you’re wrapped around the madness, let em hold you

There’s enough of me to go around if I hold my breath
There’s enough of you, but Mom, we gotta breathe out
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life
Everybody cries

I’m enough of me, no matter what I have to give
You’re enough of you, you've got nothing to prove
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life
It’s a wonderful life

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from Caretaker, track released December 1, 2023
Written by Malachi Graham. Keys arranged and performed by Philippe Bronchtein. Produced by Philip Graham & Malachi Graham. Mixed by John Askew. Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.

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Malachi Graham Portland, Oregon

Portland indie songwriter Malachi Graham twines her incisive lyrics and inventive sounds around the complexity of personal relationships. With a long history in the synth-pop duo Small Million, her newest solo songs explore codependency, unraveling loves, chronic pain, grudges, flings, and the boundaries of the self. ... more

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