If We Abandoned Our Shells

Katie Dey “Stuck”

“Stuck” is a song that clearly states the anxieties and pains of body dysmorphia. Katie Dey’s lyrics are so direct that it’s sort of unnerving; I know that my empathy goes into overdrive just hearing a line like “I’m constantly scared that we will never speak again.” As plain as the lyrics are, Dey’s arrangement embraces abstraction and metaphor. The song sounds like something delicate and graceful that’s lost in odd ambient sounds, and contrasted with rather harsh percussion. The core of the song sounds like something lovely trying to emerge, and just pushing to the surface without getting free.

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