I am really craving crackers by Geimfari was recorded at the final show of MEME Vol. 1 -> Youth Rock Camp Exchange in Berlin. This took place on July 29th 2018 at Berlin State Music Academy at FEZ Wuhlheide.
MEME is short for "Music Empowerment Mobility Exchange". Volume 1 was the first edition and the Youth Rock Camp Exchange was an amazing music exchange program for girls, trans* and non-binary youth.
The MEME project was initiated by Auður Viðarsdóttir from Stelpur Rokka in Iceland, Maebh Murphy from Ruby Tuesday e.V. in Germany and Tamara Kojić from Femix in Serbia, who also hosted the MEME Vol 1. -> Seminar and Network Exchange.
Participants and co-organizers from ten European countries have been involved in creating this space for empowerment and community building through music, media and art.
To be continued in 2019 - watch out for MEME Vol. 2
lyrics
Verse
Eighteen years, a month and a half
I had the idea that the outside was bad
Crispy crackers under my feet
That’s all we ever got to eat
Told to never make a sound
As we all lived happily underground
I buried my parents in the mud
The basement is flooding, I have to run
Take a deep breath, up the stairs
But as I stand there, I break out in tears
I thought that freedom could be fun
But now I’m just too scared of the sun
Chorus
Father had a heartattack
Mother crushed by a grainsack
Now I’m left all alone
In our little basement I call home (2x)
Verse 2
The dreaded day has arrived
Now I have to kiss the basement goodbye
Blinded by the sun as i open the door
And what I see shakes me to my core
Happy children running by
No apocalypse that made everybody die
My legs give out, I start to laugh
My mental chain, it holds me back
All these years and I can’t go outside
So I crawl back and find somewhere to hide
I thought that I wanted to be free
But darkness is the only thing I bear to see
Chorus 2
(2x)
Bridge
Was it all a lie, was it all a lie, was it all a lie? (x how many times you want)
Chorus 3
I made him have a heartattack
Crushed her with a grainsack
So I’d be left all alone
In my little basement i call home (2x)
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