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The Auteur

from Cinemascope by Hannah vs The Many

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Peel off your compliment finger by finger
It stings where it hits my cheek
Safe out of range of the insults she lingers
And clings to your cuffed up sleeve
It's an emotional high
It's an historical low
This introduction so expertly scripted
No need to feed me the lines
You see I learned them by rote
I'm nodding, I'm smiling
I skip my voice an octave
Applauding, conspiring
Was this the scene you wanted?
Besotted, beguiling
You swear she's all you'll ever need
Liar, liar
No use pretending I'm less than essential
In fending off your ennui
No use in lending you sentiment
When you're already a devotee
It's not the start of an age
It's not the end of the world
It isn't two hearts publicly beaten
There's not a moment to waste,
I'm an incredible girl
So sorry, so seasoned
So steeped in cheap theatrics
You're stalling, what treason
What price your ancient tactics?
Go on then! You're leaving!
You told her you were on your way
Liar, liar
Soften the focus and close on the one you deceive
Promise her never to promise her never to leave
Dutifully making your sacrifice
Acting the rites you were read at the foot of her bed
Secretly staging your own little death
Screaming my name in the back of your head
Once you've discovered the end of your epic
You'll inch your way out of her room
Once we're discovered the question will ever be
Which of us settled for whom?
It's uninspired at best, another biblical fall
You're unravelling under surveillance
And now we'll all place our bets
On if you'll come when you're called
You showed me, I forfeit
Congratulations, winner!
Your trophy - ignore it
It's only paste and glitter
Keep rolling, it's gorgeous!
You swore I'd never be alone -
Liar, liar.

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from Cinemascope, released November 18, 2016

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Hannah vs. The Many Brooklyn, New York

"(Fairchild's)songs play out like tiny musicals - they’re dramatic, punchy, and lightly dusted with Stephen Sondheim’s lyricality ... you can hear a likeness to his dark theatre in her music."

- WNYC Soundcheck

"The key's in the name. Hannah vs The Many. Not Hannah AND The Many... You wouldn't want to be part of the "Many" Hannah Fairchild's ferociously taking down - track by track."
- Deli NYC
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