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00:00 Hi, I'm Michaela Plasterfield and I'm here in my bedroom for the Rolling Stones in My Room sessions.
00:05 I'll be singing a couple of songs that I've written in here. This is where I've written all of my music
00:11 and where all of this kind of started for me, which is fun and exciting.
00:17 This first song that I'm going to do is my first single, my debut single, Damage You Still Do.
00:25 This song started everything for me and without it none of this would be happening.
00:30 So I have, it holds very close to my heart I think.
00:34 It's basically about somebody reaching out after years of no contact and
00:41 it affecting you a little bit more than it probably should have and
00:45 yeah, in my case I had a humongous panic attack.
00:52 Yeah, I wrote a song about it instead of therapy. So this is Damage You Still Do.
00:58 [Music]
01:00 I was 18 again
01:02 Begging for you not to leave again
01:06 Too eager to be demeaned I guess rolled over and let you in
01:14 I was a mean back then I wish that I'd cut you off clean so well
01:24 Thinking of reaching to me regret
01:29 seeps into your skin
01:32 But it won't and it hasn't
01:38 You're a danger
01:41 You're a hazard
01:43 Nothing inside
01:45 To panic like you
01:49 Lost a good thing while I had it
01:56 'Cause you reached out I went manic
02:00 Now the thought of him reminds me of you
02:07 All of the stories I'd heard about you were true
02:16 Oh, what a shame all the damage you still do
02:25 Had on back there again
02:27 A scared little girl too much pain to share
02:31 Prayed to a God but he wasn't there
02:35 I put all my faith in you
02:39 You were too young to care
02:43 Put up your hand now you crossed a bear
02:47 Wanted to hate you but only to hurt you
02:53 Wanted to hate you but I wouldn't dare
02:57 Sometimes I think I do
03:01 But I don't and I haven't
03:07 So your savior in an attic
03:11 Nothing drives me erratic like you
03:21 Lost a good thing while I had it
03:25 'Cause you reached out I went manic
03:29 Now the thought of him reminds me of you
03:35 All of the stories I'd heard about you were true
03:47 Oh, what a shame all the damage you still do
03:53 It's no use you've been barking up the wrong tree
04:03 Have no excuse for your vile treatment of me
04:11 I ain't gonna lose all the things that make me happy
04:19 You don't get to choose when and where you get to love me
04:29 'Cause you don't and you never can do this forever
04:39 Wish you well on the endeavors you choose
04:47 Need to decide which is better
04:53 Cutting all ties, leaving tethers
04:57 Now the thought of him reminds me of you
05:07 I am no longer 18, neither are you
05:13 Oh, what a shame all the damage you still do
05:23 Oh, so that's damage you still do.
05:29 This next one is called Bindi in the Dirt
05:33 and it's my second single and it's come to my attention that a lot of people don't know what a bindi is
05:38 because it's a very regional Australia slang word
05:42 but it's basically this prickly little weed in the grass
05:47 that stabs into your foot if you're dancing around barefoot
05:51 and it absolutely ruins your day. They're very hard to get out, they're very painful
05:56 It's a whole thing and the whole kind of song centres around that metaphor of being vulnerable
06:05 and wanting to just have fun and not make any type of meaningful attachment
06:12 and one coming along anyway and really causing a lot more pain than it should have
06:20 So yeah, that's kind of the gist of this one
06:25 It's my personal favourite that I've ever written
06:29 I, well I fell and I tumbled right into you
06:45 And I, I should be more careful but you waited for me like bindi's in dirt
06:56 Oh, hit me right where it hurts
07:01 Oh, I love you for all that it's worth
07:06 And pierce me right in my soul
07:11 I just want to let you know that
07:16 Don't think I'm letting go
07:20 'Cause I felt you all the way home
07:25 Oh, oh
07:42 I, well I cried on the impact it didn't hold back
07:51 And I, I kept it intact
07:57 I know that you hate when I make you concerned
08:02 Oh, guess that I'll never learn that
08:08 Your love isn't mine to be earned
08:12 And promise I feel the burn
08:17 When you tell me that it doesn't hurt
08:22 I don't think I'm letting go
08:26 'Cause I felt you all the way home
08:32 Oh, oh
08:41 Oh, oh
08:49 You, you starred in my skin
08:56 Felt like wildfire, pure and serene
09:05 I've never felt so alive
09:12 And you, yeah
09:15 Told me just about the time
09:21 I knew you'd win
09:25 Oh, while you were mine
09:30 Oh, while you were mine
09:35 Oh, while you were mine
09:40 Oh, while you were mine
09:48 I felt the pressure you never forgive and forget
09:56 So I, I learned my lesson
10:02 It's best to not let any stone be unturned
10:07 Oh, but I still feel the yearning
10:13 Fire the door on the burning
10:18 Loving you took its toll
10:22 Oh, Lord, just want to let you know
10:27 That I don't think I'm letting go
10:32 'Cause I felt you all the way home
10:38 Oh, oh
10:48 Oh, oh
10:58 Yeah. So that one's been in the dirt.
11:02 This next one, I'm changing the key.
11:06 This next one is unreleased.
11:09 I'm excited to release it soon.
11:12 I wrote it a few weeks ago and it's called Masochist.
11:15 It kind of centres around the idea of
11:20 craving to be hurt the same way that someone wants to hurt you,
11:25 emotionally speaking, of course.
11:29 And yeah, kind of falling into that a little bit and yeah.
11:35 I'm not really entirely sure how to describe this one.
11:37 I think the lyrics really speak for themselves.
11:40 It's a little bit dark.
11:43 But yeah, this is the new one.
11:46 guitar plays softly
11:49 You're quick to anger
11:54 I'm even quicker to please
11:59 You want to hold on
12:04 I crave the release
12:09 Of the brutal inhonesty
12:15 That I love when you tell me straight
12:20 That you want your hands 'round my neck
12:25 And I love to suffocate
12:30 You want to tear me down
12:35 I need to feel small
12:40 You want to take command
12:45 And I need to be controlled
12:50 You'll claim a higher ground
12:55 I've made peace with this floor
13:01 You want to get a rise
13:06 I want to take that fall
13:11 I hate affection
13:16 You want to hold me down
13:21 I need direction
13:26 You'll never leave this town
13:31 I'll ask a question
13:36 A bushel be beat around
13:42 I'll never mention
13:47 How you make me feel now
13:52 In a funny way I guess I think it's fate
13:57 In a fucked up way I think our star's alive
14:02 I guess I'm a punisher's recipient
14:07 You don't want to hurt no skin but mine
14:12 In a funny way I guess I think it's fate
14:18 In a fucked up way I think it's you and I
14:23 A mass of cases craving to be heard
14:28 Sadist always ready to oblige
14:33 You want to tear it down
14:38 And I need to feel small
14:43 You want to take command
14:48 And I need to be controlled
14:53 You'll claim a higher ground
14:58 And I've made peace with this floor
15:04 You want to get a rise
15:09 I want to take that fall
15:17 So yeah, that one is "Massacist".
15:22 Yeah, so once again, I'm Mikaela Busterfield
15:25 and you can find me on Spotify or Apple Music
15:28 or all of the fun things.
15:30 So, thanks.
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