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from Okiya EP by Mecha Maiko

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The Maiko accompanies her sisters on hundreds of nights out. Sometimes she is away for days at a time. She often finishes work as the local children are walking to school. Each year, familiar faces are replaced by new ones. The Okiya always looks the same - spanning the entire block, rows of latticed windows repeat upwards, shadows perpetually move inside. One day, The Maiko befriends a spider. She offers the spider shelter from the constant clearing of her webs.

lyrics

I wear the clothes
and the mother comes after me
I wash the floor
and the lenses keep track of me
and the lenses keep track of me

Spider on the wall
was calling me by name
her fragile little webs
grew too dangerous to stay
She looked into my iris
crawled inside the hole
I plucked her from my ear canal
she thinks that I’m her home

You own the house
does it mind when I make it creak?
I have a bed
and I think I sleep
The directives are growing weak

Oh,
must we pretend?
Oh,
must we pretend
that we’re so different?

Okiya

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from Okiya EP, released January 25, 2019

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Mecha Maiko Toronto, Ontario

Mecha Maiko is a Juno-nominated synth pop project by Hayley Stewart.

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