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Tragedy

by Riot Antigone

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Written by Erato Kremmyda and Seonjae Kim
Produced by Mori Einsidler

lyrics

Once upon a time there was a girl
But it's not what you think

Some girls are born to be beloved, like a flower
Blossoming til they wilt

But some girls,
They're just born into tragedy

1,2,3,4!

Once upon a a time
There was a girl
Once upon a time
She was a cautionary tale

That girl, she's all up in history
That girl, just tear her apart
That girl, her name's Antigone
I sort of wanna kiss her and I
sort of wanna ask her for advice

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

A king got a prophecy, it said
Beware of your baby
He'll kill you and fuck his mom
It's gonna be a tragedy

They leave him on a hill to die but duh
A sheperd hears him cry
He grows up kills dad and fucks mom
Exactly like the prophecy

He has kids with his wife slash mom
Eteocles, Polynieces, Ismene, Antigone
Children of a

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Now old Oedipus with his eyes gouged out
Walks across the desert with his daughter
He tells her, how it all went down
Says girl don't fuck with prophecy

Her brothers take over while they're gone
They promise they'll switch off the throne
But boys never learn to share, do they?
No they don't!

After dad dies she comes home
Her brothers fighting for the world
It's gonna be a

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

That girl
She's all up in history
That girl
But she's gonna be mine
That girl
Her name's Antigone!
I sort of wanna kiss her
And I sort of wanna ask her for advice

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy oh yeah
Yeah

Turn your fucking phones off
Cause we're about to fuck with
Tragedy!

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released March 18, 2022

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Riot Antigone New York, New York

RIOT ANTIGONE is Seonjae Kim's new take on Sophocles' tragedy, told from the perspective of a Chorus Leader and her all- female punk band, reminiscent of the 90s' Riot Grrrl movement iconized by bands like Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and Bratmobile. Through explosive live music, percussive movement and primal poetry, a chorus of young women tell the myth of Antigone through a feminist lens. ... more

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