Reckless Angels

by Claire Whitehead

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This song is about retaliating against the forces in a world that bring you down. It is inspired by the moment in Thelma and Louise where the two wreak havoc on a truck driver who has been harassing them throughout their trip. I imagine them like dark angels rising up to transcend and fight back against misogyny in an other-worldly way. It is also a fun, dark country song that I am releasing just before Halloween!

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We are two Reckless Angels
Flying down into the world we once knew
To play around with the ugliest parts
That we’re fending off our human hearts

We grow a feather
Black as the mine
For every moment you’re
Cleared of a crime

We take the mud
You throw our way
To grease our flapping
Shoulder blades

We’re not the kind
Sent from above
We lifted up when you
Gave us a shove

Oh sweet deliverance
Oh weightless sky
When we land down you better
Run and hide

We are two Reckless Angels
Flying down into the world we once knew
To play around with the ugliest parts
That we’re fending off our human hearts

We’ve travelled far
Fallen off the path
There’s no use trying now
Trying to go back

Is it the devil
Is it the lord
Is it the faults of men
From which we soared

In the dark abyss
We forged a gun
With vengeance on our minds
And a little bit of fun

We are two Reckless Angels
Flying down into the world we once knew
To play around with the ugliest parts
That we’re fending off our human hearts

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released October 30, 2020
Claire Whitehead - vocals, guitar
Peter Elkas - guitar, bass, drums

Recorded, mixed and produced by Peter Elkas
Mastered by Heather Kirby

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Claire Whitehead Toronto, Ontario

Claire Whitehead is a songwriter who gets inspired by feelings, films, art and nature and attempts to translate them into songs.

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