Bita and The Botflies - Guillotine Drops (Official Audio)
Channel: O/C Records
Date: 2021-06-24

Song Title: Guillotine Drops

Song Credits:
Composer:  Sofia S. Aldeguer
Publisher:  O/C Music Publishing, Inc.                                                       
Producer: Bita and The Botflies
Arranger: Bita and The Botflies
Production House:  PointBee Multimedia
Recorded and Mixed by:  Daniel Garcia
Mastered by:  Aaron Gonzales

About the song:
 Initially inspired by “Alias Grace” and “The VVitch,” Guillotine Drops is written from the perspective of an accused town witch. She is to be executed but attempts once more to prove her own innocence. 

Lyrics:
Verse:
I don’t have the answers,
Not one, none at all
All I have are rituals,
That I hope would work after all

Chorus:
I’ll kneel not for you
I’d steal a prayer or two
And whisper them to saner gods,
In the name
In the name
In the name of
Someone else

Verse:
I’m not dark and doomed,
Nor irredeemable
My ways are not of voodoo,
I labor as you do and fall,
Vulnerable to instincts
And circumstances too

Chorus:
I’ll kneel not for you,
I’d steal a prayer or two,
And whisper them to saner gods,
In the name
In the name
In the name of
Someone else

Verse:
A witch begging for
Salvation
I’m still not sure
What my sorry is for

Chorus:
I know I’m still not
The author of that wicked past
Neither of the monstrous thoughts
You accuse
You accuse
You accuse me of

Outro:
You see in front of the starving crowd
I’d simply disappoint, they’ve seen it all
Surely, they’d want more
In their faces, you’d find no trace of triumph
And my eyes can attest to that
My sea of relief could then gush out
Soon as my guillotine drops
Soon as my guillotine drops
Soon as my guillotine drops
Soon as my, my guilty head drops

More About the Song: 
        B. I was inspired by the witch archetype and the mystery that surrounds her, why she had been hunted down and burned at the stake throughout history, why religious groups were afraid of the power she held, why she was a convenient scapegoat, and what secrets she knew of her accusers. 
        C.  The word “wicked” was supposed to be “heinous” but I changed it because I didn’t want it to sound like “anus.” 
        D. Defiant, awaiting doom, innocent, guilty
        E.  Alternative rock

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