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Virtual Virtue (from “UNPLUGGED: A Survivor’s Story in Scenes & Songs”)

Various Artists & Writers — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:34:42 +0000

In the song “Virtual Virtue,” Dayna Clay describes her childhood rape — and her determination to survive it. Lyrics: I used to dream that you’d become the dad I never hadSomeone who’d look after me, come through when times were badA man to guard my mother’s heart, complete our familyBut you were only using her […]

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Hands Clean by Alanis Morissette

Various Artists & Writers — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Remember this song? Alanis very clearly states in interviews that it was part of her healing from a relationship with an older man that she was “unprepared to deal with at the time” (She was 14. ) Note the verse lyrics are very standard stuff for CSA victims to hear from their abusers: If it weren’t […]

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I Will Never Be the Same Again by Asha Lightbearer

Various Artists & Writers — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:06:40 +0000

Every time I sing this song I am reminded of the sweetness of happy, healthy romantic love. In the past, my understanding of love was pretty much synonymous with pain, loss or longing. However, a few years ago, I decided I was not going to play that game any more. I spent the next decade […]

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Fiona by Asha Lightbearer

Various Artists & Writers — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:49:00 +0000

Fiona is the story of child sexual abuse survivors everywhere–abused by the people they know and trust, and most often silently carrying the pain and shame of that abuse into their adult lives and relationships. Only when we are willing to face what happened to us, feel the pain, and grieve the loss of our […]

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