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In The Pines

by Adia Victoria

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In 2019, I spent an afternoon poring over the journal I kept during my junior year of high school in Mauldin, SC. Revisiting the frustrations and observations of my 16-year-old self would lead to the creation of ‘In The Pines’—a song that tells the story of a teenage girl from a small conservative town whose slow slide towards self-destruction is recounted by her best friend. It is the all-too-familiar story of how young women desperate search in vain for escape from totalizing ideologies that define their lives and the lives around them. It is a young girl’s quest for autonomy via rebellion over her life. Failing that, she will ultimately have autonomy over her own death. The song centers the stories of those who fall victim to the ideologies of emotionally stunted men. I dedicate ‘In the Pines’ to every teenage girl who is desperately scratching at the walls of ideological imprisonment. It is a song that I hope reminds them that they are not alone in their hunt for freedom.

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I SAW JESUS PREACHING AT ME FROM A SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
AND BENEATH WAS A CROSS IN THE GROUND WHERE THEY FOUND YOU COLD
THAT NIGHT YOUR MOTHER CRIED FOR PETER, PAUL AND MARY
AND SHE CRIED FOR THE HOLY GHOST
SO WE LAID HER IN THE CHURCH THERE’S NOWHERE LEFT TO GO
FOR THE PEOPLE ‘ROUND HERE

IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES
WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES
AND YOU SHIVER WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS

IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES
WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES
AND YOU SHIVER WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS


NOWHERE IN TOWN TO RUN AROUND HIDING UNDER BLEACHERS
SMOKING CIGARETTES DURING THE GAME
AND YOU WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND WHEN THE TEACHER CALLED OUT YOUR NAME
YOU FOUND YOUR WAYS TO SLIP AWAY
STOLE THE PILLS FROM YOUR DADDY AND YOU DROVE HIS CAR IN THE RAIN
AND YOU SAID BEFORE YOU LEFT THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW HOW I COULD STAY
WITH THE PEOPLE ‘ROUND HERE

IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES
WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES
AND YOU SHIVER WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS

IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES
WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES
AND YOU SHIVER WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS

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released May 17, 2022
Adia Victoria - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
Mason Hickman - Piano, Guitar, Synth, Percussion
Jake Blount - Banjo

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Adia Victoria Nashville, Tennessee

Adia Victoria is a daughter of the South, a born and bred South Carolinian who now makes her home in Nashville, Tennessee. It is no surprise, then, that stories of the South find their way into her music, into the lyrics she pens and the chords she plays. It has been the case through her first two albums, and it remains so for third full-length effort, A Southern Gothic. ... more

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