Sonya Greta:  Lyrics to Ode to Mrs. Pontellier
 
"Just take this token from this mock charade, spin the wheel of misfortune, the Vigilante Arcade. " - Sonya Greta

SONGS

Holding On

Vigilante Arcade

Ode to Mrs. Pontellier

Breakpoint

I Don't See You

Happiness

All Alone

Watershed

Woodswoman

Direction

LYRICS // ODE TO MRS. PONTELLIER

Everyday has such a sweet, sweet purpose
But it’s getting old. And I don’t know, I don’t know why

To stare at your life and say only goodbye

Edna Pontellier had a very good life
Tuesday afternoons she played the very good wife
Brilliantly attired, she lived a lie
Until he arrived

Feeling so strange, behaving unimportant
This can’t be maintained
It’s time to let go
Don’t let things remain

To stare at your life and say only goodbye

Everyday contemplation spirals you with inward thoughts
and fancy whims
Everyday isolation elevates your spirit from all the little things
But everyday became the last, when he said “Goodbye…”
“Goodbye because I love you…”

Edna Pontellier took a swim at Grand Isle
Breaking the status quo, she took her own life
Awakened to her desires, she couldn’t go on
Living a life that was cast before she was born

Everyday has such a sweet, sweet purpose

 
Sonya Greta