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Portrait

by Mina's Altar

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Portrait is an ode to self-love that was forged in the darkness of losing who you are. Mina manifested herself a new life under the light of an August full moon, pretending she had everything she wanted and being grateful for every detail of an imaginary future life. She wished to be successful, loved, adored, and wanted, most of all, to feel pretty. When she blew out the candle, the moon turned her wishes into her waking life. The ode to this manifestation magic has brought her dreams to light.

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Take me out,
take me in at the waist,
Take me any where at all
Take me home,
take me to the bar,
or take me straight to bed and tuck me in

Take me whole,
take me broken;
take me as I am.
Take the p*ss and take my fancy,
Take me for granted
I have been waiting for a while

I wrote a diary,
And said I had it all,
Had a gig to look forward to and,
I had found my calling.
Smile on my face,
Left alone the nights of crawling up the walls,
Replaced with the wonder and the splendour of it all.


I drew a portrait and pretended to be pretty,
Pretended I was loved and it wasn't fuelled by pity,
I hated myself into two,
And in time grew to love
somebody new.
I drew a portrait and pretended to be pretty,
Pretended I was loved and it wasn't fuelled by pity,
I hated myself into two,
Loved myself into the new ( loved myself into the new)

I granted myself permission to dream;
To be myself again without your judging eyes on me,
Allow my heart a little space to grow and breathe,
Find myself again, and draw the line in all my grief
I've been lost,
Imprisoned,
I've been paralysed,
I've been fine,
I've been shackled in a dark place
in the anvil of my mind
But I thought of myself and where I want to be
And I finally gave some thought into how I should be loving me
I should be loving me
I should be loving me
I should be loving me.

I drew a portrait and pretended to be pretty,
Pretended I was loved and it wasn't fuelled by pity,
I hated myself into two,
And in time grew to love
somebody new.
I drew a portrait and pretended to be pretty,
Pretended I was loved and it wasn't fuelled by pity,
I hated myself into two,
Loved myself into the new (loved myself into the new)

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released October 25, 2023
Written and performed by Carmina Marlena Isabella Budworth

Produced by Adam Pattrick for Warren Records

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Mina's Altar Hull, UK

Mina's Altar blends magic and a broken mind into a cerebral landscape of angelic chorus’, twinkles, sorrow and nostalgia. Each piece is a diary entry and a shrine to the rose-tinted glasses she puts over the mundane. The church of Mina's Altar is dark and alluring; harrowing and holy. ... more

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