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“Not only is the actual word Hysteria gendered - it once referred to an exclusively female disease, a mental illness thought to be caused by a malfunc- tioning uterus. There is a very long history of critics using accusations or innuendo about women’s mental health or emotional stability in order to shut down their political voices.“
- Sady Doyle

Perhaps the seed for Candle was planted when, as a child, I visited the Yuma Territorial Prison Muse- um (technically this is in Arizona, but it’s so close to the state border that I hope we can all let it slide). Although it was summer and brutally hot, I was struck cold by the place, especially by the dark cell. When I first learned of Female Hysteria a few years later, visions of that prison came to mind.
Very few women had been held there, but it all came together with the ghosts of suppression and claims of mental illness. Loosely combining a dark place and a dark time, this is the story of a ghost and a woman, dedicated to the ones who, throughout the ages, found themselves in the dark cell.

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Somebody melted my candle. Does anybody know who’s to blame?
I really needed my candle, ‘Cause now without a light I’m in shame.
I heard a whisper behind me - My heart it gave a flutter or two. I felt somebody before me, But how was I to know it was you?
I know you, at least I should do - But I can’t remember meeting you. I know you, at least I should do - But I can’t remember meeting you.
Somebody’s stolen my lover. Does everybody think it’s a game? I rather think I was blinded, But in my fingertips there’s a flame.
I took a step in the hallway,
I followed all the stairs to the door. I leaned halfway out the window And then I fell asleep to no more.
I know you, at least I should do - But I can’t remember meeting you. I know you, at least I should do - But I can’t remember meeting you.
But I can’t remember meeting you!

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from Nine Sisters Digital Album, released October 26, 2018

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