We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Born To Be Big

from Cat Called by Shannon Harney

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Hand Sewn Album Sleeves

    a charming collection of hand sewn album sleeves made from an assortment of recycled textiles with various prints.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Cat Called via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Hand Made Paper Sleeves

    lovely collection of hand made paper album sleeves, complete with unique photograph and my own shell seal.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Cat Called via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Poster/Print + Digital Album

    Limited edition posters done by Claire Ray. 11X17. Printed on Matte.
    Coral or Cornflower. Comes with 'Cat Called' album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Cat Called via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 25 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $15 USD or more 

     

lyrics

I was born to big
I was brought to be good
I was raised to do the best thing
And the best thing
Is to be here
To not care is the same thing as fear
I am not inspired. I am fire. X3
I am not empowered. I am power. X3

To be essential as a knife.
To be steady as genetics spelling life
To be patient as the snow melt
To be wild as the hands that we are dealt

I bring things I can’t identify
I bring heartache in my bones that won’t subside
I bring all of the ordinary ghosts that we have bribed
I bring supposing in the form of wise insight.

I was born to big
I was brought to be good
I was raised to do the best thing
And the best thing
Is to be here
To not care is the same thing as fear
I am not inspired. I am fire. X3
I am not empowered. I am power. X3

To be careful as the sun down.
To be wings that beat an absence into sound
To be relieved like a shotgun.
To be silent as a button tugged undone.

I bring noisy banter unrefined and vile
I bring stone fruit sat upon the ground for a while
I bring mouthfuls to big for even me to chew
I bring boxes and luggage in every size and every hue.

I was born to big
I was brought to be good
I was raised to do the best thing
And the best thing
Is to be here
To not care is the same thing as fear
I am not inspired. I am fire. X3
I am not empowered. I am power. X3

credits

from Cat Called, released June 4, 2012

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Shannon Harney image

Shannon Harney San Francisco, California

contact / help

Contact Shannon Harney

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Shannon Harney, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now