JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Village" merupakan singel milik penyanyi yang dikenal dengan Wrabel, rilis pada Juli 2017.
Diciptakan pada tahun yang sama, lagu ini adalah ode kepada komunitas LGBTQ+ sebagai representasi keadaan mereka yang diperlakukan berbeda oleh masyarakat.
Lagu ini juga ditulis Wrabel sebagai tribute kepada komunitas trans setelah pencabutan perlindungan bagi siswa-siswa trans di sekolah negeri.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Village" - Wrabel:
[Intro]
Bb Dm F Am7
[Verse 1]
Bb
No, your mom don't get it
Dm
And your dad don't get it
F Am7
Uncle John don't get it
Bb
And you can't tell grandma
Dm
'Cause her heart can't take it
F Am7
And she might not make it
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Dm
They say, "Don't dare, don't you even go there
F Am7
Cutting off your long hair, you do as you're told"
Bb Dm
Tell you, "Wake up, go put on your makeup
F C
This is just a phase you're gonna outgrow"
[Chorus]
Bb
There's something wrong in the village
Dm F Am7
In the village, oh
Bb
They stare in the village
Dm F Am7
In the village, oh
Bb Dm
There's nothing wrong with you
F Am7
It's true, it's true
Bb
There's something wrong with the village
Dm F
With the village
Am7
There's something wrong with the village
[Verse 2]
Bb Dm
Feel the rumors follow you from Monday
F Am7
all the way to Friday dinner
Bb
You got one day of shelter,
Dm
then it's Sunday hell to pay,
F Am7
you young lost sinner
[Pre-chorus]
Bb Dm
Well I've been there, sitting in that same chair
F Am7
Whispering that same prayer half a million times
Bb Dm
It's a lie though, buried in disciples
F C
One page of the Bible isn't worth a life
[Chorus]
Bb
There's something wrong in the village
Dm F Am7
In the village, oh
Bb
They stare in the village
Dm F Am7
In the village, oh
Bb Dm
There's nothing wrong with you
F Am7
It's true, it's true
Bb
There's something wrong with the village
Dm F
With the village
Am7
There's something wrong with the village
[Instrumental]
Bb Dm F Am7
Bb Dm F C
Bb Dm F Am7
Bb Dm F Am7
[Chorus]
Bb
There's something wrong in the village
Dm F Am7
In the village, oh
Bb
They stare in the village
Dm F Am7
In the village, oh
Bb Dm
There's nothing wrong with you
F Am7
It's true, it's true
Bb
There's something wrong with the village
Dm F
With the village
Am7
There's something wrong with the village
[Outro]
Bb Dm F Am7
Bb Dm F C
Bb Dm F Am7