The Melbourne singer-songwriter Tori Zietsch returns with a fusion of the cutting and beautiful with a song about religious shaming, inspired by the biblical story of Dinah, a woman sexually assaulted but victim-blamed. It comes from her second album, I Get Into Trouble, out on 13 October via Partisan/Pieate. The video is a mischievous, irreverent delight with jaunty costumes and props, but of course also comes with a serious side to the story. To explore more by Maple Glider, see also the other embedded links below.
I met Dinah at the Bible study when I was eight years old
She was just a story to them, but to me she was more than they told
They said: “Be God fearing, don’t be messing with those non-believing”
So I’ve been in the church making sure no one’s looking up my skirt But I do not feel safe here
I wanna feel alive
Do you thrive knowing that our God favours you over me dear?
Dinah’s old man said he thought all of her girlfriends were whores
In the end she got exactly what she’d been searching for
When that man took her out for a spin
She said no but he did not listen
So I’ve been in the church making sure no one’s looking up my skirt
But I do not feel safe here
I wanna feel alive
Do you thrive knowing that our God favours you over me dear?
The same thing happened to me when I was only seventeen
Do you think I got what I deserved?
Do you think God's just trying to be seen?
By us non-believers? By us non-God fearers?
So I’ve been in the church making sure no one’s looking up my skirt
But I do not feel safe here
I wanna feel alive
Do you thrive knowing that our God favours you over me dear daddy?
Two witness rule, oh that’s cool
Go ahead and play the fool while I do not feel safe here
I’ve been in the church but the church is in my skirt
I’ve been in the church but the church is in my skirt
I’ve been in the church but the church is in my skirt
And my skirt defines my worth in the church
Dear daddy
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