-Performing "VBS" from her album "Home Video,"
please welcome Lucy Dacus! [ Cheers and applause ]
-♪ In the summer of '07 ♪
♪ I was sure I'd go to heaven ♪
♪ But I was hedging my bets at VBS ♪
♪ The preacher in a T-shirt told me I could be a leader ♪
♪ Taught me how to build a fire ♪
♪ And to spread the word ♪
♪♪
♪ In the evening, everybody went to worship and weep ♪
♪ Hands above our heads, reaching for God ♪
♪ Back in the cabin ♪
♪ Snorting nutmeg in your bunk bed ♪
♪ You were waiting for a revelation of your own ♪
♪♪
♪ Sedentary secrets like peach pits in your gut ♪
♪ Locked away like jam jars in the cellar of your heart ♪
♪ Waiting to be tasted and ultimately wasted ♪
♪ You were gonna win me over from the start ♪
♪♪
♪ Your poetry was so bad, it took a lot to not laugh ♪
♪ You said that I showed you the light ♪
♪♪
♪ But all it did ♪
♪ In the end ♪
♪ Was make the dark feel darker than before ♪
♪♪
♪ Your dad keeps his sleeves down through the summer ♪
♪ For a reason ♪
♪ Your mother wears her makeup extra thick for a reason ♪
♪ When I tell you you were born and you are here for a reason ♪
♪ You are not convinced the reason is a good one ♪
♪♪
♪ While you're going to sleep, your mind keeps you awake ♪
♪ And it makes your heart beat fast and loud ♪
♪ There's nothing you can do ♪
♪ But the only thing you found ♪
♪ Playing Slayer at full volume helps to block it out ♪
♪♪
[ Girl screams ]
♪ Your poetry was so bad, it took a lot to not laugh ♪
♪ You said that I showed you the light ♪
♪♪
♪ But all it did ♪
♪ In the end ♪
♪ Was make the dark feel darker than before ♪
♪♪
♪ Dark feel darker than before ♪
♪♪
♪ Dark feel darker than before ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]