Gwen Graham (1963-) and Cathy Wood (1962-) met at Alpine Manor Nursing Home near Grand Rapids, MI. while working as nursing aides. They quickly became lovers, and it has been reported that they began to plan murders of the elderly in their care as a playing-out of sexual games. They killed 5 elderly patients in all, and were turned in by Wood’s ex-husband, to whom Wood confessed after Graham left Wood for a new girlfriend and moved to Texas. As soon as they were apprehended, they turned on each other, and to this day each accuses the other of masterminding the murders. Wood is expected to be released in 2021; Graham will never be eligible for parole.
This one's for Kathy, and Gwendolyn.
lyrics
When I was fourteen
I stole a red lipstick
From the five and dime
Wasn't much of a kick
Didn't think about it later
Never did it again--
I was somebody else back then
Until I met you.
Oh yeah, I met you.
There is a poison made of only our breathj
Mingling in the same room
Like a chamber of death
It's more powerful than any other substance on earth
Takes down mountains
Dries up rivers
Crumbles fate and inhibitions--
You breath out and I breathe in
I breathe out and you breathe in
You breathe out and I breathe in
That's the way the thing begins--
CHORUS
And if I never met you
I would've never met me
This lionhearted, ragged angel you see
Not sure which of us is you
Don't care who is the real me
This burn-it-to-the-ground song's all I want to sing
And only with you.
They better keep us apart
They better keep us apart
If they don't keep us apart
There's no tellin
No tellin
Keep us apart
Keep us apart
Keep us apart
And let the world keep spinning
I will never forget you
I will love you forever
In your long black coat the one cold week of winter
There will never be another
My jigsaw sister
Just don't come any closer to me ever again
Ever again
Ever again
(1-2-3-4-5)
CHORUS
And if I never met you
I would've never met me
This lionhearted, ragged angel you see
Not sure which of us is you
Don't care who is the real me
This burn-it-to-the-ground
AGAIN!
burn-it-to-the-ground
AGAIN!
burn-it-to-the-ground song's all I want to sing
And only with you.
You breath out and I breathe in
I breathe out and you breathe in
You breathe out and I breathe in
That's the way the thing begins--
credits
from Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers,
released August 8, 2018
Molly Rice: lyrics and music
Milia Ayache: lead vocals, synth
Zorahna: bass, background vocals
Michele Dunlap: drums
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