CAndyland

*STREAM CANDYLAND

When I wrote Candyland, I wanted to write a song about unhealthy coping mechanisms: about leaning into despair, terror, and isolation because they are familiar. Still, some community members of mine read entirely different stories in the lyrics, which is kind of amazing to me. My colleague called it “a perfect depiction of what it’s like being a person of color, a houseless person, or someone with a stigmatized mental illness in a world that is not set up for you”. One friend of mine assumed it was about drugs. A couple of folks have asked if it was about the board game. I’m excited to hear what this song is about to you.

  • i am lost in sweet shadows
    i am lost in the molasses dark
    i am lost in a world of my creation
    i am lost in peppermint bark

    i am on an island on the ocean in my head
    i am traveling with the monster under my bed
    the mountains are made of sugar and i think so is the sand
    i think that i am lost in candyland

    candyland candyland
    i don’t wanna go home
    cause in candyland candyland
    i am on my own

    i wander through the streets at night
    i wonder why there is no light
    there are gingerbread houses full of gingerbread men
    they have no faces to smile at me but i smile to them

    candyland candyland
    everything here moves slow
    i am scared in candyland
    but i don’t want to go

    i find a chocolate castle that overlooks the wood
    the doors lock behind me as i knew they would
    call it a prison or call it a fantasy
    there’s plenty here to eat and it’s all for me
    candyland candyland
    there’s no one real around
    in candyland candyland
    so should i eat my crown

    candyland candyland
    i languish on my throne
    i am here in candyland
    and i am all alone

  • Mirabai Kukathas - lyrics, melody, vocals, electric guitar, coproduction
    Matt "Sabyu" Sablan - acoustic guitar, bass, production

candyland in my hallway 2020

candyland in my room 2023