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The Heaviness
A sorrow song about anxiety.
Approximate reading time: 2 minutes
Photo by Cody Schroeder on Unsplash
Liner Notes
Dissonant piano + lyrics + vocals by me. Everything else by @elesimo[archived]. Just love collaborating with that guy. I managed to squeeze in the #runechallenge too, which I started so I kinda needed to actually complete. I used these three runes to inform the lyrics (mostly in an oblique manner): Signals, Strength, Need
This one is about combating the anxious feeling that everything is hopelessly fucked.
For this collaboration, @cnidaria[archived] sent me these two beautiful piano ideas, delicate, melancholic and eerie. I wrote the guitar lines around them, and the rest just came naturally. I'm really proud of being part of this song, and her vocals and lyrics are just amazing.
Lyrics
The heaviness is all I need The heaviness is everything The heaviness is all I feel The heaviness is getting real Bore into your skull Another year and a toll So pay up for the untold life The path runs right The steepest price Climbing up up, the air gets thin And only then you see that everyone is taking turns Instead you’ll learn Can’t return to that stateless grace A shattered place set Laid out Laid to rest Lay, reset Dress your best for the play set The heaviness is all I need The heaviness is everything The heaviness is all I feel The heaviness is getting real Stand tall, darling girl Curtsy then twirl For dearest dance is the only chance you have Redemption pent up in a hapless world Shapeless, swirling, faceless Rise and face the makeshift space It’s almost time Erase and ease and chase Only then worth stopping at the station Stasis, patience Lions, waiting, stay in place Sharply pacing Their movement is the moment that finally shapes us Stand by my side and I might never, never give up this fight Stand by my side and I might never, never give up on this life The heaviness is in the wires The heaviness is getting tired The heaviness, it’s not my own The heaviness is what they grown The heaviness is floating by The heaviness can mind its own damn time The heaviness, it is not mine Oh, heaviness, I close my eyes and I say goodnight
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I like the contrast between the sung parts and the almost spoken word/rapi-ish parts, very soft voice and the backing music is also grear
This is really powerful. I like what you've done here a lot. And it's intensely relatable for me -- anxiety is too often a close companion for me.
The vocals roll along nicely, and at times border on hip hop. Heavy instrument feel is the perfect accompaniment. @elisemo comes in with some cool effect.
I like the Rhodes intro. Cool lyric, the heaviness. Then a little more uncomfortable sound. The heaviness. I like that. I like the kinda rapped vocal in between. I like the switch in the bridge, "stand by my side", then back to the heaviness. Strong song.
Very creative and interesting listen, Diandra. Favorite line: The heaviness can mind its own damn time