Hi everyone,
This is a duet with my friend Anya, we often sing together on a karaoke app. She lives in the inner city in Yekaterinburg in Russia and barely speaks a word of English. (big shout out to google translate!!🤪)
Anya asked me if we could write a song about escaping the city, reconnecting with Mother Nature (the ocean specifically) and recharging our spirits. (Basically how I’m sure most city folk felt during lockdown.)
This is what we came up with….I tried multiple ways to dress this up, but ultimately just kept coming back to the voices and guitars.😊 Anya is playing all the guitars. She gets an extra smiley badge for singing the whole thing a semitone higher than her usual vocal sweet spot, that way nobody had to hear my terrible lower register.🤪🤩
I can only write a rough description of what Anya is singing in Russian, cos the translation reads a bit naff…🤷🏼♂️😆
Anyway, we hope you like it.😊
All thoughts are welcome and thanks for listening.😄👍🏻
https://soundcloud.com/leo-b-5/againOr live video….
https://www.smule.com/sing-recording/853955310_4152299761Lyrics.
These four walls are crushing me
I hear the ocean calling
With its promise of a calm sleep
As I listen to the waves
Well lately life’s so grey here
underneath these city lights
We’ve lost sight of the moment
Going colourblind…
Can we get away from here
Fill up the car, take a drive
‘Til the concrete disappears
Take me to an open space
I wanna swim in a restless ocean
Feel alive again…again.
I am on my way to save you
And we can both escape these gloomy streets
take a breath of freedom and be happy. (Something like this.😊🤷🏼♂️)
Well I long for the mountains
Wild flowers at our feet
Sleeping under starlight
And waking in a dream.
