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Ain't No Weight But Your Own

from Songs About Sounds by Sarah Schonert

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Usually I use vocoding software in recording but I’ve been enjoying this used Warpfactory and Roland 880 so much that I wrote this piece to make use of them

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"Why are you chaining this to my legs?" you cry
"Into the deep in these concrete shoes"
Throw you in? Sure
You can swim

You think it's your fate
It ain't no weight but your own

I think I'm gonna be my own life line
I think I'm gonna be my own life line
You think I'm severing your air supply
I think I'm gonna be my own life line

I try, you try, maybe not, but why?
I fly, you fall, blame me for not catching you

I'm offering my hand; your elbows are locked
Stretch out and reach, for God's sake
Fingers bent
Just un-clench your fist

You think it's your fate
It ain't no weight but your own

I think I'm gonna be my own life line
I think I'm gonna be my own life line
You think I'm severing your air supply
I think I'm gonna be my own life line

You're under the lie I was born from stars
You didn't see the ashes or the scars
Strong vellum
Frosted and thin

You think it's my fate
It ain't no weight but my own

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from Songs About Sounds, released October 11, 2019

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Sarah Schonert Peoria, Illinois

Sarah Schonert is a Creative multi-instrumentalist & singer - writing, recording, and producing original pieces out of her home studio in Peoria, IL.

Her style is rooted in classical piano, supported by electronic vsts, loopers, ambient washes, carefully crafted arps, and assorted instruments she has collected over the years.

She gigs w/ her versatile looper, stage piano, & vocal effect pedals. ... more

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