The debut EP of Seattle-based Vibrant Mortals, “6 songs for dancing / weeping / laughing” is candy-pop electronic dance beats wreathed by a 7-piece live orchestra and dark, urgent lyrics. We hope to dance beautifully, knowing full well that we are going to die.
lyrics
It’s been so hard, so hard,
alone and the bombs
are just blowing up all around,
hard, so hard, on the ground
and it feels like the world
has its knee on your neck,
it’s hard, it’s been so hard,
living paycheck to paycheck
I know, it’s hard,
the planet is burning,
it hurts to go breathing outside,
you cried when you read the news,
when you read the news, HEY!
It’s hard, sometimes impossible
to even lace up your shoes.
But I see you.
I see you and I see that you’re tired.
You’re so tired
but you’re stronger than you ever have been.
You are stronger than you ever have been (yes you are)
You are stronger than you ever have been.
Hold your breath,
Hold your ground,
Hold my hand.
Know that you were my line in the sand.
I couldn’t have gotten through this without you
and nor would I want to.
But this world
can be a crushing weight
of sick and cruel greed,
I feel responsible for the litany
of every evil deed,
grief’s in my body,
I feel it when I wake up, when I sleep,
I cannot take it
but somehow we have endured!
Oh, for sure, for sure, for sure,
I’ve got a little dancing left in my feet...
Because I’m stronger than I ever have been.
I found my friends
and we are stronger than we ever have been.
All of us grieving, this weeping is healing!
It’s a secret, it’s a secret,
we are stronger than we ever have been.
You are stronger than you ever have been.
You will be stronger than you ever have been.
credits
from 6 songs for dancing / weeping / laughing,
track released December 18, 2022
Cornet, trumpet, and french horn by Eric Padget
Baritone saxophone and clarinet by Kate Olson
Trombone by Ben Swanson
Violin, viola by Alex Guy
Violoncello by Maria Scherer Wilson
Drums by Galin Hebert
Violin, vocals, electronics by Nathan Langston
Vocal recordings, mixing and mastering at Rack Recording
Engineered by Greg Blaisdell
Acoustic instruments recorded at Jack Straw Cultural Center
Engineered by Daniel Guenther
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