Inspired by Izhar Patkin's Exhibit "The Wandering Veil" at MASS MOCA.
lyrics
(All at once) this gallery has opened up my heart,
Helping an epiphany take shape.
All my thoughts of music come by seeing others’ art.
Tears have formed within my eyes,
My mouth, my mind agape.
We‘re all connected.
We’re all affected,
Our voices collected,
Experiences myriad.
The origins of genre gray the more we are exposed,
But gray is made of many solid lines.
Curating as an artist is so static, posed, and closed.
Step back to see what all your colored history defines.
We‘re all connected.
We’re all affected,
Our voices collected,
Experiences myriad.
Too close is nothing new;
Too far an empty view.
The sweet spot is derivative: universal.
How we cling so tightly to clichéed identity.
But the more we learn, the more we’re brought to size.
Denying other points of view confirms disparity.
Only with an open mind can our world empathize.
We‘re all connected. (Too close is nothing new.)
We’re all affected, (Too far an empty view.)
Our voices collected, (The sweet spot is derivative: universal.)
We‘re all connected.
We’re all affected,
Our voices collected, (The sweet spot is derivative.)
Experiences myriad. (The sweet spot is derivative.)
Experiences myriad. (The sweet spot is derivative: universal.)
Derivative, but universal.
Derivative, but universal.
Lead Vocals – Sarah Gromko
Background Vocals – Ruby Amanfu and Jason Eskridge
Keys – Oscar Rossignolli
Programming and Guitar – Marc Lacuesta
Bass – Trey Boudreaux
Drum sample design – Ryan Clute and Sarah Gromko
Written, arranged, and sung by Sarah Gromko
Produced by Marc Lacuesta and Sarah Gromko
Recorded by Marc Lacuesta at Fatherland Studios (Nashville, TN)
Lead vocals engineered by Jack Miele at Music Shed Studios (New Orleans, LA)
Mixed by Will Kennedy at Studio P (Pacoima, CA)
Edited and Mastered by Marc Lacuesta
Assistant Engineered by Anna Linnéa Edström, Jonas Rudolf, Chris O’Brien, and Jeff Herring
Title by Michael Kohn
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