Pale Reflection
by @spinhead
Liner Notes
As a white male, there's, y'know, stuff. It's complicated. Mostly, though, it's complicated for folks who aren't those things (white, male.)
As a spiritual person I believe the solution will come in my lifetime, right here on earth, but that's a longer conversation for a more personal venue. Here, this is about the frustration of watching the world burn for the past 65 years.
Lyrics
I grew up way up in the north couple hours south of Duluth all winter long it's really white and spring, summer, and fall, to tell the truth
left the frozen north for San Diego met folks who didn't look like me some were dark and some were darker and some from west of the South China Sea
my folks taught us that people are just people whether they look like me or not so I treated everyone like they were me which was only right, or so I thought
turns out that equal don't mean fair if you look like me the wheels have been greased and thinking stuff about the goose and gander isn't enough, to say the least
I could say it wasn't me, I wasn't born I never would have ever done those things but folks I love get treated like they shouldn't by outrageous fortune's arrows and slings
took most of life for me to realize I was gifted a place I didn't earn and I want to fix it all and make it better but I don't believe most folks will ever learn
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This is really nice, your gentle lilting voice along with the orchestration goes really well. I've just comes back from a Pilates session, I'm all relaxed, and this was the perfect listen 👍
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i love your voice! Keep going. I pictured myself listening to you in pub and take some whiskey!
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I enjoyed the reflection you shared. The orchestration is beautiful. Born, raised and living in Winnipeg, I can relate to white winters.
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What a lovely song. I empathize with the sentiment and the last verse in particular says a lot. The melancholic vibe and strings synth are a fitting accompaniment for the lyric. Heartfelt singing too.
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Enjoying listening to the internal chord motions in these string lines.
"but I don't believe most folks will ever learn" is a striking way to wrap it.