Oh my goodness, that's gorgeous! The production is really beautiful and the arrangement, chef's kiss! Beautiful vocals, and such an uplifting message in the lyrics! I really enjoyed my listen.

The mellow sound of string and the sparkling of piano are doing magic to this hopefull empowering lyrics! Makes me want to have a fresh start even if I don't feel I've done any mistake !

I'm immediately caught up in the percussion and orchestration. Love the rhythm as the vocal enters, and the way you accent the words. Great background vocals. Love the melisma on "REAL." Fresh line: "through the out is my only way in." Inspirational words: "I don't care as long as it's real."

I'm enjoying the energy of the percussion and how the background vocals fill out the space. I agree with the "cinematic" assessment!

O ya. The strings soar the backing vocals add a nice swagger and the lyrics are expertly crafted. 🔥

Ah, good--I'm caught up with you. I realize you work for a living (I don't--I PAID my dues!!), so you tend to do your songs on weekends...whereas I take the weekends off! 😉

This sounds very "cinematic" and "should be in a soundtrack" to me--REALLY professional sounding. Maybe your most impressive--to me--so far. Looking forward to "not being caught up" with you again! 😉❤️

I like the lyrics. They have a good flow and message But the mix and arrangement needs some polishing. There's a lot going on here....

If it wasn't such a cliché, I'd say " You go, girl", but what I get from this song, apart from your splendid vocals and arrangement, is a sense of determination and optimism and we all need a dose of that these days!

You have to dare to make your voice louder, everything you sing is so good and everyone should hear it.

Well done, has a strong sense of overcoming in it, vocals lift up, and the strings pair to accent the feeling!

Kate this one is very interesting and love your vocals as always. I'm doing a few songs this year, nice to hear your creativty again.

I get a feeling of Empowerment here, and I like it. "I'm not going back...."

Love the opening that's sprinkled throughout. "I just want to feel REAL." Lovely. Great message here. It's definitely the dawning of a new day. :)

I listened to this, made me some breakfast and played It again. This is a grower! Often those growers turn out to be keepers. Well done!

some nice things going on...agree with coolparadiso... nice.

There is a lot going on here! Personally I think it works, it is interesting, keeps you listening closely, I hear your namesake on the vocals this time!

Love the multi-voiced arrangement of the chorus and bridge... very cool.

Keep up the good work!

Love the arrangements and the vocal (s). Interesting piece. Thank you for sharing.

love this song, your singing, and the piano and percussion. my unsolicited suggestion on how to fix the mix is to get rid of everything else. to my ears, it is just clutter that distracts from your singing and playing. but if you want a bigger arrangement, it might work here id you just pulled everything except your voice piano and percussion way back. your voice should dominate the mix, not be swallowed up in it.

Love it. Really nice song to work on.