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Something Wrong

by Raveny

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When everything around goes wrong, again, but far worse (again), and you find yourself lost helpless in the midst of all the worldwide uncertainty, how do you get out? How do you continue doing what you were doing at least? It took far too much time. So far, I have found a way to put all my feelings into the music and words of this song, hopefully that'll prove helpful, if not for me, then for someone else, at least.

A year ago I left my so-called ‘homeland’ I never asked for, for reasons widely known. A month later, settled for some unknown time in Armenia, I started writing this song, using a sketch I composed some years ago. Not that the feeling behind the song was something new, just the moment — uncertainty of unprecedented level. That didn’t help to finish it sooner.

A bit less than a year later I spent a few months looking for an appropriate cover art with one visual artist drawing one sketch after another for some months — it all felt wrong: one too local, another too shallow, that one too narrow in meaning, while the song is so global I can’t even imagine. Finally, we found one idea that was kinda resonating — a still person sitting in front of a calm landscape. Because, what can you do with all this? Sit and watch whatever happens next, better somewhere far away from everyone. Then I remembered I had a photo of myself that was fitting this idea perfectly.

So, here it is. I was late for the 1-year ‘anniversary’, so it's going to be released on another kinda ‘significant’ day.

lyrics

weird dreams
uncertain days
unexplored places
untrodden pathways
unheard nonsense
unvoiced screams
unwritten letters
unseen extremes

the world's on fire, but life goes on
like nothing's happened here
and nothing can be done
the facts are painful, still no one cares
and that's what really hurts
your heavens never help

everyone in this world
is doing something wrong
but no one wants to know
no one wants to know that
everyone you know
in this hopeless world
is doing something wrong
every then and now

every ghost of a chance
tried but failed in advance
every little step
wrong or rolled back
every other thought
depressing or absurd
every other day
skipped or pictured grey

they always proudly say
peace is our way
still violence firmly reigns
no loss no gain
no matter how much pain
keep it turning, let them pray
there's no more to say
just help them meekly fade away

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released May 9, 2023
Cover art idea: Zlata Ulitina (instagram.com/takoysyakoy_)
Cover art photo: Kate Antipina (instagram.com/antipinakate)

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