Ember ⚧
denseboy perfectly captures the thrill of reinventing yourself, of looking forward to a future full to the brim with potential. this is the distilled essence of a perfect summer night of first kisses and new adventures
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about
ironically. i had to scrap this and rerecord it bc my voice dropped and i couldn’t sing in the same key anymore
when i first started writing this i was walking back from the park one night in june. this song is about a lot of things, but mostly it’s about the feeling you get at the start of summer when anything feels possible. i think like a lot of people getting out of school makes me really desperate to be a completely different person, and even though that’s never happened, there’s always some sort of transformation that takes place. i never really had the words for how i felt, but i remember the summer before junior high, being 12 and overcompensating by riding a walmart skateboard around everywhere. or the summer before high school, being 15 and angry, and finally deciding to transition.
fast forward to 2021 and my summer before college was extended by a gap semester (thank god for it). i mostly drank iced tea and went on walks and pet different cats. i’m still trying to articulate exactly what changed inside of me, but one thing i know is that this feeling is starting to surface again- and i’m happy to see it arrive.
lyrics
Always on the street and moving on my feet
Then feeling like a king with a basketball in hand
Begging for attention and something I won’t mention is
Nagging at my brain but I don’t really understand
What’s going on up there, it’s hard to find the words
But it manifests in things like skating, jumping into sand
Sneakers on the pavement, bandaids on my knees
And an incessant need to show the others where I stand
Can you feel the weight of suburbia?
Sometimes it stifles, I choke up
But nights like these, with a cool breeze
I’m young and feeling semi-free
In summer, I’ll get out my head
I’ll kiss some girls, I’ll make new friends
I’ll try new foods, I'll leave my bed
When school comes I’ll be new again
For the next few months, I’ve figured out a way to
Prove I’m strong enough for me to make it as a man
Always keep my guard up, cry a little less and
Learn how to say no when someone offers me their hand
Sure, this mindset is a setback, but I want to know that
People put the effort in to see the new me and
Once this break is over, no one has to know
The way I used to look and act and everything I am
Can you feel the weight of suburbia?
Sometimes it stifles, I choke up
But nights like these, with a cool breeze
I’m young and feeling semi-free
In summer, I’ll get out my head
I’ll kiss some boys, I’ll make new friends
I’ll try new foods, I'll leave my bed
When school comes I’ll be new again
The truth is reinvention
Rarely ever happens overnight
Yet the urge I feel to change grows under
Fireworks and waning moonlight
But, I know I'll still wish
To wake up one day
In a body that knows me
And oh, now that time's passed
I can look back
and realize I'm right where I needed to be
Walking on the same streets, but I’m growing
As I circle the neighborhood, I lay my plans
Can you feel the weight of suburbia?
Sometimes it stifles, I choke up
But nights like these, with a cool breeze
I’m young and feeling semi-free
In summer, I’ll get out my head
Kiss everyone, I’ll make new friends
I’ll try new foods, I'll leave my bed
When school comes I’ll be new again
my favorite album by cavetown. he's the one who inspired me to make music of my own. best to listen to when you're looking for a friend or grappling with finding your purpose. denseboy
i don't know what to say. i've listen to this album a lot. i've cried to this album a lot. i love it a lot. there are only so many emotions a person can feel and this album resonates with them all. denseboy
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