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Listen to "A New Day Has Dawned" on: Spotify | Apple Music A Gift to the Living from the Day of the Dead “A New Day Has Dawned” is the eighth and final track on the album  Follow the Sound . This song didn’t begin as another story from my previous Day of the Dead experiences. It began with what happened after I wrote the others. What I thought was the end of the album became the beginning of one more song. I realized that once I write a song and listen to it repeatedly for a while, the story begins to release from my life. The memory is still there, but the energy surrounding it is different. It no longer feels active or connected to me in the same way. I didn’t think any of these stories were weighing on me. They didn’t feel unfinished, and I wasn’t consciously trying to let them go. I only recognized the weight after it was gone and I felt the unexpected lightness left behind. That became the unexpected gift of writing Follow the Sound . The other songs tell the stories....
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“Choose You” — The Story and Sound Behind the Song

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Listen to "Choose You" on: Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music

The Story and Sound of "Choose You"

The Story

"Choose You" is the fifth song on the Year of the Scorpion album. It comes after the song "She Maps Her Skies", where the guy I was dating wants a more serious commitment as I am coming to terms with the possibility that this relationship might actually make my life better.

"Choose You" was written about realizing this relationship expanded my world and choosing him.

The line, "The sky feels bigger when it's us two", is the heart of the song. It describes the moment I realized that being together made my freedom feel smaller than the life we were creating together. It isn't about dependency or losing yourself in another person. It's about finding someone who makes an already full life feel even more alive.

The Sound

It's dramatic, with looped processed cello expressing the feelings beneath the choices through steady passages and powerful swells. Glitchy electronic beats and airy synths build on the emotion, adding energy and moments of drama throughout. Every part of the arrangement was built to reflect the emotional weight beneath the choice.

Year of the Scorpion Album


"Choose You" is the fifth song on this album.

Read the Story: Year of the Scorpion

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