MELINDA A. SMITH
literary and science fiction
Acoustic & Vocals
Original pieces inspired by science and art
Bleed Into One
This song is about synesthesia, a condition in which two or more senses bleed into each other. This can occur in many ways but the most common types include the experience of seeing color with music or letters.
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In these lyrics I wanted to explore the way things are all tied together, hence the reference to string theory in the first verse. Some synesthetes experience sensations on their own bodies when they see someone else getting touched (referenced in second verse).
Norah
It's no secret to anyone that knows me that I absolutely adore Norah Jones. Her voice and lyrics have inspired me since I first listened to her. In this song, I describe the effects she has on me through soundwaves. We will never meet but pieces of her touch pieces of me.
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And this is really what artists, musicians, and writers do, isn't it? We try to create changes in the physiology of another human being without so much as being in the same room (though this can be even stronger in the same room; think live music). Phrases such as 'I write you on my body/I write you in my mind' pay homage to this delicate yet not subtle effect.
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But, this being a Melinda song, I of course have to introduce some sciencey concepts. 'Code yourself/In pressure and time' refer to the two variables of sound. 'Vibrate the air' also refers to soundwaves. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. Hope you enjoy!
LYRICS
Do you dream in color?
Does it echo in your ears?
Crevices in my mind
Can taste you in my tears
A fractal voice
As we all sing
Another theory of everything
Tied up in a beautiful String
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-Chorus-
Senses blurred in violet haze
Notes and photons locked in phase
It comes alive, it comes undone
Bleeding into one
Bleeding into one
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Do you feel my hands
Grazing your skin
When I touch myself
Is it needles and pins?
One dimension more
Can you hear it too?
Drench my heart
In shades of blue
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There's no divide
It's all gone
When you bleed right into one
Time and space
Are standing still
All the poets have been killed
They're bleeding into one
LYRICS
This vacuum of space
The sky's growing dark
Silence ain't golden
It tears me apart
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Kiss me soft
Lips to microphone
Vibrate the air
And I feel you in my bones
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CHORUS
Norah
I think I love you
You'll never speak my name
But your waves reach me
And isn't that the same?
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The voice in my head
It's always been you
Sweeter than cheesecake
Bluer than the blues
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Code yourself
In pressure and time
I write you on my body
I write you in my mind
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CHORUS