Blue Ringed Octopus

from Sketches Vol. 1 by Xani

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Sketches Vol. 1 is an EP that was created in one month as part of the Sketches Challenge.

Throughout the month of November, Xani streamed live to Twitch each Sunday improvising different songs based on different themes. The listeners were invited to contribute moods, lyrics and musical instructions which shaped the improvisations.

At the end of each stream, the listeners would vote on which track was their favourite and Xani would refine, perform, record, mix and master the selected track.

The result was this EP of four songs created through audience interaction via the Twitch chat functions.

"Blue Ringed Octopus" was created in Week 3, inspired by pretty things. Listeners contributed the idea of pretty things that are also dangerous such as the beautiful blue ringed octopus.

lyrics

I'm going down, down, down, down, deeper down
Camouflaging myself in your lies
You wrap your arms around my body
But I wanna get out, I want to get out

I'm ready to rise
And I'm ready to roar
And I'm ready to learnt that I
That I don't need you anymore

Don't hurt me
Don't hurt me
And I won't hurt you anymore

I'm coming up, up, up, I'm coming up
I buried myself in your eyes
You used to tell me I was oh so pretty
I'm so much more, yeah I'm so much more

Watch me rise
Watch me roar
Now I know that I
Don't need you anymore

You can't hurt me
You can't hurt me
And I can't hurt you anymore

credits

from Sketches Vol. 1, released November 29, 2020
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xani Kolac.
Lyrics refined and written by Xani Kolac with help from her Twitch followers.

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