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layers by WILLOW

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WILLOW

layers

Release date: 26th September 2024

From ceremonial contrafact (empathogen deluxe)
Track 14
2:38
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About This Track

'layers' by WILLOW is a 2024 Jazz track from the album 'ceremonial contrafact (empathogen deluxe)'. The lyrics centre on vulnerability and mutual recognition, insisting there are “layers to fold”. It moves through an image of unfolding feeling, then arrives at shared need and reassurance, with silence framed as something that includes both speaker and listener. The closing idea is surrender to what can only be endured together, rather than solitary self-reliance.

"layers" is a track by WILLOW, from the album ceremonial contrafact (empathogen deluxe), released 26th September 2024. The track is 2:38 long. It's filed under Jazz. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about WILLOW.

About the Artist

WILLOW

WILLOW

Lyrics

layers

So many layers to fold
So many layers unfolding too
So hard to go it alone
We're all in need of some holding too
And if you feel me here
I'm breathing just like you
And if we can't see clear
This silence knows you
This silence knows me too
There's nothing else to do, else to do
Just to seek the truth, see it through
There's nothing else to do, else to do
Just to seek the truth, see it through
I can't hide
I can't hide how I-
It's not right
It's not right how I feel
Bonafide insane, look inside
Battling my pain
Over and over again
Sanctity I will defend with my life
I'm not me and I'm not them
I am (I am)
And if you feel me here
I'm breathing just like you
And if we can't see clear, oh, oh
The silence knows you
The silence knows me too
There's nothing else to do, else to do
Just to seek the truth, see it through
There's nothing else to do, else to do
Just to seek the truth, see it through

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Track details

From ceremonial contrafact (empathogen deluxe)

2:382024
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ceremonial contrafact (empathogen deluxe)
ceremonial contrafact (empathogen deluxe)
WILLOW
27th September 2024
Track number
14
Release year
2024
  1. 1home
    3:03
  2. 2ancient girl
    1:31
  3. 3symptom of life
    3:10
  4. 4the fear is not real
    3:38

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    Production & Engineering

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    Guitar
    Eddie Benjamin
    Bass Guitar
    Eddie Benjamin
    Mastering Engineer
    Joe LaPorta
    Mixing Engineer
    Mitch McCarthy
    Synthesizer
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