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Oceans Rising

by Mel Brennan

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Oceans Rising depicts the grief I experienced when I started learning about climate change and mass consumerism, and realised that my privileged lifestyle was based on a lie.

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I thought we were invincible
Our struggles in the past
The hunt for our fulfilment
Was what filled us

Though I wasn’t a star player
Still played my part
Yeah I reaped the benefit
Of a world ripped apart

And at only twenty-seven years old
I am paying the price
All I am and all I have known
Must be unsewn
I must redesign

Even the oceans are rising
Tossing and turning like the rage
Encaged inside my chest
Right next to where the heart is
Melting falling just like the ice
That slides to great depths

We prayed for rain’s descent
But we got acid instead
Raining down on our heads

We weren’t to know truth at all
They told us all a lie
The blind was indispensable
To the life I had

And what a life it was
What a grand disguise
When the covering came off
It was high time

And at only twenty-seven years old
I am paying the price
All I am and all I have thought
Mission abort
Gotta get into line

Even the oceans are rising
Tossing and turning like the rage
Enslaved inside my chest
Right next to where the heart is
Melting falling just like the ice
That hides grave danger still

We prayed for rain’s descent
But we got acid instead
Raining down on our heads

We got acid instead
Raining down on our heads
We got acid instead
Raining down acid rain

People wanna burn
People wanna hurt
People wanna turn their head away

People wanna crush
People need a rush
People never seem to get enough

And at only twenty-seven years old
I am paying the price
All we are and all we believe

Is not as it seems
Just made to please
Part of the scheme
We must realign

credits

released January 29, 2021
Ukulele & vocals - Mel Brennan
Arrangements & production - Pablo Rosado
Drums - Toni Mateos
Bass - Joseph Harris
Mix & master - Jason Boshoff

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Mel Brennan Spain

Mel is an Australian singer-songwriter currently living in Barcelona. Her musical style combines the early influences of pop- rock, jazz and bossa nova with her more recent experiences living abroad in Latin America and Spain - think Joni Mitchell meets Ani Di Franco in Rio de Janeiro. Her debut album, Half Lives, is a must-hear for anyone engaged in the modern struggle for work-life balance. ... more

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