'Breathe', released on the 16th of September, is the lead single from my debut EP 'Bee Without Wings'. 'Breathe' is inspired by my own journey with mental health, particularly coping with panic attacks and feelings of anxiety. The riff played during the second and last chorus was the inspiration point of the song; I came up with it on my keyboard and wrote the song around it. A lot of the EP talks about mental health and 'Breathe' addresses it explicitly, with the protagonist of the song dealing with a panic attack by hiding in a chicken shed. 'Bee Without Wings' as a whole deals with mental health, coming of age and falling in love.
lyrics
Lyrics
Help me look for a window, I need to get some air
Can’t find a key to the door and I don’t have a pin in my hair
I don’t have the transparency to admit my skin is crawling
I pick off the bugs on my own, and I’ve decided
I’ll go out to the chicken shed and sit between the eggs
I hope the hens don’t mind me here, they keep pecking my legs
And it’s been just over two days, and I think I’ll stay here for four
The hens, they like me by now – well, they don’t bite my anymore
But I’ve forgotten how to
Breathe x4
Peel my hands from my eyes, you have finally found me
Played hide and seek at age 5 but I’m still good at disappearing, see?
I’ve been talking enough and thinking too much
I’m breathing too fast and losing my touch
This idea was dumb, can you call my mum?
I think that I’m becoming undone
I sit and clutch my muddied knees as my chest begins to heave
I am a cheat for being weak, but will you stay while I sleep?
But I’ve forgotten how to
Breathe x8
As my head hits the pillow, feathers start to grow all over me
A flightless bird, a worried girl; who is she?
A heavy heat clings to me and it grounds my feet
Let the breeze drift so sweetly and bend my knees for me, and carry me
Please carry me
Teach me to breathe
Let me
Breathe x16
credits
from Bee Without Wings,
track released September 16, 2022
Written and performed by Elin Grace
Sound engineering by Oscar Featherstone
Produced by Oscar Featherstone and Elin Grace
Mixed by Tchad Blake
Photography and graphic design by Sam Stevens
Elin Grace: lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboard
Oscar Featherstone: bass
Kai Solomons: drums, percussion
Elin Grace is a 19 year old independent singer-songwriter from rural mid Wales, whose debut EP, ‘Bee Without Wings’, blends quirky piano ballads and jazz influenced indie-pop with deft vocal harmonies, and sweetly sophisticated melodic arrangements.
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