Name: Swearin' Against the Tide
Duration: P00H03M20S
Description: The song is a metaphor for depression. I wanted it to sound like the contrast of peace and turmoil that depression brings. Artistically, it’s the first time I mixed my violin in with my music. After having explored dark themes in my other tracks, this song is about learning to live with that darkness.

Swearin' Against the Tide

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The song is a metaphor for depression. I wanted it to sound like the contrast of peace and turmoil that depression brings. Artistically, it’s the first time I mixed my violin in with my music. After having explored dark themes in my other tracks, this song is about learning to live with that darkness.

lyrics

My friend, there to catch me when I fall,
and drag me to the depths of myself.

When she’s holding my hand don’t realise I’m constantly fighting: a battle I can’t lose.
Pulled out at the roots.

And sometimes I feel it takes control,
And sometimes I like to just push it down,
And sometimes I feel I’m swearing’ against the tide…

Have you ever tried to scream when you’re underwater?
It embraces your lungs as the bubbles fly to the surface.
A glaze over your eyes,
as peaceful as the sky.

Keep myself tethered, fear I’ll be lost from sight.
A kite without a line.
Can’t cry wolf all the time.

And sometimes I feel it takes control,
And sometimes I like to just push it down,
And sometimes I feel I’m swearing’ against the tide…

And sometimes I feel it takes control,
And sometimes I like to just push it down,
And sometimes I feel I’m swearing’ against the tide,
My friend.

And sometimes I feel it takes control,
And sometimes I like to just push it down,
And sometimes I feel I’m swearing’ against the tide…

My friend, there to catch me when I fall,
and drag me to the depths of myself.

Snub out the light.

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from She's Mine, released November 5, 2020
Main artist, Songwriter, Lyricist and Composer: She's Mine (Keara Koterwas)

Producer: David Lloyd

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She's Mine Edinburgh, UK

Often described as a marriage between FKA Twigs, Billie Eilish and Grimes, She’s Mine is a display of gothic-grandeur and porcelain-tenderness in Alt-Pop form, delivered by a moody teenager in her coloured-LED-lit bedroom.

2024 sees She’s Mine release fresh singles with her producer Noah and finish a Rap/R&B Album that she has co-written with classmate p.l.a.n.e.t.w.e.s.m.o ... more

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