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about
about this track:
I started ‘Hang Up The Phone’ on a flight from someplace I can’t remember to Ottawa, Ontario. I had just gotten off of the phone with my dad for the last time. He was unable to talk or move after complications with stage 4 stomach cancer, so my mom put the phone to his ear. In that moment, any words I could say felt meaningless and all I could tell him was to ‘hold on and be strong’ like so many times he had told me.
As I sat crying with my face pointed out of the window so as not to disturb the stone clad businessman sitting next to me, I pulled out my keyboard and looking out at the land and sea disappearing into transient shades of pink, purple, and blue, I recorded the piano part that you hear as the intro to this song.
It would take me over another year to finish it as I have poured so much of my grief into its expression. Now that it's done, my grief will shapeshift and mold itself into my next project. I don’t want to rely on songwriting to allow me to feel, but I come to recognize that it is in so many ways a gift and not a burden. It is a way of showing the beauty in the most heartbreaking moments of life. It is my form of acceptance.
lyrics
lyrics:
I don't want to write
cuz' my life's been changing
I may tell you something I'll later regret
won't you stay the night?
feed me your loving
give me the rhythms inside your head
you tell me I'm good on my own
give me your reasons, hang up the phone
had a little light
could somebody tell me
the reason for seasons, the blood, and the mess?
I've known it all along
you're right here inside me
living the visions inside my head
you tell me I'm good on my own
though you are leaving, I'm not alone
tell me, I'm good on my own
give me your reasons, hang up the phone
the last thing I said was I love you, be strong
as I thought of the sky and the feeling of home
and now I hate words, they seem so wrong
when somebody dies that you've had all along
nothings the same, no
nothings the same, no
nothings the same, no
nothings the same, no
nothings the same, no
nothings the same, no
nothings the same, no
nothings the same
you tell me I'm good on my own
give me your reasons, hang up the phone
credits
released April 23, 2021
credits:
Written by - Ula Blue
Vocals Performed and Arranged by - Ula Blue
Drums - Garrett Fracol
Keys - Andre Bernier
Bass - Reed Gaines
Guitar - Carter Vail
Producer - Carter Vail
Mixing Engineer - Carter Vail
Mastering Engineer - Mostafa Zaghloul
Recorded at - Happy Camper Studios in Nashville, TN
Cover Art - Ula Blue
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