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by ariadne mila

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I wrote this song after a conversation with someone I used to be good friends with. This person had pretty much refused to get involved in conversations about racism during the BLM movement and the anti-Asian hate crimes that had been happening, but I had thought they would care since these conversations affected me and some of their other friends. I think after that, it really made me reflect on how maybe we didn’t have as much in common as I thought; that our experiences moving through the world were vastly different. And that this person wasn’t really willing to acknowledge that or try and understand my perspective. And it’s complicated because, as their friend I still hope they’re doing well and still care, but it’s like, this realization that the relationship you had with this person won’t really ever be the same anymore. And so there’s an element of grief there, and also of acceptance that this is the reality and this is where you are. And I think I needed to put into words those conflicting feelings, & hopefully it resonates with some of you too. So yeah, that’s the tea.

lyrics

Barely a few words to me over eight months
Stayed quiet on everything I really cared about
Instagram likes on my selfies don’t mean much
If everything meaningful, you kindly stay out

But still I
I genuinely hope you’re doing all right
You seem to be much better and it feels like
This time
You’re making it just fine
And maybe
One day you’ll understand everything I mean
And maybe for right now this is what we’ll be
memories
And squares on a small screen

I reached out when you had your new niece
I know that you’re busy
But you never seemed to ask me about
my life
And I’ve spent my tIme always fixing your problems
While you never knew about any of mIne

Still I
I genuinely hope you’re doing all right
You seem to be much better and it feels like
This time
You’re making it just fine
And maybe
One day you’ll understand everything I mean
And maybe for right now this is what we’ll be
Memories
And squares on a small screen

Maybe you can’t relate
Maybe you think you’d be spreading hate
Maybe you just don’t see the way
Your silence hurts more than you know
Maybe you don’t wanna see that sIde
Of me that isn’t really like
The person that you knew
It’s who I am, I thought you knew

Still I
I genuinely hope you’re doing all right
You seem to be much better and it feels like
This time
You’re making it just fIne
And maybe
One day you’ll understand everything I mean
And maybe for rIght now this is what we’ll be
Memories
And squares on a small screen

credits

released September 9, 2022
songwriter: Ariadne Aberin
producers: Julian Höninger

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ariadne mila Austin, Texas

songwriter and artist from south texas (like...further south than you think). fil-am. professional oversharer. Jollibee connoisseur.

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