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Mermaids

from Grow by Rose Alaimo

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This is the physical CD for my second album, "Grow." Packaging is environmentally-friendly (no plastic!) and includes a lyric booklet and album art by Rose Alaimo.

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about

Mermaids was written when I was 21 at a time when I was seriously struggling with what to do with my life and whether I should listen to my head or my heart. It touches a bit on the dichotomies of life and that it often feels cold and dark, but there is hope that someone, somewhere may be living a beautiful, good life, even if it's only a fantasy.

Musically, I decided to go crazy with the vocal harmonies (my obsession! God how I love creating vocal harmonies lol) There were 18 vocal tracks in this song. I'm pretty sure mixing them took about 27 years off of my life ;)

lyrics

Afraid of love, afraid of life
Tears fill my monastery
Mermaids dictate the new aesthetic
With words as cold as iron and green skin
Something about redemption
Something about the mind vs. the...

Sometimes mermaids sing, voices like a glass bell
That swallows my mind
Sometimes I jump into the sea
Sometimes they're swimming there with me
Lecturing about the weight of the mind and the heart

At times the sea burns
Leaving nothing but purple ashes
With a mind of hot coals
At times I find good in the world
Mermaids organize the new revolution
Reflexive movements and black hair
Something about compassion
Something about the weight of the mind and...

Sometimes mermaids sing, voices like a glass bell
That swallows my mind
Sometimes I jump into the sea
Sometimes they're swimming there with me
Whispering about the difference between the weight of the mind and the heart

God, how they fight
Sometimes, late at night
I never ever thought i'd learn to sing
Try to hide them, can you feel them fight
Raging inside of me

Sometimes I jump into the sea
Sometimes they're swimming there with me
Mumbling about the difference in life between the weight of the mind, and all we can prove, and the heart

credits

from Grow, released October 1, 2021
Written, performed and recorded by Rose Alaimo in Ithaca NY with production mentorship and mastering by Jamie Hill (Department of Energy Management, Tacoma WA)

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Rose Alaimo Ithaca, New York

Rose Alaimo is a one-lady band from Ithaca, NY. She writes, performs, records and co-produces all of her own music, and also enjoys doing session work for and collaborations with other artists all over the world. She explores genres from Americana and folk to grunge and psychedelic rock and most things in between.

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